The Premiership: Lack of English signings looks bad but why?

So there have been rantings in the tabloids about the lack of English signings by some managers in the Premier League. Arsenal's legendary manager is rated as the worst with only 8% of signings being English during his tenure at Arsenal. But why?

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Arsenal FC - Not enough
English talent? just wait!

Well I'll tell these ignorant muggy tw@ts why - Because English players are either too shite, or too expensive, or in most cases - both. Of course Arsene Wenger would have loved to have bought a Lampard, Terry, Gerrard or Rooney, but he didn't either because at the time he felt they would not fit into the kind of team he was trying to build or when they were on the market they were extortionately overpriced!





Now, some may argue that Wenger is too tight fisted and should have splashed the cash - maybe, but if he had, there's no guarantee they would have worked well in Wenger's teams but most importantly, Arsenal FC would not be in the stable financial position we are in now.
Arsenal are the only top four club who can proudly say are self sufficient. Yes there are debts, but Wenger has worked tirelessly with the financial directors and the board to ensure that the debts are manageable for the projected future. We may not be the richest club in comparison with Barcelona, Real Madrid, ManUre or Chelskiskiskiskiski - but if/when the financial market in football crashes, guess who will be standing?! I admit ManUre will probably always make money despite their Yank owners colossal debts mainly thanks to their Asian and Indian fans/mugs! But in the meantime there must be many ManUre fans who are worried about the finances of the club and what it means for future transfers, players wages etc...will they ever be able to splash out £30mill for a top player again under the current regime? We've already seen Abramovich pulling out his support for ridiculous signings! Now it's ManShitty's turn. They are a carbon copy of Chelskiskiskiskiskis, splashing the cash, trying to buy every player going, but for example, how the hell would they get rid of the likes of Adebayor who's on ridiculous wages to trim their squad to 25 players under the new Premiership rules if no other club can afford to buy him, or more importantly, afford his wage expectations!?

Going back to English talent; What these reporters, analyst, cynics etc. fail to realise is that despite Wenger's lack of enthusiasm with English players at the club, he has nothing against signing or developing English talent. He has been slowly developing and encouraging young English players for years. Admittedly some have not been considered good enough to make it into the first team at Arsenal and hold down a place - Bentley, Hoyte for example, but they had their chance and clearly failed to progress. It just wasn't meant to be for these players. But there has consistently been English talent. Many of these players have played for England's under 17, 19 and 21 squads. But have the England coaches promoted them to the senior squad? Some yes, some no - that's not Wenger's decision! So if these squad coaches don't think some of the English youngsters are good enough for the England team (ha!) then why would Wenger think they would good enough for Arsenal's first team just to please the cynical public/media who seem to tag him with almost an anti English label which is ridiculous. I just wish these idiots would look properly into the real reasons behind Wenger's policies in these matters.

Here is a list of some of Arsenal's current young English talent that have been brought through the ranks or brought into the club to develop. Some of these players are already in the England squads at their respected levels and some are expected to step into the Arsenal 25 man squad this season:

Theo Walcott
Jack Wilshere
Gavin Hoyte
Kieran Gibbs
Tom Cruise
Henri Lansbury
Mark Randall
Jay Simpson
Craig Eastmond
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

So how can these ignorant muggy c*#ts go on and on about English players at Arsenal. The future will tell i'm sure.