Niall Quinn says to many foreigners in Premiership!

mike65

Niall Quinn interviewed by David Walsh in the Sunday Times reckons there are too many clean-living foreigners in English football -

"I've seen a great change in our football culture and I don't think its as good for the game as people seem to think, On paer, the view of the foreign player makes sense. You eat better, you look after yourself better and no fan can see you drunk in the pub. But often the dedication stops....when he drives out the clubs car park." :rolleyes:

Yes Niall, its awful no piss-artists, players who can think "outside the box" and deliver grace and skill (though not all the time!)

Mike.

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Niall "Xenophob" Quinn.

Right, lets get rid of all the foreigners. Start with the Irish...:rolleyes:

Pigman

Quinn has to wake up and realise that the days of doing a couple of hours training and popping down to the pub for the afternoon are long gone. He can 'blame' foriegners for introducing clean living to football but even if a cap on the amount of 'foriengers' was introduced clubs will no longer tolerate the drink-culture that ran thru the game during the 1980's.

Is this a rant against foriegners in the English game or the levels of professionalism expected by players in the modern era? Either way he hasn't got a leg to stand on

leeroybrown

If you re-read you'll see that he is saying that the lifestyle aspect brought in by the foriegners makes sense. He (judging by this excerpt) is questioning their dedication to the clubs/fans/game not anything else.

mike65

A few more selective quotes -

"At Sunderland we stopped calling into pubs (!) on the way home becuase it was clear the foreign lads did'nt want to be there."

"In the teams that I played , the ones that did best were the teams that went out and died for each other. I look around teams in the Premiership today with thier 5 or 6 foreign players and I ask myself "would I die for them" no I would'nt because they would never die for me"

Quinny plainly confusing football with something more important than life or death.

Mike.

Pigman

Gotcha! It seemed from the context of Mikes post that Quinn was complaining about the professionalism of players who played skilfully and weren't drinkers.

If I was a club chairman then personally I would be worried if a player wasn't committed to giving his best to the club but as far as fans go I wouldn't care if he turned his nose up on them every single time he saw one. Most fans are sheep and should be treated as such.

aine

I think what Quinn is possibly refering to is the lack of 'teams' in todays game......if you look at any of the big teams in todays premiership they are a collection of individuals seeking personal glory rather than a team wanting to do the best for their club and fans! He is sugesting that teams who socialise with each other and where the players are actually friends will inevitably have more of a team spirit than the team who sees each other at the training grounds! whether or not he is right to blame this culture on the foreign players in the premiership is up for debate!

Makaveli

Originally posted by Pigman
but even if a cap on the amount of 'foriengers' was introduced

They could only put a cap on non-eu players though.

if you look at any of the big teams in todays premiership they are a collection of individuals seeking personal glory rather than a team wanting to do the best for their club

If they were just a collection of individuals they wouldnt be that big a team considering they would play ****. I see your point, but how are we to know what teams are like behind the scenes. It's all well and good being best mates with all the players and socialising with them off the pitch but it wont necessarily get you results on the pitch.