Overseas Players 08:03 - May 15 with 1657 views | stevethejack | Reading the on this day feature on official site and saw the line up of the last game of our first season in the PL. Very significant the lack of overseas players compared to the last couple of seasons in the PL. Michel Vorm - Dutch Angel Rangel - Spanish, but with us for years Steven Caulker - English Ashley Williams - Welsh Neil Taylor - Welsh Joe Allen - Welsh Leon Britton - English Gylfi Sigurdsson - Icelandic (Mark Gower, 88) - English Nathan Dyer - English (Wayne Routledge, 79) - English Danny Graham - English Scott Sinclair - English Discuss..... [Post edited 15 May 2019 8:05]
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Overseas Players on 08:48 - May 15 with 1576 views | Cooperman | This team under its management at the time would have outplayed the team we put out for Stoke. | |
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Overseas Players on 09:38 - May 15 with 1514 views | Joe_bradshaw | I recall reading at the time that the Welsh club in the Premier League had more English players in the starting 11 over the course of the season that any of the other 19 English teams. | |
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Overseas Players on 09:43 - May 15 with 1509 views | dickythorpe | That was a team that wore the shirt with pride. The last 2 seasons of our PL tenure were littered with mercenaries and primadonnas who I hope we never see again. Yes Ki, yes ayew bros..... I'm calling you 3 out especially. | | | |
Overseas Players on 10:44 - May 15 with 1464 views | Badlands | Depends on your definition - to many Dutch and English are just as much overseas! Probably because there were very few overseas players outside the Premier League. We had been quite revolutionary in binging in the Three Amigos. More expensive players weren't coming to Swansea or the lower leagues. We couldn't afford to buy players - other than Graham & Routledge - the rest had been with us for years, loaned, were dirt cheap or were rejects. | |
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Overseas Players on 14:48 - May 15 with 1350 views | BillyChong |
Overseas Players on 10:44 - May 15 by Badlands | Depends on your definition - to many Dutch and English are just as much overseas! Probably because there were very few overseas players outside the Premier League. We had been quite revolutionary in binging in the Three Amigos. More expensive players weren't coming to Swansea or the lower leagues. We couldn't afford to buy players - other than Graham & Routledge - the rest had been with us for years, loaned, were dirt cheap or were rejects. |
Revolutionary? You must be talking about Wigan and their 3 amigos back in 1995. | | | |
Overseas Players on 20:51 - May 15 with 1207 views | Kilkennyjack | Big Tosh said he felt 3 or 4 welsh players always helped with our identity, if they are good enough. I agree. | |
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Overseas Players on 23:30 - May 15 with 1099 views | DJack | Steve, Ash is not Welsh. | |
| It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan |
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Overseas Players on 05:59 - May 16 with 1022 views | Captain_Sham | Trampie would have been quick to point out the 7 'over-dyke' players. | |
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Overseas Players on 10:14 - May 16 with 910 views | stevethejack |
Overseas Players on 23:30 - May 15 by DJack | Steve, Ash is not Welsh. |
Plays for Wales. | | | |
Overseas Players on 11:42 - May 16 with 854 views | Kilkennyjack |
Overseas Players on 23:30 - May 15 by DJack | Steve, Ash is not Welsh. |
Yes he is. Rules are there and he qualifies. As a small nation we need to welcome all qualified players. Even ‘mighty’ England does the same .... | |
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Overseas Players on 22:03 - May 16 with 734 views | DJack |
Overseas Players on 10:14 - May 16 by stevethejack | Plays for Wales. |
I am aware that he plays for Wales mate... He is as Welsh as Vinnie Jones. | |
| It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan |
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Overseas Players on 22:10 - May 16 with 729 views | stevethejack |
Overseas Players on 22:03 - May 16 by DJack | I am aware that he plays for Wales mate... He is as Welsh as Vinnie Jones. |
You have to use the Welsh spelling: Vinny Jones | | | |
Overseas Players on 22:42 - May 16 with 692 views | DJack |
Overseas Players on 22:10 - May 16 by stevethejack | You have to use the Welsh spelling: Vinny Jones |
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