WHY?

[AliasAggers]

Why are so many football Managers of English teams foreigners?

[Workingman]

Are there any 'English' teams left?

I watched Chelski v Manure the other night and it was like watching United Nations A v United Nations B.

I would make it the rule that English league(s) teams had to have no more than four non-UK players on the pitch at any one time.

[AliasAggers]

In my younger days, I was a supporter of my hometown football team, and knew the names of all
of them. One kept a local sports shop, one was the father of one of my schoolmates, one sang in
a local church choir. and so on. They really were justified in calling themselves the town's football
team.

I agree with you, Frank, that there should be a requirement for a limit to the number of non-UK
players of the pitch in any game. But my puzzlement at the moment is why, oh why, are so many
football managers foreigners?

[Workingman]

Aggers, have you heard most English (British) footballers? They struggle with our own language, imagine their problems with the plethora of foreign players in English teams. And tbh, I might not be that much better even with my smattering of French, German and Dutch.

[tonicha]

A friend of mine's dad played for Liverpool in the 50's and now his son in law is one of the physio's - and they're from Liverpool.

[TheOstrich]

Why are so many football Managers of English teams foreigners?

Because they are continental "names" and it's now a continental game. We have continental cups and stages of these are nothing more than continental "leagues". Effectively it's no longer an English sport. There is also the cult of personality.

There was a film from years and years ago (1975), starring James Caan, called "Rollerball". It followed a top player of a violent fictional game which combined hockey and motorbike riding on a wall-of-death type circuit. Two things I recall - the premise of the sport was a substitute for warfare and used to appease the masses, and the competing teams were truly global - Tokyo, Houston and so on. The film was also strongly anti-big business and global corporations.

Now, 42 years later, we all slump in front of BTSport to watch inter-continental tournaments where the managers and players of the competing teams are little more than highly paid mercenaries. You could argue "Rollerball" was rather prescient ....

[AliasAggers]

I have today had a lift in a friend's new car.

It has six forward speeds on the gear lever, (which was new to me) but what surprised me most was the built-in
Sat-Nav below the windscreen, with about a seven inch screen, giving two views of the road layouts ahead.

It occurred to me that looking at this screen was really no different to looking at a mobile phone or smart-phone,
which is now a crime to do when driving.

My question is -- Why are car manufacturers allowed to fit something which, to use, is surely a criminal offence?