Nationalism, Too many foreigners, the Blame Game….
Posted by Ricky in Opinion under on Nov 24 2007
At last the disgraceful Steve McClaren episode is revealed for what it was: the English Nat’s revenge on Sven - it’s more important to be English than able, green Envy’s revenge on Becks - you can’t be a world class footballer AND a world class celebrity, so throw him out to the rubbish heap (along with his posey wife). Everything will be put to rights.
Out with the old and in with the...well what exactly. Belatedly, pride had to be swallowed and surprisingly Beck’s form had improved enough to be reconsidered for the bench. Well, he almost did enough to rescue England once again, but even he couldn’t find the skill to compensate for our thoroughly English manager! Now they’re at it again. Apparently, it’s the fault of those footballing asylum seekers who are keeping our jolly tars out of the game. It’s all their fault, Johnny Foreigners who have stifled our home-bred talent, usurped their jobs, blighted their future. Ranting apart, this is a very serious matter and I have a solution, radical I admit. I believe we should follow the example of our top clubs ( and especially Saint Arsène’s Arsenal). Abolish the nationality rules and choose the national teams purely on ability. (There would have to a spending cap otherwise big nations would outspend small ones) Over time great national teams would develop as great clubs have done. Becks would play alongside Zidane for France, for Ireland, for Wales, the Maldives. Football, a celebration of ability and character over origin, no longer a weapon of nationalistic rivalry. I know the Flemish would still try to break up Belgium, the Basques would still try to bomb Spain into fragments, the Sunni and Shia would still put each other to the sword, but at least the phospore gas of sporting xenophobia would be put out of use. Maybe, even Scots would feel able to play for the United Kingdom… I dream, I wish.
