Contributions to England

Dear Friends,

There have been much accusations that Arsenal does nothing for the England national team. Do you agree? Everyone is saying that Wenger picks the best in Europe but sells the rest of the English. Do you think this statement is fair?

From the calling of a limit on number of foreign players in a team to the dismay state of the English national team, everything is pointing to a decline in the quality of English players. Ferguson and Mourinho have taken their turns in attacking Arsenal and defending Chelsea respectively.

Fergie has announced that Arsenal will be hit the hardest if indeed the limit of foreign players is implemented. He has also insisted that he has helped build a core of English players. Players he has indeed bought and not groomed. The days of Neville and Brown is over and players like Carrick, Rooney and Hargreves are bought with millions of dollars. So much for his help in grooming young Englishmen. In addition, what is with the millions spent on Nai, Ronaldo and Anderson? Are they English in some ways that I have missed? Or has old Fergie seen so much Red that he thinks they are English?

On the other hand, Mourinho said he has groomed an English side with the backbone of the Chelsea team predominantly English. Well, in a way, John Terry is Chelsea through and thorugh. However, Mourinho most definitely did not groom Lampard or J.Cole (from West Ham) or Cashly (from Arsenal). He also bought SWP as a bench warmer. Thus, 'helping' to slow down the growth of the promising youngster.

So it remains to be seen if there is any contributions from man u or chelski to the English cause. If it really go down to the wire, you can even say Arsenal 1 (cashly cole), Chelsea 1 (john terry) and Man U 0.