He said "I don't mean the cheap ones from the Dutch Second Division".

There's a big world of players out there, and the expansion of the EU means we can sign far more players without a work permit. You can get better quality players for less money from abroad. OK, you might end up with Kozma or Balaban but you might get Gera, Kinkladze, Todorov, Rasiak etc.

It's ridiculous to just assume that if you buy British it's safer - for every Ashton there's a Beckford, for every McVeigh there's a Cottee, for every Fleming there's a Kevin Scott. It's no more risky to sign from abroad - it's just seems like more of a gamble to sign someone who's not played in England before.

As opposed to signing Andy Hughes or Graham Stuart, whom everyone knew full well would be f**king crap.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on January 22nd 2006 at 15:05:18

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Why do we never buy unheard of foreign players (NCFC) - Remmuby AG, Jan 22, 14:56:55
- we bought De Waard, then there was Derveld - never heard of them before they joined City (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Jan 22, 16:00:57
- Yer but they can come with their own problems like..... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 22, 15:03:23
  - That's not the sort of thing we want at NorwichCityFootballClub... (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:04:05
- Because their heads aren't right and they don't have the required work-rate... (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:00:17
  - HAMILTON TRIED IT (n/m) (NCFC) - keith spanky, Jan 22, 15:01:39
    - He said "I don't mean the cheap ones from the Dutch Second Division". (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 22, 15:05:18
      - Well said. (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:06:13
    - Perhaps we're not looking at th right players... (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:02:47
      - jurgen colin (NCFC) - keith spanky, Jan 22, 15:04:18
        
        Idiakez, Rasiak... (n/m) (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:05:21
- we've had this debate before (NCFC) - keith spanky, Jan 22, 14:59:31
  - That's no reason why they couldn't, though. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 22, 15:06:23
  - Perhaps we're not looking at the right players? (n/m) (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:01:53
- Like Jonson? (NCFC) - DDiM, Jan 22, 14:59:00
  - He wasn't an unknown... (NCFC) - Squiggles, Jan 22, 15:01:18
  - British............. i agree (n/m) (NCFC) - keith spanky, Jan 22, 15:00:10

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