Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
For example, suppose Superclub FC has 3 English starters and 8 foreigners, you would take this as support for your argument until you look at the breakdown:

3 English
2 Italian
1 Brazilian
2 Spaniards
1 Dutchman
1 German
1 Croat

You find that England is not "underrepresented" at all. Teams like Manchester United et al are global business empires and can afford to have the pick of the best players from the whole world - that is why they only have 2 or 3 Englishmen playing.
So let's see, the best players in England are not English. The best players in Germany are German, the best players in France are French, the best players in Spain are Spanish, and the best players in Italy are Italian. You can't dominate your own league, and then you wonder why England isn't the best team in the world...

And stop it with the ridiculous "this doesn't matter because the Premiership is the best league in the world" crap. It might be the best, but not by a wide margin. The Spanish and Italians seem to attract world-class talent just fine. The only real difference is that the mediocre English teams have better talent than the mediocre Italian and Spanish ones.