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Local Boys Who Made Good..any left?

  • 11-09-2015 2:22pm
    #1
    Harry Palmr
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    The news that neither Man Utd or Liverpool are likely to have a local player starting for the first time in game is a bit but only a bit of a surprise (unless Jordan Rossiter starts which would be much more of a shock!).

    At one point not that long ago Liverpool could start a game with Carra, Gerrard, Flannagan and Kelly right now there are none in the first 11 and maybe 1 for the match day squad if everyone were fit.

    The first team squad features just Rossiter and Jon Flannagan.

    Manchester Utd has none at all in their first team squad as listed on wiki with the likes of Warrington and Crewe being the nearest though Mancunian Tyler Blackett is on loan.

    Chelsea has none as none of their three English players is from the borough or indeed west-central London.

    Arsenal again has none. Kieran Gibbs comes closest, Lambeth.

    Spurs have Andros Townsend (Lytonstone which is close enough)

    I'm not going through every team in the prem, so find your own club.

    Does it matter? Does a local run the extra yards or merely get too excited as Gerrard has been on a couple of occasions against Man Utd and Everton?

    Does the "fan made good" connection matter in an age when most watching are out of towners on TV with many in the stadium with their smartphones?


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  • #2
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Pique for Barca springs to mind.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #3
    circadian
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    Grealish and Agbonlahor


  • #4
    Shanotheslayer
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    Barkley/Osman


  • #5
    Pinturicchio
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    Claudio Marchisio and Francesco Totti.


  • #6
    Pighead
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    Even at League of Ireland level it's happening. We currently have no locals playing regularly in our first team. Team is mainly full of Dubs and Galway lads.


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  • #7
    Subcomandante Marcos
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    De Sciglio, Abate, Antonelli and Ely are all youth team graduates at Milan.

    De Rossi, Totti and Florenzi at Roma.

    Bernardeschi and Khouma Babacar at Fiorentina.

    I'm sure there are more at in Serie A if I bothered to look.


  • #8
    chopperbyrne
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    There'll be loads in Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands and Spain because their youth coaching is far better than the UK and Ireland.


  • #9
    WesternZulu
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Does the "fan made good" connection matter in an age when most watching are out of towners on TV with many in the stadium with their smartphones?

    I can see how it would matter to fans from within the area of where a club is based but to fans from further afield I cannot see how it would have any sort of relevance.


  • #10
    eh i dunno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,064 ✭✭✭✭eh i dunno


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    Barkley/Osman


    Hibbert, baines, browning all local lads too.


  • #11
    ScummyMan
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    With all due respect, I'm not sure why an Irish fan would care whether or not Man.United's star striker was born in the shadow of the ground.


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  • #12
    764dak
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    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    There'll be loads in Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands and Spain because their youth coaching is far better than the UK and Ireland.

    Why would you bring Ireland in this? Top 3 teams in Ireland at the moment only have 3 foreigners among them. Surely, they would have local players among them.


  • #13
    brianregan09
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    764dak wrote: »
    Why would you bring Ireland in this? Top 3 teams in Ireland at the moment only have 3 foreigners among them. Surely, they would have local players among them.

    Thats more of a case of our league not being able to attract proper decent foreign players though


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
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    ScummyMan wrote: »
    With all due respect, I'm not sure why an Irish fan would care whether or not Man.United's star striker was born in the shadow of the ground.

    In fairness the OP did aver to the disconnect in the post...
    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Does the "fan made good" connection matter in an age when most watching are out of towners on TV with many in the stadium with their smartphones?

    Players with no real connection playing in front of fans, many with no real connection either.


  • #15
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Wasn't this local boy done good thing only ever a phenomena for the rich or successful clubs who could afford to keep their players? So about 6 or 7 teams (at a push) over the last 30 years. Finances, especially in the lower leagues, dictate local boy gets sold as soon as someone offers real money for him.

    Oh and I also don't think a player had to be born locally to have a connection with the fans. Ian Sampson is Yorkshire born and bred, but the fans at Northampton love him, Graham Carr is a Geordie, but they named a bar in the ground after him.


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