Tal's tweeting 5 pens today (Sunday) so looking like a busy week.
The Keeper from Pompey would be good
Tal's tweeting 5 pens today (Sunday) so looking like a busy week.
The Keeper from Pompey would be good
If we signed their goalie I think Pompey fans would really flip.
Imagine losing your 3 best players to little old Latics .
Doubt we'd get work permits for players at that level. The rules are MUCH more strict post Brexit. You won't see many, if any, teams outside the championship picking up players from abroad who don't already have right to work in the UK.I wouldn't be surprised if they're keeping a close eye on the Euros as well. Clearly we're not going to be signing French, English, Spanish etc. Internationals, but there are a few countries there (Macedonia, Slovakia, Hungary etc.) where players aren't above playing third tier football with an ambitious club.
It's a shop window and lots of clubs will also be watching, but it's not impossible to pick up a gem if the right people are watching closely and see something they like in some of the less well known players.
Doubt we'd get work permits for players at that level. The rules are MUCH more strict post Brexit. You won't see many, if any, teams outside the championship picking up players from abroad who don't already have right to work in the UK.
I think you've hit the nail on the head, if they are picking up enough points to qualify for a permit why would they come here? You need to be a regular international in a top 50 ranked team (So basically from Northern Ireland upwards) for an automatic pass. Below that you need to get 15 points from being an international, playing regularly in a high prestige domestic or continental competition and have the team they play for be moderately successful.If they are playing regularly for their national team you would very likely get them a work permit. But inevitably those players are probably going to be attracting interest from bigger clubs if they impress, so you're right there will be very few signings from abroad in this league.
We are always going to be behind everyone, not only are we building a team but we're building the backroom staff, grounds staff, etc. I know stuff is happening behind the scenes that doesn't get announced (because no-one cares about some administrative roles being filled - but they make the process of signing players and staff easier) so have a little faith and patience. Lots can happen in the next couple of weeks.It's beginning to be slightly concerning that on 15th June we still only have less than half of the players we need signed up.
I was hoping to have another 3 or 4 in by now so we could start pre-season training with almost a full squad and backroom staff, but although our Chair is Tweeting cryptic what appears to be positive things there is still very little apparent progress.
We started form a VERY low base I know, but we need to up our game very soon if we are to be a competitive team this year and not be in another relegation battle from the start.
I think you've hit the nail on the head, if they are picking up enough points to qualify for a permit why would they come here? You need to be a regular international in a top 50 ranked team (So basically from Northern Ireland upwards) for an automatic pass. Below that you need to get 15 points from being an international, playing regularly in a high prestige domestic or continental competition and have the team they play for be moderately successful.
https://worldfootballindex.com/2020...e-post-brexit-english-clubs-efl-libertadores/
Unless you are extraordinarily lucky you won't see many players meeting those requirements AND want to play in League 1. I doubt you'll see that many want to play in the Championship. For context players like Mahrez and Mbuemo, arguably two of the most successful Championship imports in recent years, would have failed to get work permits under the new rules.
It's made it easier for Prem teams to sign Brazilians and Argentinians but it means everyone else will be fishing out of a much smaller pond.
It's beginning to be slightly concerning that on 15th June we still only have less than half of the players we need signed up.
I was hoping to have another 3 or 4 in by now so we could start pre-season training with almost a full squad and backroom staff, but although our Chair is Tweeting cryptic what appears to be positive things there is still very little apparent progress.
We started form a VERY low base I know, but we need to up our game very soon if we are to be a competitive team this year and not be in another relegation battle from the start.
Without wishing to bring politics into it too much, it is exactly what the whole agenda has been about. Stopping less skilled workers (in this case, League 1 and 2 players) coming to the UK while smoothing the path for more skilled workers (Prem players). The rights and wrongs have been discussed to death, but will it be beneficial to football in the long term?If they want to have rules limiting overseas players i have absolutely no issue with that, but i have an issue when the rules are designed to barely impact the big clubs while hurting the smaller clubs. Considering the current system regarding youth players is heavily skewed in the rich Prem clubs favour - allowing them to monopolise and horde youth players - i think allowing them to monopolise the import market just tips the scales further away from the rest of us.
I have not been a fan of the football work permit rules for a long time, i think with or without Brexit - they were skewed and rolling them out further just highlights the issue they have always been. Clubs who can afford the cream of the crop can flood their squad with top internationals, while everyone else is locked out and can't find any up and coming stars to help them compete.
A much more fairer system would be a quota system - at one point back in the late 90's early 2000's i believe there was a rule that stated you could only field 3 non EU players - so they clearly can make a quota system work. Surely scrapping the work permit system in favour of a simple cap, where every team can sign and field a set number of overseas players would be a much better compromise. They can set the number to say 3 or 4, so that the top 6 clubs can sign 4 of the best players in the world if they like - but the lower sides still have the ability to try and do what Brentford did and find players like Maupay, Benerama, etc that allowed them to climb the leagues.
But i think the issue is the bigger clubs don't care about what is fair and the system favouring them is probably exactly why it is this way. So i can't see it changing.
Without wishing to bring politics into it too much, it is exactly what the whole agenda has been about. Stopping less skilled workers (in this case, League 1 and 2 players) coming to the UK while smoothing the path for more skilled workers (Prem players). The rights and wrongs have been discussed to death, but will it be beneficial to football in the long term?
Does it mean EFL clubs need to focus on giving chances to young British and Irish players (haven't they already?), or does it just mean that those players can start to demand a premium? Will the limitations on numbers of younger players teams can sign from abroad (max of 6 per season, none under 16 or 18 I think) mean that PL clubs start raiding the academies of EFL sides for players to pad out their academies using the EPPP which is already heavily stacked in favour of the big teams?
My opinion is that it will just lead to talent and money pooling more at the top of the game and degrade the overall quality further down but as football is irrational and emotive I can see scenarios where that wouldn't be the case.
A much more fairer system would be a quota system - at one point back in the late 90's early 2000's i believe there was a rule that stated you could only field 3 non EU players - so they clearly can make a quota system work. Surely scrapping the work permit system in favour of a simple cap, where every team can sign and field a set number of overseas players would be a much better compromise.
Do you mean the UEFA rule that in their competitions a team could only field 3 or 4 players not from the country where the club was based?
i remember that really impacting on the English clubs in Europe coz UEFA also included the home nations as separate countries
I think the main problem with a set cap system is that it means it pushes the price up of players from the home nations even further as everyone is battling for the same number of players but from a much smaller pot