Dressing Room Harmony

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

I just hope they have the same work ethic. It's a known fact that brazilian players lose there form a lot earlier then they should. Let's just hope ours don't.

i think that is in part due to them often playing more games in the pro`s at a younger age than most other nations. e.g. say the average length of a professional footballers career is 12 years..English players often don`t get to play until they are 21 so are still going strong till the age of 33. where as brazilians often are playing professional football in senior sides at 17 so often are burnt out at 29.

that`s just my thoughts on why it is anyway. it`s a valid point that they often burn out at younger ages than players from other nations, in particular europeans.

[loonymcgreat 19]

the thing that worry me the most is that we won't have any english players in few years, Now the core of our team is around 3 english players which will all retire in few years (Lamps, Terry, Cole) and there are only Cahill and Bertrand to take their spots. Fans love home-grown players or at least players from the home country. People need to identify with players and speaking for myself, I can easier identify with player from my country than one random brazilian or belgium player.. I don't want us to became Arsenal or Internazionale. We need some english blood in our team not just foreign players..