Dressing Room Harmony

[Duppy Conqueror 1,557]

it may be something they do with the younger player. takes alot to adjust to a new country,more so if young and not that far removed or previously living at home with parents,siblings etc..the language barrier and cultural changes etc... Chelsea have a good record of their previous non-english speaking players learning the language quickly. Tevez apparently still doesn`t speak english after something like 6 years in the country..although i should imagine get off the bench you ugly snaggle toothed cunt is something he`d understand.

but learning english fluently enough to have a good relationship with your team mates is gonna take time. as a secondary reason for signing players it`s not the worst idea. but only in the case of younger players.

Branislav didn`t need such luxuries because he is The Terminator! his stare alone says get out of my way or i`ll fook you up.

[Ollie 4,400]

Marin is ok, he's German but from a yugoslav (one of em) background, he gets on ok with Brano as has been mentioned. There's not many odd ones out, even now we're linked with Cavani. I'm assuming Uruguay speak Spanish.

Cech speaks loads of Languages so hes ok. I don't actually see anyone that is left out really. i also think Tevez woulda been out of City if it wasn't for his friendship with Aguero.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,557]

i can`t remember the exact words he used but Zola once said something along the lines of "i would have learnt english quicker if it wasn`t for that crazy midget"(Dennis Wise)

[Ollie 4,400]

There was a story with Wise and Di Matteo. Neil Shipperly's brother asked Di Matteo for his autograph. Robbie asked Dennis what he meant (Robbie was new, no English etc), Dennis told him to write 'Fuck Off' and he duly did lol. Jokes. Love Dennis Wise.

[gary gordon 1,777]

Time for the Spanish, Belgian and Brazillian contingent!

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.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,557]

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..