It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[Superace]

Isn’t Aké “association trained” but not English?

Yes, but for Champions league your only allowed 4 and we have those already in Sterling, Grealish, Stones and Walker, so he takes a foreign spot.

 

[Superace]

It does but it confuses people when discussing it. There was a post immediately after yours(?) which was asking why Scot Carson can't be included in the list as he's English for instance although it's disappeared since.

Yes its definitely confusing.

 

[chaddblue]

Yes, but for Champions league your only allowed 4 and we have those already in Sterling, Grealish, Stones and Walker, so he takes a foreign spot.

Only allowed 4 what?

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

I see the comparison but he scores more often than Heskey did and I think he could do a great job for us for a year or two if we were able to prise him out of West Ham. We haven't really had a powerful attacking player since Yaya was at his peak and I think it is a quality that could make a big difference.

The lack of a big, powerful attacking player is a feature, not a bug. Antonio is extremely ill-suited to the type of football we play under Pep and would really just be a desperation option off the bench a handful of times per season.

 

[Centurions]

Only allowed 4 what?

There are only 4 Association Trained spots for players.

 

[chaddblue]

There are only 4 Association Trained spots for players.

So we're only allowed 4 english players in our CL squad?

 

[simon23]

If we can't sign Kane than we need to sign some other striker if we don't than we are stupid.

for me this just amplifies the need to keep bernardo silva...

 

[Centurions]

So we're only allowed 4 english players in our CL squad?

Now you're taking the piss...

 

[p.taker]

There are only 4 Association Trained spots for players.

Think it's better to say that a maximum of 4 association trained players can be part of the 8 'homegrown' players. The rest need to be included in the 17 'foreign' spots.

 

[better dead than red]

69 the dirty scouse bastards.