Sunday 25 September 2011

Lower League Quality

In the lower leagues in English football, the players are considered far inferior to their Premier League counterparts, yet there are some out there that could probably play in the Premier League and fit in well. Every weekend in the Football League you see volleys from 30 yards fly into the top corner or a player going on a one man mission taking on 5 or 6 defenders before beating the keeper with a cheeky chip or low drive in the bottom corner, and theses players are consistently doing this too only they are considered inferior due to their clubs status now. Whilst it it in fact true that not many could genuinely make it in the Prem, the point is a handful can and they are looked over by many clubs as the majority  of Premier League clubs look to Europe to sign their new talent. There have been a few good examples of players coming from the basement into the top division recently and one of them is Jermaine Beckford. He signed for Leeds and did very well for them and then a few years later Everton came knocking after he knocked Manchester United out of the 3rd round of the FA Cup with a great strike at Old Trafford. He scored a few good goals for Everton and his pace caused many defenders problems and was all in all a good Premiership player who came from lower down. If Premiership clubs looked to the Football League clubs for more players then the English game can only get stronger too as the majority of players in these leagues are home grown and could handle the pace and toughness of the top division and maybe they could unearth a few new England players in the process. It seems we are taking a backward step in our big for World Cup glory since all the England players only come from one league and in their club teams foreign players are more plentiful. It is good however to include many foreign players for your club of course as it adds something different to your game but for an England perspective, the lack of choice for the national team is astounding.

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