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@Robbie "I personally don't think that it is a good thing for our domestic game and our national teams that this is happening." Southgate has taken the national team to semi finals and finals in recent years. The continental influence on the "English" game has been significant. I have mentioned before on other threads, when Russia tried to boost the number of domestic players in their top league, by restricting foreign players, the overall quality of the league fell. The PL full of foreign coaching and playing talent is the "cash cow" of the football world. Perhaps, people are putting too much emphasis on the "coach" now. Football has moved on, it's the clubs overall coaching staff, from manager to head of recruitment, physical / strengthening coach..the overall "package" is now the most important, not just one man. One key point though, the richness of the Premier League clubs can afford to keep "young talent" until they are ready. Notts on the other hand, have found it difficult to transition players from youth team to 1st team as the financial funding gap has not been there, from ages 16 to say 19/20.

Going off on a tangent, whisky matures best after around 26 years.... I remember the Trews offering a 150 year old whisky. I love whisky but I am too price sensitive.... or a skinflint!

We agree to differ @Robbie If that was the case, clubs will be playing more English players as they would probably be cheaper. The one consequence of so many foreign players, the English talent has been cascaded down the leagues. In all my years of supporting Notts, the quality of EFL2 now is the highest its ever been!

Jim Ratcliffe companies have vigorous cost control measures. If the amounts of money for Fergie were true, then that releases a substantial amount towards the playing budget then.

@Robbie "I'm sure the away supporters appreciate it." Well, every little helps????????

Spot on @DangerousSausage @Wheelbarrow repair man The Premier League is sold around the world, because the world audience want to see the best talent, most of which is from overseas. That's why the "product" is in demand and television audiences around the world pay the big bucks to the Premier League. Unfortunately the Premier League kept the 100% of overseas television rights, rather than proportion it down , like the English television deal, where the allocated sum is dividend down as 80% championship, 12% EFL1 8% EFL2 This is , with due respect, a ludicrous comment "Another Foreign Coach who almost ruined an English Players Career Pep Guardiola, look what he did to Joe Hart Destroyed the Lad's Confidence, repeatedly loaned him out and Why? Because he struggled playing the Sweeper Keeper Role. " Pep soon realised that Joe Hart didn't fit in the sweeper keeper role, so effectively got rid. I am still surprised Slocombe is still at Notts, as he is no way good enough as a sweeper keeper too. Perhaps what is telling Burnley signed Hart for only £3.5m. One can say his Man City career had been seemingly littered with errors. Even Mancini had serious questions over Hart. Just to reiterate, the article is in the Sports section of The Herald. Ireland own football clubs, are also faced with the same dilemma, as the old existing Treaty with the UK, allows for continual free movement between UK and Ireland.

@Fan of Big Tone The "X" could only really go on the middle row. Word ending process of elimination

I'm OK with a German coach ( I had a German grandfather). Why would Howe take England, he is a more hands on day to day coach. I would have been happy with Luke Williams as an international coach being paid a fraction of what Tuchel is being paid

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No, I think Didzy will tire too quickly

An interesting tie could be Notts v Horsham Notts County (A) - FAC1 - Horsham Football Club WWW.HORSHAMFC.CO.UK Were any of our older PoN members at that match?

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When Notts were in the top flight of English football