[Eric]

This is only my opinion mind, but I think a lot of the problem is that damned Premier League ... the owners take the short cut to making money by buying foreign talent and paying them the big bucks, rather than developing young English talent. You can't tell me that Italian kids, or German kids are "racially" more talented than English kids. Take a lesson from us dumb colonials. The Stanley Cup winning L.A. Kings had fifteen Canadians on their team. That's 'cause in Canada, youngsters start playing organized hockey before they are weaned. Boys and girls. There are more women in organized hockey in Canada than there are in the rest of the world put together! Look at Italy ... look at their major teams ... most of the players playing on them are Italian! Now take a look at the big "English" sides ... and go figure, eh.