British-Asian Footballers????

Yh i get your point, but surely the first black people came to this country to WORK aswell?

You can talk about all those other factors such as parents etc but the numbers are still ridiculously disproportionate. P I can't think of one footballer from South Asian descent in any of the football leagues. Surely that means something, somewhere is wrong? You'd expect there at the very least to be a scattering of players from that background when considering how prominent South Asians are in this country.

I've heard from friends that discrimination does exist but I do think it's an older problem and the outlook is now changing. A South Asian signed a pro contract with West Brom recently and I believe has made the match day squad on occasion. Can see him potentially being the first player from that background to break through into the PL (that I know of - unless Michael Chopra counts).

Don't our youth systems prefer strong kids over small ones? Not sure how true it is but I'm sure everyone's heard the 'Messi wouldn't have met our youth system's criteria' thing. Asians don't tend to be bulky and so aren't given a look in by scouts.

FFS.

Why is one of the big claims racism? Derp. Culture, Diet etc are all much bigger factors than racism. But always, always when anyone brings up something like this there's a couple that have to say it's racism. Pro-tip, most of the time it's not.

Good point. It's that mentality of 'Get in there and get a boot on it' that produces the uninspiring performances we've seen from England over the years.

The Spanish kids actually learn how to pass.

FFS.

Why is one of the big claims racism? Derp. Culture, Diet etc are all much bigger factors than racism. But always, always when anyone brings up something like this there's a couple that have to say it's racism. Pro-tip, most of the time it's not.

i think the main problem is actually getting more asian youth into their local teams.

'getting in there' isn't a problem. boys get fitter and stronger as they grow older (if they play sufficient sport). asians are no exception.

I'm saying that the philosophy of 'You need to be tall and strong to play football' is a wrong one that might disadvantage asians. Don't know if those views are widespread but they're obviously *******s.

no it's fairly logical,

for example, in a situation where you have two teams of equal skill levels,
you wouldn't PREFER to choose the team with the physical disadvantage.

that is pretty much the English football philosophy. 'Get stuck in lads'

(i do see what you're saying though)

naive.

how very naive. it shouldn't bother me what ever it is you think, but for some reason it does.