Hats and indeed all clothes off to Premier League Chairman Sir Dave Richards who caught off guard no doubt, finally answered the unanswerable in The Guardian about whether the number of foreign players in the top flight had damaged the prospects of the national side.
A resounding ‘yes’ from honest Sir Dave who finally acknowledged the great Premier League hairy mammoth in the room while simultaneously admitting that this fact had probably cost Steve McLaren his job.
So let’s at least there’s an up side, yeah?
Still it’s made him about as popular as a shit on a stick for breaking ranks and saying the unsayable. What no-one tells you about the little boy who spoke up about the emperor’s new clothes: he got a damn good slapping for his trouble.
However there’s breaking and rather intriguing news from the European Commission who’ve taken the first tentative step on the long road to denying the influx of Kolpak players currently infesting the county championship and rugby union.
Clarifying the Cotonou agreement (a similar deal to Kolpak which applies to Caribbean, South African and Pacific Island states and citizens) EC Commissioner Michal Krejza has said: “It’s the decision of individual member states to admit Cotonou players, not that of the European Union.’
This could pave the way for the ECB to legitimately limit the number of Kolpak players who’ve doubled in the last twelve months.
Sometimes it’s the smallest of victories which give you hope.
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