how would the foreigner rule effect ur side?

if platini's rule comes into force - 5 maxplayers. It wont make much difference if its non EU players but how about if he goes with the extreme, max of 5 players from outside ur country in the side. Well for barca it could mean a side consisting of (taking into account certain players have 2nd passports!)

v valdes
oleguer
c puyol
r marquez
zambrotta
xavi
iniesta
messi
deco
ronnyd
etoo

It would completely change the team i support. Arsenal only have 1 English outfield player, that being Hoyte, who plays in the first team.

IMO, I dont think this rule will come into use.

Well for it to happen UEFA commity would have to vote for it and they would reject it surely as they will also reject 3 cham league rule as well

this rule will never come in place.. you can have a rule about have 5 home grown players in the squad but not the other way round.. its in contravention of employment laws and as Rafa said ," the law is more imprortant than the rule"

Sorenson

Barry
Ridgewell
Laursen
Mellberg

Moore
Petrov
McCann
Agbonlahor

Young
Carew

We'd be ok as we have plenty of players who've played in the first team who're not foreign like Davis, Cahill, Samuel, Hughes, Bardsley to name a few. I've played 4 strikers in that team just to show how attacking i am. Bouma looses his place unfortunately.

What are you doing online at this time of the morning Rob?

Yeah, no difference for Barca at all. And soon enough, RonnyD will get his Spanish passport so they could probably even include Beletti instead of Oleguer if they wanted

Wouldnt have that great an effect on Newcastle either, unless the ruling is so banal that they consider Irish players as foreign, but even then injures will find a way to make sure things work out fine

when did the queen repossess ireland