British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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or in IT perhaps greg?
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Are they all rubbish at football?
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 5 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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They prefer cricket?
They prefer cricket or to be a doctor, accountant or lawyer. Football or anything other than cricket is not encouraged by parents.
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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As an asian person, it will always be this.
Asian families understand that education is the biggest ticket out of poverty, so they will encourage this.
Mindsets are changing, but to be honest, if you're not part of an academy in your teens, you can see why sports is pushed back for children.
Hard to represent a group of people if they don’t want to be represented. If an Asian person wanted to be a footballer it’s up to them and only them. Ridiculous to assume otherwise
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 1 minute ago
Hard to represent a group of people if they don’t want to be represented. If an Asian person wanted to be a footballer it’s up to them and only them. Ridiculous to assume otherwise
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Not really no, in Asian families you don’t get such freedoms
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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or in IT perhaps greg?
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Stereotyping is alive and kicking
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posted 49 seconds ago
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posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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or in IT perhaps greg?
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Stereotyping is alive and kicking
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But not kicking footballs
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
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Son! Choudhary, Okazaki from Leicester I think. Chopra a while back.
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posted 22 seconds ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
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Son! Choudhary, Okazaki from Leicester I think. Chopra a while back.
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He mentioned both Son & Okazaki?
Asian players are not seen by the clubs as good enough physically to challenge for the top clubs, and no one takes a punt on them. Agents/scouts don't go and hunt for Asian players. By Asian I mean, Indian, Pakistani and Bengali. I have seen some cracking Asian players at grass root, specially two players who were astounding talent, but it is an English heritage that they saw these players as beneath them even though they were outstanding.
The myth that Asian families want their sons/daughters to be doctors, or in IT, is a myth made and kept alive by the Media.
Lots of talent going wasted
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posted 1 minute ago
comment by Rover the hill and far away (U7040)
posted 22 seconds ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
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Son! Choudhary, Okazaki from Leicester I think. Chopra a while back.
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He mentioned both Son & Okazaki?
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I'll get my glasses!
comment by morespurs (U15748)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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or in IT perhaps greg?
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Stereotyping is alive and kicking
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It's the truth, Greg was a prat phrasing it the way he did
But the truth is you are likely to see more Asians in Accounts and IT than on the football pitch
If families encouraged their kids to play footy and pursue a career in it then I would have no doubt we'd see more pros. The other factor is the talent amongst the Asian communities is just not there, if there was then we'd have seen a Messi Singh, Patel or Akbar equivalent.
Even in cricket the Asian Brits are good to average, none world beaters.
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
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Other than Son none of those are really top players. Asians generally don’t tend to be that good at football.
There are many issues, some covered in that Asian parents tend to value education more. There is also little clear pathways for players. How many are actually scouted or recruited at a young age?
Nadiem Amiri is already a German international. The Dutch had Luciano Narsingh and his brother playing in their top flight and the former having international caps. How are these nations better able to do this than the UK?
Would Nadiem Amiri have made it as a player if he was in England rather THAN Germany?
comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 45 minutes ago
They prefer cricket or to be a doctor, accountant or lawyer. Football or anything other than cricket is not encouraged by parents.
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I think there are enough Asians in the music/media/film industry to suggest this is by no means the only reason.
The Asian parents wanting education or cricket (stereotypical) is a myth now and a easy get out clause. First generation yes but now 2nd generation are no different to white/black parents and if your kid has talent they will pursue it.
Truth is coaches don't want to pick Asian kids.
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 5 minutes ago
The Asian parents wanting education or cricket (stereotypical) is a myth now and a easy get out clause. First generation yes but now 2nd generation are no different to white/black parents and if your kid has talent they will pursue it.
Truth is coaches don't want to pick Asian kids.
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Seriously?
So parents will pursue it if their child has talent but coaches won’t pursue it if the same child has talent? Coaches are anti-Asian?
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
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Other than Son none of those are really top players. Asians generally don’t tend to be that good at football.
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Having checked, there’s a few I’d forgotten about that had good careers in Italy for example. I agree that only Son (and probably Kagawa for a little while) are/were ‘top’ players. I suppose what I meant is ‘top’ as in playing in the top leagues in Europe.
Any player playing in the premier divisions of England, France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Spain or Portugal is an elite level player. Obviously, not all elite level players are equally as good, but regardless, to be playing in those leagues (or even the division below) puts you at the sharp end of the men’s game.
There is a reason why all the Asian countries are utter sheite
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posted on 12/11/20
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
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or in IT perhaps greg?
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Are they all rubbish at football?
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 5 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
They prefer cricket?
posted on 12/11/20
They prefer cricket or to be a doctor, accountant or lawyer. Football or anything other than cricket is not encouraged by parents.
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
As an asian person, it will always be this.
Asian families understand that education is the biggest ticket out of poverty, so they will encourage this.
Mindsets are changing, but to be honest, if you're not part of an academy in your teens, you can see why sports is pushed back for children.
posted on 12/11/20
Hard to represent a group of people if they don’t want to be represented. If an Asian person wanted to be a footballer it’s up to them and only them. Ridiculous to assume otherwise
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 1 minute ago
Hard to represent a group of people if they don’t want to be represented. If an Asian person wanted to be a footballer it’s up to them and only them. Ridiculous to assume otherwise
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Not really no, in Asian families you don’t get such freedoms
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
or in IT perhaps greg?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Stereotyping is alive and kicking
posted on 12/11/20
comment by morespurs (U15748)
posted 49 seconds ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
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Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
or in IT perhaps greg?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Stereotyping is alive and kicking
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But not kicking footballs
posted on 12/11/20
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Son! Choudhary, Okazaki from Leicester I think. Chopra a while back.
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Rover the hill and far away (U7040)
posted 22 seconds ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Son! Choudhary, Okazaki from Leicester I think. Chopra a while back.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He mentioned both Son & Okazaki?
posted on 12/11/20
Asian players are not seen by the clubs as good enough physically to challenge for the top clubs, and no one takes a punt on them. Agents/scouts don't go and hunt for Asian players. By Asian I mean, Indian, Pakistani and Bengali. I have seen some cracking Asian players at grass root, specially two players who were astounding talent, but it is an English heritage that they saw these players as beneath them even though they were outstanding.
The myth that Asian families want their sons/daughters to be doctors, or in IT, is a myth made and kept alive by the Media.
Lots of talent going wasted
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Rover the hill and far away (U7040)
posted 22 seconds ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Son! Choudhary, Okazaki from Leicester I think. Chopra a while back.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He mentioned both Son & Okazaki?
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I'll get my glasses!
posted on 12/11/20
comment by morespurs (U15748)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by Robb Pochettino - 🧢 Make United Great Again (U22311)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 4 seconds ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Possibly Asian families are more determined to push the path for their children to be more academic than sporty.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
or in IT perhaps greg?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Stereotyping is alive and kicking
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It's the truth, Greg was a prat phrasing it the way he did
But the truth is you are likely to see more Asians in Accounts and IT than on the football pitch
If families encouraged their kids to play footy and pursue a career in it then I would have no doubt we'd see more pros. The other factor is the talent amongst the Asian communities is just not there, if there was then we'd have seen a Messi Singh, Patel or Akbar equivalent.
Even in cricket the Asian Brits are good to average, none world beaters.
posted on 12/11/20
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Other than Son none of those are really top players. Asians generally don’t tend to be that good at football.
posted on 12/11/20
There are many issues, some covered in that Asian parents tend to value education more. There is also little clear pathways for players. How many are actually scouted or recruited at a young age?
Nadiem Amiri is already a German international. The Dutch had Luciano Narsingh and his brother playing in their top flight and the former having international caps. How are these nations better able to do this than the UK?
posted on 12/11/20
Would Nadiem Amiri have made it as a player if he was in England rather THAN Germany?
posted on 12/11/20
comment by Plump Pumped (U22314)
posted 45 minutes ago
They prefer cricket or to be a doctor, accountant or lawyer. Football or anything other than cricket is not encouraged by parents.
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I think there are enough Asians in the music/media/film industry to suggest this is by no means the only reason.
posted on 12/11/20
The Asian parents wanting education or cricket (stereotypical) is a myth now and a easy get out clause. First generation yes but now 2nd generation are no different to white/black parents and if your kid has talent they will pursue it.
Truth is coaches don't want to pick Asian kids.
posted on 12/11/20
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 5 minutes ago
The Asian parents wanting education or cricket (stereotypical) is a myth now and a easy get out clause. First generation yes but now 2nd generation are no different to white/black parents and if your kid has talent they will pursue it.
Truth is coaches don't want to pick Asian kids.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Seriously?
So parents will pursue it if their child has talent but coaches won’t pursue it if the same child has talent? Coaches are anti-Asian?
posted on 12/11/20
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 15 minutes ago
British Asians make up 7% of the UK population. However, only 0.25% of professional footballers are British Asians.
Why do you think this is?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
There aren’t that many Asians playing at the highest level of the men’s game period. The lack of British Asians doing so doesn’t look out of place when viewed with the broader context in mind.
How many top players has there been in the last decade from Asia? Son, Kagawa, Park, Ono, Nakumura, Honda, Okazaki, Yoshida...?
Cant think of many more that have played at PL level or equivalent, though I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Other than Son none of those are really top players. Asians generally don’t tend to be that good at football.
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Having checked, there’s a few I’d forgotten about that had good careers in Italy for example. I agree that only Son (and probably Kagawa for a little while) are/were ‘top’ players. I suppose what I meant is ‘top’ as in playing in the top leagues in Europe.
Any player playing in the premier divisions of England, France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Spain or Portugal is an elite level player. Obviously, not all elite level players are equally as good, but regardless, to be playing in those leagues (or even the division below) puts you at the sharp end of the men’s game.
posted on 12/11/20
There is a reason why all the Asian countries are utter sheite
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