Have we ever had so few British players in a starting XI?

[York Canary 28]

Hi all, long term reader of the forum, thought I''d finally take the plunge and get involved.

Just an observation from Saturday''s team sheet - Gunn, Maddison and Murphy were our only British players involved from the start with the rest from overseas. Has there ever been so few starting a competitive game for City?

This isn''t a criticism as such, merely an observation - whilst I enjoy seeing British (and where possible, local players) pull on the jersey, I ultimately want to see a winning Norwich City side.

[TIL 1010 5,246]

Welcome on board York Canary. Blimey that must be half a dozen new posters in the last few days. Have a look at the PUPs thread mate as i am sure Nutty would love you on board.In answer to your thread topic no is the simple reply.

[Diane 500]

Welcome aboard York Canary, great to have so many new posters and returning posters joining in nowadays.

Re your question its a resounding No from me too, didn''t realise there were only 3 British players playing until you pointed it out.

[York Canary 28]

Thanks Til and Diane. Til, I''ll be sure to check the PUP thread, thank you.

I guess the influx of foreign players comes with the territory of the new regime, so many players still in the bedding in process of English (and Championship) football - I''m looking forward to a month or two down the line once these players have bedded in.

[Feedthewolf 5,885]

It would be quite easy to field a good side of entirely non-British outfield players:-----------------Franke--Zimmermann--Klose----------------------Pinto------Tettey--Trybull---Vrancic----Stiepermann---------------------------Wildschut----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Oliveira-------------------------------Suppose you could also include Wes in that if ROI is classified as ''non-British''.

[Lord Horn (again) 154]

[quote user="Feedthewolf"]It would be quite easy to field a good side of entirely non-British outfield players:-----------------Franke--Zimmermann--Klose----------------------Pinto------Tettey--Trybull---Vrancic----Stiepermann---------------------------Wildschut----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Oliveira-------------------------------Suppose you could also include Wes in that if ROI is classified as ''non-British''.[/quote]

I''m quite sure that no one in the ROI considers themselves ''British''. If only Mr McGovern had been born on the other side of the border we could have had a complete XI

[Duncan Edwards 2,424]

Is this a direct consequence of Brexit?

[Lord Horn (again) 154]

[quote user="Duncan Edwards"]Is this a direct consequence of Brexit?[/quote]

Well, I blame everything on that, including my dog farting!