wcorkcanary 4,329 Posted February 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Rock The Boat said: Idiot. Coming from you , that feels like a compliment . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted February 21, 2020 On 19/02/2020 at 17:07, Nuff Said said: If I look at the forthcoming points based immigration scheme: it seems unless any foreign footballer has a PhD, or speaks good English, they ain’t coming. How are clubs going to get round this? Easy... They will meet the first 2, so that's 40 points. Add 20 for earning enough. That just leaves them needing to speak English for the final 10 points. If they don't speak English then sign them, loan them out, pay for intensive English tutoring and then over here with the visa when they've learnt the language. This will be a new thing. I suspect we'll see a lot of loans to Holland where everybody seems to speak English really well. Does make me wonder whether Farke's language skills would have been enough when we signed him though, his English definitely improved a lot over that first season. Buendia wouldn't have qualified! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuff Said 5,089 Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said: You may well be right but I'm not sure about 70 points being straightforward for footballers if they don't speak English. Most do, but some don't. I've looked everywhere to try to find out what 'speaks English at the required level' means but I can't find a definitive answer. I can see where the other 60 points come from but struggle to see the final 10 required Basically if you’re able to shout “over ‘ere son, on me ‘ead” you’ll be ok. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 4,867 Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Rock The Boat said: A national anthem like - Deutschland uber alles? Err, no. I was thinking of an English anthem! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
