by Dave » 15 Oct 2021, 15:33
The F.A 's policy on signing players from the EU only extends to the premier league and the Football league, a player needs 15 qualifying points under the new points based immigration system, they need a GBE from the FA I believe and a certificate of sponsorship from the club, none of this applies to the non-league pyramid, I believe I'm right in saying a non-league club can not issue a certificate of sponsorship.
It's almost certainly the case that Rodrigues at Notts County obtained his own GBE allowing him to remain a Notts County player under, either pre-settled or settled status as he was working in England prior to the country leaving.
Not trying to turn this into a political post, in reality apart from the non-league Brexit has brought little change to the English game, there was 'NO' free movement prior to the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992. English clubs brought in players from Europe and around globe before free movement, after 1st January 1993 up until Brexit in 2020 clubs still required work permits for players signed from the African, American, Asian, and European non EU member states, for most players signing for a premier league club a GBE will be automatic.
The ending of free movement shouldn't be seen as a bad thing, it most be remembered for a start that the English FA is far more liberal than many EU member states national F,A'S many who apply quotas on the amount of foreign players clubs can have, where our F,A doesn't.
So young talented home grown players will no longer be side-lined because clubs can bring in a fully developed player from abroad for a third of the cost, of developing their own players, as it is now harder for clubs below the premier league to sign EU born and based players.
So this can benefit TUFC and other clubs at our level, as many EFL clubs strive to develop their own talent the pool of young players available in the loan market should grow.
So why hasn't Gary Johnson gone into the loan market ? Well the answer in my opinion lays in the summer recruitment, the signing of the likes of Martin, Lolos, O'Connell, Rogers and Omar most of these players came straight from U23 football, it does irritate me when I see the comments written about these players, it's got nothing to do with, them being up to standard or not, these are very young raw players with limited senior experience, they're all talented with stacks of potential, but need time.
The problem for me lays squarely in our squad being in-balanced, we've got very little between a crop of very raw young players, and Wright, Moxey and Hall, who are and lets cut to the chase, one step past their best days, those players listed do not have it in their bodies or their legs to play 4 + games per calendar month.
There would absolutely no point what so ever for Gary Johnson to go into the loan market now, as the only avenue open to him would be U23 players, he has that in abundance already in the squad, what he needs are players 29-32 year age group who can take the pressure off the Hall's and Moxey's and bridge the gap, those players will 'NOT' be available until the January window opens, when League1,2 clubs make players who will not offered new contracts available for permanent or loan moves.
The key here is patience, this season is likely to be in-between, next season with the right blend of useable experience and our younger players with more development time under their belts, we could very well see our team flying again.
The F.A 's policy on signing players from the EU only extends to the premier league and the Football league, a player needs 15 qualifying points under the new points based immigration system, they need a GBE from the FA I believe and a certificate of sponsorship from the club, none of this applies to the non-league pyramid, I believe I'm right in saying a non-league club can not issue a certificate of sponsorship.
It's almost certainly the case that Rodrigues at Notts County obtained his own GBE allowing him to remain a Notts County player under, either pre-settled or settled status as he was working in England prior to the country leaving.
Not trying to turn this into a political post, in reality apart from the non-league Brexit has brought little change to the English game, there was 'NO' free movement prior to the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992. English clubs brought in players from Europe and around globe before free movement, after 1st January 1993 up until Brexit in 2020 clubs still required work permits for players signed from the African, American, Asian, and European non EU member states, for most players signing for a premier league club a GBE will be automatic.
The ending of free movement shouldn't be seen as a bad thing, it most be remembered for a start that the English FA is far more liberal than many EU member states national F,A'S many who apply quotas on the amount of foreign players clubs can have, where our F,A doesn't.
So young talented home grown players will no longer be side-lined because clubs can bring in a fully developed player from abroad for a third of the cost, of developing their own players, as it is now harder for clubs below the premier league to sign EU born and based players.
So this can benefit TUFC and other clubs at our level, as many EFL clubs strive to develop their own talent the pool of young players available in the loan market should grow.
So why hasn't Gary Johnson gone into the loan market ? Well the answer in my opinion lays in the summer recruitment, the signing of the likes of Martin, Lolos, O'Connell, Rogers and Omar most of these players came straight from U23 football, it does irritate me when I see the comments written about these players, it's got nothing to do with, them being up to standard or not, these are very young raw players with limited senior experience, they're all talented with stacks of potential, but need time.
The problem for me lays squarely in our squad being in-balanced, we've got very little between a crop of very raw young players, and Wright, Moxey and Hall, who are and lets cut to the chase, one step past their best days, those players listed do not have it in their bodies or their legs to play 4 + games per calendar month.
There would absolutely no point what so ever for Gary Johnson to go into the loan market now, as the only avenue open to him would be U23 players, he has that in abundance already in the squad, what he needs are players 29-32 year age group who can take the pressure off the Hall's and Moxey's and bridge the gap, those players will 'NOT' be available until the January window opens, when League1,2 clubs make players who will not offered new contracts available for permanent or loan moves.
The key here is patience, this season is likely to be in-between, next season with the right blend of useable experience and our younger players with more development time under their belts, we could very well see our team flying again.
