There is theory in English football that English managers will play more English players as they understand how important the national team is. There is indictment every time an English manager such as Nigel Adkins is replaced by a foreign manager such as Mauricio Potchettino. As the example above shows, the indictment is not always correct. With Potchettino using a lot of young English players, I examine whether the typical English belief has any weight based on players used in the premier league so far this season. In total there have been 369 players used in the premier league season of which 260 have been foreign players compared to 109 English players. In total around 30% of players used this season have been English.
Arsenal- Foreign manager- 15 foreign players- 5 English players- 25% English
Aston Villa- foreign manager- 12 foreign players- 5 English players- 29% English
Cardiff City- Foreign manager- 10 foreign players- 9 English players- 47% English
Chelsea- Foreign manager- 16 foreign players- 4 English players- 20% English
Crystal Palace- English Manager- 13 foreign players- 5 English players- 28% English
Everton- foreign Manager- 10 foreign players- 6 English players- 38% English
Fulham- Foreign Manager- 16 foreign players- 6 English players- 27% English
Hull City- English Manager- 10 foreign players- 6 English players- 38% English
Liverpool- foreign Manager- 13 foreign players- 5 English players- 28% English
Manchester City- Foreign Manager- 15 foreign players- 4 English players- 21% English
Manchester United- Foreign Manager- 12 foreign players- 6 English players- 33% English
Newcastle United- English Manager- 17 foreign players- 2 English players- 11% English
Norwich City- English Manager- 12 foreign players- 6 English players- 33% English
Southampton- Foreign manager- 9 foreign players- 8 English players- 47% English
Stoke City- foreign manager- 13 foreign players- 5 English players- 28% English
Sunderland- foreign manager- 16 foreign players- 4 English players- 20% English
Swansea- foreign manager- 13 foreign players- 3 English players- 19% English
Tottenham- foreign manager- 13 foreign players- 6 English players- 32% English
West Brom- foreign manager- 14 foreign players- 6 English players- 30% English
West Ham- English manager- 11 foreign players- 8 English players- 42% English
279 players have been used by foreign managers this season with 197 being foreign compared to 82 being English leaving a percentage of 29% of players being English.
90 players have been used by English managers this season with 63 players being foreign and 27 being English leaving 30% of the players that have been used English.
The statistics above therefore show, albeit on a small sample of English managers in the premier league that it is a myth that English players are given more opportunities by English managers. This is further shown by Alan Pardew fielding the least amount of English players and he himself being an English manager. The two managers that have fielded the most English players this season are both foreign albeit Mackay is Scottish.
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