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Thread: Then versus now

  1. #11
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    My calculations say you are wrong...

    But I will leave it a bit before saying what I got.

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    Quote Originally Posted by usedtobeshearer View Post
    So nobody else gets a guess?
    The question was how many so anybody can still have a guess

    The % was an addition

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    Quote Originally Posted by AP69 View Post
    The question was how many so anybody can still have a guess

    The % was an addition
    No..the question was what percent...

    Also, knowing the percent is the same as knowing the number of players...

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    Quote Originally Posted by usedtobeshearer View Post
    No..the question was what percent...

    Also, knowing the percent is the same as knowing the number of players...
    It wasnt

    I asked the question on the other thread
    Zip then put the % part on this one

    To be fair if anybody is going to do the maths to get the answer they may as well google it

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    Quote Originally Posted by AP69 View Post
    It wasnt

    I asked the question on the other thread
    Zip then put the % part on this one

    To be fair if anybody is going to do the maths to get the answer they may as well google it
    Erm.....

    Okay I will leave it there...

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    Anybody got the answer?

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    Anyone who wants to see the answer as opposed to having a think and a guess can scroll down on this link:

    https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/p...-weekend-1992/

    it is bloody surprising, mind...although I'm not saying in which way.

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    Justin case anyone is still interested , here are the 13 foreign players who played in the opening weekend. 13????? That's just over 5%. It's now at around 70%.

    Eric Cantona (Leeds United) – French striker
    Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United) – Danish goalkeeper
    Michel Vonk (Manchester City) – Dutch defender
    Andrei Kanchelskis (Manchester United) – Russian winger
    Gunnar Halle (Oldham Athletic) – Norwegian defender
    Craig Forrest (Ipswich Town) – Canadian goalkeeper
    Roland Nilsson (Sheffield Wednesday) – Swedish defender
    Hans Segers (Wimbledon) – Dutch goalkeeper
    Jan Stejskal (QPR) – Czech goalkeeper
    John Jensen (Arsenal) – Danish midfielder
    Anders Limpar (Arsenal) – Swedish winger
    Robert Warzycha (Everton) – Polish winger
    Ronnie Rosenthal (Liverpool) – Israeli striker

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    Wasn't there a 3 foreigners to a team rule for Europe in those days?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sclox View Post
    Wasn't there a 3 foreigners to a team rule for Europe in those days?
    There was indeed.

    Doesn't seem like it was a problem though. Unlike my Championship manager squads!

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