EPL is great but man do those English players there suck. EPL would be the best league of all time if you take away the English/British player.
Take Everton-United as an example. On one side you are hypnotized by Fellaini and you have to enjoy the game, while on the other side you see a talentless guy like Baines (spelling?) who only knows how to kick the ball the hardest he can. Then you just wanna die that Baines actually makes big money from football.
Take the English out of the EPL and I'll be its greatest fan.
You know i completely agree with your post, there is no denying that one of the reasons English teams started doing well in Europe in the last decade as opposed to the 90's is the huge influx of foreigners. So like i said i completely agree with your post. The only thing is, you picked a wrong example, i don't know if you're mixing up Baines with someone else, but Baines is one of the few English fullbacks that are technically proficient. He's good enough technically for a fullback, he's an amazing crosser of the ball, and he's great at set pieces.
That being said, you then look at other English fullbacks, Walker, Micah Richards, Onuha, and they are the biggest talentless hacks ever, even though some of them could be effective, as they're all pretty fast and strong, but technically they're just....
Technique is not what the english NT is lacking.
Cole, Lampard, Gerrard, Young, Wellbeck, Rooney
WTF, are you kidding, none of these players are that special technically, other than Cole and Rooney maybe who is quite good technically. Welbeck is more pace than technique, so is Young.