Exactly ! couldn't agree more.
The basis of our team which was constructed by Paterson was built from "local" stock. Butcher, in trying to build his own team, is plucking guys from England who basically can't get a game down there.
i agree, and its something that i'm suprised more people aren't picking up on.we have an unprecedented amount of 'foreigners' , english, irish , spanish,latvian ... , and it reminds me of a few years back when a lot of scottish clubs were bringing in foreigners that weren't any better than what we had. that cant be said of all our signings but we've definately lost our 'soul' in the last few years and thats one of the reasons i'm glad at least gollys back because our back 4 has a real local look to it again, well 3 anyway!