I overreacted a little bit with my original response to this. Apologies folks.
Having local lads and more scottish players in the team would be a good thing but i think the problem we have had is selling ourselves as a club to other Scottish players. Its a problem with other SPL sides. Young Scottish talent is being consistently cherry picked by bigger teams down south and any player that has major ambitions will eventually get tempted down there simply because its better.
Many players from abroad tend to come here with a desire to eventually make the move down south as well but having them in your side even for a brief amount of time can help with the quality some can bring.
We've had to do more buisness down South mainly because its more financially benefitial, Terry said before that he had tryed to sign players within Scotland in the summer but was being consistently outpriced by them. It leaves him with no other alternative really, we could pay that little bit more to get them and risk going into debt. or we could take more of a gamble with lads from Down South and stay solvent. Both have pros and cons.
With regards to local talent i dont think we are really any different than any other side outwith the Old Firm. Sutherland, Ross, Shinnie and Morrison have all shown at times they are very capable players. But i do agree with folks saying they deserve more of a run in the team.