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2 minutes ago, Isegrim said:

It's "gefüllte Fisch", shocking misuse of German umlaute!

 

Meenzergate!

And it's either "gefüllter Fisch" or "gefüllte Fische".

 

Shocking misuse of German grammar!

 

Isegrimgate tbh

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You know, I suppose I'm really 'old school', but it bugs me when English born players elect to represent another country, especially when it's obvious they would never make the England squad.

Classic example is Vinnie Jones turning out for Wales, I guess with a name like Jones it's close enough.

I wonder how many English born lads we have at our club who have claimed decendency status? ( me great-great granny slept wi a Scot afore the waal was built ye knaa).

Where were Elliot, Dummett, Ritchie, Clark, our 'foreign' players born?  When Jackie Charlton managed Ireland I wonder how many of his squad weren't from Ireland and hadn't even been there before he picked them.

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On 2017-5-27 at 7:05 AM, Noelie said:

You know, I suppose I'm really 'old school', but it bugs me when English born players elect to represent another country, especially when it's obvious they would never make the England squad.

Classic example is Vinnie Jones turning out for Wales, I guess with a name like Jones it's close enough.

I wonder how many English born lads we have at our club who have claimed decendency status? ( me great-great granny slept wi a Scot afore the waal was built ye knaa).

Where were Elliot, Dummett, Ritchie, Clark, our 'foreign' players born?  When Jackie Charlton managed Ireland I wonder how many of his squad weren't from Ireland and hadn't even been there before he picked them.

It bugged me too but if you're a young, fit professional footballer and you get a chance of international football why wouldn't you take it? Just for the experience and change of scenery if anything? Had I been good enough to go professional I could've represented at least two countries, possibly three, why would someone not want to play international football? 

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Players using all kinds of family ties to get into various other national teams after being deemed not top level enough for another, is, on the whole, a bit of cheating the weak rules, but, if it gives that player a chance to play against top level opposition, including the national team that snubs him, then why not.

 

Football was sold to the devil long before all this stuff was happening so they might as well just add whatever extras to it as time goes on until it becomes unrecognisable from the football that we started out with, whether that's national teams or domestic leagues around the world.

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On 5/28/2017 at 11:42 AM, wolfy said:

Players using all kinds of family ties to get into various other national teams after being deemed not top level enough for another, is, on the whole, a bit of cheating the weak rules, but, if it gives that player a chance to play against top level opposition, including the national team that snubs him, then why not.

 

Football was sold to the devil long before all this stuff was happening so they might as well just add whatever extras to it as time goes on until it becomes unrecognisable from the football that we started out with, whether that's national teams or domestic leagues around the world.

 

 

Errrrrr

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