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« Reply #30 on: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 19:15:37 » |
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We've already got a reasonable cut off point. Why don't we stick to that?
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« Reply #31 on: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 19:17:47 » |
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john barnes isn't english.owen hargreaves ditto.
the rules are there and as long s as they aint broken then they should be used
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« Reply #32 on: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 20:04:50 » |
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We've already got a reasonable cut off point. Why don't we stick to that?
What's the cut off point again? Is it a blood test to prove its content is at least 25% English? |
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« Reply #33 on: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 20:07:22 » |
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What's the cut off point again?
Is it a blood test to prove its content is at least 25% English?
Knowing at least 4 words of the first verse of the national anthem and being able to identify the queen on banknotes and coins. |
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« Reply #34 on: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 20:35:56 » |
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no need for Almunia if P Smith can consistantly perform aswell as he did today
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« Reply #35 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 04:33:56 » |
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The cutt off point is the fact that your mum and dad are proper English, no half casts, "naturalised" or owt else. Anything beyond that (acccording to the "official" rules") is a fucking insult.
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« Reply #36 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 10:02:46 » |
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nah i'd much rather win and if almunia and arteta are thought to be better than what we've got then i'm all for it
there's germans born in poland and raised there that play for poland, scousers who are irish, jamaicans who are english...i don't think there's much moral high ground for saying "ah but we've only got englanders..erm possibly to our disadvantage...do we get a goal headstart?"
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« Reply #37 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 10:11:20 » |
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We should only select players who can hum God Save the Queen while sipping tea using their pinky finger correctly. Actually I kind of agree with what Batch said, no more keen on a foreign keeper than a foreign manager, but neither's going to have me writing letters in green ink to the Daily Mail. Oh, and Batch I don't think being shit disqualifies you from playing for Ireland
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« Reply #38 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:47:49 » |
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But where's the cut off point? If somebody moves to England at the age of 1, should they qualify to play for England? Are they any more English than say a 30-year old who moved to England at the age of 17?
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« Reply #39 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:49:36 » |
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No. They're simply NOT English. End of story.
perhaps, but they'd still be eligible for the England football team |
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« Reply #40 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:52:30 » |
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Like the rules for MP's expenses, they may be doing nothing wrong. In which case, it's the rules that need changing.
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« Reply #41 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:53:07 » |
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So Terry Butcher should not have played for England then.
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« Reply #42 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:55:56 » |
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Like the rules for MP's expenses, they may be doing nothing wrong. In which case, it's the rules that need changing.
rules which we've not capitalised on where as others who are more success than us have. i think you're looking at it from a more nationalistic stance than a england might win a bit if we utilise the rules as others eg- senna for spain, he's brazilian but as he was never called up by brazil and was in spain for long enough |
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« Reply #43 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:57:27 » |
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Like I said, defeats the whole point of international football.
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« Reply #44 on: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 12:59:02 » |
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the point of football is to win?
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