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12-07-2007, 06:09 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #101 | | Joe Blow
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loads of french players were born in africa weren't they?
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12-07-2007, 06:12 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #102 | | Joe Blow
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Originally posted by poyplemonkeys:
Hargreaves has English parents unless I'm mistaken.
Le Saux is from Jersey and Le Tissier from Guernsey. Hardly similar comparisons to the point I'm making. Do those countries even have national teams that compete in the major tournaments qualifying?
I don't know anything about John Barnes unfortunately.
| Barnes was born in Jamaica, but moved over here when very young. I don't know if he qualified through residency or parentage.
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12-07-2007, 06:14 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #103 | | Newb
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Quote:
Originally posted by poyplemonkeys:
Hargreaves has English parents unless I'm mistaken.
| One English, One Welsh. Born in Canada, had German residency.
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12-07-2007, 06:37 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #104 | | Newb
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really don't see what makes hargreaves more "english" than someone who's lived there for a length of time
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12-07-2007, 09:32 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #105 | | In Orientation
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His blood?
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12-07-2007, 09:33 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #106 | | Joe Blow
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Blood group: English?
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12-07-2007, 09:38 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #107 | | Newb
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12-07-2007, 09:40 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #108 | | In Orientation
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It's not literally blood. LOL. Maybe it's just an expression where I'm from but people ask if I have English/Irish blood in me. As in are your parents English or Irish.
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12-07-2007, 09:45 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #109 | | Joe Blow
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Good job. Otherwise we'd have loads of johnny foreigners flying in for blood transfusions in a weak attempt to become a part of ze master race.
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12-07-2007, 10:07 PM
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Almunia for England?? Post #110 | | Registered User
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Dave Kitson and James Harper have bth declined the countries their parents are from, because they don't feel like they actually come from there. Kitson turned down Ireland, who he was eligible for via his paternal grandfather, on the grounds that he didn't want to get in the way of real Irishmen. Harper's Mum was born in Ghana but left when she was 2. Harps has never been there.
My point is, why would players who have lived in a country for just a few years, have any reason to play for a country they hold a passport for? They would be in the way of Englishmen (or whoever) and they would actually have no real claim. Of course, if they'd lived there since they were 2 or whatever, that's different.
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