Edu for England

1tom · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:23 pm Post subject: Edu for England

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3598137.stm

It appears, rather stupidly and bizzarely, that Edu may be allowed to play for England if he were not to be selected for Brazil. What next, an International ransfer market Question

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CityTillIDie · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:26 pm Post subject:

No, No, and NO!

But the English F.A. being as they are, i'm sure they'll lay on the red carpet treatment...
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AllModCons · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

They come over here taking our jobs, women and now our international caps....
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Pollard · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject:

The fa are seriously thick first they say you can only play for the country you were born in now its the country where you live
WHATS GOING ON ???????
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MacPhail · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:54 pm Post subject:

Call me old-fashioned but I've always felt you should ONLY be able to represent a Country if you were BORN there or if either of your PARENTS were born there. Anything else is faintly ridiculous and The Republic of Ireland in particular have taken the "grandparent" rule to extremes over the last few years.

Having said that, he'd presumably also be eligible for Scotland ...... Wink

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palfrexm · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:00 am Post subject:

You should be able to go back 3 generations in my eyes. 100% England!!

Mindst you might appear that im a rare breed this year.
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catkin · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:41 am Post subject:

palfrexm said:
You should be able to go back 3 generations in my eyes.

in the extreme you could then choose between 15 countries?[/quote]
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palfrexm · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:44 am Post subject:

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palfrexm · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:45 am Post subject:

sorry mate missed that one?
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catkin · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:52 am Post subject:

for example.

your born in england one country.
your father in scotland two countries
your mother in wales three
your mother's mother in northern ireland four
your mother's father in republic of ireland five
then you've got your mother's mother's two parents, six and seven.
then your mother's father's two parents, eight and nine.
your father's mother and father, ten and eleven.
your father's mother's two parents, twelve and thirteen.
and your father's father's two parents, fourteen and fifteen

if all were born in different countries.
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palfrexm · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:54 am Post subject:

No what i was saying was to play for a country you would have to prove that you were 100% from that country for 3 generations

So

MUM and DAD english
MUMS and DADS parents english etc etc
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Herman the Tosser · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:09 am Post subject:

catkin · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:09 am Post subject:

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palfrexm · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:11 am Post subject:

There fore mr tosser, Only the most ENGLISH players play for england

Ok maybe 3 generations is too extreme, 2 then
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MacPhail · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject:

El_pats · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:49 pm Post subject:

whats the bloody point of having all these foriners on our island in the first place if we cant even play them in the national team. If the overseas players like Edu and Di Canio are going to come over here and take our bloody money and bloody jobs then the least they can do is put in a bit of national service by way of compensation. This wouldnt happen in America or any other European country, in fact we should have all asylum seekers signed up for the national team and national service, especially if they're better at football than us. So aren't they in the squad, because we're scared of offending people??? Ill tell you... POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (gone mad).

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MarkW · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:58 pm Post subject:

Edu for England!! Yeah, now you are talking.

Can we find that Thierry Henry had an English Border Collie too!

The more the merrier as far as I,m concerned, the French have been nicking all the best talent of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, etc. for years, its about time we had a go.

What was the point of all that empire business if you can,t nab some decent footballing talent from it 150 years later.... Wink

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catkin · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:21 am Post subject:

carlo cudicini is another eligable. but we'll stick with david james and ian walker! Laughing

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apples · First team sub Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 110

"If the overseas players like Edu and Di Canio are going to come over here and take our bloody money and bloody jobs?"

They both come here and earn money not take it! They don't take anyones job, they are doing a job that we can't do!
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LondonVillageRed · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:17 am Post subject:

Put your sarcasm detector on, Apples.......

El_pats · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:58 am Post subject:

DMN · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:33 am Post subject:

kingmouse · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:34 am Post subject:

Jobi1 · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:45 pm Post subject:

Well you're all writing Edu off, but surely his stint in one of England's greatest ever bands adds weight to his claim!?

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