| International Break 12:53 - Sep 22 with 3666 views | RedbourneR |
Anyone know who's off and playing for their country? Jimmy Dunne and Harvey Vale for RoI,I guess, and Paul Smyth for the North, so who else is going to be missing from the training ground? Nothing on the offish. |  | | |  |
| International Break on 20:37 - Sep 24 with 432 views | aston_hoop |
| International Break on 20:28 - Sep 24 by Big_Mac |
It’s weird. Hallgrímsson has decided to have two keepers on the bench. |
Its a requiremen to name 3 keepers in the squads I believe |  |
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| International Break on 21:19 - Sep 24 with 334 views | Big_Mac |
| International Break on 20:37 - Sep 24 by aston_hoop |
Its a requiremen to name 3 keepers in the squads I believe |
So it is. I didn’t know that extended to the matchday squad as well. Thanks. |  | | |
| International Break on 22:19 - Sep 24 with 239 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Another gutless display from the Irish management/board tonight.
Five centre-backs, two outnumbered defensive central midfielders, everyone else hoping that something nice might happen.
I felt sorry for them all. |  |
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| International Brea on 23:53 - Sep 24 with 119 views | numptydumpty |
| International Brea on 09:42 - Sep 23 by Maggsinho |
Both qualified to play for Martinique and France as they were both born in France but had a father from Martinique. |
Yes i know thats the rules around qualifications but both grew up and were born in France. For me that makes them French. And both their mothers were born and lived always in France too. But yes money talks and all international teams in most sports follow these rules, but personally i have never liked it.
Where you are born and where you have spent your formative years is for me how it should be.
Appreciate that would mean clearly that Jonathan.Varane would be extremely unlikely to be capped ie by France but fair enough. In rugby and cricket its just as extreme with Samoans Fijians in rugby, a fair few South Africans in cricket representing England both and the like playing for all sorts of different other nations also.
And the rules can be bent back also. Declan Rice and Jack Grealish had played for Ireland at youth level and Rice even made thrèe full international appearances for Ireland. Rice only had irish paternal grandparents and Grealish about as Brummie as they come, his dad was Irish. The irish team under Jack Charlton with scouse Aldridge and Cockney barrow boy Townsend shows its been like this a long time.
Stated Jonathan Varane was French through and through but qualified for Martinique because of his father, yet Raphael was born and raised in France with the same father but played for France.
The rules for me are so tenuous and not correct but me stating this, i see my post was reported for abuse. Not sure why.
Anyhow, forgetting that, we all know all football is available to the highest bidder. International football has a kind of transfer window, all of its own, but it will stay as it is, because its wedded to the money...
It will always be so, but doesnt mean its right.
My father was born in Wales but moved to London age 13. Mum was a London girl. I had irish great grandparents who both passed when i was no more than a toddler. Couldnt be anything other than English myself though. Born here and always lived here. My dad followed Wales - fair enough, born there and spent his formative years there.
Have always not agreed with this system of selection for international representation. Its odd and weird. [Post edited 25 Sep 0:18]
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