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*Official* English Football Season 2013-14
- Thread starter GIMH
- Start date
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Fabio Capello dismisses Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia's England prospects - Telegraph
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | A | Arsenal | Wenger backs Almunia England bid
and more recently
Roy Hodgson hints FA is ready to accept Adnan Januzaj for England - World Cup 2014 - Football - The Independent
But 07/08 he was more than fine tbh
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Haha, his direness was already widely acknowledged by that point though.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Doesn't matter in either case as the managers couldn't have picked them
Explained: Why Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj can't play for England | International | STV Sport
Were you just on 5-live?
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well they could've, they'd have just need the permission of the other boards to scrap that rule
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
And hence, they aren't England qualified because the rule hasn't been scrapped
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It's pretty much semantics. They were qualified but not eligible for selection but just because Capello disagreed with me and didn't seek to have the rule removed doesn't make what I said any less true. There was a time where he should've picked (or at least tried to) Almunia
BoyBrumby
Englishman
It's a bit of a nonsense, the rule.
I mean, if Spain & Germany, who aren't exactly short of talent, allow foreign-born players to qualify on residence, why don't we?
I think one of Rangers' Italians wanted to play for Scotland too, but was rebuffed because of it. Amoruso, maybe?
I mean, if Spain & Germany, who aren't exactly short of talent, allow foreign-born players to qualify on residence, why don't we?
I think one of Rangers' Italians wanted to play for Scotland too, but was rebuffed because of it. Amoruso, maybe?
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Not sure if serious question or not haha, but no.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
It's not semantics. They couldn't play for England with the rule in place = not England qualified
Well the logic is that, you could have some geezer from overseas playing for, say, West Ham for five years and then standard residency rules would mean Wales could pick him even if he'd never even eaten roast lamb
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Pellegrini showing himself to be as much of a **** as every other manager with his post match comments about the referee. As others have said, it had seemed like he was slightly better in this regard but apparently not.
EDIT: DavidLaw @DavidLawTennis 11m
Pathetic. Throw the book at him. “@DTguardian: Pellegrini: "From the beginning, I felt the referee was not impartial." #MCFC #FCB”
EDIT 2: According to whichever journalist is on TalkSport atm, apparently Pellegrini has tried to claim that the red card wasn't a red card, which is pretty ridiculous.
EDIT: DavidLaw @DavidLawTennis 11m
Pathetic. Throw the book at him. “@DTguardian: Pellegrini: "From the beginning, I felt the referee was not impartial." #MCFC #FCB”
EDIT 2: According to whichever journalist is on TalkSport atm, apparently Pellegrini has tried to claim that the red card wasn't a red card, which is pretty ridiculous.
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A Man Utd fan just phoned in and made that exact point about Kompany.
Yeah hate it when managers you thought were decent do that but they pretty much all do.
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No, qualification is a citizenship issue. Eligibility is a selection rule.
Much like the ECB rules these days means you could have an English citizen (or someone who qualifies for it) who wouldn't be eligible for selection.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Nope. If you're qualified you can play. I'm annoying myself arguing this but I'm not letting you have this
