No, no, he's part of the English diaspora.
Or colonisation or something. Whether the victim of or the coloniser is difficult to say.
But you definitely can't say that because he's born and raised in Ireland and clearly Irish that he's Irish. That won't do at all.
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Why be so defensive? Ireland have taken loads of English born players into their team/squad over the years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republic_of_Ireland_international_footballers_born_outside_the_Republic_of_Ireland
And here's the list of England players who have been born...
You can buy it in Brighton. When I was over for the summer they were selling it in the Asian supermarket in sydney street.
I don't recommend it though. Drink too much of it and it'll make your sweat smell like vinegar. It's pretty grim. And it doesn't taste that nice to start with. Go for...
We've had a magnificent few days - Gross getting a call up to the German squad, Dunk getting into England, signing Baleba and, unbelievably, Fati, getting drawn against Ajax, Marseilles and AEK Athens in our maiden European campaign, even that new European shirt - however I have a feeling of...
Ajax is just about the best team we could have been drawn against. They're one of Europe's most iconic and important clubs. The fact that we're going to play them in a competitive fixture and that it will be a competitive game is just fantastic.
I know the circumstances of both clubs have...
People really need to understand that a huge percentage of the world don't follow teams they follow players so the argument of history isn't as strong as they might think.
Get enough top players in the league for long enough and it will succeed. The Saudi's have bottomless pockets so...
It's...
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Blimey, it makes 50 virgins dressed like tk max milk tray men who write stern letters to their club look tame? I can't imagine that that could ever be true. The palace always ultras are the first last and every word in fanatical devotion and intimidation.
Quick update please guys.
There's been a delay? what kind? How serious? This thread has gained about 20 pages since I last read it - too many to catch up!
What a great group. I'm terribly envious of any and all of you that get to go to the games. Traveling to watch the Albion in Amsterdam, Marseilles and Athens you lucky, lucky people!
Suella Braverman might be if you're coming by boat :oops:
My flight was delayed by 3 hours. I was pissed off at the time but hindsight says I got away with it.
This thread has been an absolute whirlwind. Less than 24 hours from the first laughable linking of us to the player, to the 'oh wow' proper journalists(and/or popular shysters) are going big on it, maybe theres something in it' to it's looking likely, to the drama of another bigger club coming...
When did Southgate say he was only picking on form? I have a vague memory of him saying something like that when he first became manager but the way some go on about it I'd presume he says it before every squad announcement?
As always, some baffling choices.
Is Pascal married to a local girl then? Does that mean his magic footed progeny could turn out for England? Or has the father in law moved over to England?