Who do you want to win. Paddys or Frogs ?

[The Wizard]

Using racist names... That is good after the whole racism thing on here.

What? Where?

 

[Don Quixote]

What? Where?

Same as calling blackies Wogs isn't it?

 

[brakespear]

Using racist names... That is good after the whole racism thing on here.

Foresight as to the direction the thread would start to take, probably.

 

[Cian]

It is an acknowledged fact that Jack Charlton started by playing players whose grandmothers etc distance removed made them elligible France have done the same with African colonies that were once under French rule. We have done the same in cricket with South Africans especially but does that make it right.

The rules are extremely clear, you need to qualify for a passport - this was clarified after a Northern Irish player who qualified for one under the Good Friday Agreement declared for Ireland.

That means you need an Irish citizen parent or grandparent. Thats it. Some of the "non Irish" players who've played or play for us would have been declared to the foreign births registry and received Irish citizenship from the off - Kevin Kilbane for one.

England could do much the same, if it wanted or needed to. And good jesus, Ireland abuses the cricket rules obscenely.... at lest half of the first selection aren't "Irish" by any sense of the word!

 

[coventrygull]

Foresight as to the direction the thread would start to take, probably.

Only if posters take it there. I just commented on the cultural make up of Coventry. Hardly racist

 

[coventrygull]

The rules are extremely clear, you need to qualify for a passport - this was clarified after a Northern Irish player who qualified for one under the Good Friday Agreement declared for Ireland.

That means you need an Irish citizen parent or grandparent. Thats it. Some of the "non Irish" players who've played or play for us would have been declared to the foreign births registry and received Irish citizenship from the off - Kevin Kilbane for one.

England could do much the same, if it wanted or needed to. And good jesus, Ireland abuses the cricket rules obscenely.... at lest half of the first selection aren't "Irish" by any sense of the word!

If I found my grandmother I could become Irish

 

[aberllefenni]

Ireland. Us Celts should stick together.

 

[DerbyGull]

There's nothing remotely racist in this thread, the only problem here is certain people stiring up BS

 

[Safeway]

Only if posters take it there. I just commented on the cultural make up of Coventry. Hardly racist

I think Don Quixote was referring to the title of the thread.

 

[Martinf]

Half my family is from the Republic....






























so it's France for me. Only Joking! Eire all the way.

 

[coventrygull]

I think Don Quixote was referring to the title of the thread.

Oops missed that. Ban coming up and thread locked then

 

[mistahclarke]

Which one has the most genuine players that are either French or Irish by birthright and not by some obscure rule about relatives and ancestors.

Republic of Ireland team for tomorrow:
Given - Born in Donegal
O'Shea - Waterford
Dunne - Dublin
*St Ledger - Birmingham (grandfather from Carlow)
*Kilbane - Preston (Irish parents)
Duff - Dublin
Andrews - Dublin
Whelan - Dublin
*Lawrence or McGeady (Retford, Glasgow - both Irish Parents)
Keane - Dublin,
Doyle - Wexford.

St Ledger is the only one on the Grandparents rule, but 5 out of 11 were born in the Countries capital city, which sounds a convincing stat.

 

[coventrygull]

Ireland. Us Celts should stick together.

any Bretons in the French side?

 

[aberllefenni]

any Bretons in the French side?

Good point, I'll go and check.

 

[Napper]

Using racist names... That is good after the whole racism thing on here.

Grow up mate

 

[Ecosse Exile]

Ireland otherwise i'll have to support England in S.A.

 

[perth seagull]

France for me. Too many weak sides in the World Cup as it is (e.g. New Zealand or Bahrain, and many others).

 

[alan partridge]

Ireland. Lots of Irish mates.

Saying that, I have mates from other countries that I want to see lose, because we're friends.

 

[Austrian Gull]

any Bretons in the French side?

Yoann Gourcuff is a Breton - his dad manages Lorient.

French team:

Lloris - from Nice
Sagna - born in Burgundy
Gallas - born in Paris
Squillaci - from Toulon
Evra - born in Senegal
Diarra A. - born in Paris
Diarra L. - born in Paris
Anelka - born in Versailles
Gourcuff - from Brittany
Henry - born in Paris
Gignac - from near Marseille

So, only one of the French team was born outside of France. If you compare that to Portugal, I think the French team comes out quite well.

 

[pasty]

Alles Les Blues