Chopper wrote:littlebig wrote:What a load of bollox from Dimples.
No fuckin shit
Lets agree to differ so. See below for a few final thoughts.
Think about this from last night and today when you watch each
'country's players' fight it out:
1. Austria had a
Serbian sent of in their match Vs. Hungary
2. Portugal goal scorer is from
Cape Verde in their match Vs. Iceland
3. Switzerland will play half a team that are
not Swiss tonight Vs. Romania.........................................................
iwasthere2012: I do get your point but as you say it is not for me.
For an international to have real meaning a national team should consist of players from that country.
Not players who play for another country only because they are not good enough to make their own national team.
Thought for the day (please correct me if I get this wrong):
In Ireland there is an amateur organisation called the Gaelic Athletic Association(GAA).
It is organised by parish within county. So a player will play for his parish club and if good enough for his county.
The big competition every year is the All Ireland. A knock out competition between all the counties. (80K fans at the final each year).
The point is that each county team is represented by players from that county, each parish club is represented by players from that parish.
So the players are representing their people, there is a tremendous bond between supporters and players, a real sense of purpose and pride.
That is missing from international competition.
For example, If I am Swiss. I am not going to get excited if Switzerland beat Romania when several players are not from Switzerland.
The players do not represent who they play for.
There is no connection.
It is just a flag of convenience to progress a career.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:It's great how City has a team full of Mancunians, isn't it Dimples?
Different concept.
Club football is about representing the club. It is irrelevant where the players hail from.
International football is about representing
YOUR country. The players should be from the country they represent.
Otherwise do not call the matches internationals.