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Isidor / Haiti


Do think there should a rule where a player has to declare before qualifying, reeks of opportunism otherwise

Scotland are apparently after Hervey Bernes too, same applies
Yes, I think it’s wrong for players to declare in this window between qualification and the tournament.

I think Derek Boateng recently said Ghana should avoid players like Hudson Odoi and he’s totally right
 
England not short of that kind of move like..
John Barnes for one
Cyril Regis
Raheem Stirling
Mark Ghehi
Mark Dorigo etc etc
Not quite the same thing. This is never representing the nation and then when they qualify for a World Cup, suddenly showing interest
 
England not short of that kind of move like..
John Barnes for one
Cyril Regis
Raheem Stirling
Mark Ghehi
Mark Dorigo etc etc
I think you should be eligible if you've moved country for non footballing reasons, and especially when you've represented the country throughout the age groups. Sterling moved here at 5 years old (after his dad was murdered iirc). He's been through school here, learned pretty much all his football here/ with fa coaches, represented England from u16. Don't see any issue with that.

Agree with chunky though, it's a bit crap when some lads travel all over during qualifying, get to a world cup, and suddenly someone like isidor might just say "mint, I'll turn up now"

Mind I've got no issue with Barnes playing for Scotland given he's got two grandparents born there, that seems fair enough. From an eligibility perspective there's nothing wrong with that, it's just a bit shan that he's represented England through the age groups and might just jump across now purely because they're in a world cup
 
Mind I've got no issue with Barnes playing for Scotland given he's got two grandparents born there, that seems fair enough. From an eligibility perspective there's nothing wrong with that, it's just a bit shan that he's represented England through the age groups and might just jump across now purely because they're in a world cup
Generally I wouldn’t have a problem with that, but I saw a recent interview with Steve Clarke and he was asked about it and he said something along the lines of Harvey was still wondering if he will get picked by England. It felt like waiting for a girl to get turned down by a good looking boy and then her running to you as
Second choice.
 
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