Marlon King for England??? (4 Viewers)

[ajsccfc]

Neither. It just hadn't occured to me that an English person, born in England and raised in England, should play for another nation 3,000 miles away.

With all due respect, is this your first foray into the world of international football?

 

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[BurbageSkyBlues]

Maybe he's getting him mixed up with Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England.


He's English, eligible and available I believe.

No interest there, I'm afraid , otis

 

[DiveDiveWhereverYouMayBe]

On what basis??? He was born and bred in England, so how does he qualify for a nation thousands of miles away? Shouldn't matter where your parents come from, on that logic Mo Farah would have to run for Somalia and not GB

Mo 'born and lived 'til the age of eight in Mogadishu' Farah?

 

[lordsummerisle]

Billie Jean King would tick all the right boxes.





If she got the chance.

 

[CJparker]

John Barnes?
Owen Hargreaves?

Both of them born outside England - they shouldn't be playing for England either!!

The whole "nationality" thing in football is crap - you can't pick and choose who you want to play for based on your so-called "heritage" - King is English so he shouldn't qualify for any other country!!

Can't believe the piss-taking I am getting on here...do I live in a parallel universe, as only I think that the above statement is correct

 

[skybluejelly]

Both of them born outside England - they shouldn't be playing for England either!!

The whole "nationality" thing in football is crap - you can't pick and choose who you want to play for based on your so-called "heritage" - King is English so he shouldn't qualify for any other country!!

Can't believe the piss-taking I am getting on here...do I live in a parallel universe, as only I think that the above statement is correct

so with your reasoning...people who are born while they are on holiday or people who are born while there parents are based abroad in the army or other jobs should play for the country they are born in / depending on the circumstances they will have dual nationallity. but they will still be english

 

[CJparker]

so with your reasoning...people who are born while they are on holiday or people who are born while there parents are based abroad in the army or other jobs should play for the country they are born in / depending on the circumstances they will have dual nationallity. but they will still be english

Stretching what I am saying...clearly your scenario doesn't apply to Marlon!

 

[harvey098]

Fucking hell, 5 pages of ridicule... It was a mistake. I think everyone else must live in a parallel universe if you've never said anything wrong in your lives!

 

[Macca]

Well I can t knock the poster for having a limited knowledge of the massively dull world of international football

 

[stupot07]

To be honest I'm not sure why Danny Graham hasn't been considered. Scored 1 in 3 in the PL last season (12 goals), is used to playing the lone striking role and is pretty good technically. Surely he was worth a call up.

 

[hill83]

Fucking hell, 5 pages of ridicule... It was a mistake. I think everyone else must live in a parallel universe if you've never said anything wrong in your lives!

Yet he's still defending himself............ 2 logins? Hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Nick]

I know it was only a mistake, I don't think anybody is being nasty or anything towards him just having a giggle. The same as if I tripped over a kerb in front of a bus I bet 95% of them would have a giggle.

Chill Out imp:

 

[skybluebeduff]

Freddie Mercury should not be labelled the best singer Britain has ever witnessed because he was born in Zanzibar and brought up in India....... :facepalm: yet is in the BBC'S top 100 Britons list.... see where I'm going with this?

 

[lordsummerisle]

Freddie Mercury should not be labelled the best singer Britain has ever witnessed because he was born in Zanzibar and brought up in India....... :facepalm: yet is in the BBC'S top 100 Britons list.... see where I'm going with this?

He shouldn't be because he never was.

 

[skybluebeduff]

He shouldn't be because he never was.

Your opinion alone. Few million people would differ to that answer.

 

[skybluesteve76]

Is thread serious? One he's Jamaican! Two he's an average championship player at best.

 

[Macca]

Anyone can be British, it's a piece of paper

 

[scroobiustom]

Anyone can be anything they want to be, Tony Cascarino opted to play for Ireland for example lol

 

[TheParsonsHose]

This has to be one of the best threads of 2012.

 

[CJparker]

Anyone can be anything they want to be, Tony Cascarino opted to play for Ireland for example lol

Yeah, and Cascarino wrote in his autobiography "I was a fake Irishman" and admitted he abused the lax rules and pretended to be a different nationality, just so he could play international football - the likes of him and Andy Townsend pretending to be Irish is priceless.

 

[Houchens Head]

Anyone can be anything they want to be, Tony Cascarino opted to play for Ireland for example lol

Can I be a Mexican? (I just lurve those beeg Sombreros!)

 

[scroobiustom]

Can I be a Mexican? (I just lurve those beeg Sombreros!)

Go for it, however, the beenie in your avatar suits you quite well imp:

 

[CovMatt1987]

so who is starting the 'you can play for any country in the world you like apparently.........which country would you choose?' thread.

Ive always fancied being Dutch - though if I am realistic I think squad standards may mean I struggle to make the side. So I'm going to go for Jamaica.

Hey, maybe this is how Marlon King came to his decision too!

 

[Sick Boy]

Yeah, and Cascarino wrote in his autobiography "I was a fake Irishman" and admitted he abused the lax rules and pretended to be a different nationality, just so he could play international football - the likes of him and Andy Townsend pretending to be Irish is priceless.

Cascarino believed his maternal grandfather was Irish, but his grandfather revealed on his deathbed that he was not his mother's real father.

 

[Nick]

I would rather play for somebody like Zambia or a country with the population of like 100. I might even be close to the best

 

[CJparker]

Cascarino believed his maternal grandfather was Irish, but his grandfather revealed on his deathbed that he was not his mother's real father.

Oh, that makes Casc really Irish then....

 

[Gaz]

This is forum gold

 

[CovMatt1987]

I would rather play for somebody like Zambia or a country with the population of like 100. I might even be close to the best

My dad once got bitten by some wild bug type thing in Zambia, doing charity work (true story). Surely this means I qualify to play for them??

 

[CJparker]

I once drank a pint of Guinness (in Belfast, not Dublin) - think that entitles me to play for both Ireland nations?

 

[scroobiustom]

My dad once got bitten by some wild bug type thing in Zambia, doing charity work (true story). Surely this means I qualify to play for them??

well its in your blood! :facepalm: I'll be here all week

 

[CovMatt1987]

well its in your blood! :facepalm: I'll be here all week

does this mean Peter Parker could play for which ever country that spider that bit him came from?

youve got to reckon he would be pretty tasty in goal........

 

[scroobiustom]

does this mean Peter Parker could play for which ever country that spider that bit him came from?

youve got to reckon he would be pretty tasty in goal........

well Andrew Garfield (the amazing spider-man)does hold duel citizenship so guess its up to him

 

[CJparker]

does this mean Peter Parker could play for which ever country that spider that bit him came from?/QUOTE]

he's no relation, I hasten to add

 

[skybluegod]

are you stupid? as well as him being Jamaican and even if he was english their is : holt,campbell, crouch,lambert just to note a few names

 

[Grendel]

does this mean Peter Parker could play for which ever country that spider that bit him came from?/QUOTE]

he's no relation, I hasten to add

You've dug your hole CJ stop adding to it.