british 11 v foreign 11

FrankJH · 9 Jul 2007 at 06:40

BaZ87 said:
Yes it would.

No it wouldnt (otherwise he would have at least played for GB in some game when he was playing regularly)

wedgie · 9 Jul 2007 at 07:25

FrankJH said:
No it wouldnt (otherwise he would have at least played for GB in some game when he was playing regularly)

'Foreign' players do become eligable to play for another country after a certain amount of time and under certain conditions, I remember it being a possibility that Di Canio could have played for England a few years back.

FrankJH · 9 Jul 2007 at 07:59

If cuddicini was eligable - he would have played if at all possible - there really isnt any arguement about that he was if anything equal to Seaman / Robinson when he was playing week in/week out for Chelsea

Even when he wasnt playing week in week out, he could have got a run out in a friendly to see why how good he still is.

wedgie · 9 Jul 2007 at 08:06

FrankJH said:
If cuddicini was eligable - he would have played if at all possible - there really isnt any arguement about that he was if anything equal to Seaman / Robinson when he was playing week in/week out for Chelsea

Even when he wasnt playing week in week out, he could have got a run out in a friendly to see why how good he still is.

So your argument is simply that we haven't taken up that option?

I'd guess it hasn't been considered for the same reason Di Canio wasn't considered, just because they're eligable doesn't mean they're considered English by the public or those that pick the teams.

kaiowas · 9 Jul 2007 at 08:22

wedgie said:
So your argument is simply that we haven't taken up that option?

I'd guess it hasn't been considered for the same reason Di Canio wasn't considered, just because they're eligable doesn't mean they're considered English by the public or those that pick the teams.

Exactly, I'm pretty sure that although these foreigners are eligible to play the FA simply won't select them because of the fuss it would cause.

JohnnyG · 9 Jul 2007 at 10:42

FrankJH said:
If cuddicini was eligable - he would have played if at all possible - there really isnt any arguement about that he was if anything equal to Seaman / Robinson when he was playing week in/week out for Chelsea

Even when he wasnt playing week in week out, he could have got a run out in a friendly to see why how good he still is.

JohnnyG said:
CC hasn't got a UK passport and has said before he'll never play for England because he's Italian...

BaZ87 · 9 Jul 2007 at 10:58

FrankJH said:
No it wouldnt (otherwise he would have at least played for GB in some game when he was playing regularly)

Yes it would

Like MrG said Cudicini chose not to become eligible for England for moral reasons. The reason why any other player has done this is because if they are good enough to get into the England side, then its very likely that they have already been capped by there own national side.

But it is possible.