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Listed below are comments made by QPRj000e between Monday, 3rd November 2008 and Monday, 3rd November 2008.

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Classic bunkum from the blazers 9:34pm on 03 Nov 2008 If there was going to be a rule i think it should be something as simple as you have to live a certain number of years in the country you want to play for before your 18th birthday or something.

This would mean that you've actually grown up in the country you want to play for, rather than plying your trade, because that's all that Novo et al. are really doing.

This however would still lead to problems. Messi played for Barcelona from when he was 13, therefore you could say he could play for Spain. May lead to the Man Utd's of the world having a lot of South American youngsters who end up playing for England.

This though could be remedied easily by saying that you can't move to a foreign country before a certain age on a football contract, which is done in some countries i believe.

All boils down to the fact though that i really don't want Cudicini or Almunia to play for England. They're not English, they've been paid to play here, simple as. If they're kids want to play for England, it's fine, i don't mind. If they're not good enough for Italy or Spain that's their fault, they shouldn't be given a second chance at England...
Classic bunkum from the blazers 01:52am on 03 Nov 2008 Absolutely rubbish. How can you compare a young child growing up in Scotland to one who's played there for 7 or 8 years? Completely different. Novo hasn't grown up in Scotland, he's Spanish, simple as.

I'm English and i don't want Cudicini or Almunia to play for England. Firstly they're not English, playing football for a club who pay you thousands of pounds a week to play in a different country doesn't really count in my opinion. Now, if Carlo Cudicini had a child, who grew up in England, well that would be entirely different.

These players will play for their adopted nations as they can't get into their home nation squads. I don't want a player who's only chosen my country, who i would be proud to represent, as a last resort.

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