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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    It's not that simple, Viera, Henry etc only got to play for France due to Senegal being a former colony, otherwise they wouldn't have had the opportunity.
    Henry was born outside Paris.

    And yes, it is that simple. Get citizenship, and you can play for the national team. The reason it rarely happens, is because good players usually get their national debut before they've played 3-5 years in a foreign league... But we(as in Norway) are always trying to convince the foreign goalies to switch nationality to play for our national team, as our own goalies are.... well, I'm trying to avoid warning points, so.... And we also tried it with Alanzinho before he was sold off to turkey.

    For more examples, I give you:
    - Mikkel Diskerud, from Oslo, declared for the US
    - Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose, from Poland, playing for Germany
    - Eduardo da Silva, born in Rio, playing for Croatia

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    Hey, will you be decked in the national colours next Wednesday with a flag on your wall like a good fan/nationalist? We're gonna get revenge after that donkey Iwelumo let you off the hook last time...
    Not in a million years.

    My shirt remains brown.

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    Bah! Some people were suggesting that sport is all good and always works to bring people together, I simply said that that is not always the case. And then you brought up Christianity!
    Bah! I never read threads before barging in! All I saw was you accusing football of domestic violence in a thread on religion!
    Last edited by HoreTore; 08-07-2009 at 17:10.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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