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    British Lads in Foreign National Teams

    in Football Forum

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    22 hours ago, BaaLocks said:

    I believe both Rush and Giggs had the chance to play for England (I think Giggs did at U-?? level) but turned it down. The likes of Barnes and Dorigo - fair point, but they were living in the UK at the time, I'm more saying (genuinely) that Jack Charlton was one of the first to actively go looking for players who had no obvious affiliation to Eire. It was a great move, copied by many Caribbean islands, and now common place in the likes of rugby and cricket. Certainly isn't a trend that favours the smaller countries in the long run - Fijian rugby can vouch for that.

    And, again, chance for me to roll out a random rant. Football managers should be judged by the same rules as players - they should come from the same country as they manage (maybe some allowance for developing nations).

    The Giggs thing is a myth. He played for England schools as he went to school in England but was never available to play for England. 
     

    Terry Butcher I believe was born in Singapore. God knows where Owen Hargreaves was born. 

    Rate the last film you saw partie deux

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    5 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

    Schindlers List - Netflix

    I've wanted to watch this for the 30 years it's been out but the wife never did and I was hesitant that it would just depress me.

    The was going out on Saturday and as it gets thrown off Netflix at the end of this month I thought I'd watch it.

    Totally remarkable.

    Seldom have I seen a film where the acting, screenwriting and direction are all almost flawless.

    I can see why it scores 9.0 on IMDb.

    A harrowing yet heart lifting story and not for the squeamish.

    It's tough to say you enjoyed a movie like this for obvious reasons, but jeez if you haven't watched it you probably should.

    Steve Bloomer/10

    I’m still traumatised by it. I watched it about 10years ago and can’t think of many occasions where I’ve genuinely sobbed. I mean sobbed too. I’m often teary-eyed, but sobbing is rare. 
     

    I dare say it changed my outlook on humanity and history. 

    Wordle

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    1 hour ago, Kernow said:

    Hard mode prevents you from doing that. If you get a green or yellow letter from any guess, you have to use that letter again in your next guess.

    didn't know that was a thing

     

    Wordle

    in The Jim Smith Room

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    Been playing this almost 2 weeks, having been the outsider in a chat about it in the office. My tactic is to do two totally different words, with 10 different letters, unless my first word turns up 3 or 4 greens. I tend to do it in 3 or 4. Had a 5 in the week.

    Abramovich is offski

    in Football Forum

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    How do they justify seizing his assets!? Pretty sure he left Russia and lived in England then Israel to be nothing to do with Putin. Where do they draw the line? Does my Russian mate Dimitri need to worry about his building/maintenance business in Lichfield? 

    The Administration Thread

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

    I don’t think the plan is to take on debt. If we do not renew contracts we will only have six players left by the summer. 
     

    just as I would respect us to be allowed to renew season tickets we should be allowed to renew contracts. It’s part of day to day trading. 

    Oh fair enough. Apologies, I wrongly assumed you meant signing new players. But yes, we should in my opinion be allowed to extend contracts of current players, it’s vital as part of our ability to trade. 

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