2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia (Maidenfans WC Pool inside)

I'll watch a game if I don't have anything better to do. I also meant Champions League and such.
 
Complain, about what, I don't watch the games :)
It has become detached from what it used to be due to all the money in it. At least in my opinion.
 
Zare said:
It has become detached from what it used to be due to all the money in it. At least in my opinion.
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I agree with you on that. The World Cup will probably go that way too, with certain countries qualifying automatically so the top players aren't taken away from their clubs.
 
Yeah...it could be worth getting some exotic subscriptions and checking out South American leagues.
 
Night Prowler said:
England squad:

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Jack Butland (Stoke), Nick Pope (Burnley)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose (both Tottenham), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Phil Jones (Man Utd), John Stones, Kyle Walker (both Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea)

Midfielder: Jordan Henderson, (Liverpool), Eric Dier, Dele Alli (both Tottenham), Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young (both Man Utd), Fabian Delph (Man City), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea),

Forwards: Raheem Sterling (Man City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).

Really poor. A donkey like Welbeck is in the squad. He's a striker who at 27 years of age never scored more than 9 league goals in one season.
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Apart from the level itself, is there any economic and/or cultural reason why the (presumably) best England players don't play in foreign clubs much ? (the last famous one to play in France must have been Chris Waddle in the early 90s)
 
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Black Wizard said:
And several countries could've had great players who chose to play for France instead. Zidane and Nasri could've played for Algeria. :eek:
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No, they couldn't have. Both were born in France and never possessed any nationality but the French one.
 
AFAIK that doesn't matter as long as they've not played any professional-level game under any other national team. There are exceptions to this, when countries split up, etc.
 
You can qualify for a country you weren't born in if your parents or grandparents were, or if you lived there for ~5 years before turning 18.
 
Turkish national team is full of players who weren't born in Turkey. Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Ömer Toprak, Cenk Tosun, Nuri Şahin, Yunus Mallı, Gökhan Töre, Kaan Ayhan, Tolgay Arslan, Tolga Ciğerci, Hasan Ali Kaldırım (Germany), Oğuzhan Özyakup, Deniz Türüç (Netherlands), Emre Akbaba, Mevlüt Erdinç, Serdar Gürler (France) and Emre Mor (Denmark) to name a few.
 
The Flash said:
Kaan Ayhan
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Yes, it isn't based on country, but territory. Meaning it can be used without a real "clear connection" to the nation in question. E.g. a stereotypical bicycle-driving baguette white Frenchman could play for some other country if one of his grandparents was born there during the French rule.
 
Dedryck Boyata (Belgium/Celtic)
Tom Rogic (Australia/Celtic)
Cristian Gamboa (Costa Rica/Celtic)
Mikael Lustig (Sweden/Celtic)
Jamie Maclaren (Australia/Hibernian)
Bruno Alves (Portugal/Rangers)
Kari Arnason (Iceland/Aberdeen)

Not a lot.
 
From the Swedish league:

Saman Ghoddos (Östersund/Iran)
Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Malmö/Iceland)
Ian Smith (Norrköping/Costa Rica)

Sweden and England are opposites in this World Cup: they only have players from their own league, we only have players from other leagues. ;)
 
Pepe (Beşiktaş/Portugal)
Ricardo Quaresma (Beşiktaş/Portugal)
Beto (Göztepe/Portugal)
Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray/Uruguay)
Younès Belhanda (Galatasaray/Morocco)
Manuel da Costa (Başakşehir/Morocco)
Khalid Boutaib (Yeni Malatyaspor/Morocco)
Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahçe/Morocco)
Duško Tošić (Beşiktaş/Serbia)
Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş/Croatia)
Johan Djourou (Antalyaspor/Switzerland)
Trézéguet (Kasımpaşa/Egypt)
Moussa Sow (Bursaspor/Senegal)
Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor/Senegal)
Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray/Japan)
William Troost-Ekong (Bursaspor/Nigeria)
Shehu Abdullahi (Bursaspor/Nigeria)
Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/Nigeria)
Kenneth Omeruo (Kasımpaşa/Nigeria)
Aziz Behich (Bursaspor/Australia)
Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Karabükspor/Iceland)
Syam Ben Youssef (Kasımpaşa/Tunisia)
 
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