Richard
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Not to mention Croft in bygone days...Pedro Delgado said:Wales have got their own team, Glamorgan.
We just kidnap Simon Jones now and again.
And James twice.
And Maynard 4 times plus some ODIs...
Not to mention Croft in bygone days...Pedro Delgado said:Wales have got their own team, Glamorgan.
We just kidnap Simon Jones now and again.
Steve James & Matthew Maynard aren't actually Welsh.Richard said:Not to mention Croft in bygone days...
And James twice.
And Maynard 4 times plus some ODIs...
England are clearly England And Wales and always have been (even if the Board name's only recently been amended to reflect that).Langeveldt said:Why are England called England? First of all they nick players from Scotland and Wales, (albeit Croft, Jones and Hamilton) now they are playing internationals there too!
Err, but they play for Glam and always have done...BoyBrumby said:Steve James & Matthew Maynard aren't actually Welsh.
Still doesn't make them Welsh tho.Richard said:Err, but they play for Glam and always have done...
You were suggesting we kidnapped them to play for England, the country of their birth.Richard said:Why does that matter?
The team they play for is based in Wales.
Honestly, you and this mudblood line.BoyBrumby said:You were suggesting we kidnapped them to play for England, the country of their birth.
Michael Vaughan plays for a team based in Yorkshire, but that doesn't make him French.Richard said:Why does that matter?
The team they play for is based in Wales.
Jamee999 said:Michael Vaughan plays for a team based in Yorkshire, but that doesn't make him French.
FCOL Richard, so that means we're kidnapping Beckham from Madrid to play for England?Richard said:Honestly, you and this mudblood line.
I wasn't the one making the "kidnap" (which was TIC anyawy) suggestion, I was merely replying (equally TIC) to it.
Could you please get it into your head that it isn't remotely relevant where someone was born as to what is their country? What matters is their choice - if someone wants to be British (I'm always much more in favour of Britain than "England" anyway) I don't really give a damn where they were born or what country their parents root for - they're as British as you or me as far as I'm concerned.
grownupwideawakesuperkingdave said:and Croft wasn't a kidnap, i'm pretty sure it was the opposite of a kidnap, whatever that is, perhaps a pandik
Yeah, you'd think I'd have got that, wouldn't you?Richard said:Honestly, you and this mudblood line.
I wasn't the one making the "kidnap" (which was TIC anyawy) suggestion, I was merely replying (equally TIC) to it.
Could you please get it into your head that it isn't remotely relevant where someone was born as to what is their country? What matters is their choice - if someone wants to be British (I'm always much more in favour of Britain than "England" anyway) I don't really give a damn where they were born or what country their parents root for - they're as British as you or me as far as I'm concerned.
Unusual for Richard to go half measures with anything.BoyBrumby said:Yeah, you'd think I'd have got that, wouldn't you?
But as I'm utterly devoid of a sense of humour or irony, thanks for pointing it out. & you just stopped short of accusing me of being some kind of little Englander exclusionist. Thanks again.
God, it's worse than I thought!luckyeddie said:Unusual for Richard to go half measures with anything.
He must like you.
This is a subject I have written on many times over the years (sort of a goto subject) and there is no reason for them not to have their own team.Richard said:Not really. Bearing in mind the fact that England and Wales have always been one and the same in cricketing terms (Glamorgan have been part of an "English" competition since 1921[?]) Wales' cricketing well is shallower considerably than Ireland and Scotland's.
A huge mistake!superkingdave said:and Croft wasn't a kidnap, i'm pretty sure it was the opposite of a kidnap, whatever that is, perhaps a pandik
David Beckham and Jonathon Woodgate play for a team based in Spain.Richard said:Why does that matter?
The team they play for is based in Wales.