Monkeh Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Didn't see it on here but he's got a Scotland under 21 call Congrats to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanaticRed Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Didn't see it on here but he's got a Scotland under 21 call Congrats to him Not 'everything' 'needs' to be posted on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 No but hes entitled to post what he likes it being a public forum and all. Well done joe. hope he is back for the leicester game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_BCFC Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 No but hes entitled to post what he likes it being a public forum and all. Well done joe. hope he is back for the leicester game! No chance of that, DM: "Joe Bryan can't play at Leicester after being concussed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I BELIEVE Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Not 'everything' 'needs' to be posted on here. Blimey someone woke up on the worng side of the bed this morning? Jeez. It's news to me so well done Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herman Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 am i the only one who is opposed to this internationalisation of the game? admittedly english players like joe playing for scotland is nothing new, but when you have brazilians playing for croatia etc it starts to get a bit ridiculous. didn't marv qualify for jamaica because his grandparents have lived there a while? in 99 cases out of 100, you should play for the country you are born in, unless you moved at a very early age and grew up there. or, like albert, if one or both of your parents is from there, though even that is debatable. grandparents is pushing it too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 am i the only one who is opposed to this internationalisation of the game? admittedly english players like joe playing for scotland is nothing new, but when you have brazilians playing for croatia etc it starts to get a bit ridiculous. didn't marv qualify for jamaica because his grandparents have lived there a while? in 99 cases out of 100, you should play for the country you are born in, unless you moved at a very early age and grew up there. or, like albert, if one or both of your parents is from there, though even that is debatable. grandparents is pushing it too far. his grand parets are from jamica he use to send money there every week in the travel agents in portishead (my sister use to work there) as for fanatic Red you don't have to reply to the post if you don't like it there is no need for the shitty remark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 am i the only one who is opposed to this internationalisation of the game? admittedly english players like joe playing for scotland is nothing new, but when you have brazilians playing for croatia etc it starts to get a bit ridiculous. didn't marv qualify for jamaica because his grandparents have lived there a while? in 99 cases out of 100, you should play for the country you are born in, unless you moved at a very early age and grew up there. or, like albert, if one or both of your parents is from there, though even that is debatable. grandparents is pushing it too far. I'll second that, makes a mockery of things. Re English playing for Scotland being nothing new, I'm struggling to think of too many examples from the past. English playing in Scotland yes. What are Joe's links with Scotland by the way ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcbs20 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I'll second that, makes a mockery of things. Re English playing for Scotland being nothing new, I'm struggling to think of too many examples from the past. English playing in Scotland yes. What are Joe's links with Scotland by the way ? His Grand Mother is Scotish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herman Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I'll second that, makes a mockery of things. Re English playing for Scotland being nothing new, I'm struggling to think of too many examples from the past. English playing in Scotland yes. What are Joe's links with Scotland by the way ? nigel quashie is one that springs to mind, they also called up jordan rhodes recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinnionForEngland Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 nigel quashie is one that springs to mind, they also called up jordan rhodes recently Matt Gilks, Jamie Mackie, Danny Fox, Matt Phillips, Russell Martin, Phil Bardsley, Craig Mackail Smith, all English born and all recently called up by Scotland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 What are Joe's links with Scotland by the way ? He once bought a packet of tartan shortbread. That'll do for the Jocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 to be fair its not as if he's going to get a chance for England is it, he's decent but he's not that good, he would struggle for wales as well due to Bale, if he wants to play international football Scotland is his best chance, I'm all for it being around the international set up can really help a player improve, I believe it helped Albert with Ghana, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Not 'everything' 'needs' to be posted on here. But this does. Very good news and something I wouldn't have known without Monkeh's post. At least his post was informative and useful, I can't remember a single one of your several thousand being worth the Internet space it's taken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo1 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Didn't see it on here but he's got a Scotland under 21 call Congrats to him On bcfc site 2nd Oct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 He once bought a packet of tartan shortbread. That'll do for the Jocks. If he got his pubes shaved would he qualify for Brazil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 its not as if he's going to get a chance for England is it, if he wants to play international football Scotland is his best chance, But that's just ridiculous, isn't it? Either you're good enough to play international football for your own county or you don't play international football at all. Put yourself in Bryan's position - and I'm assuming - born and bred in Bristol, English parents, always supported the England football team, possibly never even been to Scotland - would your heart really be in it playing for the Jocks? No doubt they'll be referring to Bryan as 'the Scottish youngster' on the official site soon. This is almost as absurd as Carey getting a Scottish u.21 cap in a friendly, and what a farce that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 But that's just ridiculous, isn't it? Either you're good enough to play international football for your own county or you don't play international football at all. Put yourself in Bryan's position - and I'm assuming - born and bred in Bristol, English parents, always supported the England football team, possibly never even been to Scotland - would your heart really be in it playing for the Jocks? No doubt they'll be referring to Bryan as 'the Scottish youngster' on the official site soon. This is almost as absurd as Carey getting a Scottish u.21 cap in a friendly, and what a farce that was. I was just about to say Louis Carey. I heard a recent interview with him, where he said that he hated the whole experience of the Scotland call up, and even though they wanted him to return for the next match, he politely declined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I was just about to say Louis Carey. I heard a recent interview with him, where he said that he hated the whole experience of the Scotland call up, and even though they wanted him to return for the next match, he politely declined. I'm not sure if they wanted him to return or not. Pretty sure he didn't expect another call up but nipped it in the bud anyway by making it known he wasn't keen to continue. He obviously didn't feel Scottish but either way he's often been referred to as 'the Scotsman' in match reports ever since. I can't believe his heart's in Scotland at all so how that must rankle for such a supposedly proud Bristolian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 If he got his pubes shaved would he qualify for Brazil? That's an image I don't want! Had he have had a pint of Guinness then of course, he could've played for the republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 But that's just ridiculous, isn't it? Either you're good enough to play international football for your own county or you don't play international football at all. Put yourself in Bryan's position - and I'm assuming - born and bred in Bristol, English parents, always supported the England football team, possibly never even been to Scotland - would your heart really be in it playing for the Jocks? No doubt they'll be referring to Bryan as 'the Scottish youngster' on the official site soon. This is almost as absurd as Carey getting a Scottish u.21 cap in a friendly, and what a farce that was. I am born and bred in bristol but my grand parents are Irish so if I had the chance I would pick Ireland as it would give me the best chance to play against the very best in the world, Scotland will play friendlys against the likes of brazil etc, he is never going to play for england there is 0 chance, Would you like to play on the international stage infront of 60k? or happy just to watch it on the tele? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobArnold10 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 But that's just ridiculous, isn't it? Either you're good enough to play international football for your own county or you don't play international football at all. Put yourself in Bryan's position - and I'm assuming - born and bred in Bristol, English parents, always supported the England football team, possibly never even been to Scotland - would your heart really be in it playing for the Jocks? No doubt they'll be referring to Bryan as 'the Scottish youngster' on the official site soon. This is almost as absurd as Carey getting a Scottish u.21 cap in a friendly, and what a farce that was. I have a German grandfather, I often joked about getting called up for the German cricket team. Thing is, if the oppertunity was to arise like that, how could I say no? I'm proud of my family roots and yes I am English first and foremost, but I'd love to represent a country I had ties to! Agree that the system is farcical but for those involved its a big oppertunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Don't see the point in national teams playing each other. Champions- and Europe League should be extended to world wide tournaments and we would get better football and no out of time tournaments giving the players no time to rest just to feed international football organizations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderbeans Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Barring national pride, international football is a big pointless waste of time. Picks out the over paid, over rated drama queens and leaves the rest behind suggesting they aren't as good and what we get for that is crap boring football. All I want to watch is good old english league football at its best week in week out where the real football is played and the real fans can celebrate with their respected teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Barring national pride, international football is a big pointless waste of time. Picks out the over paid, over rated drama queens and leaves the rest behind suggesting they aren't as good and what we get for that is crap boring football. All I want to watch is good old english league football at its best week in week out where the real football is played and the real fans can celebrate with their respected teams Fair enough if that's your view point, but I have seen some fantastic players in England games over the last few years, Robben and schneider for holland this year were just unreal. Not as good a technique as marvin Elliott and Martyn woolford obviously, but they are just ridiculously good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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