DevilRedeemed said:world cup football has gone down the drain in my eyes. it's not that interesting anymore. maybe it's because world cup football has evened itself out, or european club football is so international and popular worldwide that there's no impact anymore when players play for their countries. I see very little fire in the eyes of the Argentine players that's for sure. too much money makes them fuzzy.
back when I where a lad it was about distinctive takes on football, serious rivalies, and definitive tiers in terms of countries. that's why football videogames where so cool back then, because they took these stereotypical qualities and translated them into gameplay (Super Sidekicks for instance). this is before the US was aware of this game - before or around the time the berlin wall was coming down, before players earned so many millions and wrold cup football was not called fifa world cup football by common folk.
meh..
like franceDARK ANDY said:How about back when a Team actually had 99% players that are from that Country? And not a team that is comprised of every other nation except the one they are representing.
racecar said:like france
DARK ANDY said:Patrick Vieira = Senegal
Jean-Alani Boumsong = Cameroon
Claude Makélélé = Zaire
And 13 of them aren't playing for French Clubs.
Baseley09 said:Quite, Zidane too, he's Algerian There's more too probably, if people identify with the country they play for then fair play to them, but i cant help feeling it dilutes things a bit.
kobylka68 said:It's true that France sort of imported all of their players but they are an extreme example. Other teams might have only a couple of guys not born in that country. It's not a wide spread problem and the best teams in world still consist mostly if not completely of players born in that country.
DARK ANDY said:Patrick Vieira = Senegal
Jean-Alani Boumsong = Cameroon
Claude Makélélé = Zaire
racecar said:canada wants michael owen back:chimp:
DARK ANDY said:How about back when a Team actually had 99% players that are from that Country? And not a team that is comprised of every other nation except the one they are representing.
ray_7 said:After seeing the Japanese play against the Germans, I think they will go a long way in this WC.
cafu1982 said:so what , nearly every country is made up of immigrants to some degree and those French players you mentioned are 2nd generation immigrants I believe ( parents immigrated, not them). Its not like the French Football Association is paying Angolans to come play for France, like what Qatar is trying to do unfortunately.
If you grew up in that country, speak the language, are of the nationality, and call it home = What else do you want? Should European teams only be made up of white people? US team made up of Native American Indians??