arteta for england?

[Springsteen]

I personally don't see how. I mean Arteta's good, but so is Steven Gerrard (who, shock horror, is only two years older than Arteta) and really they play in the same position for club, but again as I alluded to before, players like Rodwell, Young, Delfounso, Gosling, Milner would all have a right to feel aggrieved at the fact that Mikael Arteta, who lest we forget isn't even English, gets picked ahead of them, and they are the future of the England team. Heck I'd be pretty pissed off too. It's nothing to do with racism, but everything to do with Arteta not having one bit of English in him.

 

[Peter Parka]

ok......john barnes was born in the caribean...so its not as if we haven't done it already

To be fair Ian has a point...even if, in hindsight, we'd all wished that John Barnes had never put on the England shirt!

 

[skyblue]

He had roots that were British:thumbup

his only british roots were the fact that he moved here when he was 5

 

[skyblue]

and should we forget...owen hargreaves is actually canadian

 

[Springsteen]

Who has an English Father, which entitled him to play for England. Mikael Arteta doesn't have any of that.

 

[porterjack]

and should we forget...owen hargreaves is actually canadian

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