longlugan Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 5 hours ago, SpecialK said: Here I’ll make everyone happy and delete the post. Or you could just admit that you were wrong?🙄 Pottsy3, Shway, Onelessstar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, longlugan said: Or you could just admit that you were wrong?🙄 No I believe England and France poach, steal , lure however you want to put players from other countries especially from African ones. I just wanted to deleted because I was tired of reading the crap about it. Edited September 12, 2021 by SpecialK king1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 43 minutes ago, SpecialK said: No I believe England and France poach, steal , lure however you want to put players from other countries especially from African ones. I just wanted to deleted because I was tired of reading the crap about it. You believe it even though there is no evidence to back up that belief? I guess we do truly live in the post-truth world, don't we? king1010 and BuzzAndSting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 hours ago, RS said: I'm just posting in here to keep myself from being the most argued-with person on the board today. I've been offline all day....were you mad about Montreal playing Pantemis? Is that what the argument was about?? I would have went with Breza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, SthMelbRed said: You believe it even though there is no evidence to back up that belief? I guess we do truly live in the post-truth world, don't we? Sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 55 minutes ago, SpecialK said: Sure How do you poach players that are born or raised in your country like almost 100 percent of players on the French national team who are either born and raised in France or are raised in France and went to live there at a very young age ? Am I missing something here? king1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Out of curiosity I went back another World Cup (2014) and checked the place of birth of the French players. There were 2 not born in France. Patrice Evra was born in Senegal, and the reason why I'm posting what I found (because it's interesting), Rio Mavuba's place of birth is listed as "born at sea". Apparently he was born in international waters during the Angolan civil war. SpecialK, Pottsy3, johnyb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Anyhoo back to the topic at hand! Arfield and rangers play Lyon this Thursday! Can’t wait to see his quality! Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 6 hours ago, SpecialK said: Anyhoo back to the topic at hand! Don't forget, it's not the crime it's the coverup - Martha Stewart MtlMario and SpecialK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 49 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said: Don't forget, it's not the crime it's the coverup - Martha Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 9:40 AM, SpecialK said: Some people are going crazy over a simple word as in steal. Relax guys and girls, it’s just a word. nah, you just made a real dumbass comment on a public forum and instead of acknowledging it decide to double down on it. Welcome to the internet. Joe MacCarthy, johnyb, Pottsy3 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 If you are born and raised and speak the language and learned all your football all in the same country, I don't know what else could better qualify you to represent that country on its football team. Unless you want to consider race, but I really hope not... ANYWAY, that Scott Arfield is a pretty nifty player, eh? red card 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Bertuzzi44 said: ANYWAY, that Scott Arfield is a pretty nifty player, eh? Wait a minute...I really don't want to go back through the last three pages of posts...but was there really condemnation of France "stealing" players on a Scott Arfield thread? RichV, rkomar, Approve My Account Pls and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 17 hours ago, El Hombre said: Wait a minute...I really don't want to go back through the last three pages of posts...but was there really condemnation of France "stealing" players on a Scott Arfield thread? No Never happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Let’s hope on Thursday we have something to talk about him. SpecialK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Not starting for Rangers in their Europa league match today…. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Considering his contract is up in May he’ll either get an extension soon or this might mean he’s being phased out. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 not starting in the league now not starting in Europe which he was doing in the past. not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 There is still 40 plus games to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Just now, jordan said: There is still 40 plus games to go. More like 6 games till the next window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, king1010 said: not starting in the league now not starting in Europe which he was doing in the past. not good. Not concerned. If he's trusted to come off the bench for Rangers in the Europa League, I trust him to do that for Canada in World Cup Qualifying. Corazon and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Arfield stays on the bench in a 2-0 loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 That isn’t a great sign. He is healthy and spent the pre-season with them, yet isn’t getting into games in the league or in Europe. Earlier in the thread I questioned how much longer he will continue to be a midfield upgrade over our other options. I think an inability to get onto the field for Rangers reiterates that isn’t some farfetched hypothetical - it is something that may already be the case or at least could be in the very near future. king1010, Shway and GasPed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 The paradox of course is that the less time he gets with Rangers the more useful he is for us - more willing to show up, healthier etc. I still maintain with these crazy windows and the need for rotation he’s a valuable piece for us. We don’t have many mids who can play like him - Atiba in his current role, Osorio a bit - so it’s good to have another competent guy with those abilities. Stryker911, Obinna, Corazon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 26 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Earlier in the thread I questioned how much longer he will continue to be a midfield upgrade over our other options. I think an inability to get onto the field for Rangers reiterates that isn’t some farfetched hypothetical - it is something that may already be the case or at least could be in the very near future. Personally, I have moved on from the question on whether he's an "upgrade" or not. For me that's not particularly important, but what is important is can he help this team, for which the answer is still yes. I feel the same way about the "is he a starter" question. Again, it's not really a relavent question. Different players will start different games because of the fixture congestion, with Eustaquio probably being the only exception. If Arfield gets dropped entirely and/or released from Rangers, that's something to discuss, but as long as he's part of the squad and getting minutes here and there, he's CanMNT material and deserves to be in the rotation, assuming all the "committment" stuff is put to bed. johnyb and Corazon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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