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Post by welshdan1927 on Aug 19, 2024 9:29:13 GMT
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Post by hooky on Aug 19, 2024 10:52:34 GMT
Guess he must feel some attachment to Wales and/or the Welsh setup as it seems unusual on the face of it that he has chosen to represent us while playing football in Northern Ireland. Lets hope he's committed. I assume Bellamy will be a good draw for him (and Jones seems to have been doing decently at age grade level).
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Post by jbt95 on Aug 21, 2024 19:30:27 GMT
Where has he been brought up, NI?
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Post by talyfan on Aug 21, 2024 20:22:38 GMT
Yeah his wiki said he went to high school in Belfast. Does have a Welsh grandad too
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Post by garynysmon on Aug 21, 2024 20:33:14 GMT
I’d be shocked if he ends up playing for us rather than Northern Ireland tbh.
Yes he was born in Wales but given he grew up in Belfast and his dad was a N Ire international, it would feel a bit strange for the lad to play for us personally.
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Post by hooky on Aug 21, 2024 21:44:46 GMT
Who cares. He was actually made captain when he played for us most recently, despite being based in Belfast. If he wants to represent us then great. He was born here and has a Welsh grandparent so its not as though he has no link. Just as strong a link of the many English born players who are elevating our level of quality and ability to achieve!
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Post by welshrover on Aug 21, 2024 22:31:27 GMT
Who cares. He was actually made captain when he played for us most recently, despite being based in Belfast. If he wants to represent us then great. He was born here and has a Welsh grandparent so its not as though he has no link. Just as strong a link of the many English born players who are elevating our level of quality and ability to achieve! Agree, there appears to be no hard and fast loyalty to family these days, I am completely flabbergasted that Archie Gray chose England with his Scottish footballing lineage. |
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Post by neverever on Aug 21, 2024 23:11:50 GMT
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Post by iot on Aug 22, 2024 6:47:04 GMT
Who cares. He was actually made captain when he played for us most recently, despite being based in Belfast. If he wants to represent us then great. He was born here and has a Welsh grandparent so its not as though he has no link. Just as strong a link of the many English born players who are elevating our level of quality and ability to achieve! Think you’re missing the point. Think we’d all welcome him as he looks like a good prospect. But I share some of the skepticism that he’ll eventually choose NI when he seems to have much stronger ties to them. This is completely different to the English qualified guys who, let’s be honest, have largely settled for us because they’re not good enough for England. If we’re being honest, I’m sure 90%+ of your Ash Williams’ or Kieffer Moores who were born and raised in England to English parents, but have one Welsh grandparent, would have chosen them over us given the choice. In this case, we can safely assume if Feeney’s good enough for us he’s also good enough for NI! So it will be his choice to make |
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Post by dragonsoccer on Aug 22, 2024 7:37:43 GMT
started for Spurs U18s at the weekend, expected call up to a Wales youth squad for matches in Sept
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Post by jbt95 on Aug 22, 2024 8:28:51 GMT
Who cares. Just as strong a link of the many English born players who are elevating our level of quality and ability to achieve! The population of Northern Ireland is around 35 times smaller than England’s. It’s nothing like our England born/brought up players. I’d be surprised if he chose us over NI. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Aug 22, 2024 8:40:51 GMT
Almost certainly nonsense if its on there |
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Post by fiveattheback on Aug 22, 2024 8:46:01 GMT
There's bound to be some family affinity to Wales if his grandad was born here, he was born here and you consider Warren's ties to Cardiff (and Newport and Swansea!)
Be surprised if he chose us over NI but you never know
Wonder if Warren was ever approached to play for Wales with a Welsh born father?
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Post by talyfan on Aug 22, 2024 9:08:34 GMT
Could well be doing what we do with the young dual qualified lads and get them to experience different set ups.
To add another view, maybe from his own standpoint he might feel Wales are in a better position to qualify for major tournaments unlike Northern Ireland.
Not something black and white when you're dual qualified there's always a bit of nuance particularly when two nations are closer in stature.
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Post by welshdan1927 on Aug 22, 2024 9:10:34 GMT
I would question the source. But the source has probably been questioned plenty of times in the past. 🤔🚨 |
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Aug 22, 2024 9:47:32 GMT
It’s a Calum Kavanagh type tie tbf. It’d be like RND lining up for Saudi Arabia. I have a feeling that he’ll refrain from committing to a country just yet, and eventually choose NI.
From what I inference from the rules, if he plays competitively for our u17s, he’s tied to us. Already played in UEFA competition with NI u17s.
Worth mentioning his Swansea born Grandad also played for NI.
I think NI will go in hard for him. His situation has already been referenced by M O’N. I find his actions curious, mind - not sure he’d have done what he’s done if he was ‘dead-set’ on NI.
Of course, though, I’d be delighted were he to stick with Cymru.
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Post by iot on Aug 22, 2024 10:51:21 GMT
There's bound to be some family affinity to Wales if his grandad was born here, he was born here and you consider Warren's ties to Cardiff (and Newport and Swansea!) Be surprised if he chose us over NI but you never know Wonder if Warren was ever approached to play for Wales with a Welsh born father? Think someone said he was born in Belfast? So presumably his only connection to us is a grandparent and the fact his dad played for a Welsh club for a few years (before he was born presumably?) |
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Post by johnoster on Aug 22, 2024 12:21:30 GMT
Was conceived on Caroline Street apparently.
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Post by fiveattheback on Aug 22, 2024 12:50:09 GMT
There's bound to be some family affinity to Wales if his grandad was born here, he was born here and you consider Warren's ties to Cardiff (and Newport and Swansea!) Be surprised if he chose us over NI but you never know Wonder if Warren was ever approached to play for Wales with a Welsh born father? Think someone said he was born in Belfast? So presumably his only connection to us is a grandparent and the fact his dad played for a Welsh club for a few years (before he was born presumably?) Warren was at Cardiff 16 years ago so he may well be Cardiff born, as someone else said it could be like the Kavanagh situation (I don't think Kav jr ever played for Wales?) Northern Ireland has its own... issues that can lead to someone not wanting to represent them at all aswell. Feel like if you're dead set on NI you wouldn't consider Wales and vice versa, its different to England |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 22, 2024 12:50:41 GMT
started for Spurs U18s at the weekend, expected call up to a Wales youth squad for matches in Sept Expecting any exciting new names for any of the upcoming squads? |
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Post by hooky on Oct 7, 2024 16:33:56 GMT
I see he was not named in the latest U17 squad
Does that mean he has decided to go with Northern Ireland after all?
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Post by ystradwales on Oct 7, 2024 16:49:09 GMT
I see he was not named in the latest U17 squad Does that mean he has decided to go with Northern Ireland after all? I did think the same but after giving it some more thought I think perhaps it could be to allow him time to settle at Spurs which is a massive step up in intensity from Glentoran |
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Post by hooky on Oct 7, 2024 16:52:28 GMT
Well we will see. I guess now he has ended up at a big club then Northern Ireland will double down on their attempts to get him back. Hopefully he continues to see sense!
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Post by wirralwelsh on Oct 7, 2024 22:36:53 GMT
He played in Uefa qualifiers last year for NI so with this year's qualifiers coming up he'd have had to have filed his one time official nationality switch to represent us and probably hasn't done that yet, or maybe not ready to?
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Post by morg on Nov 2, 2024 15:16:25 GMT
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Nov 2, 2024 17:01:44 GMT
A shame, but in reality had minimal ties with us. Still time for him to switch, though!
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Post by dragonsoccer on Nov 2, 2024 19:49:21 GMT
We will see next week how the U17 squad will perform without him, also to note the squad performances looked better last month in their Portugal and France friendlies, spirit in camp is good
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Post by surge on Nov 3, 2024 9:58:56 GMT
Wish him well. Always seemed a bit of a long shot him feeling enough of a connection to play for us over Northern Ireland, but I hope he enjoyed the experience and feels a little more Welsh because of it.
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