2014 World Cup

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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

Just had a quick look during my lunch-break and found the following players who were born in Germany but are representing other countries.

Cameroon: Maxim Choupo-Moting and Joel Matip.
Greece: José Holebas.
Ghana: Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Muhamed Bešić, Sead Kolašinac and Zvjezdan Misimović.
Iran: Daniel Davari.

That's 8 and there are about four or five in the US squad too, so we're still missing one or two if there are 14 in total. I'll have another look after work. I will find them!

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Having been through it again while awake I think you've found them all.

Same as your list, plus 4 usa

USA
John Brooks
Jermaine Jones
Timmy Chandler
Fabian Johnson

Ghana
Kevin-Prince Boateng

Iran
Daniel Davari

BH
Sead Kolašinac
Muhamed Bešić
Zvjezdan Misimović

Greece
José Holebas

Cameroon
Maxim Choupo-Moting
Joel Matip

If we were being very generous
Swiss
(Josip Drmić) ambigious place name

Netherlands
(Paul Verhaegh) ambigious place name

France
(Morgan Schneiderlin) sounds german, born near border (are we definite on born in germany)

Plus managers of
Cameroon, Switzerland, USA

Wiki will give you info on the ambiguous place names. It says Drmic is from (born in) Lachen in Switzerland, Paul Verhaegh is from Kronenberg in Holland and Morgan Schneiderlin is from Obernai in France.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Wiki will give you info on the ambiguous place names. It says Drmic is from (born in) Lachen in Switzerland, Paul Verhaegh is from Kronenberg in Holland and Morgan Schneiderlin is from Obernai in France.

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Taking for granted they weren't born in Germany, trying to be kind to whoever came up with the figure of 18.

Only other explainations is was for provisional squads, or inclues german parentage. Which is too much wiki work

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Originally Posted by bennocelt

I have my yahoo set to Yahoo USA the amount of drivel they have about the world cup is funny. They really havent a clue about soccerball

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Are you an American then ?

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

A bit like Britain and Ireland then, really.

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Speak for yourself:p

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Originally Posted by A N Mouse

Having been through it again while awake I think you've found them all.

Same as your list, plus 4 usa

USA
John Brooks
Jermaine Jones
Timmy Chandler
Fabian Johnson

Ghana
Kevin-Prince Boateng

Iran
Daniel Davari

BH
Sead Kolašinac
Muhamed Bešić
Zvjezdan Misimović

Greece
José Holebas

Cameroon
Maxim Choupo-Moting
Joel Matip

If we were being very generous
Swiss
(Josip Drmić) ambigious place name

Netherlands
(Paul Verhaegh) ambigious place name

France
(Morgan Schneiderlin) sounds german, born near border (are we definite on born in germany)

Plus managers of
Cameroon, Switzerland, USA

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We've got 12 players. I think the claim of 18 was inaccurate. That figure was mentioned by James Richardson after someone had e-mailed it to him, so it hadn't been verified. Obviously, whoever'd e-mailed also got the figure of France-born players wrong as there are 25 rather than 16. I would imagine the New Statesman assertion of 14 Germany-born players is accurate. That means there'd be two more we're missing. Did you say there were two other Ghanaian squad members who you thought were born in Germany? Who were they? I can't seem to see any others besides Boateng.

I thought Mateo Kovačić of Croatia might have been another, but he was born in Linz, which is in Austria.

Edit: Julian Green of the USA grew up in Germany from the age of two, although he was born in Tampa, Florida. It seems New Statesman might have counted him in their tally of 14 as they did put the German figure at five rather than four in the article.

Anyone else having issues with RTÉ player?

It doesn't work outside Ireland...

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Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

It doesn't work outside Ireland...

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Eh. I know that. It doesn't know I'm outside of Ireland and has been grand until today. Just like ITV is now.

So, for those in Ireland, are there issues with RTÉ player?

I think Bonnie uses a proxy server service to by-pass the geoblock.

What a pathetic dive by Robben. He's such an embarrassment at times.

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Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Eh. I know that. It doesn't know I'm outside of Ireland and has been grand until today. Just like ITV is now.

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Fair enough, perhaps an unholy alliance of PRISM & the Irish 'intelligence services' have done for you...

Not missing much anyway, so far.

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Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

Fair enough, perhaps an unholy alliance of PRISM & the Irish 'intelligence services' have done for you...

Not missing much anyway, so far.

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I'm watching on ITV. I just want HT on RTÉ.

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Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Anyone else having issues with RTÉ player?

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In an actual response to your question, I just tried Australia v Spain there and it's working grand for me.

They had big problems at the start of the game, (for a moment, on the Sports site, they were streaming Radio na Gaeltachta with a World Cup splash page) I believe they are resolved now.

Some fairly cynical stuff from Chile there lately. Blatant dive to try win a penalty, then the card waving nonsense. Shame, cos I've enjoyed watching them so far, but they're letting themselves down here.

Fairly dull game. Meanwhile, David Villa scores for Spain. Livescore makes it three shots on target between the two games so far.

Also, a handy link confirming which games are on RTÉ Two and which are on the Real Player.

Chile are falling over in the box a lot.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Some fairly cynical stuff from Chile there lately. Blatant dive to try win a penalty, then the card waving nonsense. Shame, cos I've enjoyed watching them so far, but they're letting themselves down

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Change "they" to "he"! I think it's been Alexis Sanchez each time.

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

What a pathetic dive by Robben. He's such an embarrassment at times.

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You'd wonder would Van Gaal and his team-mates privately encourage such guff.