QuoteWiki 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.
Having been through it again while awake I think you've found them all.Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
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.
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
Are you an American then ?
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Speak for yourself
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.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 23/06/2014 at 5:29 PM.
Anyone else having issues with RTÉ player?
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
It doesn't work outside Ireland...
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?
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
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.
Fair enough, perhaps an unholy alliance of PRISM & the Irish 'intelligence services' have done for you...
Not missing much anyway, so far.
I'm watching on ITV. I just want HT on RTÉ.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
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.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
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.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Change "they" to "he"! I think it's been Alexis Sanchez each time.
You'd wonder would Van Gaal and his team-mates privately encourage such guff.
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