Match Ratings Ratings vs Brentford

[McFlash]

Aurier lives in London not Paris so no that doesn't work

Are you deliberately trying to be obtuse? Or are you just not very bright?
You've completely missed the point I was making.

 

[Ionman34]

Where was he born? Was it the country he's captained?

I'm only splitting hairs and I suppose it really should be about what nationality he considers himself to be, maybe both.

To be fair, would you say Andy Townsend and Ian Dowie are Irish?

 

[McFlash]

To be fair, would you say Andy Townsend and Ian Dowie are Irish?

Where we're they born?
They'd played because of their parents/grandparents and because they weren't good enough for England. They're about as Irish as Clinton Morrison! ?
Also, they came from a time where drinking a pint of Guinness could get you an Irish cap.

If someone was born in the Ivory Coast and plays for the Ivory Coast, I'd class him as Ivorian, rather than French.
With the French African colonies, the lines are a bit more blurred I guess but I also think Kaz is trying to argue for the sake of it, it's what he's like! ?

 

[Spursmatty87]

I guess I’m one of the only ones that thought overall Sissoko was pretty poor. Thought Ndombele was a class above everyone else.

 

[Shadydan]

I guess I’m one of the only ones that thought overall Sissoko was pretty poor. Thought Ndombele was a class above everyone else.

To come to that conclusion about Sissoko I don't think you were watching the same game as the rest of us, it was one of his best performances in a Spurs shirt.

 

[Shadydan]

Where we're they born?
They'd played because of their parents/grandparents and because they weren't good enough for England. They're about as Irish as Clinton Morrison! ?
Also, they came from a time where drinking a pint of Guinness could get you an Irish cap.

If someone was born in the Ivory Coast and plays for the Ivory Coast, I'd class him as Ivorian, rather than French.
With the French African colonies, the lines are a bit more blurred I guess but I also think Kaz is trying to argue for the sake of it, it's what he's like! ?

It's hurting my brain that people are unable to grasp such a simple concept, it's incredible lol

 

[buckley]

Sissoko along with Aurier were my men of the match

 

[Spursmatty87]

To come to that conclusion about Sissoko I don't think you were watching the same game as the rest of us, it was one of his best performances in a Spurs shirt.

I must be to biased against him ??. I thought he held on to the ball far to much and slowed us down lot when we were in good positions. I thought his goal covered up a lot of his failings.

 

[EQP]

So is he Ivorian as he's 28 or is he French when he's 29?

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Apart from Aurier holding french citizenship and Ivory Coast being an ex-french colony and him Speaking french as his first language.
Plus PEH being fully danish.
Ignoring everything and just looking at their first names - even then this doesn’t work.
So, what you on about?

PEH has a French mother.

Aurier has two Ivorian parents, was born in Ivory Coast and has allied himself to the Ivory Coast.

He may well have dual nationality (i think I saw someone say he’s got a french passport) but at least going by blood, PEH has more French in him. What do ex colonies have to do with anything? Would you dare tell an Australian or South African he was British? English would be his first language too after all.

 

[Shadydan]

I must be to biased against him ??. I thought he held on to the ball far to much and slowed us down lot when we were in good positions. I thought his goal covered up a lot of his failings.

 

[chrissivad]

The French one was MOTM, you know Son.

I voted for Ndombele, but a few others ran him close

 

[Bulletspur]

Aurier is french, moved there as a child. Lived most of his life there. His passport is french, his family live there, he chooses to play football for ivory coast as does English footballer zaha or as sterling chooses not to play for Jamaica because he's English .

So unless you consider those who aren't born in a county not really English/french then that's a whole other story really for one of the political threads

I have a Canadian passport, that does not make me Canadian

 

[kaz Hirai]

I have a Canadian passport, that does not make me Canadian

Good for you

 

[Serpico]

I guess I’m one of the only ones that thought overall Sissoko was pretty poor. Thought Ndombele was a class above everyone else.

I thought Sissoko was close to the form he showed with France - he's not the most elegant of players, just practical, bullish and direct.Ive always liked him because his an honest player.

You could question Kane holding the ball too long and getting caught in possession too many times. Our attack broke down too often when he was trying to side step the defenders as Nbombele seems to do with such ease.Overall poor for me.