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Posted August 17, 2015 05:15 · last edited August 17, 2015 05:21

Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in or getting on with the rest of the team. 

If an American footballer came here would you question him about the US invading Iraq/every other country?

If a player from South Africa came here would you question him about recent violence towards immigrants in his country? 

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valeo edited August 17, 2015 05:21
Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in or getting on with the rest of the team. 

If an American footballer came here would you question him about the US invading Iraq/every other country?

If a player from South Africa came here would you question him about recent violence towards immigrants in his country? 

If you went overseas to, say, Syria - would you expect to be questioned about anti-Muslim Western prejudice? 

valeo edited August 17, 2015 05:19
Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in or getting on with the rest of the team. 

If an American footballer came here would you question him about the US invading Iraq/every other country?

If a player from South Africa came here would you question him about recent violence towards immigrants in his country? 

If you went overseas to, say, Syria - would you expect to be questioned about Western prejudice? 

valeo edited August 17, 2015 05:18
Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in or getting on with the rest of the team. 

If an American footballer came here would you question him about the US invading Iraq/every other country?

If a player from South Africa came here would you question him about recent violence towards immigrants in his country? 

valeo edited August 17, 2015 05:17
Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in or getting on with the rest of the team. 

If an American footballer came here would you question him about the US invading Iraq/every other country?

valeo edited August 17, 2015 05:16
Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in or getting on with the rest of the team. 

valeo edited August 17, 2015 05:15
Doloras wrote:

On one hand, he used to play for Racing Santander so we can share some hilarious Ahsan Ali Syed jokes with him.

On the other hand... he's an Israeli rep, which means he brings with him a whole heap of political crap. Dude has a right to play football, but he'll face some tough questions about why Israel shouldn't be kicked out of FIFA for systematically trying to hobble the Palestine team, etc.

Why would he have to answer those questions? NZ are barely involved in any Palestine/Israeli kerfuffle and he's a f*cking footballer, not a diplomat. Not to mention the fact he's only played one game for the national team.

This, along with the comments on Sarpong being religious, get me pretty annoyed tbh. Just because a player is from a certain country or has certain religious beliefs does not mean they will have trouble settling in our getting on with the rest of the team.