Chamberlain last night

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Not surprised he performed well - I'm sure he will be an England regular now he is playing for Arsenal. As for Steve Claridge I think he talks a lot of sense and gives Saints credit when it is due.
 
He is 22 but i don't think you have to be 21 or under to be picked,swear someone who is 23 has played for them before but i can't remember who.

As I've already said on here (on a thread that you created as it happens! http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/80409-Chamberlain-u21-call-up), you have to be 21 or under at the start of a 2 year qualifying cycle to be eligible to play at any point during the cycle. So come the full championships at the end of each 2 cycle, you will almost certainly have some 23 year olds playing for you (assuming you qualified).

If you became ineligble the day you turned 22, then the side that you ultimately take with you to the Championships could look completely different to the side that got you there.
 
I think you can have a couple of players over the actaul age limit, plus it's to do when they have their birthdays to.
I know spain had 4 23 year olds in their under 21s team for the under 21 world cup.
 
But he does play for Arsenal... and you were mentioned, so what's the problem there...?
They weren't going to say 'former Southampton winger' before every mention of his name were they? It's already ridiculous that we have to be constantly reminded of a players club in a BBC article, as it is.

Agreed. I don't see any problem. He does play for Arsenal.
 
As I've already said on here (on a thread that you created as it happens! http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/80409-Chamberlain-u21-call-up), you have to be 21 or under at the start of a 2 year qualifying cycle to be eligible to play at any point during the cycle. So come the full championships at the end of each 2 cycle, you will almost certainly have some 23 year olds playing for you (assuming you qualified).

If you became ineligble the day you turned 22, then the side that you ultimately take with you to the Championships could look completely different to the side that got you there.

Pardon me for being thick but does that mean cork could still play for the under21s?
 
As for Claridge, I find him unfairly maligned by a lot of supporters, not just Saints fans. He actually does say a lot of sensible things, as he sees them. By comparison, there's an awful lot of fawning guff talked by other pundits. Claridge doesn't stargaze, and that's a big plus with me.

I agree with this.

I like him as a pundit, there are a lot worse than him out there.
 
Pardon me for being thick but does that mean cork could still play for the under21s?

According to wikipedia he turned 22 on 25th June this year, so no he can't still play for the U21s. If he'd been born a couple of months later, he'd have just snuck into this new 2 year cycle.

Lallana is another who is no longer eligible for the U21s.
 
According to wikipedia he turned 22 on 25th June this year, so no he can't still play for the U21s. If he'd been born a couple of months later, he'd have just snuck into this new 2 year cycle.

Lallana is another who is no longer eligible for the U21s.

Oh right,thanks.Can't say i'm disappointed though,saints can have them all to themselves.
 
According to wikipedia he turned 22 on 25th June this year, so no he can't still play for the U21s. If he'd been born a couple of months later, he'd have just snuck into this new 2 year cycle.

Lallana is another who is no longer eligible for the U21s.

Actually, it's slightly longer than just a couple of months, my mistake. 1 January 1990 is the cut-off birth date for players to be eligible for this new cycle (I had it in my head that it was either 1 August 1989 or 1 September 1989).
 
They have to be 21 when the qualifications start, so for this year players will have to be born in 1988 or after to qualify for the team.
So jack cork could of got in.
So it says on the uefa under 21 website.
 
They have to be 21 when the qualifications start, so for this year players will have to be born in 1988 or after to qualify for the team.
So jack cork could of got in.
So it says on the uefa under 21 website.

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles.../Regulations/01/55/65/06/1556506_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Chapter XI, Article 17, Paragraph 17.02

As I say, it's 1 January 1990 that players have to born on or after to be eligible during this cycle (ie 2011 - 2013).
 
chambo looked amazing, as per usual.

Such a shame we lost him, but oh well we got a good price. Still, would love to have kept him. I hope he sets the world alight though, go on son!

He is better than theo already. He doesnt get confused when the ball comes to him...

And it's a travesty that lallana didn't play for the England under age's more. At least we have kept our other boy genius. I can't wait for this bloody international break to be over so we can watch some real footy..
 
Weird in the short rules version it says 1988, also says it on the uefa wiki page to.
But thanx for getting me the right info.

I can only guess that anything that says 1988 just hasn't been updated from the previous cycle (ie 2009 - 2011), as 1 January 1988 would have been the correct cut-off point for that cycle (hence why the likes of Cork and Lallana were able to play for the U21s during that period).
 
I think that people getting peeved about saints not getting mentioned is a tad silly, those who kmow football know where he came from. I think it is more important that parents see that southampton have a great accadamy and have a record of bringing through youngsters. Parent that care for the developement of thier boys will bring them to us. Its only tits like oxos dad that thinks a big club will benifit the developement of thier little star
 
I think that people getting peeved about saints not getting mentioned is a tad silly, those who kmow football know where he came from. I think it is more important that parents see that southampton have a great accadamy and have a record of bringing through youngsters. Parent that care for the developement of thier boys will bring them to us. Its only tits like oxos dad that thinks a big club will benifit the developement of thier little star

Tad silly? i'd prefer just wishing my club would get the credit it deserves :smiley: