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RedandWhiteManofKent- Batman vs Joker said:
Not a cave, the last I heard he was being held captive by Koeman at an abandoned warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of the M25.

He was given regular exercise throughout the day and allowed to watch match of the day on a Saturday to see what could have been. Erwin undertook most of the training whilst Ronald taught education. The schooling was mainly on family values and loyalty. There is not enough loyalty in football and whilst Koeman didn't expect heskith to stay at Southampton all his life, he was expected to honour his contract. At night he would go to sleep listening to tapes with that message on.

Many of his mates from the academy would stay on long sleepovers that could last a whole season.

In koemans rush to move to Merseyside, he left maps of the secret location in his staplewood office. On claudes arrival the group was rescued and returned to familiar surroundings of the Southampton training ground. He is now gradually being integrated with first team players.

He now goes to sleep listening to songs by Vanessa paradis and how to take opportunities to find the path to first team football. We March on together.

That's what I heard anyway................................................and yes I'm bored.
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I could go to bed watching movies with Vanessa Paradis
 
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fran-MLs little camera said:
Suggestion in Nigerian paper that Nigeria will try and cap Ole (what's his name) to avert England doing it. Depends how English he feels.
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That and if he thinks the England will ever call him up (after all, he doesn't play for a "big club"). And also, frankly, who he thinks will do better in International football; at least with Nigeria he's got the occasional a chance of winning the African cup of nations. Probably a greater one than England winning a WC or Euros...
 
KillerCephalopod said:
That and if he thinks the England will ever call him up (after all, he doesn't play for a "big club"). And also, frankly, who he thinks will do better in International football; at least with Nigeria he's got the occasional a chance of winning the African cup of nations. Probably a greater one than England winning a WC or Euros...
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I would think having to play ACON would be considered a negative. Would hurt his chances of getting into the first team if he is leaving for a month mid-season. And Nigeria doesn't exactly have the most stable football federation.
 
I Sorry I Ruined The Party said:
I would think having to play ACON would be considered a negative. Would hurt his chances of getting into the first team if he is leaving for a month mid-season. And Nigeria doesn't exactly have the most stable football federation.
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ACON didn't do any harm to Wanyama's career & to be fair, he's far more likely to be called up by Nigeria than England; so if he wants international football at all, he might not have much choice.
 
saintlyhero said:
That's because Kenya never qualified
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Fair enough - didn't wiki it to check. All depends on how good he turns out, and how many players are ahead of him in that position. It really is possible he ends up being good enough for Nigeria but not England. He'd be mad not to take that opportunity. Good enough for an England call up, then sure, he'll probably take that instead.
 
KillerCephalopod said:
Fair enough - didn't wiki it to check. All depends on how good he turns out, and how many players are ahead of him in that position. It really is possible he ends up being good enough for Nigeria but not England. He'd be mad not to take that opportunity. Good enough for an England call up, then sure, he'll probably take that instead.
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... and in addition, if he's good enough for Nigeria at the AFCON, that probably means we've got a good young player in our hands, developed by us and very likely first team option... If he's good enough to be thinking international level.
 
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KillerCephalopod said:
ACON didn't do any harm to Wanyama's career & to be fair, he's far more likely to be called up by Nigeria than England; so if he wants international football at all, he might not have much choice.
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True. I'm not saying that he shouldn't do it, just that playing ACON might be the part of the deal he doesn't look forward to. The benefits of being an international in general, and especially being able to potentially play in the World Cup likely outweigh that. Like you, I'm guessing it mostly depends on what he feels his chances are representing England.
 
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Sensible decision has to be to wait until the end of age group international football. If he is playing for England U21 he knows he has a chance, and if not he can swap.
 
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