Search results

Driving to work just heard a long debate on Five Live on precisely this issue. Clermont's Abendanon was very good and strong on it, as you'd expect, but not with any bitterness, just factual. As was suggested earlier, he's been out of the picture for a while and so never seriously thought he'd...

It seems from the above replies and other stuff I've read that basically they are just doing what the English clubs say. But they would say that, wouldn't they? This rule emotionally blackmails players over their patriotism, and helps English clubs get top players for below the world market...

Very good. What are Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon thinking, while their stock has soared even further from not being there.

Can anyone offer a good explanation/reason for the edict that rules out any England player playing overseas from selection for the national team? From the outside it just seems bonkers and small-time. Some of the reasons advanced I do not regard as good in any way - 'harder to monitor them in...