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posted on 16/12/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 minutes ago
It gets even better

Virdi was born in a family that had a fair share of history with sports. His parents migrating from East Africa came to London with very different reasons. His father, Raj, a tennis player for Kenya in his junior years came to the United Kingdom in search of a university and his mother, Harmeet, who came to London after deciding to move away from the dictatorship government by the Ugandan President Idi Amin amidst those torrid times.
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Not sure what has changed here? I am not denying him any link to England or saying he isn't able to play for England.

posted on 16/12/22

Amar Virdi is a British Asian. A British man of Indian descent is still British. If you asked me to point to him for help I'd say Amir, and give you his email address or phone number.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 minute ago
Amar Virdi is a British Asian. A British man of Indian descent is still British. If you asked me to point to him for help I'd say Amir, and give you his email address or phone number.
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Of course you would

posted on 16/12/22

Cinci won’t ever relent on this anyway, because then he’d have to admit he’s English.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 minutes ago
It gets even better

Virdi was born in a family that had a fair share of history with sports. His parents migrating from East Africa came to London with very different reasons. His father, Raj, a tennis player for Kenya in his junior years came to the United Kingdom in search of a university and his mother, Harmeet, who came to London after deciding to move away from the dictatorship government by the Ugandan President Idi Amin amidst those torrid times.
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Not sure what has changed here? I am not denying him any link to England or saying he isn't able to play for England.
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Just the fact that his parents immigrated from Africa. I'd assume that if his dad is playing for Kenya he must've taken nationality there. So you pointing to the fact they originally came from there as a determinant of his nationality becomes even more far from the truth and therefore amusing.

posted on 16/12/22

Humour here is that you guys would be more offended than Amar Virdi who would undoubtedly be very proud of his roots and happily mention his Indian heritage in any conversation about such things and quite openly acknowledge that his Indian heritge is a big part of his life.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Lisandro The King Martinez (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
Cinci won’t ever relent on this anyway, because then he’d have to admit he’s English.
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Racist

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 57 seconds ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 minutes ago
It gets even better

Virdi was born in a family that had a fair share of history with sports. His parents migrating from East Africa came to London with very different reasons. His father, Raj, a tennis player for Kenya in his junior years came to the United Kingdom in search of a university and his mother, Harmeet, who came to London after deciding to move away from the dictatorship government by the Ugandan President Idi Amin amidst those torrid times.
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Not sure what has changed here? I am not denying him any link to England or saying he isn't able to play for England.
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Just the fact that his parents immigrated from Africa. I'd assume that if his dad is playing for Kenya he must've taken nationality there. So you pointing to the fact they originally came from there as a determinant of his nationality becomes even more far from the truth and therefore amusing.
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His father was Indian before he moved to Kenya, nothing has changed.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Lisandro The King Martinez (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
Cinci won’t ever relent on this anyway, because then he’d have to admit he’s English.
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Racist
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You don’t understand what words mean.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Lisandro The King Martinez (U10026)
posted 36 seconds ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Lisandro The King Martinez (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
Cinci won’t ever relent on this anyway, because then he’d have to admit he’s English.
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Racist
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You don’t understand what words mean.
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I am offended that you ignore my ethnic roots of being Scots and Irish and continually calling me something I am not. That is racist.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 2 minutes ago
Humour here is that you guys would be more offended than Amar Virdi who would undoubtedly be very proud of his roots and happily mention his Indian heritage in any conversation about such things and quite openly acknowledge that his Indian heritge is a big part of his life.
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That's only humorous cos although you've nearly understood why you're wrong you just keep going. He's British Asian. He'd not deny that he's British. This is madness.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 57 seconds ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 minutes ago
It gets even better

Virdi was born in a family that had a fair share of history with sports. His parents migrating from East Africa came to London with very different reasons. His father, Raj, a tennis player for Kenya in his junior years came to the United Kingdom in search of a university and his mother, Harmeet, who came to London after deciding to move away from the dictatorship government by the Ugandan President Idi Amin amidst those torrid times.
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Not sure what has changed here? I am not denying him any link to England or saying he isn't able to play for England.
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Just the fact that his parents immigrated from Africa. I'd assume that if his dad is playing for Kenya he must've taken nationality there. So you pointing to the fact they originally came from there as a determinant of his nationality becomes even more far from the truth and therefore amusing.
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His father was Indian before he moved to Kenya, nothing has changed.
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Not sure if you can read at this point? His nationality has changed.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 second ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 57 seconds ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 minutes ago
It gets even better

Virdi was born in a family that had a fair share of history with sports. His parents migrating from East Africa came to London with very different reasons. His father, Raj, a tennis player for Kenya in his junior years came to the United Kingdom in search of a university and his mother, Harmeet, who came to London after deciding to move away from the dictatorship government by the Ugandan President Idi Amin amidst those torrid times.
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Not sure what has changed here? I am not denying him any link to England or saying he isn't able to play for England.
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Just the fact that his parents immigrated from Africa. I'd assume that if his dad is playing for Kenya he must've taken nationality there. So you pointing to the fact they originally came from there as a determinant of his nationality becomes even more far from the truth and therefore amusing.
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His father was Indian before he moved to Kenya, nothing has changed.
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Not sure if you can read at this point? His nationality has changed.
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If you put more weight in papers and imaginary boundaries

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 second ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 57 seconds ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 3 minutes ago
It gets even better

Virdi was born in a family that had a fair share of history with sports. His parents migrating from East Africa came to London with very different reasons. His father, Raj, a tennis player for Kenya in his junior years came to the United Kingdom in search of a university and his mother, Harmeet, who came to London after deciding to move away from the dictatorship government by the Ugandan President Idi Amin amidst those torrid times.
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Not sure what has changed here? I am not denying him any link to England or saying he isn't able to play for England.
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Just the fact that his parents immigrated from Africa. I'd assume that if his dad is playing for Kenya he must've taken nationality there. So you pointing to the fact they originally came from there as a determinant of his nationality becomes even more far from the truth and therefore amusing.
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His father was Indian before he moved to Kenya, nothing has changed.
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Not sure if you can read at this point? His nationality has changed.
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If you put more weight in papers and imaginary boundaries
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Doesn't matter what you or I put weight in. Facts is facts

posted on 16/12/22

Virdi said: “In terms of the Asian conundrum – or whatever it is called these days – there needs to be more education for parents, I think. We have seen Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara – it’s not that British Asians can’t make it through, it’s more knowing how the system works.

There you go. Virdi clearly describes himself and his peers as British Asians. I suggest you take it up with them if you're still not happy.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 minute ago
Amar Virdi is a British Asian. A British man of Indian descent is still British. If you asked me to point to him for help I'd say Amir, and give you his email address or phone number.
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Of course you would
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And yes I would. I work with people from all over the world. Using someone's ethnicity as an identifier would be a terrible idea for practical reasons if nothing else.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 10 minutes ago
Virdi said: “In terms of the Asian conundrum – or whatever it is called these days – there needs to be more education for parents, I think. We have seen Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara – it’s not that British Asians can’t make it through, it’s more knowing how the system works.

There you go. Virdi clearly describes himself and his peers as British Asians. I suggest you take it up with them if you're still not happy.
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I have no problem with that definition. It also highlights he doesn't see himself as pure English.

posted on 16/12/22

always interesting on these threads that the defenders of racism don't defend those being racially abused as well.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 10 minutes ago
Virdi said: “In terms of the Asian conundrum – or whatever it is called these days – there needs to be more education for parents, I think. We have seen Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara – it’s not that British Asians can’t make it through, it’s more knowing how the system works.

There you go. Virdi clearly describes himself and his peers as British Asians. I suggest you take it up with them if you're still not happy.
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I have no problem with that definition. It also highlights he doesn't see himself as pure English.
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No one is arguing for that. Seriously. I know you're feeling attacked or pretending to anyway, but this is all about Come to Salah saying they're not French. You said Virdi is Indian. You're both factually wrong.

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by Lisandro The King Martinez (U10026)
posted 36 seconds ago
comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Lisandro The King Martinez (U10026)
posted 1 minute ago
Cinci won’t ever relent on this anyway, because then he’d have to admit he’s English.
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Racist
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You don’t understand what words mean.
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I am offended that you ignore my ethnic roots of being Scots and Irish and continually calling me something I am not. That is racist.
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No it’s not.

posted on 16/12/22

‘I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose’.

posted on 16/12/22

Funny you'd use that quote as it was a shot at people like yourself defining him how they want.

Özil in 2018: ‘I was born and educated in Germany, so why don’t people accept that I am German?’

posted on 16/12/22

comment by Come to Salah, Come to Success. (U12335)
posted 30 minutes ago
‘I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose’.
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He’s talking about all the bigots in Germany that think that about him.

posted on 17/12/22

comment by Come to Salah, Come to Success. (U12335)
posted 12 hours, 46 minutes ago
comment by Serious Thorgen Kloppinson - It's the facking world cup. (U1282)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Come to Salah, Come to Success. (U12335)
posted 33 minutes ago
An englishman, an Irish man and a French man walked into a bar.....

Their names were Park ji sung, enrique iglesias and Sachin Tendulkar


Guess which one is which hahahahahahahaha
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Amar Vidi, Nasser Hussain, Monty Panesar, Vikram Solanki, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel.

Are these Indian or English cricket players?
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They're not English men ill tell you that for free
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Do you charge people to tell them things?

And that's not what I asked. Are they English or Indian cricket players? Simple question.

posted on 17/12/22

comment by Cinciwolf---England lose, world cup saved. (U11551)
posted 11 hours, 19 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 10 minutes ago
Virdi said: “In terms of the Asian conundrum – or whatever it is called these days – there needs to be more education for parents, I think. We have seen Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara – it’s not that British Asians can’t make it through, it’s more knowing how the system works.

There you go. Virdi clearly describes himself and his peers as British Asians. I suggest you take it up with them if you're still not happy.
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I have no problem with that definition. It also highlights he doesn't see himself as pure English.
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Because there's no such thing as pure English.

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