um sorry what? Think you may have gotten your wires crossed there a little chief.
I did and edited my post. Apologies
All good, I love cuddly teddy bear Albo btw
I don’t think anyone’s hating them because of their background or questioning how Australian they are. Anyone born and raised here is fully Australian in my eyes. I do however question their decisions. My view has always been that players should represent the country they were raised for most of their life in unless they truly aren’t good enough (coulda seen Nish Velupillay playing for Malaysia for example).All good, I love cuddly teddy bear Albo btw
I took offence to the consistent character assassinations of dual national footballers (in this case specifically Greek- Australian and Croat-Australian) who shouldn't have to justify their right to be Australians to some racist arse-hat online all the time... These kids represent me, my family and the vast majority of Australians in 2026 and should NOT have to defend themselves against such hateful discourse.
Cetianly comes across that way and it is extremely offensive.
Different positions and all but even the red carpet that Gethin Jones got could've been used for others.
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No. Passportgate’s been going on for a while (see the dual international thread). In short, the problem is if a Dutch person acquired a foreign citizenship or nationality they automatically lose Dutch citizenship, therefore they typically lose an EU work permit unless they acquire another EU country’s citizenship or nationality. Australia doesn’t have this rule.Chaos in the Eredivisie.
Would this affect Vickery, in the sense that if he declares for Indonesian he would then forfeit his Aussie passport and become a foreign signing for MacArthur? And would they want to use a foreign spot on him?
The citizenship court ruling which threatens a ‘crisis’ for Dutch football
The Dutch FA has warned up to 133 Eredivisie match results would be declared invalid if the eligibility decision is overturned on Monday
Does Vickery have to renege his Australia passport ala Williams in India, as Indo doesn’t allow dual citizens?
Oops, missed that part! Indo doesn’t allow dual citizenship either so yeah he would. Not sure if that makes him a foreign player though. That depends on what the APL decides.
I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. FIFA made rule changes in the past to stop Federations recruiting players from other nations and they should implement a rule in a similar vein that would stop glory hunting kids being scouted from so called lower ranked nations because their grandfather emigrated when he was two.
To be fair players like Tony Dorigo and Craig Johnston was forced to not play for the Socceroos because at the time they would face consequences at their clubs if they travelled to the other side of the world during the international break. The former was called up but prohibited from joining camp by his manager and then was naturalised as English and became part of the Three Lions squad at the 1990 World Cup, while the latter did once suggest that playing for the Socceroos (and I assume also Bafana Bafana) would be “like surfing for England” despite later being in eventually failed talks to represent the Socceroos. Nowadays, the Socceroos have British-born players who couldn’t make England, Scotland or Wales’ squads. Similarly, some Surinamese players have had to play for the Netherlands for similar reasons, whereas now the tables have turned and Dutch players of Surinamese descent who aren’t good enough for the Oranje can now go and play for the Natio.
Oh wow will start watching out for him
WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA BOY!!!!
He did play for the Joeys a few years ago, so not unheard of.
May have a couple of top 5 league midfielders pop out of nowhere with Gulasi and Leonard. I hope they crack it. It would be welcome in an area of real need for the national team going forward.
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Bet he doesn’t make it.Pompey favourite's decision to turn back on Socceroos set to pay off
In-form Pompey forward Adrian Segečić could well be playing in this year’s World Cup for Croatia
