Just one lil problem with all ah dat.
He was BORN in TT. And it wasn't as though he didn't have a choice about whether to represent TT. He CHOSE to represent England.
Now, tbh, I doh have a problem with all ah dat. Is de wanting to swing back around and play patriotic to TT, oh he want to play for we AFTER we qualify for de WC. Dat is what I take exception to. Doh try to use we conveniently.
Even Zamora I have more respect for, cause he was born in England, and only one parent is a Trini. He see an opportunity he would never realise with ah England team and try ah ting. Cyah fault him for dat. But Samuel is a born Trini with two Trini parents, and chose another country. So be it. But doh try to swing back.
RTG yuh real contradicting yourself and yuh talking a load of rubbish
In your first post you took offense that he was not called Trini...which in itself is a joke. It was most likely a reference to his EU status, not his identity
Now yuh taking offense to him jumping on the T&T bandwagon and using T&T conveniently..Try and get your story straight nah..These are two completely different and unrelated topics
And doh be ridiculous. Noone has any memory of their birth or upbringing until they are about 4 to 5 years old. Being born in a certain country does not provide any nascient allegiance to it..and if you have no memory of living there, you will not develop any sense of allegiance to it. It is up to your parents to make sure you don't forget where you were born if they think that is important. And why do most people migrate...in most cases it is to find opportunities for themselves and their children that they did not think they would find easily in their homeland..so I think most immigrant parents are ok with their children representing the country where they grew up and even encourage it, because they know that it is natural for them to identify more with the country where they were raised and any other message they give would be a hypocritical double standard. Why leave T&T for 'better' opprotunities abroad and then tell your children..it's ok for us, but not you. It would be one thing if his parents were refugees escaping oppression and would love to return to their homeland when things get better. Anyway..just read my previous post and you will be lying if you say you would represent Grenada ahead of T&T.
To me, for fellas like Zamora and Jlloyd to pick T&T over England involves a higher level of treachery and heartless calculation than vice versa. England is where they had their boy days, went to school, meet girls, get in trouble, learn how to sweat..when WC come around...everyone around them supporting England..Is not like they even had a little T&T to support. If everyone thinks about their boy days in T&T, or girl days (is that even said?) you would realize how hard it is to imagine representing anyone but T&T no matter where your parents from or where you happen to be born. We call it loyalty cuz we benefit, but they really being traitors to their real upbringing..and they just using T&T to get ahead..those who have more love for those who jump on T&T early vs those who jump late have not thought it thru..it is all the same..just depends on how desperate you hapen to be. Not saying they don't eventually love T&T, but in the beginning..choosing T&T would be against all their natural instincts
