Called up to the Venezuela senior squad for their upcoming games - based on precisely no performances this season. Bizarre. Unless we've begged them to call him up to aid/speed things up with the Home Office?!
Venezuela have moved up 17 places in the FIFA ranking and are now 51st, just one place outside of the FIFA rankings that are considered for a GBE. Players representing countries ranked from 31st to 50th have to appear in 75% of that nations internationals. Now that Venezuela are just one place outside of the GBE scope, special considerations could be made and Pendaranda does qualify having played in more than 75% of Venezuela's competitive matches.
Taking on the mighty Basques and the UAE isn't likely to help them move up. HOWEVVAH..... I just looked on FIFA.com and Venezuela was at 32. Where were you looking? I know the ranking system recently changed somewhat....
He hasn't. He's only played 4/10 in the last two years, and no games at all for over eighteen months. His last appearance in a competitive game for Venezuela was March 2017.
You could be right, as I only checked quickly, however, when I checked I saw he made his debut in 2016 and has 12 caps already.
Even more bizarre, since his last appearance in 2017 for Venezuela he has made the grand total of 13 appearances at club level. They must surely be desperately short of players?
OK without the use of internet searching see if you can name a Venezuelan who you would pick above Penaranda is his position that is not already in the squad. I tried and in a very short amount of time agreed with your conclusion.
I'm sure the Venezuelan FA was grateful for the support received to encourage football development from an unnamed English premier league club.
He evidently came on in the 72nd minute. Did not score. The "Live commentary" I found was pretty pretty much dead. Substitutions, goals and cards.
Straight off the Spanish grapevine. Penaranda has been given a Spanish passport. He's just waiting for it to be delivered. Looks like he will be eligible to play for us in the near future now.
Vito Martínez @vitomartinez_ Escuchaba decir a @MecheCelta que conversó en España con Peñaranda, que sólamente espera la entrega de su pasaporte. Otra gran noticia. 3:38 pm - 16 Oct 2018 He was listening to @MecheCelta who spoke in Spain with Peñaranda, who is only waiting for his passport to be delivered. Another great news. Looks like the original tweet was from 9 days ago?
But which postal system is at fault - Spanish or British? I sent my cousin in Germany an opal pendant for her 21st birthday from Australia - and she's still waiting for it. Both postal services denied any responsibility for the loss, each blaming the other. As she turns 61 later this year, I guess it's time to give up hope...
A pretty elaborate ruse to cover up completely forgetting your cousin's 21st by a couple of weeks. Doggedly maintaining your story over 40 years! Even putting out self justifying messages on a football forum the next century! Well played, sir.
Hah! I had every right to - having spent hours under the hot sun raking the tailings by hand before finding the damned thing, ruining my skin and fingernails in the process...
When you say "Straight off the Spanish grapevine" do you in fact mean you read a Watford fan's tweet? https://twitter.com/BaitVic/status/1055415916610154496?s=19
Really? Just a coincidence that a Watford fan noticed and quoted a 9 day old tweet about Peñaranda's passport and within an hour you'd written a post worded almost identically to the tweet but suggesting you'd heard it elsewhere on the Spanish grapevine?
Dear hornetboy1 I hope you are well. It is rather concerning that we have received a number of complaints about your behaviour. Quoting somebody else's stories, and passing them off as your own to make it look like you are ITk is quite the offense in this industry. I hope you understand my frustrations. Please could you refrain from doing this again. Kind Regards Tim
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I'm prepared to accept HB1's version of events about how he got his intel, due to 2 reasons. 1. because there is no evidence to the contrary 2. because it doesn't matter to me either way
