2012 Olympic Football

[Furio_Rob]

been reading a lot of stuff about it in the paper, possible managers and captains ect

who do you think would/wouldn't be in the team?

imo a pretty decent team could be made

[JimoVTR]

to take part in the olympics dont you have to be non-pro?

I dont watch or take notice of the olympics

[Mitchell]

aslong as all the english fans dont show up to boo them off the field for not scoring 50 goals in the first half

[JCs_VTR]

to take part in the olympics dont you have to be non-pro?


Yea in football its not pro but like with tennis and other big sports all the pros do enter so maby it will change and become like a 2nd world cup....:wacko:

[Barry123]

to take part in the olympics dont you have to be non-pro?

I dont watch or take notice of the olympics

I thought this was the case - might just be boxing though as the America Basketball team were out in force this year.

[Furio_Rob]

whats all this about having to be non pro or whatever?

i watched argentina vs nigeria the other day and it seemed to be pro's playing

[Yates]

pros can play lol

they are good at there sport and get paid for doing it like all atheletes, just some work at b n q ;)

there was talk of a play off i think between all countries and then which ever team wins enter them... all have to be under 23 tho, with 2 or somethin over that age allowed to play

[Yates]

amature boxing is different to proffesional tho

all about hitting the certain areas in amature for points, proffesional boxing isnt

well your trying to knock your oponent out ideally

tryin to say differences, not gettin there, cant be arsed lol

[Chris_F]

yep as yates said pros can play,

argentina messi played
brazil ronaldinho played
Kalou aswell as other pros also played in the olympics

[Barry123]

problem (i heard a couple of weeks ago)... is something to do between the broken ties between our football leagues. And I think there is the opinion that if we have an gb Olympic team then we have to have a unified GB football league. Which the scotish, welsh and northern Irish don't want (as they're top teams are likely to lose their stature - case of the of the big fish in the small pond syndrome)

[Yates]

hence why i said they talked of a comp between the countries to see who represents...

[Chris_F]

yep the case of the leagues joining think its clearly cos of rangers and celtic,
would most defo have of say bye bye to champions league football.

[Yates]

its not just about that though, altho for them even without the champions league im sure it would make them alot better financially even if it ment uefa cup and not the CL, its down to uefa and fifa and i dont think they would allow it

[martyn_roddie]

manager has to be fergie you dont get any better
captain needs to be rio
team should be gordon ferdinand wes brown oshea and that young welsh defender bale midfield would be giggs scholes bazza from rangers and beckham forward ashton and mcfadden or heally

[Yates]

seein as its under 23, and you can have a certain number of players over that, you have named as far as i know 7 there lol

ferdinand
giggs
scholes
ferguson
beckham
mcfadden
healy

think they are all over 23

unsure on oshea, godon and brown, would suspect brown and oshea are

scholes has retired, so thats a problem, unsure if giggs has

fergie aint going to manage them lol

[Krys_23]

seein as its under 23, and you can have a certain number of players over that, you have named as far as i know 7 there lol

ferdinand
giggs
scholes
ferguson
beckham
mcfadden
healy

think they are all over 23

unsure on oshea, godon and brown, would suspect brown and oshea are

scholes has retired, so thats a problem, unsure if giggs has

fergie aint going to manage them lol

Fletcher should be in there too :y:

[MikeCracknell]

It won't happen - see this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7580113.stm

The Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland football bodies have opposed any such move in case it affects their status within governing body Fifa

[Danr]

My team would be....
GK - Ben Foster
Df - Gareth Bale
Df - Micah Richards
Df - Rio Ferdinand
Df - Alan Hutton
Mf - Aaron Lennon
Mf - Jack Wilshere
Mf - Steven Gerrard
Mf - David Bentley
St - Theo Wolcott
St - Robbie Keane

Although most of them will be to old in 2012.

[Ferg]

Most of the players that would play in the GB Team IF it happened ... wouldnt be big name players today.

With them having to be under 23 and it being in 4 years time.

[Tony]

Its wierd how we havent put a GB football team in the Olympics for over 40 years (due to worries about FIFA making us play as a GB team in Euros and World Cups) but as the Olympics is coming to London we want to find a way to push it through?!

I'd like to see it happen but not at the expense of loosing the England team (as shit as they are lol).

Does anyone know why boxers have to be amateur but footballers and tennis players dont have to be in the Olympics?

[Tony]

In answer to my own question I guess the style in boxing is amateur?

But its wierd how they advertise world class atheletes in all other sports. You'd think they would change the rules to allow professionals to get more exposure to the event.

[JCs_VTR]

Fergie is set to mange the UK football team for 2012 I wonder if he takes it but eventually if we have big names like Sir Alex Fergie surely big names will want in like the players eg David Beckham ect and then from other countries so it will be a 2nd world cup eventually

[Ryan]

In answer to my own question I guess the style in boxing is amateur?

But its wierd how they advertise world class atheletes in all other sports. You'd think they would change the rules to allow professionals to get more exposure to the event.

professional boxing is all without padded helmets iirc.

Also the round and points are slightly different due to white section on gloves.

[Ryan]

and on a side notw why are people even thinking about a team 4 years away lol, when many players wont be around then/will have come through the junior ranks

[Yates]

and on a side notw why are people even thinking about a team 4 years away lol, when many players wont be around then/will have come through the junior ranks

and why are people named players that are over the 23year old bracket now, do they think that some how in 4 years they will be uner the age limit?

Do you really think ferguson would manage them?! lol he will be retired by then

[Xsi16v_Jk]

Foster/Hart, Young, Richards, Rio, Gardner, Ashley young, Lennon, Bentley, Milner, Wallcott, Agbonlahor.

100% pace!

Love it

[Tony]

professional boxing is all without padded helmets iirc.

Also the round and points are slightly different due to white section on gloves.

Yes but I kinda meant why not change the style of boxing in Olympics to allow Pros?

[Ryan]

Yes but I kinda meant why not change the style of boxing in Olympics to allow Pros?

alot of the reason it will boil down to is £££ and the promoters/agents etc...