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Would you support a one-off British team being put together for the Olympics in 2012?
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Not if McLaren is still in charge of England it won't. I'd want Mark Hughes as the manager though, no doubt.
McLeish would be my shout to be manager, unsuprisingly. Or Gordon Strachan, just for a laugh.
Burn out would be a problem, but then again it might be like this time when no home nations qualify?
Because those two are different states. UK includes Northern Ireland, GB doesn't.
As for who I would have then yeah, I'd have Gordon ahead of Robbo at the moment, but Ferguson would only be a squad player, Bellamy & McFadden would be on the bench at best.
Also, doesn't the team have to be mainly u-21s?
Gordon
Richards
Ferdinand
Terry
A Cole
J Cole
Ferguson
Gerrard
Beckham
McFadden
Rooney
On paper you might have a defence for having less Scots, but how many times have the English players you might suggest really stepped up to the plate and showed they can do it at international level against really decent teams?
I'm no fan of Ferguson normally, but I know who I'd be relying on to perform in a big game between him and Fat Frank. I'd even suggest Fletcher ahead of him...
Under 23's I think.
Tbh it's never going to happen. Who really watches the Olympics for the football anyway?
Beckham would struggle to get into my squad and I'd have Giggs instead of Cole, if he was interested...
But he's still scored against France, Spain, Holland, Ukraine etc in games where Scotland have hardly got near the opposition goal whereas Owen nowadays maybe needs three or four chances to get a goal.
He's more able to go past players, has a better left peg and is far more mobile than Owen is IMO.
Also, the Scottish, Irish and Welsh FAs are against it. Dunno about the English FA. Shame, because it could be good as a one-off at home.
Which is the problem. Most of the African FAs don't see why the UK has four different teams, and want us to have one team for our country. FIFA always listen to the Africans because the Africans give good bribe.
For that reason I'm against an Olympics team.
Also, it's pointless drawing a team up, unless you're really hot on schoolboy football, because it has to be mostly under 23.