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According to today's Times , David Beckham is a certainty for the GB Olympic squad as one of the three over age players. I wouldn't argue with that , but it also says that Ryan Giggs is being given serious consideration. I'm not so sure about that. Rio Ferdinand will be ruled out under the GB Olympic rule which forbids selection for anyone convicted of a drugs related offence.
Any thoughts about the squad?
Any thoughts about the squad?
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It will be a massive anti-climax!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Don't really think the non English FAs are suggesting trying to stop anyone playing, just they are making clear that they officially will have nothing to with the team.
A young Scottish rep could be the goal machine that is Jordan Rhodes ?
The Republic of Ireland players cannot count, the Republic being an independant nation with a separate Olympic squad. I am not sure if they tried to qualify, but anyway they won't be there. Apart from GB as hosts, the European qualifiers are Spain, Switzerland and Belarus :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament
Anyway my sqaud (I think it is a sqaud of 18 players, well it was on my game of FM, if that was anything to go by)-
GK- Amos (Man Utd), Steele (Middlesbrough).
Def- Walker (Spurs), Kelly (Liverpool), Dawson (West Brom), Gibbs (Arsenal), Rose (Spurs), Clyne (Palace), Bale (Spurs).
Mid- Rodwell (Everton), Henderson (Liverpool), Chamberlain (Arsenal), McEachran (Chelsea), Albrighton (Villa), Beckham (PSG/Galaxy).
Fwd- Wickham (Sunderland), Rhodes (Huddersfield), Agbonlahor (Villa).
That was actually quite hard to do!
My three overage players are Beckham, Agbonlahor, and Bale.
Without knowing at this stage who will be in the England side for the Euro's (and so will be ineligable for this tournement), I decided to leave out a few of the maybe's from my squad, such as Cleverley, Welbeck, Jones, Smalling, Carroll and Sturridge.
Aaron Ramsey could also be included in the sqaud.
But give it a go, it is just for a bit of fun!
The tournement runs from the 25 July to 11 August 2012, and with the Community Shield scheduled for the 12th August, 2102, (and with the Football League season starting round about that same week I think), then there will be a small over-lap of sorts,
Plus it all depends how far one thinks that Team GB+NI will go in the tournement!
Oh goody :rolleyes: