ManOfSussex
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Us and The West Indies can't compete at cricket as we are at LA, so if football follows suit for GB never mind.
None of us - there is no such thing as British football team and this should be binned as an idea nowWhich shit N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales players will they shoehorn into the team to keep everyone happy?
And bring in (topless) darts, (trouserless) snooker and shove 1.25 pennyThis. Get rid of football, golf and tennis. They shouldn't be Olympic sports.
I thought, perhaps wrongly, that Great Britain wouldn't enter a team because of issues with FIFA voting rights and other nations who say we should play as one anyway.Which shit N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales players will they shoehorn into the team to keep everyone happy?
1.25 penny? That's almost a threepenny bit. Never catch on ...........................And bring in (topless) darts, (trouserless) snooker and shove 1.25 penny
I don't think anyone is 'worrying' about the Olympics.Shouldn't we be concentrating on winning the 2028 Euros, rather than worrying about the Olympic football tournament.
Completely, 100% disagree, but not going to waste time arguing about it. You'd just go on and on and on.Removing football from a tournament that is ALL ABOUT the best athletes competing in the biggest sports... If football isn't one of those sports, the whole existence of the Olympics is pointless. "Five-a-side" football and the other shit suggested here could perhaps turn it more "interesting", but that as a freak show rather than the greatest sports event.
You're right, I would probably answer to your arguments. Its called a discussion.Completely, 100% disagree, but not going to waste time arguing about it. You'd just go on and on and on.
Have I gone and multiplied instead of dividing again?1.25 penny? That's almost a threepenny bit. Never catch on ...........................
No football rules will ever change, then. <sigh>Little known fact concerning the rules of football.
The International Football Associations Board are the custodians of the rules.
There are 8 members, 4 of which are permanent- the nations of the UK.
So no football rules can be changed without the say so of at least two UK nations (6 have to agree)
Declan Rice?Which shit N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales players will they shoehorn into the team to keep everyone happy?
It's the reason why I wondered that we might reticent about having a UK team.No football rules will ever change, then. <sigh>
Football has been at the Olympics longer than for diving and at more games than Boxing.Football in the Olympics is shit and the concept of a British team is shit. Olympic football is a poor man's World Cup, I didn't watch one single minute.
The Olympics would be better off without 11 a side football altogether. Following Rugby 7s is the way to go - a 5 / 6 a side tournament would be unique, have shorter matches, not f**k up off season preparation.
I seem to recall that recently it was exactly that. The squad would be 95% English if picked on merit. The squabbles have not been made fully public but I seem to recall that the jocks objected to a squad with only WBG in it. And the Welsh objected to any squad with an Ulsterman in it. And the Isle on Man simply objected.It's the reason why I wondered that we might reticent about having a UK team.
FIFA don't have to agree the changes, but they cannot change the rules without the UK being involved heavily in the decision. We invented the game, so if you try to do something we don't like we're taking our ball home.. (but not a trophy)
I'm failing to see the validity of that argument, given that the tournament is for U-23 players (on the men's side).Removing football from a tournament that is ALL ABOUT the best athletes competing in the biggest sports... If football isn't one of those sports, the whole existence of the Olympics is pointless. ....
You are right. Olympic football is not a competition between the best in the world.I'm failing to see the validity of that argument, given that the tournament is for U-23 players (on the men's side).