VT Supporter Marka Ragnos Posted March 16, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) So little love for Team GB. It's a little over a year to the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and this strange concatenation of disparate players that is Team GB seems to get so little affection or attention. What's the deal? [uPDATE: SEE BELOW. LINK WAS TO OLD TEAM - APOLOGIES ] It's an interesting group with some amazing players, but I can't help wonder about some of the notable absences, too. (Tried to find a thread on this and couldn't -- moderators, be my guest of merging if there's a Team GB thread I missed.) Edited March 16, 2015 by Plastic Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 from 2012, doubt be a team GB in Rio though if England get to Under 21 semi finals they might change their mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Stevo985 Posted March 16, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2015 Is there actually going to be a team? I know it's being talked about but I thought it was far from confirmed. With a decent manager they could do ok to be fair. But I don't really think football should be at the olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 the english FA are trying to get a team together, the other 3 are moaning like **** about it again i still dont really understand the argument against it, it doesnt undermine their FAs, theres absolutely no danger of FIFA trying to merge us and its not the english FAs fault if none of their players are good enough to play, or if they are good enough to play then why deny them a tournament? at the moment we could have robertson and gauld from scotland, davies from wales then ramsey, bale never seen the problem with it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah I think it's worth it just for Ramsey and Bale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Marka Ragnos Posted March 16, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) from 2012, doubt be a team GB in Rio though if England get to Under 21 semi finals they might change their mind Wow Didn't realise! Doh! Perhaps change thread name to Demise of Team GB? Edited March 16, 2015 by Plastic Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 As vlla4europe says the English FA is for it and the other 3 other FA's squeal like stuck pigs over it. Can't see a problem. If they don't like it I would just pick English players instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 im sure the other 3 can veto it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Marka Ragnos Posted March 16, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2015 im sure the other 3 can veto it though So is that the reason there is no Team GB? Incredible to think that the country that invented AF isn't fielding a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter mjmooney Posted March 16, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2015 Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Team Jeebie in football doesn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Not particularly interested in a team GB, happy to sit this one out and happy for england to stick a team in under that name if they feel they have players (and managers) that would like the extra games when they moan about existing friendlies and qualifiers.... Anybody that thinks a team GB wouldn't add to the African nations claiming 'we' should only ever be a team GB is fooling themselves. Not worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I was all up for it in 2012 as a one off with it being a home Olympics but really if there is one for this games it would be basically England under 21s under that name. There's next to no chance of Bale in this...if the bloke can't be bothered to play in a home Olympics he won't be going to Brazil just before the start of the season. I think they'll be a women's one instead as that won't cause as much fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 im sure the other 3 can veto it though So is that the reason there is no Team GB? Incredible to think that the country that invented AF isn't fielding a team. The reasons are quite understandable though. Undermining the legitimacy of the four home nations is a genuine concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Marka Ragnos Posted March 17, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2015 im sure the other 3 can veto it though So is that the reason there is no Team GB? Incredible to think that the country that invented AF isn't fielding a team. The reasons are quite understandable though. Undermining the legitimacy of the four home nations is a genuine concern. Yes, I hear you. The curious case of Team GB is obviously a complicated nest of issues. I think the ironies of it are pretty interesting though, although I can see why Britons would find it dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 barrets for everybody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A GB football team kind of shits on the history of international football, for me. The concept was born out of England and Scotland playing each other. Those two nations (along with Wales and Norn Iron granted) forming a combined team kind of feels wrong. Having said that, I can't recall the last time I really cared about the England national side, so maybe it shouldn't really bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Stevo985 Posted March 18, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2015 A GB football team kind of shits on the history of international football, for me. The concept was born out of England and Scotland playing each other. Those two nations (along with Wales and Norn Iron granted) forming a combined team kind of feels wrong. Having said that, I can't recall the last time I really cared about the England national side, so maybe it shouldn't really bother me. I'd agree with this IF it was done for real international football. But just for the sake of the olympics I think it's ok, as we can't enter teams individually for it. But, as I said before, I don't think Football should be in the olympics anyway so it's a moot point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A GB football team kind of shits on the history of international football, for me. The concept was born out of England and Scotland playing each other. Those two nations (along with Wales and Norn Iron granted) forming a combined team kind of feels wrong. Having said that, I can't recall the last time I really cared about the England national side, so maybe it shouldn't really bother me. I'd agree with this IF it was done for real international football. But just for the sake of the olympics I think it's ok, as we can't enter teams individually for it. But, as I said before, I don't think Football should be in the olympics anyway so it's a moot point Totally agree about football not being at the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 im sure the other 3 can veto it though So is that the reason there is no Team GB? Incredible to think that the country that invented AF isn't fielding a team. The reasons are quite understandable though. Undermining the legitimacy of the four home nations is a genuine concern. true but I think the other nations are also probably worried they will be mainly English dominated as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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