The Unofficial Olympic thread

[janaage]

Reg you don't know me at all, so don't try and judge me fella.

As for the hampden crowd booing rule brittania yes I suppose that does show you what elements of the hampden crowd think of the UK.  Doesn't for one minute tell you what a large number of individuals think about the UK does it?  Including myself who wasn't even there, talk about guilty by association!!

I think it's time people seperated football/sporting views from politics, the two do not go hand in hand in my opinion, at a football match I'll be as anti-oxford, as anti-england as I like, but on a personal basis I could careless what nationality or what football team you support.

I await the "fishin" smiley with baited (sic) breath.

[Reg Smeeton]

 I just asked a question, and made an observation.

 Will you support a GB football team in the London Games?  Assuming the Union is still intact.

[janaage]

No Reg I won't as I don't agree with endangering the status of the 4 "home nation" football associations.  I'm fiercely proud of Scotland's football team and history and would hate a anti-British person like Blatter be given an ammo, in trying to make us compete as GB in fifa competitions.

I also like the fact that football does not over shadow the Olympics at this time, the Olympics is all about the minority sports, and athletics hogging the limelight for a couple of weeks every four years.

Having said that if GB has to have a team, under pressure from the Olympic movement, I would hope that the 4 associations would organise a play off between the U-21 (not u-23, do it for the future) between Scotland, Wales, NI and england to see which u-21 team gets to represent GB I think I wouldn't be so put out about that.

Wasn't being funny Reg, just that on here if someone just asks a question or makes a statment and someone replies all it leads to is some fishin thing.

No matter how much I don't ever support england, I cannot change (and nor would I want to) the fact that my mum (and her family) is english and so I'm not the anti-english person that some are led to believe.

[Reg Smeeton]

No matter how much I don't ever support england, I cannot change (and nor would I want to) the fact that my mum (and her family) is english and so I'm not the anti-english person that some are led to believe.

 OK...so you're not anti-English, but can't support England, so why get excited about an English gold in the Olympics?

[janaage]

Cos it's not an english gold Reg, just like Hoy's isn't a Scottish gold.  Flippin heck man, you're as bad as the Hampden boo'ers.  That chip seems to be well balanced on your shoulder!!

[strooood]

How can you get excited about an Englishman getting a gold?

 Had to laugh when among all this GB excitement, the Hampden crowd were booing the Ulstermen singing Rule Britannia in the week.....think it shows what they think of the UK.

i'll admit to having a quick scratch of the head after hearing that intense booing while GB are out in China as a unit. strange state of affairs.

[JPC82]

i fucking hate jocks, really annoys me when they slate the england football team when theres is a even worse pile of wank than ours!

[Arriba]

the brit football team is a non starter.i know england are shit,but who from scotland,wales,and northern ireland would get in ahead of english players?

[JPC82]

the brit football team is a non starter.i know england are shit,but who from scotland,wales,and northern ireland would get in ahead of english players?

fucking no one! except maybe Nigel Quashie

[Reg Smeeton]

the brit football team is a non starter.i know england are shit,but who from scotland,wales,and northern ireland would get in ahead of english players?

 Aaron Ramsey...Gareth Bale..have you watched any England U 19 stuff, we're a bit shit.

[Batch]

Surely the biggest point is nobody gives a fuck about Olympic football really. It shouldn't be in the Olympics full stop. That's the main reason I wouldn't support a Brit team.

other than that, if it did result in a British team proper would it be the end of the world. It would just be England under a different name.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

can I just say well done to the 2 Brit girls in the modern pentathlon - They were ace and brought some glamour to the proceedings with a touch of make up and lovely painted nails!

That German girl who won had A.mazing legs though - probably hairy airpits though 

[Reg Smeeton]

Surely the biggest point is nobody gives a fuck about Olympic football really. It shouldn't be in the Olympics full stop. That's the main reason I wouldn't support a Brit team.

other than that, if it did result in a British team proper would it be the end of the world. It would just be England under a different name.

 Try telling that to Lionel Messi.....and Dunga.

 The likes of Bale and Ramsey, are probably never going to get to a major tournament, I'm sure they'd love a crack at some glory, maybe managed by Ferguson at a packed Wembley.  Who knows in teh intervening 4 years the Sweaties might unearth a young player.

[Arriba]

Aaron Ramsey...Gareth Bale..have you watched any England U 19 stuff, we're a bit shit.

no i haven't reg.isn't olympic football u23's with a couple of ringers allowed?

[Reg Smeeton]

can I just say well done to the 2 Brit girls in the modern pentathlon - They were ace and brought some glamour to the proceedings with a touch of make up and lovely painted nails!

That German girl who won had A.mazing legs though - probably hairy airpits though 

 Nowt wrong with hairy armpits.....nowt wrong with shaved for that matter, variety is teh spice of life.