saint lard Posted 24 August, 2008 Posted 24 August, 2008 Sir Alex Ferguson has been asked by Lord Seb Coe to manage the UK footie team at 2012 Olympics. Shame,golden boy himself 'arry wanted that gig.
lee_saint Posted 24 August, 2008 Posted 24 August, 2008 To be honest, it's going to be a bad idea....someone is going to moan that there is not enough players in the squad from that country and it'll all go up in flames....
saint lard Posted 24 August, 2008 Author Posted 24 August, 2008 Plus,i'm not sure clubs are going to be too enamered about having to release players for the Olympics. Even if it is an under 23 competition i'm sure a fair few clubs plans will be disrupted at the start of the domestic season.
stevegrant Posted 24 August, 2008 Posted 24 August, 2008 Plus,i'm not sure clubs are going to be too enamered about having to release players for the Olympics. Even if it is an under 23 competition i'm sure a fair few clubs plans will be disrupted at the start of the domestic season. Especially given that there's a European Championships that summer as well, and the 2012 Olympics will probably be slightly earlier in the year to coincide with the warmest part of the British summer, so it'll mean that players who are called up to both the Euros and the Olympics won't have either a summer break or a pre-season!
Saint Martini Posted 24 August, 2008 Posted 24 August, 2008 Especially given that there's a European Championships that summer as well, and the 2012 Olympics will probably be slightly earlier in the year to coincide with the warmest part of the British summer, so it'll mean that players who are called up to both the Euros and the Olympics won't have either a summer break or a pre-season! I don't think that happens a lot, players wouldn't even want to, they know they need some rest between the seasons. But with all the trouble getting players released I'm sure that the Olympics will be made part of the international calendar, so there's not really anything clubs can do after that.
Saint_clark Posted 24 August, 2008 Posted 24 August, 2008 They should pick it purely from The Football League IMO.
norwaysaint Posted 25 August, 2008 Posted 25 August, 2008 Football is one of the most pointless events at the Olympics. Along with tennis, it should be scrapped. The Olympics should be the major title of every sport involved.
stevegrant Posted 28 August, 2008 Posted 28 August, 2008 What!? Seb Coe is a bloody LORD now? 2000 called and asked for its news back
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