Will 2012 bring the end for the England football side?

[internetstalker]

I suppose that Arsenal welsh player will probably be good enough come 2012 but thats about it!

Dennis Healy, Darren Fletcher?

 

[T & P]

But would it be such a bad thing? What would be the advantages/disadvntages of this happening?

Rangers fans coming along to GB games abroad... not a pretty prospect.

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

I suppose that Arsenal welsh player will probably be good enough come 2012 but thats about it!

Dennis Healy, Darren Fletcher?

 

[internetstalker]

Oh yeah, I meant David healy!

 

[Buds]

name me the players from NI, Wales and Scotland that are better players then the England player in that position??

maybe a goalie!! but thats it!

With it being an Under 23 tournament it's quite conceivable that the likes of Aaron Ramsay, Chris Gunter, Joe Allen, Ched Evans, Sam Vokes or any other emerging Welsh players could make the GB starting XI ahead of their English equivalents. Not knowing much about Scottish or Northern Irish youth football I can't comment on their players.

It'll never happen though.

 

[stupid kid]

The only difference between a GB team and the england team is a scotsman could manage GB!

None of the current crop of Scots, Welsh or NI players could get in the England side, so a GB team would just be the same players as England

Craig Gordon might.

 

[internetstalker]

Craig Gordon might.

name me the players from NI, Wales and Scotland that are better players then the England player in that position??

maybe a goalie!! but thats it!

I thank you!

 

[internetstalker]

With it being an Under 23 tournament it's quite conceivable that the likes of Aaron Ramsay, Chris Gunter, Joe Allen, Ched Evans, Sam Vokes or any other emerging Welsh players could make the GB starting XI ahead of their English equivalents. Not knowing much about Scottish or Northern Irish youth football I can't comment on their players.

It'll never happen though.

I'll give you Aron ramsey, but thats about it!

 

[geminisnake]

they should have a one off home national tournament - the winner becomes the gb team at the olympics

Surely if the team is meant to be a GB one it should have players from each nation??

Not that I really care but it makes a mockery of the whole thing imo if it's all england players.

 

[strung out]

Surely if the team is meant to be a GB one it should have players from each nation??

Not that I really care but it makes a mockery of the whole thing imo if it's all england players.

hardly, if your supposed to just be picking the best (under 23) players. do they tell the athletics governing body that they have to have a fair representation of athletes from wales, scotland and northern ireland?

 

[N_igma]

With a bit of luck there won't be a such thing as the political entity known as GB in 2012.