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Pulls out of the GB team, only to score for spuds in a preseason game. probably was his only chance to play in a major international tournament.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18980500

Him and his heart celebration can fuck off

What was he thinking, very silly boy IMO.

makes you want to throw barrels at him and fireballs, etc...

Might be on trouble for it and miss out games until the olympics are over.

chips wrote:Might be on trouble for it and miss out games until the olympics are over.

To coin a certain tennis player,

"you cannot be serious?!"

Won't miss fuckall and why have we given up trying to sign him?

how do you english gents feel about Team GB anyway? I guess it's just Wales and England? Scotland? is NI a part of that? I guess that would be designated as the whole UK, and Great Britain is just England and Wales? I don't quite get it ... and all the welsh people i've run into have told me a lot about how much they hate the English, so I'm a bit baffled. If it matters, my heritage is welsh, but that was a long time ago.

Maybe a stupid question, but there you go.

kinkylola wrote:how do you english gents feel about Team GB anyway? I guess it's just Wales and England? Scotland? is NI a part of that? I guess that would be designated as the whole UK, and Great Britain is just England and Wales? I don't quite get it ... and all the welsh people i've run into have told me a lot about how much they hate the English, so I'm a bit baffled. If it matters, my heritage is welsh, but that was a long time ago.

Maybe a stupid question, but there you go.

"Great Britain" is the largest island of the British Isles and comprises most of England, Scotland and Wales. The team is actually a UK team though it is described as "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" rather than "United Kingdom" Hope that helps...

yea, the confusion is not really about the geography of it ... more socio-political, soccer related. I guess it just seems strange to me that these players play for their national teams ... 'England' and 'Wales' normally, and then they're supposed to come together at the olympics and represent some unified team? I dunno, I wouldn't question why a player from wales would not want to participate ... especially as I mentioned earlier, seems the welsh aren't too fond of the english as it is. I think the feeling is probably mutual.

And why aren't there any scottish players? Are they just that shit? haha. I see they have been added in other sports.

I guess it applies mostly to soccer though, as they make a big deal about seperate nationalities. Other sporting events, track & field, etc ... seems to make more sense as Team GB.

kinkylola wrote:yea, the confusion is not really about the geography of it ... more socio-political, soccer related. I guess it just seems strange to me that these players play for their national teams ... 'England' and 'Wales' normally, and then they're supposed to come together at the olympics and represent some unified team? I dunno, I wouldn't question why a player from wales would not want to participate ... especially as I mentioned earlier, seems the welsh aren't too fond of the english as it is. I think the feeling is probably mutual.

And why aren't there any scottish players? Are they just that shit? haha. I see they have been added in other sports.

I guess it applies mostly to soccer though, as they make a big deal about seperate nationalities. Other sporting events, track & field, etc ... seems to make more sense as Team GB.

Yes it's just soccer that has the old national identities, GB is normal for everything else.

Fergiescum gets away with doing that with half his squad year after year when international friendly come around.

Slim wrote:Won't miss fuckall and why have we given up trying to sign him?

He's just penned a new deal a month ago :(

a further evidence of how much is worth to keep the monkey far off this great football club.

Just read that the chimp is now on crutches after a rough tackle in a pre-season friendly...

Socrates wrote:Just read that the chimp is now on crutches after a rough tackle in a pre-season friendly...

had the pleasure of driving down to Lausanne this am( 3.am) to work, listening to parle le sh*te radio go on and on and on and on about Charlie Adams's outrageous lunge at Roddy M.

Apparently it was a very nasty tackle, sort of thing Adams has been getting away with for all the time he's been at Scouse 1.

zuricity wrote:

Socrates wrote:Just read that the chimp is now on crutches after a rough tackle in a pre-season friendly...

had the pleasure of driving down to Lausanne this am( 3.am) to work, listening to parle le sh*te radio go on and on and on and on about Charlie Adams's ourageous lunge at Roddy M.

Apparently it was a very nasty tackle, sort of thing Adams has been getting away with for all the time he's been at Scouse 1.

tackle was bad and from behind, but I've seen much worse. AVB is a whiny bitch.

zuricity wrote:

Socrates wrote:Just read that the chimp is now on crutches after a rough tackle in a pre-season friendly...

had the pleasure of driving down to Lausanne this am( 3.am) to work, listening to parle le sh*te radio go on and on and on and on about Charlie Adams's outrageous lunge at Roddy M.

Apparently it was a very nasty tackle, sort of thing Adams has been getting away with for all the time he's been at Scouse 1.

Adam is the new Scholes then i suppose?

i saw the replay and it was just a foul...nothing more. it was a shit tackle. Adam does that about 3x a match. Realistically, i can't see how he ever finishes a match based on his abilities. He's really a crap player imho. And i'm being totally dispassionate about this....he's crap.

Yeah Mike, wonder who has been saying that ALL ALONG.

Slim wrote:Yeah Mike, wonder who has been saying that ALL ALONG.

97% of the known universe.

Socrates wrote:Just read that the chimp is now on crutches after a rough tackle in a pre-season friendly...

Is that from an Abbott and Costello film, by any chance? I love those old monkey suits. Totally want one.

Monkey Boyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!