Team GB want Villa stars - McLeish

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

It should be Team UK.

Team GB does not include Northern Ireland.

[pauliewalnuts]

It should be Team UK.

Team GB does not include Northern Ireland.

It does.

[VillaSpen]

Hard to imagine much in the way of truly passionate support on the the terraces for "Team GB", really. It strikes me as being similar to the support shown for A-League teams in Australia - people shout a lot but their hearts aren't 100% in it.

[pauliewalnuts]

I find anything to do with the Olympics crushingly boring already.

What a gigantic waste of money it is.

[James]

Have to agree with Paulie, it's an utter joke! Never wanted the fucking olympics that will make a few cockernees rich and screw the rest of the country over! Team GB? There's nothing great about Britain and there's sod all united about the UK. Farcical. Next!

(cynical? me? you better believe it!)

[Stu]

Have to agree with Paulie, it's an utter joke! Never wanted the fucking olympics that will make a few cockernees rich and screw the rest of the country over! Team GB? There's nothing great about Britain and there's sod all united about the UK. Farcical. Next!

(cynical? me? you better believe it!)

I'm pretty sure that paulie meant that he finds the Olympics boring anyway, but he's actually bored of them now, 5-6 months before they start. Not to mention the waste of money at a time of austerity.

Fuck all to do with how he thinks the UK is shit. I don't know how you made that leap.

[Ger Regan]

It should be Team UK.

Team GB does not include Northern Ireland.

It does.

Incdeed. Northern Irish athletes can represent either Ireland or GB, depending on their preference.

[Hookeysmith]

I like the olympics for the true olympic sports (athletics / throwing / jumping etc)

The Team GB will be a politically inspired event with not the nest players playing but a collection of players that represent the whole of the UK

Could you imagine if there was not a Scottish player in the squad (and lets face it there are not many that would get even close) then someone like the rascist Alec Salmond's head would explode and it would give him a huge platform to shout how the English are against us etc etc

With the economy the way it is it should have been done either on a shoestring (there are enough good quality stadia around to accomodate all the events) or cancelled altogether.

No matter what anyone down south says its not a country wide thing - it is a London wankfest

[N'ZMAV]

No matter what anyone down south says its not a country wide thing - it is a London wankfest

True.

[Ger Regan]

As a matter of interest, what has Salmond done that's racist?

[Chris Smith]

Have to agree with Paulie, it's an utter joke! Never wanted the fucking olympics that will make a few cockernees rich and screw the rest of the country over! Team GB? There's nothing great about Britain and there's sod all united about the UK. Farcical. Next!

(cynical? me? you better believe it!)

That's not cynicism it's just Victor Meldrew level miserable whinging.

I'm not overly excited by the Olympics but millions of people are so good luck to them.

[Monty]

As a matter of interest, what has Salmond done that's racist?

Nothing, it's entirely the wrong choice of word there. However, you have to suspect he's one of those Scots who finds it impossible to talk about how much they love Scotland without mentioning how much they hate England. I've not met many like that but they've all been staunch SNP indepencists (new word!), and while some of it's just banter, there's a level where it seems to get nastier than necessary.

[UK Redsox]

It should be Team UK.

Team GB does not include Northern Ireland.

It does.

In sporting terms "GB" would include Northern Ireland. However, in geographical terms it would not.

Therefore, it should be "Team UKofGB&NI"

[Villanation]

Have to agree with Paulie, it's an utter joke! Never wanted the fucking olympics that will make a few cockernees rich and screw the rest of the country over! Team GB? There's nothing great about Britain and there's sod all united about the UK. Farcical. Next!

(cynical? me? you better believe it!)

That's not cynicism it's just Victor Meldrew level miserable whinging.

I'm not overly excited by the Olympics but millions of people are so good luck to them.

Think what he's saying is the UK is farcically down the pan, can't afford the Ollyimpics and neither should we, I agree with him, friggin jobs being lost everywhere and we are then going to put this United front on, how deluded is that, and the even bigger problem is the country could be way further down the toilet by then.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Team GB?
Why can't we have a proper name?
The Great Britain And Northern Ireland Olympic Football Team. Would suffice.