Valley its got everything to do with the FAW, the football association of Wales under FIFA statutes are the governining body for all players eligable to play for Wales, and therefore without registration by the FAW no player of Welsh birthright can play international football, now as far as i am aware there is no GB football team registered with FIFA so i would say that the FAW are quite important where the interests of Welsh footballers are concerned. You seem to think that FIFA are a trustworthy organisation, the fact that they are corrupt from the top to the bottom, does not ring any alarm bells with you is very concerning to say the least, and i will repeat that any welsh player who plays for this team is only thinking of themselves and therefore is nothing but a selfish bastard, the BOC must be laughing their asses of, because if as is very likely a few years down the line a vote on the status of Wales,scotand,n ireland and the english is taken and the result is a merger of the home nations, these players will be partly responsible for that outcome, and it will be more to their shame.
All football is sanctioned by FIFA, the olympic football tournament is sanctioned by FIFA hence the fact that Sepp blatter is on the IOC, the IOC organise the olympic tournament, which is played under FIFA rules
Says who .... you!! . That's the problem , everyone is different in there believes & should be able to express them verbally or through action within the law , you just want to round them all up in your personal stance . Nothing outweighs individual rights IMO Mabon
Me and many football fans within the british isles, breezy these games are going to be played at empty stadiums, there is no appetite for this team, its second rate, and a very politically motivated team, we dont play as a united island team , the last time 38 years ago, the british government are panicking about the amount of tickets that have been sold, especially at hampden park scotland(4000) and the millenium stadium<3000> capacity 75000 says it all really.
MabonJack thing is there is an appetite for this as the players all want a part of it. It's not all about us it's about the people taking part as well. As host nation we should enter every competition that there is in the Olympics. I am sorry but we are having the same discussion again on this, but there is huge interest in the Olympics and TeamGB just because it doesn't interest you it doesn't mean that we should dismiss it out of hand. I am for this 100% and as I love football the most out all sports, I can't wait to see some games.
Bit anti british don't you think? Welshmen have died for Britain over the centuries, so maybe you should put it in context, it's just a game of football. Should those that have died also be looked upon as shameful?
The big question here is, can we all trust Sepp Blatter and his cronies not to interfere with the right of the four countries to remain separate identities after the Olympics? I would also like to know how come there seems to be an urgency to have a GB team all of a sudden ? Why isn't it an open competition either ? There's an age limit isn't there ? Bottom line is Wales first and GB second. If there are cast iron guarantees that we as a sovereign nation will not suffer any detrimental effect then fine let our players play. If this is not the case then we must put a stop to it and not just for our sakes but for Northern Ireland, Scotland and England too.
Stanley I think this should be looked at in a football context, personally "great britain" is a busted flush the empire and rule brittania are things of the past and thank god for that, but the points i am making here are purely to do with a team gb which does not exist, ask yourself the question is it right to put at risk the home nations national teams for a team that has not been a part of the olympics for nigh on 40 years, and will only be resurrected when the games comes to england next time around should we still be connected by westminster then. the celtic nations have a valid reason for kicking this in to touch and fans should be 4 square behind them, and so should the players, i am not anti british at all, i am welsh i have no problem with those that see themselves in a british context if that is what they choose, personally i see myself as welsh and there is no problem there either.
No one can trust sepp blatter but i for one would be dead against a gb team so it wouldn't just be the celtic nations kicking up a fuss about it England would too
OK thanks for your response, as i have just posted i think England would fight a merger with the celtic nations as well, it is strange that that nutter blatter won't give guarantees power crazy egotist
Dill The question i have for all those in favour of this team is this, if there is no risk to the autonomy of the 4 home nations why have FIFA not given them the written gaurantees they are seeking, it could well be that somewhere in the nerve centre of FIFA in geneva there is a plan to merge the home nations, because if they gave the gaurantee it would mean that forever more we would keep our independance, i just dont think FIFA would like that somehow.
Stanley if FIFA vote it in, as they have tried in the past, no amount of fighting by the home nations would matter, the celtic nations would be absorbed in to the english fa as they are by far the biggest and london is your capital
England V Scotland. The oldest international fixture in the World. There is no way that this match should be placed in the slightest jeopardy just so we can have a team GB in one Olympic games. Like Stanley quite rightly says England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales all as individual countries are far more important than team GB. I just can't bring myself to trusting the likes of Blatter, Platini etc. I think half a chance and they would happily shaft the lot of us.
Well i'm with you then, i'd like to see the home internationals return so would definitely want the celts to keep their national teams, hopefully blatter will be too busy fighting off corruption allegations to take much notice of this years event
Mabs, After reading through everything I'd have to say I'd be inclined to agree with you. Blatter can't be trusted and Wales comes first
Think you'll find that the GB mens games are sold out at the Mill stad mabonjack, no longer available to purchase on the official website. When I applied for the GB v Uruguay game a couple of weeks ago they only had some £20 seats left ....this is the Olympic games we are talking about and it will be a truly global event this summer.
Firstly i am not discussing seperation on here, secondly any Welsh player who puts team gb before the red shirt of Wales should hang their heads in shame what have swansea,cardiff,newport and the rest of the welsh football teams who have turned their back on playing in the welsh league.....should they hang their heads in shame also.. dont be daft man...
I am not saying to trust Blatter and co, but you are using a lot of ifs here, they cannot merge countries into a bigger whole, and I don't believe there is any desire to do so. The real reason is the UK FAs has 5 votes out of 9 and holds to much power in the worldwide organisation, the nepotism of that is obscene looking at it objectively. If they gave the votes up then that will probably put to bed all this nonsense. You say MabonJack that FIFA is corrupt, there is some merit in that, but it's corrupt with the home nations in such a position of power inside, what does that say about the shenanigans going on there ? TeamGB will not effect anything within FIFA, as it's not a sanctioned competition, the fact that the home nation FAs do not recognise or endorse players in the competition. Also Britain is not a country according to FIFA so how can they suddenly say it is one now ?
