no team at that stage of a competition are going to allow a defeat if they can do otherwise, fall to sleep and the whole tie can run away from you by the end of the first.Originally Posted by Grebbo
the barca players have won too much and the manager is far too professional to be that stupid. barca can be accused of many things but lack of fight is never one of them.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...mpic-list.htmlSTUART PEARCE is heading for an explosive row with Arsenal after naming Jack Wilshere on his Olympics shortlist.
Wilshere has not played this season with a long-term ankle injury.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger last week ruled the midfielder out of this summer’s European Championship.
But Pearce has told Wenger he still hopes to play Wilshere in the Games football tournament.
The Team GB boss said: “He is on the shortlist.
“We will look at everyone individually and check their fitness and the medical people will speak with the clubs.
“We do have to be acutely aware that with an 18-man squad, and possibly six matches in 16 days, all the players are fully fit.
“You can’t be losing two or three to injury, otherwise you will be on the back foot.”
Pearce will whittle the 80-strong list down to his 18-man squad in May. David Beckham has been tipped to skipper the side.
And Pearce has told club managers to do the decent thing and encourage their top stars to play.
He added: “I am acutely aware that club managers have a duty of care to their individual clubs.
“But once the tournament starts, excitement will be generated and people will see the greater good it will do for the individual players and the feelgood factor it brings.
“Plus we will be returning the players to their clubs before the season starts, so all they will be missing are pre-season friendlies.
“If I was a player, I would much prefer to be playing at Old Trafford, Wembley and the Millennium Stadium, competing for a medal and then going back to my club.
“The lift that would give me would be fantastic.”
Wtf? Pearce
BoBN will soon be chancing it with paper bollocks - 'Wilshere has told Wenger he is going to play in the Olympics' or something like that.
Jack will listen to the club. Not sure why though. As long as he doesn't do anything illegal like eat carrots, he'll be alright.
is the olympics the same as normal internationals? as in if a player is called he has no choice but to go or do clubs get to veto this one?
In any case, of course they have a choice. Especially in Jack's case. All he needs to do is say "I can't play, I'm still injured", and he won't be involved.
But I don't see what the big deal is even if he does play. He plays a couple of low-intensity games in London/Manchester/Cardiff or whatever...he can still train with Arsenal during the pre-season.
Geoff Shreeves just told him he is out for the season.
Does anyone know why the games will be played at old Trafford and the millennium stadium when it is supposed to be the London Olympics?
It's an occasion for the whole country I guess, rather than just Londoners.
Some are taking place at Wembley. It's just easier this way, some water events start in Weymouth for instance and it starts before the opening ceremony.
I just don't get it. It was London that won the right to host the olympics wasn't it? Why not just use the football stadia that are in London, there's enough of em ffs.
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