Olympic football

[Pepe the Horseman]

McCarthy on standby for the whole tournament.

[TBM]

No Kieran Gibbs?

[Hoop Blah]

No Kieran Gibbs?

He's probably injured isn't he?

I think I'd rather have Neil Taylor and Bertrand anyway.

[TBM]

I just thought i had read he was in, that was all

[Hoop Blah]

I just thought i had read he was in, that was all

It's been quite windy this week though, he might've picked up a serious injury.

[Royal Rother]

[Kitsondinho]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18699589

[Wax Jacket]

Marvin Sordell probably

[TBM]

If Sturridge is out; who's in?

Rhodes

[Simon's Church]

What's Danny Rose doing there? He's not too bad at left back but awful everywhere else. Is it a case of Pearce picking someone he's familiar with because he doesn't have that long with the squad because I can't believe there aren't better British wingers than him.

[Wax Jacket]

What's Danny Rose doing there? He's not too bad at left back but awful everywhere else.

you've answered your own question there

[Simon's Church]

No real need for 3 left backs though and I'd have him a long way behind Tayor and Bertrand.

[Wax Jacket]

looks like we'll be going 8-1-1 then

[Simon's Church]

The Stuart Pearce original. Looking forward to seeing how Butland copes as the lone forward.

[Wax Jacket]

if that happened there'd still be RFC fans pointing out that McCarthy once scored 12 goals in a Sunday league season playing up fornt

[TBM]

Playing Brazil tonight, live on BBC1

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

Playing Brazil tonight, live on BBC1

I'm sure there'll be comments about Brazil's formidable record, with them always being favourites etc etc.

Brazil have never won the olympics football.

[frimmers3]

the tottenham lad puts the boys from brazil ahead..

[plroyals]

2-0 ....

[EPR]

54 minutes in and getting tired of hearing "Team GB" already. "Great Britain" shurely, all the other nations are referred to by country.