Caulker, Rose in Olympic squad

[Spursidol]

Well done Steven Caulker and Danny Rose !

Team GB will play Senegal, UAE and Uruguay in their group games as they compete in the competition for the first time since 1960.

The team will play a friendly against Brazil in Middlesbrough on 20 July and their opening Olympic fixture is against Senegal at Old Trafford on 26 July.

Squad: J Allen (Swansea), C Bellamy (Liverpool), R Bertrand (Chelsea), J Butland (Birmingham), S Caulker (Tottenham), T Cleverley (Manchester United), J Cork (Southampton), C Dawson (West Brom), R Giggs (Manchester United), A Ramsey (Arsenal), M Richards (Manchester City), D Rose (Tottenham), S Sinclair (Swansea), M Sordell (Bolton), J Steele (Middlesbrough), D Sturridge (Chelsea), N Taylor (Swansea), J Tomkins (West Ham)

 

[Legend10]

Well done to them but it really is stupid to have football in the olympics!

 

[ghetto_spur]

Really wanted to see Beckham in there.

Say what you will but I think he earned his place in there both on and off the pitch.

 

[tiger666]

Well done to them but it really is stupid to have football in the olympics!

Rubbish. It's football. It fills the gap between the Euros and the start of the Premier League. It's football, it's on TV, it's an excuse to drink beer.

 

[yiddo_4eva]

Only seen half the squad play but looks like a good crop of premier league experienced players so good luck to them all, as well as Caulkner and Rose

 

[jushin3]

Jake Livermore should have made the team. Are any of them a defensive midfielder?

 

[Armstrong_11]

any other players involved for the other countries? maybe Dos Santos or Falque?

 

[chinaman]

Just hope that Caulker doesn't come back jaded when he should be at the crossroad of his career.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Can't imagine that Rose will get many minutes but will be interesting to see Caulker. I hope we'll have someone watching him closely to see how he does.

 

[Paolo10]

Not a single fucking NI player....


BOOOO....HISSSSSSSSS....DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING.

 

[Spursidol]

any other players involved for the other countries? maybe Dos Santos or Falque?

Sandro is in the provisional Brazil squad - final squad announced in the next week I think

 

[Spursidol]

Not a single fucking NI player....


BOOOO....HISSSSSSSSS....DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING.

Think the NI and Scottish FA had a 3 line whip to stop any players joining in the GB squad

 

[beats1]

Can't imagine that Rose will get many minutes but will be interesting to see Caulker. I hope we'll have someone watching him closely to see how he does.

Played better than Bertrand at LB for England in his last appearance but this was during nearly a year of no football

 

[lillywhites61]

Going to one of the games. In Wales so quite looking forward to seeing our lads in action

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

Rose is dire. Just shows the lack of quality youth players we have coming through in this country.