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I think the antics of Giggs and others is just another example of whty football should not be included in the olympics. Giggs would clearly rather play for Man Utd than his country and simply does not have a clue what performing in the Olympics is all about. The Olympics is about being proud to represent your country and performing to the very best of your ability. Giggs is doing neither. Giggs gets paid vast amounts of money for playing his sport whereas others train every bit as hard as him, earn nothing but some modest sponsorship and are immensly proud that they have this opportunity to represent their country in these great games. For many it is the one and only time in their careers that they have a chance for the wider public to appreciate the committment they give to their sport and the acheivements they have made. What the Olympics do not need is for these fine young men and women to have their moment of glory upstaged by some whinging overpaid footballers. Early this morning, for instance a couple of British rowers set an Olympic record in their heat in the women's pairs. That's what I want to watch and applaud in the olympics but when the olympics are over I'll get back to watching football and not rowing and table tennis etc. Do us a favour, Ryan - make sure you lose the next 2 games and then we can all focus on sportsmen and women who understand what it means to represent their country in the olympics.

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A few of us meeting 10am Sir John Moore Wetherspoons near Central Station Glasgow. Meeting IHE just after 11 at Central then straight to Alamo bar is Phaisley. Hopefully see y‘all there. The more the merrier...

Sounds like a plan. If your needing any help let me know. Will be there on the 4th

"What is the going rate for mercenaries nowadays Mr Green"?

Nope......I am as old as I say I am..which is three months too young to get pensioners rates for a season ticket this season. Tbh by that late in the sixties, I likely wasn't about to be pushing a pram with a wee cheil and all essential accoutrements in it down to the local Highland League Ground...so am probably remembering more the later 1950s and earlier 1960s. I do kinda remember the Celtic game as being my first and and my attendance started to reduce after the North of Scotland Cup winning game in 1966-67 and eventually petered out almost completely. So I'd guess my mindset is fixed in those years because that was when it was most real to me. But maybe it's too late to learn.......beginning to think it is from yours and IHE's posts. And maybe it would spoil my enjoyment of a game if I was watching it from any level of critical knowledge. After all.look at how much I pontificate while knowing nothing about football......could you all hack my increase in posts if I started thinking I did know something.

Quite bloody right too!! Cannae agree with this nationalistic nonsense,In the Olympics they are representing Britain and like it or not thats the GB national anthem.If they feel that strongly nationalistic surely they should say "no thanks" I'm not representing GB. Different story if it were in the Commonwealth games or any event they were representing Wales/Scotland/Ireland when i would agree with there stance. As for Wee Eck's Scolympians!!

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Apologies in advance but just could not resist....