European U-21 Tournament In Sweden This Summer

papereyes · by **papereyes** » 28 May 2009 09:22

How is James Milner still an U-21 player?

LOL

Row Z Royal · by **Row Z Royal** » 28 May 2009 09:39

'greed

He's 23 http://www.soccerbase.com/players_detai ... erid=33817

However, isn't the rule that if you're 21 or under when the qualifying campaign starts then you qualify for the subsequent championship as well?

Kevin Doyles Right Foot · by **Kevin Doyles Right Foot** » 02 Jun 2009 18:28

Isn't there a stoopid rule where ur allowed 3 over 21 players in ur team... like at the world cup when we were discussing who would be our 3 over 21 players in our great britain team...

Kevin Doyles Right Foot · by **Kevin Doyles Right Foot** » 02 Jun 2009 18:29

Isn't there a stoopid rule where ur allowed 3 over 21 players in ur team... like at the world cup when we were discussing who would be our 3 over 21 players in our great britain team...

Kevin Doyles Right Foot · by **Kevin Doyles Right Foot** » 02 Jun 2009 18:30

Isn't there a stoopid rule where ur allowed 3 over 21 players in ur team... like at the world cup when we were discussing who would be our 3 over 21 players in our great britain team...

papereyes · by **papereyes** » 03 Jun 2009 09:44

Kevin Doyles Right Foot wrote:Isn't there a stoopid rule where ur allowed 3 over 21 players in ur team... like at the world cup when we were discussing who would be our 3 over 21 players in our great britain team...

This is deeply wrong on many levels.

1) Not the World Cup, but the Olympics

2) Hence the Great Britain team and not those of the constituent nations

3) The Olympics is an Under-23s tournament

4) Most countries actually seem to take it seriously - Argentina and Brazil sent some of their genuine stars to the Beijing olympics. I watched most of the games I could and it was a decent standard.

5) They are allowed 3 older players

6) I'm not sure that this is a stupid rule as it allows the bulk of the team to be youngsters, the competition as a whole not to compete directly with more established football tournaments but also gives a bit of star quality to the tournament.

7) You posted that three times.