Olympics

Stuart Pearce isn’t allowed to select any Euro 2012 players but is otherwise free to pick who he likes for the British Olympic team.

I’m guessing there’s only room in the England squad for one of Oxlade-Chamberlain and Walcott, so as a punt, let’s say Capello does a Sven and the Ox gets the nod, plus realistically I don’t think Wilshere’s going to make it in time and Gibbs’ international place as spare left back was long ago lost to Leighton Baines. So I think that means the Olympic team would have Walcott, Ramsey, Gibbs (if fit!) as near certainties, but it’s also highly plausible that Frimpong and Jenkinson could be involved, there’s a chance Ox/Walcott are both involved and there could even be a place for the hugely under-rated Kyle Bartley if anything happens to get him noticed in the meantime, which would mean potentially missing 7 players at once, 4 or 5 of which are probably in our current first 11.