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General Category => Sport => Topic started by: simondjuk on July 23, 2012, 09:07:33 PM
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All joking aside, do you think we are in with a good chance of some medals? If so what sports?
Im looking forward to seeing the Beach Volleyball (womens), Diving (womens), Swimming (womens)...see the pattern?
I reckon we are in with a pretty good chance in Diving, Rowing, Sailing and Cycling and Heptathlon (Go Jess Ennis!!)
I know some of you arent that bothered and thats fair enough, im not particularly excited, i think im more intrigued as to if we can make it better than the others. Im not talking about the Security and Tickets farces, just the actual games and opening and closing ceremonies.
I hope we can show the world that the UK can do things properly, i have my doubts though so I hope im proven wrong.
We will soon see.
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TBH I'll miss most of it thank god.
I'll be in Spain :))
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Cycling: We should win gold in the Men's road race (Mark Cavendish) and the Time Trial (Bradley Wiggins)
We should get another 3 in the velodrome and one in BMX.
3 in athletics
4 in swimming
2 in rowing
2 in sailing
1 in gymnastics
3 in boxing
Therefore at least 20
Think they will have to go some to match the Beijing total of 47 in total though
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Roll on 9 oclock - not a sports fan, but I'm looking forwards to the opening ceremony. :)
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Don't think it'll be on our TV ;)
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As a taxpayer I'm more than interested in what we got for our £27million...
I may not be as chirpy at 10 oclock ;)
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or by the time they get round to lighting the Olympic flame, possibly 1am.
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Yikes! That's past my bedtime... :-[
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I'm sure we'll see it times many tomorrow and beyond ::)
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I want to see it first time around - hate second place.
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WOW, a tree ;)
The leaders of the industrial revelution. Hope they show the bit where it all went t1ts up !!!
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Steel industry, gone.
Mining industry, gone.
Privatisation ripe.
This is what England was, the greed took over and made us what we are today. Shot.
Yes I'm watching it. Stunning show, but makes me feel so sad at the mo :(
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Dambusters LOL
All rise for the Queen. MD
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Our_Lass got bored with it, so we changed channel ;)
Watching a 'Take out' programme instead :)) LOL
Quite funny ;)
May I add though, respect to the thousands of volunteers that took part in the opening ceremony.
Without them, there wouldn't be the TV extravaganza ;)
Well done people :)
Credit where it's due ;)
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still awake. don't ask.
no fuck ups yet.
who's lighting the flame ?
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top bloke. yes sat it out. Nice one UK
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Makes a change to see Paul McCartney ending an event!!
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TBH, I thought he was the worst thing I saw all night.
He's deffo past it !!
I turned the tv off and went to bed ::)
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TBH, I thought he was the worst thing I saw all night.
He's deffo past it !!
I turned the tv off and went to bed ::)
Why do they have to bring him out each time? I thought Cliff was going to turn up and do a duet with him at one point. He always looks to me as if hes been really hot and his face has melted.
The Ceremony was brilliant, Bond and the Queen and also Mr Bean were brilliant. The 'forged' rings in the sky were a sight to see too. Im pleased that we didnt make ourselves out to be idiots.
Note to Government, Danny Boyle can make this country stand out, now its your turn.
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I really enjoyed it though we only got to watch the first dozen or so teams march past. And purely by chance I put the tv back on just in time to see the end.
Yes, James Bond and the Queen was a clever stunt.
I was very proud. :)
Especially the NHS part where the doctors and nurses danced with the kids/beds thingy. The NHS is one of the greatest achievements in the world and I'm glad it got into the great achievements of the UK.
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I enjoyed it too, although was there a 'cock up' when Paul McCartney started to sing 'Hey Jude'? It sounded as though he'd begun to sing out of sync and had to start again? q?
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I reckon he forgot he was supposed to be miming... :o :))
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I reckon he forgot he was supposed to be miming... :o :))
Go wash your mouth out!! :o ;D
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Surprised myself today, as I watched a fair amount of the Olympics on the BBC satellite channels, and quite enjoyed it (good job as there's feck all else on!!
Watching womens volleyball at the moment (why is there no commentary?) ::) as it's indoors and there's less to distract me - I've actually learnt a little of how it's played!! 8) I have also noticed that there's a fair amount of 'bottom patting' going on when one side wins a point..............if there's a mixed sex team - count me in!!! Yp
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Wondered how you spent your retired lifetime ::)
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Wondered how you spent your retired lifetime ::)
:P :P :P :P
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Happy days!!! Watched Womens' Beach Volleyball this morning!! :P :P :P :P :P
I did notice that there were very few empty seats!! Watched Spain vs Argentina (Spain won) and Brazil vs Germany (Brazil won), it wasn't as easy identifying the German side as they'd shaved their armpits to confuse me!! ::) Seriously, the game is very entertaining (not just from an aesthetic point of view either), it's fast paced and quite skilfull.
Just hope when they shower after the match that they manage to get the sand out of all those 'important little places'!! 8)
Boris Johnson was let loose on the microphone (big mistake!) and one of his comments was that the only reason they managed to convince Gordon Brown to spend the money on hosting the Olympics, was to reassure him that he would be able to see the womens' beach volleyball event from his office window! Not the kind of remark to make from someone in his position (although absolutely fine on this forum!!).
I have to say that, apart from the rights and wrongs of whether we should have hosted it, we seem to be doing a decent enough job and the number of (satellite) tv channels showing different events is marvellous (not sure when I can get the housework done though!)
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Spot the error
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/spot-error-olympic-picture-141136244.html (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/spot-error-olympic-picture-141136244.html)
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Sore losers?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19062639 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19062639)
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If the girl won fair and square then the critics should be ashamed. To lop for or five seconds off your best deserves praise, not snide remarks.
Totally unprofessional behaviour from the American coach - a close relative of Mitt Romney?
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The Irish have won their first medal at the Olympics.
It was in the 100m downhill swimming.
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First Gold!
Congratulations to Team GB
8 badminton players are disqualified for 'not using ones best efforts to win' http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677)
Naughty naughty
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And another! Bradley Wiggins strikes again. :)
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We were at the Calow hospital this week - the tele was on and staff more interested in watching olympics than working Isn't it amazing how people soon become experts on the diving etc!
Whilst on hols we spoke to several couples who lived in the area of the olympics - all were dreading it and the chaos it would probably cause with road closures
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Jess has got gold- go girl!! :-)
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Greg rutherford too! Great day for team gb :-)
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Now its mo farahs turn for gold!! :-)
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Cycling: We should win gold in the Men's road race (Mark Cavendish) and the Time Trial (Bradley Wiggins)
We should get another 3 in the velodrome and one in BMX.
3 in athletics
4 in swimming
2 in rowing
2 in sailing
1 in gymnastics
3 in boxing
Therefore at least 20
Think they will have to go some to match the Beijing total of 47 in total though
Care to revise your figures? :)
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It made great viewing yesterday.
Although we did keep up the great British tradition in football of losing the quarter final on penalties
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Care to revise your figures? :)
Actually No!
The rowing is finished, the cycling all but. Murray should win one gold today maybe two. I don't know where many more golds are coming from.
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Total, probably about right, but the mix...
4 in swimming, actually no golds
3 in boxing a bit optimistic,
I think we'll get more in the velodrome.
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The swimmers under performed considering the amount of money they have had pumped into their sport.
The pessimist in me didn't believe we could do as well in the Velodrome as we did in Beijing, mea culpa.
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As someone said, is 5th, 6th, 7th.....best in the world at you particular spot failure?
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As someone said, is 5th, 6th, 7th.....best in the world at you particular spot failure?
It wouldn't be if that were true but there are probably other Americans, Chinese, etc who didn't even make their team but were still capable of beating the times our swimmers put up.
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Gold medal winners have been getting a post box in their home-town sprayed gold by the post office as a mark of respect.
In Sheffield one was sprayed as a tribute to Jessica Ennis.
Some pillock has now sprayed graffiti all over it. What does this say about the dipshit idiots that live in Sheffield. I say that as a Sheffielder, and it explains why I emigrated over the border.
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Typical Sheffielder - I know, I married one! :(
Seriously though, it's a shame that a spectacular performance by the lass means nothing to those gits. >:(
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It was covered over straight away by SCC.
Whoever did it should be ashamed. Named and shamed too.
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................and Mo Farah does it again!!!! ;D ;D ;D
That's the 27th Gold if you're struggling to keep up Fly! ;)
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Were not totally cleuless. Digital flat screen in the room and all over the hotel. The medal stats suck though. Russia have more than us. We just happen to be 3rd in gold. Were 4th overall.
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Anyone else have a lump in their throats watching the mens marathon, or was it just me?
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Were not totally cleuless. Digital flat screen in the room and all over the hotel. The medal stats suck though. Russia have more than us. We just happen to be 3rd in gold. Were 4th overall.
the Americans tried that one in Beijing. The medal table has always been ranked in terms of how many gold medals a country won. Beijing, the Chinese has more golds but the Americans started making noises that the table should be ranked in overall terms because surprise surprise they had the most medals.
As Bill Shankly said First is first and second is nowhere.
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Though Liverpool last won the European Cup without winning the League
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Quite correct as did Manchester United in 1999 and Chelsea in 2012.
The 'Champions League' should only be contested by 'The Champions' but UEFA are never going to sanction a competition (aka a money making exercise) that this year would not include the Mancs, Barcelona or either Milan team same as they won't sanction one with a format that might see one of the 'giants' go out early
We also did it in 1978 and Forest did it in 1980 but we and they were the holders back in the day when it was a proper competition.
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3rd in the table with 29 Golds isnt bad going at all considering we only got 19 in Beijing.
The table is slightly unfair anyway, USA and China sent a damn sight more athletes than we did so all in all id say we are quite fairly matched.
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Closing ceremonies were good, but not as good as opening ones ,anyone else agree?
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Yep, good job the closing ceremony people weren't subject to the dope testing that the athletes were, George Michael, Kate Moss, etc.
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A couple of weeks back I knew nothing about the Olympics. Now I can't wait for next years.
(Frankie Boyle.)