Olympics

[davek]

To be honest this is indisputable. And it also includes the very dodgy golds of the likes of Olympian-tier hypocrites Farah and Radcliffe.

Spot on. They shouldn't have their golds counted. Tainted.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Its an excellent effort by GB considering the lack of star names in the athletics team and the average performance in rowing.

60 odd medals is very good, you cant argue with it

 

[Harryflashman]

Yes...he IS.

You’re rapidly turning into the piers Morgan of this forum , if I’m not sure on an opinion I get to read your view and it makes it easy to pick a side on the opposite view . Occasionally like a stopped clock I find myself siding with you but generally it’s informative and between cheery tone and your cast iron predictions it lightens the mood in this difficult times .

 

[davek]

Overall: the Games were a good distraction but I get the impression the pandemic had major disruptions for it beynd the lack of spectators. It feels like there were major absentees, and nations battling against the pandemic wouldn't have been taking this Games too seriously.

 

[davek]

Its an excellent effort by GB considering the lack of star names in the athletics team and the average performance in rowing.

60 odd medals is very good, you cant argue with it

It depends what emphasis you place on golds and quality of golds in terms of classic Olympic events.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Its an excellent effort by GB considering the lack of star names in the athletics team and the average performance in rowing.

60 odd medals is very good, you cant argue with it

Dave can

 

[davek]

You’re rapidly turning into the piers Morgan of this forum , if I’m not sure on an opinion I get to read your view and it makes it easy to pick a side on the opposite view . Occasionally like a stopped clock I find myself siding with you but generally it’s informative and between cheery tone and your cast iron predictions it lightens the mood in this difficult times .

No, I'm not a contrarian. I have an opinion and a way of viewing the world, and its consistent and I stick to it.

 

[Harryflashman]

I have an opinion and a way of viewing the world

That you do

 

[Wizard]

Its an excellent effort by GB considering the lack of star names in the athletics team and the average performance in rowing.

60 odd medals is very good, you cant argue with it

We got unlucky with injuries too. KJT would have definitely got a medal if she was fit. Dina Asher Smith too. Great that she managed to recover enough to get a medal in the relay but she would have almost certainly got a medal in the 200m if she'd been fully fit.

 

[Harryflashman]

We got unlucky with injuries too. KJT would have definitely got a medal if she was fit. Dina Asher Smith too. Great that she managed to recover enough to get a medal in the relay but she would have almost certainly got a medal in the 200m if she'd been fully fit.

There is absolutely timing issues and bad luck at play but it’s still a very poor show on the track , whether there is anything deeper at play that needs rectifying who knows .

 

[Wizard]

There is absolutely timing issues and bad luck at play but it’s still a very poor show on the track , whether there is anything deeper at play that needs rectifying who knows .

Let's be honest though, we are rarely amazing on the track. Say KJT and Dina were fully fit we might have 2 or 3 more golds. We missed a gold in the 4x100 by 0.001 seconds. I know this will sound like I'm making excuses (which I guess I am) but if we got the other side of the luck on those it would be seen as a great performance.

 

[Harryflashman]

Let's be honest though, we are rarely amazing on the track. Say KJT and Dina were fully fit we might have 2 or 3 more golds. We missed a gold in the 4x100 by 0.001 seconds. I know this will sound like I'm making excuses (which I guess I am) but if we got the other side of the luck on those it would be seen as a great performance.

No I think that’s a fair assessment I know it just feels like an underperformance but it’s thin margins .

 

[Barnfred 55]

Most of the sports we win medals in are the obscure minority ones nobody cares about any other time of the year. The sort of rubbish from back in the 90s you were forced to watch on Grandstand because you didn’t have a Sky subscription.

Horse dancing to a Maroon 5 song for one, give me a break.

You mean obscure sports like swimming, cycling, boxing, sailing, gymnastics and show jumping. OK.

Hope you enjoyed the wall climbing and surfing

 

[RomanReigns]

Goodbye olympics see you in Paris soon

 

[Barnfred 55]

Tis. Even more so considering we were not our usual self's in the rowing and cycling.

Plus all the injuries to our star athletes (we had 2 world champions coming into this) a world champion shooter who caught covid on the eve of the games, not to mention Jade Jones shocker.