New Posts For Thread: Olympics seem to be causing antipathy towards footballhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-footballHave heard many comments about how footballers could learn from Olympic sportsmen & women. Hard work, deprivation, sacrifices, dedication, fair play, graciousness in victory and defeat, fans all getting along etc etc.It genuinely seems that the sporFootball v Soccer One is full of people trying to stay on their feet, the other is full of people trying to fall over. I know which I prefer.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522721175#522721175Football v Soccer One is full of people trying to stay on their feet, the other is full of people trying to fall over. I know which I prefer.Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:20:18 -0500No way opf proving it but I suspect that it would be under 10 % of the olympians drinking over the last few weeks yet between the end of season and euros starting i reckon around 90% of the British footballers would have been out drinking at some pohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522720905#522720905No way opf proving it but I suspect that it would be under 10 % of the olympians drinking over the last few weeks yet between the end of season and euros starting i reckon around 90% of the British footballers would have been out drinking at some poTue, 07 Aug 2012 06:12:17 -0500Gymnastics v FootballOne is full of people trying to stay on their feet, the other is full of people trying to fall over. I know which I prefer.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522718245#522718245Gymnastics v FootballOne is full of people trying to stay on their feet, the other is full of people trying to fall over. I know which I prefer.Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:39:50 -0500The Olympics give you something a bit different for a change. The Premiership is essentially the same product peddled hard year after year and going nowhere. The tiresome media obsession with the Premier League will roll again as the media and footbahttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522716589#522716589The Olympics give you something a bit different for a change. The Premiership is essentially the same product peddled hard year after year and going nowhere. The tiresome media obsession with the Premier League will roll again as the media and footbaTue, 07 Aug 2012 03:20:59 -0500Ben Ainslie actually won something.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522708255#522708255Ben Ainslie actually won something.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:20:02 -0500I suspect a few Olympians will be pissed up afterwards. Just that the media don't hound them for no reason.True. Ben Ainslie was apparently staggering around Weymouth last night.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522706713#522706713I suspect a few Olympians will be pissed up afterwards. Just that the media don't hound them for no reason.True. Ben Ainslie was apparently staggering around Weymouth last night.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:28:28 -0500I don't think any olympians would be in vegas having a beer a few weeks before the olympics though.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522706501#522706501I don't think any olympians would be in vegas having a beer a few weeks before the olympics though.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:21:51 -0500football was my alpha sport, my first love, but I just cant get interested in the Prem. Its the prices, the money, the behaviour of the players...I still have my Crewe season ticket, and I still watch La Liga & some Serie A and Bundesliga, but the Prhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522706411#522706411football was my alpha sport, my first love, but I just cant get interested in the Prem. Its the prices, the money, the behaviour of the players...I still have my Crewe season ticket, and I still watch La Liga & some Serie A and Bundesliga, but the PrMon, 06 Aug 2012 18:19:25 -0500For 25 years I would attend nearly all EVERTON home games plus 10 to 15 aways every year.On top of this if any game was on telly,that was my entertainment sorted.Now, I still love EVERTON more than words can describe,but I only go half a dozen a seashttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522705839#522705839For 25 years I would attend nearly all EVERTON home games plus 10 to 15 aways every year.On top of this if any game was on telly,that was my entertainment sorted.Now, I still love EVERTON more than words can describe,but I only go half a dozen a seasMon, 06 Aug 2012 17:59:00 -0500I suspect a few Olympians will be pissed up afterwards. Just that the media don't hound them for no reason.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29284565/olympics-seem-to-be-causing-antipathy-towards-football?post_id=522705069#522705069I suspect a few Olympians will be pissed up afterwards. Just that the media don't hound them for no reason.Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:28:08 -0500