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Its been dreadful campaign so far. I wouldve expected a home nation , a sporting nation, a nation that has had over 7 yrs to prepare for the home Olympics to have won atleat 3 - 4 gold medals at this stage of the games. We are a very supportive nation and we even celebrate the non medal winners as if they are heroes and have made the nation proud.
I personaly think the olympics is far from clean . I personaly think there are many atheletes from many nations doping. Already several atheletes are being caught on a daily basis and reports of them being published on bbc website. Look at the Chinese 16-year-old who swam faster than Ryan Lochte, how can this be??? a small female swimmers swims faster than one of the fastest male swimmers in the world. There is no logic to this.
They say they are testing more atheltes than ever in these games, i hope they stand by that , and test every single athelete, particulary the medal winners. Some may think im too paranoid , and looknig for an excuse to explain the GB poor results. Possibly. But i just reckone their are alot of cheaters in these games, that are using latest drugs & methods that are difficult to detect.
I hope they test every single athlete after every single race (name & shame them), particularly in the physical events which PED have the most dramatic effect on.
I personaly think the olympics is far from clean . I personaly think there are many atheletes from many nations doping. Already several atheletes are being caught on a daily basis and reports of them being published on bbc website. Look at the Chinese 16-year-old who swam faster than Ryan Lochte, how can this be??? a small female swimmers swims faster than one of the fastest male swimmers in the world. There is no logic to this.
They say they are testing more atheltes than ever in these games, i hope they stand by that , and test every single athelete, particulary the medal winners. Some may think im too paranoid , and looknig for an excuse to explain the GB poor results. Possibly. But i just reckone their are alot of cheaters in these games, that are using latest drugs & methods that are difficult to detect.
I hope they test every single athlete after every single race (name & shame them), particularly in the physical events which PED have the most dramatic effect on.
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We aren't doing well, I'll agree. I don't know if we're doing poorly though. Some of it is expectations and that's because we're the home nation and secondly because we did so well in Beijing. It's unfair to judge so far though with few medals given out but only at the end of the games. For example look at Canada in Vancouver. One gold and they got the proverbial avalanche after that.
I dont think we are doing particularly poorly at all. Only had 3 medals after 3 days in Beijing.
the next 4 days should be extremely strong. could be getting on for double figures by saturday night
certain individuals have failed at the crucial moments (Tom Daley/Pete Waterfield, Tina Cook, David Florence) and several others simply were never good enough anyway
I think the preparation across the board has been compromised. Many have been doing more and more media appearances and taking part in the promotion of the events themselves which can't be good for peak performance. The track cycling will give us a good clue. They were perfectly prepared in Beijing and dominated. This time the likes of Hoy and Pendleton have been doing TV shows, commercials and public appearances to promote the games. Their results will indicate a lot.
Also, don't forget there was a significant cut in funding following the election in 2010.
I think the preparation across the board has been compromised. Many have been doing more and more media appearances and taking part in the promotion of the events themselves which can't be good for peak performance. The track cycling will give us a good clue. They were perfectly prepared in Beijing and dominated. This time the likes of Hoy and Pendleton have been doing TV shows, commercials and public appearances to promote the games. Their results will indicate a lot.
Also, don't forget there was a significant cut in funding following the election in 2010.
why are we getting excited over sliver and bronze medals no one remembers losers. come on gb go for gold.
Doesn't help with the BBC hyping up any slight hope as being a medal chance.
They should use the markets to set realistic expectations but I guess saying so and so only has a 5-10% chance of a medal doesn't make for good TV
They should use the markets to set realistic expectations but I guess saying so and so only has a 5-10% chance of a medal doesn't make for good TV
Jul 31, 2012 -- 7:18PM, malky1 wrote:
why are we getting excited over sliver and bronze medals no one remembers losers. come on gb go for gold.
If I were an athlete, I'd be doing it for nobody else but me. Yes, I might be gutted if I didn't win gold, but the line nobody remembers second place, etc, wouldn't bother me one iota.
Hopefully you'd be doing it with your own money then rather than being paid to be a loser.
What are we paying taxes to the Government for then.
If you list the odds we list at that sort if losing run happens all the time at horse racing, and we know it just chance. In any case, what's been so terrible? An excellent silver in cycling we didn't expect, silver in equestrian is consistent with the staring odds. Cavendish didn't perform below par, just turned out a breakaway worked out. It happens. Adlington was never a realistic gold prospect and she didn't under perform. Our gymnasts are performing well above what was expected, as are our rowers and boxers. I really don't feel were cracking under the pressure, and thinking 3-4 golds already is astoundingly optimistic I think!
And I don't think Daley for example failed at crucial moments. People don't understand diving. The last 3 dives are everything. And the reason they started at 20-1+ became evident. They were backed down to 3-1 which was insane, and just shows what happens when people bet on something they have never bet on before and don't understand.
cavendish was the only big gold chance from the first 4 days
farah is favourite for the 5000 and 10000 and ennis for the heptathlon. 4 or 5 live outside chances too.
farah is favourite for the 5000 and 10000 and ennis for the heptathlon. 4 or 5 live outside chances too.
Daley phucked one dive completely (reverse 3.5 somersault) that they have nailed repeatedly in competitions including recently, no one was expecting a gold medal, not even Daley if they had nailed everything
however that one dive made the difference between a silver and 4th place. They only scored 71 points and would have scored 90+ for a good dive...
whatever reason you want to propose, they simply did not deliver the required level of performance at the key moment
neither did David Florence
and Tina Cook needed a clear round to get an individual medal in the 3 Day Event and phucked it
several people have failed to deliver when it matters, even Ben Ainslie is in seriously trouble
however that one dive made the difference between a silver and 4th place. They only scored 71 points and would have scored 90+ for a good dive...
whatever reason you want to propose, they simply did not deliver the required level of performance at the key moment
neither did David Florence
and Tina Cook needed a clear round to get an individual medal in the 3 Day Event and phucked it
several people have failed to deliver when it matters, even Ben Ainslie is in seriously trouble
ok thanks just looked at odds GB to get 20 gold medals 1.4 looks like a good lay. seems like it will be difficult to get it.
Jul 31, 2012 -- 8:09PM, malky1 wrote:
ok thanks just looked at odds GB to get 20 gold medals 1.4 looks like a good lay. seems like it will be difficult to get it.
If you think it will be difficult to get id be backing it, not laying it.
Just watching some GB swimmers pummelling their lifetime bests - you can't really ask for more. Adlington's bronze came in a faster time than her Beijing gold, Ainslie is being beaten by a Dane who apparently wasn't even on the radar, Florence & Daley/Waterfield made one absolute howler each. I was amazed when we finished 4th in the medal table at Beijing and would have been quite surprised if we had repeated that.
There are also positives away from gold-medal fever, such as the Men's gymnastics bronze in a sport that was quite honestly dead in this country just 10 years ago.
There are also positives away from gold-medal fever, such as the Men's gymnastics bronze in a sport that was quite honestly dead in this country just 10 years ago.
but every other host nation has had their best ever Olympics when they were host
it will be a major phuck up if we don't smash all previous records on home soil
it will be a major phuck up if we don't smash all previous records on home soil
it will be seen an absolute disaster if we don't finish 4th in the table and i expect the BOA are probably hoping for 3rd
Jul 31, 2012 -- 8:43PM, judorick wrote:
but every other host nation has had their best ever Olympics when they were hostit will be a major phuck up if we don't smash all previous records on home soil
Try Canada in Montreal.
it will be a major phuck up if we don't smash all previous records on home soil
I'm not sure about that. GB is not a strong Olympic nation. We have had single-figure gold medal tallies throughout the last century culminating in a feeble one gold (Redgrave & Pinsent) at Atlanta 1996. It's only since the turn of the century that this score has climbed - 11 in 2000, 9 in 2004 and then a huge jump to 19 in Beijing. Our 'quantum leap' has already occurred last time and to expect another repeat, home advantage or not, looks pretty unrealistic to me.
I'm not sure about that. GB is not a strong Olympic nation. We have had single-figure gold medal tallies throughout the last century culminating in a feeble one gold (Redgrave & Pinsent) at Atlanta 1996. It's only since the turn of the century that this score has climbed - 11 in 2000, 9 in 2004 and then a huge jump to 19 in Beijing. Our 'quantum leap' has already occurred last time and to expect another repeat, home advantage or not, looks pretty unrealistic to me.
there about 200 more gb athletes competing this time compared to beijing
we must, and the BOA expects, to get many more than the 48 medals we got in Beijing - 65 is the target I believe
we must, and the BOA expects, to get many more than the 48 medals we got in Beijing - 65 is the target I believe
By coincidence I've just come across the UK Sport medal target. Here it is:
London 2012 medal target range:
Cycling: Beijing (14 medals). London target range: 6-10.
Sailing: Beijing (6). London target range: 3-5.
Rowing: Beijing (6). London target: 6.
Swimming: Beijing (6). London target range: 5-7.
Athletics - Beijing (4). London target range: 5-8.
Canoe/Kayak: Beijing (3). London target range: 3-4.
Boxing: Beijing (3). London target range: 3-5.
Equestrian: Beijing (2). London target range: 3-4.
Modern Pentathlon: Beijing (1). London target range: 1-2.
Gymnastics: Beijing (1). London target range: 1-2.
Taekwondo: Beijing (1). London target range: 1-3.
Triathlon: Beijing (0). London target range: 1-2.
Hockey: Beijing (0). London target range: 1-2.
Diving: Beijing (0). London target range: 1-3.
London 2012 medal target range:
Cycling: Beijing (14 medals). London target range: 6-10.
Sailing: Beijing (6). London target range: 3-5.
Rowing: Beijing (6). London target: 6.
Swimming: Beijing (6). London target range: 5-7.
Athletics - Beijing (4). London target range: 5-8.
Canoe/Kayak: Beijing (3). London target range: 3-4.
Boxing: Beijing (3). London target range: 3-5.
Equestrian: Beijing (2). London target range: 3-4.
Modern Pentathlon: Beijing (1). London target range: 1-2.
Gymnastics: Beijing (1). London target range: 1-2.
Taekwondo: Beijing (1). London target range: 1-3.
Triathlon: Beijing (0). London target range: 1-2.
Hockey: Beijing (0). London target range: 1-2.
Diving: Beijing (0). London target range: 1-3.
Jul 31, 2012 -- 9:45PM, judorick wrote:
there about 200 more gb athletes competing this time compared to beijingwe must, and the BOA expects, to get many more than the 48 medals we got in Beijing - 65 is the target I believe
We got 47 in Beijing and the target is a minimum of 48.
Ireland look good for two gold. \o/
Annalise Murphy in sailing opens with four wins from four races.
Katie Taylor in boxing is favourite.
Annalise Murphy in sailing opens with four wins from four races.
Katie Taylor in boxing is favourite.
48 was to manage expectations and not put too much pressure on themselves but privately the top brass expect a lot more
There is no logic to this.
The Olympics imho are a ridiculous farce. If anyone opens their eyes they will see it is soaked in drugs and cheating.
Swimming records now up to 30 seconds faster than records being set By East Germans in the 80s.
Olympics after Olympics, records are beaten (Easily)
Sadly Humans dont evolve that fast....
The Olympics imho are a ridiculous farce. If anyone opens their eyes they will see it is soaked in drugs and cheating.
Swimming records now up to 30 seconds faster than records being set By East Germans in the 80s.
Olympics after Olympics, records are beaten (Easily)
Sadly Humans dont evolve that fast....
former investment bank goldman sucks used one of their famous "models" to come up with this estimation of Gold Medal distribution
US 37
China 33
UK 30
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/100979593?access_key=key-170hnj5cf3mbup6yhmui
UK hasn't been top 3 in anything for 100 years now (world was on a gold standard back then), so where does all that come from ?
8 gold sounds good to me. that way you could tie the Chinese Diving team !!
US 37
China 33
UK 30
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/100979593?access_key=key-170hnj5cf3mbup6yhmui
UK hasn't been top 3 in anything for 100 years now (world was on a gold standard back then), so where does all that come from ?
8 gold sounds good to me. that way you could tie the Chinese Diving team !!
Infostrada estimated that GB would win 64 medals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18787235
His company predicts 64 medals and 19 golds for GB, "enough for fourth place".
Infostrada has a long history of making fairly accurate predictions
http://www.infostradasports.com/download/brochures/virtualmedaltable.pdf
Be in no doubt, once London was awarded the games in 2005, Beijing 2008 was a staging post along the way to a massive medal haul in 2012 and if they only get 48 medals it will be failure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18787235
His company predicts 64 medals and 19 golds for GB, "enough for fourth place".
Infostrada has a long history of making fairly accurate predictions
http://www.infostradasports.com/download/brochures/virtualmedaltable.pdf
Be in no doubt, once London was awarded the games in 2005, Beijing 2008 was a staging post along the way to a massive medal haul in 2012 and if they only get 48 medals it will be failure
http://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29262801/uk-sport-may-reduce-gb-maximum-medal-target
check out the first few lines of this story
check out the first few lines of this story
marychain1 • July 31, 2012 7:00 PM BST
Should be double figures in gold by Sunday
Should be double figures in gold by Sunday
Go on what "Science" improves humans by such an enormous % within the span of 20 years of human evolution..........
Lycra?
Lycra?
The sheer notion of a 'target' of medals is patently illogical. The 'target' could be a notional 30 medals, 100 medals or a thousand. It's based on the assumed improvement in GB's performances without taking into account the improvement or otherwise of other countries. Complete nonsense.
Go on what "Science" improves humans by such an enormous % within the span of 20 years of human evolution..........
Sure what am I on about........Chinese athletes are improving 7 seconds over the course of a month
They must have REALLY good science those Chinese
Sure what am I on about........Chinese athletes are improving 7 seconds over the course of a month
They must have REALLY good science those Chinese
For example Mo Farah lives in an oxygen tent to continually replicate training at altitude. How is the average Joe supposed to compete with that? He can't. Is that cheating?
The sheer notion of a 'target' of medals is patently illogical. The 'target' could be a notional 30 medals, 100 medals or a thousand. It's based on the assumed improvement in GB's performances without taking into account the improvement or otherwise of other countries. Complete nonsense.
targets are not illogical at all and I can tell you have never competed at any sport at a decent level. The management have looked at all the sports and the athletes they have and made estimates of what it will take to win medals in those events. These targets are not pie in the sky either because there have been World, European and other championships in the Olympic cycle plus experience in previous Olympics to go by
It would be illogical not to set targets and in fact goal setting is one of the key attributes of successful people in many walks of life
The illogical approach would be the 'suck it and see' approach you seem to favout
targets are not illogical at all and I can tell you have never competed at any sport at a decent level. The management have looked at all the sports and the athletes they have and made estimates of what it will take to win medals in those events. These targets are not pie in the sky either because there have been World, European and other championships in the Olympic cycle plus experience in previous Olympics to go by
It would be illogical not to set targets and in fact goal setting is one of the key attributes of successful people in many walks of life
The illogical approach would be the 'suck it and see' approach you seem to favout
The sheer notion of a 'target' of medals is patently illogical. The 'target' could be a notional 30 medals, 100 medals or a thousand. It's based on the assumed improvement in GB's performances without taking into account the improvement or otherwise of other countries. Complete nonsense.
targets are not illogical at all and I can tell you have never competed at any sport at a decent level. The management have looked at all the sports and the athletes they have and made estimates of what it will take to win medals in those events. These targets are not pie in the sky either because there have been World, European and other championships in the Olympic cycle plus experience in previous Olympics to go by
It would be illogical not to set targets and in fact goal setting is one of the key attributes of successful people in many walks of life
The illogical approach would be the 'suck it and see' approach you seem to favour
targets are not illogical at all and I can tell you have never competed at any sport at a decent level. The management have looked at all the sports and the athletes they have and made estimates of what it will take to win medals in those events. These targets are not pie in the sky either because there have been World, European and other championships in the Olympic cycle plus experience in previous Olympics to go by
It would be illogical not to set targets and in fact goal setting is one of the key attributes of successful people in many walks of life
The illogical approach would be the 'suck it and see' approach you seem to favour
^ agree with all of that but struggle with downgrading the target a few days into the event - tantamount to a premature admission of failure.
Personally think it's too early to make a judgment - swim team (which is more a collective of individuals than a true team anyway) has been diappointing to date but that could completely turn around in one race tomorrow night.
It's clear that being at home is n't necessarily always an advantage - world no.1 in canoe slalom would not be used to that level of attention - some of the hype is not helpful either, Zoe Smith got a ludicrous amount of air time yday/last night for finishing 12th in weightlifting.
Personally think it's too early to make a judgment - swim team (which is more a collective of individuals than a true team anyway) has been diappointing to date but that could completely turn around in one race tomorrow night.
It's clear that being at home is n't necessarily always an advantage - world no.1 in canoe slalom would not be used to that level of attention - some of the hype is not helpful either, Zoe Smith got a ludicrous amount of air time yday/last night for finishing 12th in weightlifting.
It is way too early to be downgrading targets. Athletics hasn't started, track cycling hasn't started, rowing and boxing are still in the heats stages, sailing still in early stages, haven't had the triathlon, only a third of the equestrian to go. Plus as soon as we get some more sedate sports in like darts, snooker, bridge, golf in all the better.
The advantage of home soil is outweighed by the pressure to perform on home soil,
The downgrade in the target will be in response to a few missed chances even if they were marginal. At this stage the estimation may have been for 3, 4 or even 5 more medals than they currently have. For instance:
Daley & Waterfield: considered a near certainty for a podium I would have thought, and indeed one missed dive did cost them
Individual 3-day event: reckon they would have been bankering on a medal here; Tina Cook had the medal and needed to simply clear the final round to get it - messed it up
Swimming pool: various chances with Tancock, Spofforth, Miley and a few others - probably hopeful of more than a single bronze so far
David Florence: Silver in Beijing, probably expecting to be on podium at least - did not make final
Cycling road race: probably expecting 1 medal which they got but also chances for multiple medals
Only surprise extra medal so far is the Team bronze in gymnastics
So, I think they are probably 4 medals short of expectations (1 diving, 1 swimming, 1 equestrian, 1 canoe, 1 cycling) minus 1 gymnastics
And that's the reason for the lower estimates
Daley & Waterfield: considered a near certainty for a podium I would have thought, and indeed one missed dive did cost them
Individual 3-day event: reckon they would have been bankering on a medal here; Tina Cook had the medal and needed to simply clear the final round to get it - messed it up
Swimming pool: various chances with Tancock, Spofforth, Miley and a few others - probably hopeful of more than a single bronze so far
David Florence: Silver in Beijing, probably expecting to be on podium at least - did not make final
Cycling road race: probably expecting 1 medal which they got but also chances for multiple medals
Only surprise extra medal so far is the Team bronze in gymnastics
So, I think they are probably 4 medals short of expectations (1 diving, 1 swimming, 1 equestrian, 1 canoe, 1 cycling) minus 1 gymnastics
And that's the reason for the lower estimates
Daley + Waterfield were 3+ for a medal I think, none of those swimmers had a more than an outside shot at a medal and I didn't see the odds but I doubt Florence was shorter than 3 for a medal. So whilst there have been chances and you'd expect to have picked up a couple more were not that far behind
when Daley was leading after 3 dives, out of 6, they would have been long odds on for a medal, pretty much only had to hit their last 3
But also, there has only been one 'surprise' performance bonus medal which is disappointing. In another universe there is Team GB where all the possibles got their medals and several surprise bonus medals came in too
Ellen Gandy was a world silver medallist and she didn't even make her final, Tancock and Spofforth both missed bronzes by 0.4 seconds and finished 5th - half a second quicker adds 2 medals and both have swum those times in the past
Tina Cook phucked up, Mary King too
We are a good few shorter of what was achievable at this stage minimum 3, easily 5 if everything went well (womens 4 x 100m relay rested Halsall and failed to make the final - and they have swam the race faster than the bronze medals winners did)
But also, there has only been one 'surprise' performance bonus medal which is disappointing. In another universe there is Team GB where all the possibles got their medals and several surprise bonus medals came in too
Ellen Gandy was a world silver medallist and she didn't even make her final, Tancock and Spofforth both missed bronzes by 0.4 seconds and finished 5th - half a second quicker adds 2 medals and both have swum those times in the past
Tina Cook phucked up, Mary King too
We are a good few shorter of what was achievable at this stage minimum 3, easily 5 if everything went well (womens 4 x 100m relay rested Halsall and failed to make the final - and they have swam the race faster than the bronze medals winners did)
form in swimming seems to fluctuate wildly from one year to the next. just because someone won a medal at the world championships last year is little indication that the same will happen the following year. and of course you get teenagers suddenly appearing on the scene out of nowehere which doesn't really happen in many other sports.
I have to declare that I have watched wall to wall Olympics from the start, including all the catch ups, the satellite channels, all the round ups and pretty much been glued to it morning to night
still watching now in fact
still watching now in fact
form in swimming seems to fluctuate wildly from one year to the next. just because someone won a medal at the world championships last year is little indication that the same will happen the following year. and of course you get teenagers suddenly appearing on the scene out of nowehere which doesn't really happen in many other sports.
For phucks sake!!!!!!!!!!
they have phucking well known this was coming and they were supposed to turn up and produced the performances of their lives
it's not phucking good enough to say "performances fluctuate" - you have to plan your life around those dates and turn up ready to do your best. Many have simply under performed
For phucks sake!!!!!!!!!!
they have phucking well known this was coming and they were supposed to turn up and produced the performances of their lives
it's not phucking good enough to say "performances fluctuate" - you have to plan your life around those dates and turn up ready to do your best. Many have simply under performed
every olympic games i can remember we get told we have a load of live medals chances in the pool and time and time again they fail to materialise. just saying world championship performance is little indication of success when it comes to the olympics.
take out adlington who is clearly a phenomenal talent and what did we win in beijing ? just jackson's bronze in the same race iirc
take out adlington who is clearly a phenomenal talent and what did we win in beijing ? just jackson's bronze in the same race iirc
Swimming in 2008 we won two gold (Becky Adlington), two silver (both open water) and two bronze (one in the pool Jo Jackson and one in the open water). So far, Becky Adlington has one bronze, and we got two of the leading times in the semi-final breaststroke today.
It amazes me people are trying to analyse our total performance already when so little has gone.
It amazes me people are trying to analyse our total performance already when so little has gone.
yep i think we had 2 gold and 2 others after 4 days in beijing. it would have been a minor miracle if we had won 2 golds in the first 4 days again
the next few days should tell us a lot with the rowing finals, cycling with wiggins and the track starting on thursday and ennis and farah on saturday. if we don't have a shedload of golds after that then people can start pointing fingers.
the media haven't had much success to talk about so far so they've had to fill their air time/pages with drivel and rubbish
the next few days should tell us a lot with the rowing finals, cycling with wiggins and the track starting on thursday and ennis and farah on saturday. if we don't have a shedload of golds after that then people can start pointing fingers.
the media haven't had much success to talk about so far so they've had to fill their air time/pages with drivel and rubbish
The media also wrote the story of Cav's great crowning before they got to the startline on Saturday. He lost and they started to panic from the off. At least the Mirror have gone with a great front page tomorrow. That said, if Wiggo loses, we'll be in more trouble from the papers.
"Tina Cook phucked up, Mary King too"
Ever considered their horses might have been knackered after the exertions of the previous rounds ?
Zara Phillips phucked up (and she said as much) in the penultimate round which cost GB a Gold in the team comp. Tina Cook & Mary King didn't which is why Britain got Silver.
Incidentally Zara went clear in the last round when it didn't really matter. What would have Tina & Mary paid for that round ?
As always small margins make a huge difference.
Ever considered their horses might have been knackered after the exertions of the previous rounds ?
Zara Phillips phucked up (and she said as much) in the penultimate round which cost GB a Gold in the team comp. Tina Cook & Mary King didn't which is why Britain got Silver.
Incidentally Zara went clear in the last round when it didn't really matter. What would have Tina & Mary paid for that round ?
As always small margins make a huge difference.
i'm not from GB, in fact.. I hate GB but it's obvious to me you guys will win a few medals today/tomorrow whatever time it is
you got a few big chances in the rowing & swimming
you got a few big chances in the rowing & swimming
There were f*ck ups galore in the jumping sections of the equestrian. It wasn't just a GB problem. Great viewing and suspense right down to the final seconds.
Really enjoyed the eventing, I was glued to the showjumping yesterday, very exciting stuff.
It's unfortunate that horses don't give a sh*t about winning medals, otherwise they might try that little bit harder
I thought our horses and riders did brilliantly to win us a Silver. I was thrilled with that result.
It's unfortunate that horses don't give a sh*t about winning medals, otherwise they might try that little bit harder
I thought our horses and riders did brilliantly to win us a Silver. I was thrilled with that result.
its not how many you have won over the 1st 4 days, its how many you have won at the end, that will decide, if this has been a very good/good/average/poor olympics for GB. The crowds help, buts its how you perform at your event that wins the medals.
Steveirll 31 Jul 12 22:50
marychain1 • July 31, 2012 7:00 PM BST
Should be double figures in gold by Sunday
So, on Tuesday, when I said we would be in double figures in gold by Sunday, you laughed your head off thinking we would be nowhere near it.
Well, today is Sunday and we currently have 16, and it could be almost 20 by the end of today. So, I would like to point out that you, once again, have made yourself look like an utter mug tw@t.
Oh, and
marychain1 • July 31, 2012 7:00 PM BST
Should be double figures in gold by Sunday
So, on Tuesday, when I said we would be in double figures in gold by Sunday, you laughed your head off thinking we would be nowhere near it.
Well, today is Sunday and we currently have 16, and it could be almost 20 by the end of today. So, I would like to point out that you, once again, have made yourself look like an utter mug tw@t.
Oh, and
What a difference a few days make, and still going strong OP eating his words now
Well said Marychain and Barney.. too many smart arses who know **** all, sitting behind their keyboards with their pie and chips and slagging off our fantastic athletes. There are some real sad twats about.
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