New Posts For Thread: European athletics is brilliant ??https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliantAs anyone can win a medal, its nice to see.Athletics is dead since after the doping brigade and will never recover. Flo Jo was just bootiful. Bit like snooker. I mean how many athletes can you name. In my day we used to worship some of 'em. Remember Lassie Virren? Bit contradictory but mhttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459927761#459927761Athletics is dead since after the doping brigade and will never recover. Flo Jo was just bootiful. Bit like snooker. I mean how many athletes can you name. In my day we used to worship some of 'em. Remember Lassie Virren? Bit contradictory but mSun, 01 Aug 2010 13:50:35 -05002nd & 3rd secures there lotto funding for another season, another reprive from having to take a 9-5 job and also attempt to train.No lotto funding buy buy to altitude training camps, and 24/7 medical supporthttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459738357#4597383572nd & 3rd secures there lotto funding for another season, another reprive from having to take a 9-5 job and also attempt to train.No lotto funding buy buy to altitude training camps, and 24/7 medical supportSat, 31 Jul 2010 04:18:02 -0500Why are these British athletes ecstatic at coming second or third in what is effectively the third or fourth tier of Athletics?No wonder British sport is in the dire position it is.For exactly the same reason most French, German, Russian etc athleteshttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459684325#459684325Why are these British athletes ecstatic at coming second or third in what is effectively the third or fourth tier of Athletics?No wonder British sport is in the dire position it is.For exactly the same reason most French, German, Russian etc athletesFri, 30 Jul 2010 16:38:56 -0500That is just too simple matehttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459674301#459674301That is just too simple mateFri, 30 Jul 2010 15:34:24 -0500They should be looking at all the videos beforehand and executing thoughs races to a tee.sort it outhttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459672737#459672737They should be looking at all the videos beforehand and executing thoughs races to a tee.sort it outFri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:55 -0500Christ knows what their team manager said to them beforehand, unless they didn't listen.https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459671345#459671345Christ knows what their team manager said to them beforehand, unless they didn't listen.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:14:46 -0500Exactly; they are the athletes and they couldn't even understand that the race needed to be faster so that they could stand a better chance of winning; clueless.https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459671001#459671001Exactly; they are the athletes and they couldn't even understand that the race needed to be faster so that they could stand a better chance of winning; clueless.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:12:18 -0500They are clueless even doing their interviews, lads you need to toughen up, should have been training with the kenyas in the mountains.https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459670777#459670777They are clueless even doing their interviews, lads you need to toughen up, should have been training with the kenyas in the mountains.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:10:40 -0500Baddeley should know by now he has to run the finish out of them by making the first three laps fast!https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459670361#459670361Baddeley should know by now he has to run the finish out of them by making the first three laps fast!Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:07:50 -0500Our lads can't run as a team , but can run as comedianshttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/25506857/european-athletics-is-brilliant?post_id=459670353#459670353Our lads can't run as a team , but can run as comediansFri, 30 Jul 2010 15:07:46 -0500