London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

keith16

fryup wrote: »

did anyone notice Katie Taylor's coach (not her father the other guy) giving Marty Morrissey a dirty look?...he was there chewing gum and giving him the evils for some reason

Probably itching to give him a slap. Which is the feeling I get whenever I see or hear that clown.

Kerrydude1981

keano_afc wrote: »

Fitting that the hottest player on the pitch scored the winner. Alex Morgan is fine.

http://www.oleole.com/media/main/images/member_photos/group3/subgrp301/alexmorganmanunited_453179.jpg

keith16

cgpg5 wrote: »

Is there a World Cup in women's soccer? Like an every 4 year job or something?

Should be age limited if so at olympics or not be there at all along with mens football

Yeah, the last one was last year, Japan (who were unfancied) beat the USA in the final.

opinion guy

Tazzer wrote: »

I am just loving the RTE Roundup with Darragh Maloney commentating...just has me in stitches all the time.

I thought it was obnoxious to be honest and changed the station

I wish they would show more sports and less fluff

keano_afc

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

http://www.oleole.com/media/main/images/member_photos/group3/subgrp301/alexmorganmanunited_453179.jpg

Alex Morgan was fine.

cgpg5

The US throwing 3 pointers like they're out of fashion

Kerrydude1981

keano_afc wrote: »

Alex Morgan was fine.

She wears it well tho

blueser

cgpg5 wrote: »

Ha didn't mean offence by it. Meant to say he's useless really, although he's better than what RTE can offer at the end of the day

And, although he isn't brilliant, Mowbray is certainly better than ''Motty''™, who ready for the humane killer at this stage.

opinion guy

cgpg5 wrote: »

The US throwing 3 pointers like they're out of fashion

I wish rte were showing it Tim is much better than these dry guys in bbc

blueser

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

http://www.oleole.com/media/main/images/member_photos/group3/subgrp301/alexmorganmanunited_453179.jpg

Pity she supports that shower!

Diego Maradona

Anyone notice that there ain't many athletes from Argentina? Watching the basketball and it got me wondering.

Kerrydude1981

opinion guy wrote: »

I wish rte were showing it Tim is much better than these dry guys in bbc

Ya Tim is the man when it comes to the basketball,really gets into it

cgpg5

opinion guy wrote: »

I wish rte were showing it Tim is much better than these dry guys in bbc

Stop Tim would be epic alright. He'll surely be on tomorrow with highlights or something. Hero

Pherekydes

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Anyone notice that there ain't many athletes from Argentina? Watching the basketball and it got me wondering.

Yeah, but there's something like 34 million soccer players.

Tazzer

opinion guy wrote: »

I thought it was obnoxious to be honest and changed the station

I wish they would show more sports and less fluff

Ah no, I find him hilarious....maybe Im more obnoxious than I think I am :-)

yeah, I normally switch stations, but then I have to turn back over for my fix of Maloney.

steelcityblues

LeBron,, Carmelo, Durant, Paul, etc all on the one team - frightening!

keith16

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Anyone notice that there ain't many athletes from Argentina? Watching the basketball and it got me wondering.

They have a women's hockey team too, but you're right, haven't seen them too much overall... they've only got the one bronze so far.......

buyer95

This basketball commentary is laughably bad. The main commentator repeatedly referred to Chandler as " Anthony " and a minute ago their he said, "Anthony replaces Chandler, former teamates now ." Does he know something the rest of us doesn't? They are both NYK players!

opinion guy

Diego Maradona wrote: »

Anyone notice that there ain't many athletes from Argentina? Watching the basketball and it got me wondering.

Pherekydes wrote: »

Yeah, but there's something like 34 million soccer players.

They have 134 athletes at the games. Perhaps they just aren't showign them to us very much ?

fryup

that womens Belarus shot putt champion, Nadzeya Ostapchuk

gotta be a bloke surely

Kerrydude1981

opinion guy wrote: »

I wish rte were showing it Tim is much better than these dry guys in bbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qBsQ34jSc

Diego Maradona

fryup wrote: »

that womens Belarus shot putt champion, Nadzeya Ostapchuk

gotta be a bloke surely

That wan would put manners on ya!

steelcityblues

opinion guy wrote: »

They have 134 athletes at the games. Perhaps they just aren't showign them to us very much ?

Del Potro is their only medalist at the moment.

cgpg5

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qBsQ34jSc

Haha that's gas! What a man

Pherekydes

opinion guy wrote: »

They have 134 athletes at the games. Perhaps they just aren't showign them to us very much ?

I took it to mean Track and Field athletes.

Diego Maradona

steelcityblues wrote: »

Del Potro is their only medalist at the moment.

So Ireland has more medals than them, that's mad for a country that size.

opinion guy

Argentina aren't going to give away this basketball game easily it seems!!!

Sparks43

Diego Maradona wrote: »

That wan would put manners on ya!

l wouldnt bend over in front of her thats for certain

She would try and stick her clit up my arse:eek::eek::eek:

Pherekydes

fryup wrote: »

that womens Belarus shot putt champion, Nadzeya Ostapchuk

gotta be a bloke surely

She has 3 kids.

Diego Maradona

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qBsQ34jSc

That's priceless

cgpg5

opinion guy wrote: »

Argentina aren't going to give away this basketball game easily it seems!!!

Tunisia were going okay in the first quarter. US will pull away yet

keith16

opinion guy wrote: »

I thought it was obnoxious to be honest and changed the station

I wish they would show more sports and less fluff

It's fcuking awful...akin to the BBCs "benny hill" clips.

The whole thing sounds like it was written by a 12 year old - especially that part about the Judo fighter tackling the guy who threw the bottle during the 100m final.

"Maybe we can get her to do late night security on the LUAS" :rolleyes:

And then the "banter" back in studio was car crash television - Bill claiming that Ailish's unfortunate choice of words (saying that one of the athletes was practically in bed with the coach), was worse than his comment about the Kenyans, while she looked on struggling to comprehend his fcuking inane ramblings.

My name is URL

Diego Maradona wrote: »

So Ireland has more medals than them, that's mad for a country that size.

Ireland have won more medals than India at the Olympics and they have a population of over 1.2 billion!

Diego Maradona

My name is URL wrote: »

Ireland have won more medals than India at the Olympics and they have a population of over 1.2 billion!

They're too busy playing cricket

cgpg5

Diego Maradona wrote: »

So Ireland has more medals than them, that's mad for a country that size.

They do possess one of the world's best "athletes" though

starbelgrade

Pherekydes wrote: »

She has 3 kids.

And all with different women.

fryup

fryup wrote: »

that womens Belarus shot putt champion, Nadzeya Ostapchuk

gotta be a bloke surely

Pherekydes wrote: »

She has 3 kids.

yikes!! artificial insemination, either that or her husband is blind

buyer95

opinion guy wrote: »

Argentina aren't going to give away this basketball game easily it seems!!!

Well with players like, Ginobili, Scola (Top NBA players) and solid NBA players like Delfino and Nocioni, you would expect it to be competitive, what with Argentina's starting 5 being basically the same for the last 8 years, they are almost like a club side who play to their strengths.

The US will always be amazing, but not as much of a team like Argentina and Spain, and that can make a difference in tight games when players arn't used to playing regularly together

cgpg5

Ah gee where was Timmy for that dunk!!!

rmchmufc

I haven't had a chance to log on all day but I was just want to say hard luck to Annalise Murphy and congratulations to Katie Taylor. That was a stunning performance and she is a credit to the country. Good luck to her in the remainder of the competition.

P_1

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qBsQ34jSc

DOWNTOWN!!!

Pherekydes

fryup wrote: »

yikes!! artificial insemination, either that or her husband is blind

Either or both, she had 3 kids.

Diego Maradona

"He nearly ripped the basket off it's flange":D

Diego Maradona

Pherekydes wrote: »

Either or both, she had 3 kids.

Looks like she ate 2 of them

P_1

My name is URL wrote: »

Ireland have won more medals than India at the Olympics and they have a population of over 1.2 billion!

There's only really the one sport in India though, and that ain't at the Olympics.

opinion guy

keith16 wrote: »

It's fcuking awful...akin to the BBCs "benny hill" clips.

The whole thing sounds like it was written by a 12 year old - especially that part about the Judo fighter tackling the guy who threw the bottle during the 100m final.

"Maybe we can get her to do late night security on the LUAS" :rolleyes:

And then the "banter" back in studio was car crash television - Bill claiming that Ailish's unfortunate choice of words (saying that one of the athletes was practically in bed with the coach), was worse than his comment about the Kenyans, while she looked on struggling to comprehend his fcuking inane ramblings.

:eek:
I'd turned away by then

cgpg5 wrote: »

Ah gee where was Timmy for that dunk!!!

hahah I will even rewatch this if rte show it tomorrow!

Diego Maradona

USA robbed of 2 points there, your man dunks it and it hits his shoulder and comes back up through the net.

Be fun if Argentina win by 1 or 2 points.

P_1

FFS BBC why cut off now? Match is starting to get interesting.

Diego Maradona

pithater1 wrote: »

FFS BBC why cut off now? Match is starting to get interesting.

What? Tis on the red button.

P_1

Diego Maradona wrote: »

What? Tis on the red button.

UPC