London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

opinion guy

blueser wrote: »

Why? Like it or not, that is his title.

I don't agree with titles
I dont' see why a commentator should bother to use every five seconds when mentioning the guys name it to be honest

Shryke

Damn it Viper Higgins did commentary on sailing and apparently it was very funny. It's been taken off vimeo. If it anywhere else?
An audio reply to the ioc about it here.
http://audioboo.fm/boos/912374-the-ioc

If anyone had a link that would be great.

Sea Filly

Pherekydes wrote: »

I know you said you found it boring and hard to watch earlier in the thread, but to call track cycling a **** madey up sport shows an alarming ignorance and lack of respect.

Alrighty!

That's how I see it. Not sure what else you'd like me to say. It's an incredibly dull, pointless sport. That Britain has latched onto.

Colmustard

National Anthems my favourite is the German followed closely by the Russian, my least favourite is the British a drone of a tune, ours isn't great either. I am bored of the American one, its on to much.

Just think the stupid Australians could have had the best but they voted against making Waltzing Matilda their anthem, that is a beautiful song and a weird piece of poetry by Banjo Patterson.

opinion guy

Shryke wrote: »

Damn it Viper Higgins did commentary on sailing and apparently it was very funny. It's been taken off vimeo. If it anywhere else?
An audio reply to the ioc about it here.
http://audioboo.fm/boos/912374-the-ioc

If anyone had a link that would be great.

Is it this ?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=510_1344196881

Who is Viper Higgins ?

tayto lover

LordSutch wrote: »

:mad:

Indeed, Ireland seems to churn out boxers by the shed load, but what about every other sport? I think team Ireland should copy and paste the Team GB system and implement it here in time for the next olympics. Funded by the Irish national lottery, Ireland could, and should produce medal winners in several sports including Boxing, Swimming, Athletics, Sailing, and why not cycling too??? I nominate Eamonn Coughlan as the Irish equivalent of Seb Coe to kick start Irelands bid for medal success in the 2016 olympics.

We shouldn't send second rate competitors to the Olympics anyway. We are spending a fortune sending "no hopers", some of whom aren't even fit. With the exception of Murphy our sailors were useless. Now why send them? Our runners are very poor too and had no chance of a medal. Why send them? Same with show jumpers and swimmers. Only our boxers give us hope on a regular basis.
It is far too easy for second rate Irish competitors to get to the Olympics and that's just not right.

Colmustard

Originally Posted by Pherekydes
I know you said you found it boring and hard to watch earlier in the thread, but to call track cycling a **** madey up sport shows an alarming ignorance and lack of respect.

I love the track cycling but I hate tennis and Olympic football, I don't disrespect those sports they are just not my cup of tea. I work with a chap that would stay up all night looking at cricket.

opinion guy

tayto lover wrote: »

We shouldn't send second rate competitors to the Olympics anyway. We are spending a fortune sending "no hopers", some of whom aren't even fit. With the exception of Murphy our sailors were useless. Now why send them? Our runners are very poor too and had no chance of a medal. Why send them? Same with show jumpers and swimmers. Only our boxers give us hope on a regular basis.
It is far too easy for second rate Irish competitors to get to the Olympics and that's just not right.

We aren't spending a fortune I think you will find.
The Brits do well because they put in the money. We don't.
The BBC reckons it costs 10million a medal:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983
Check out the table at the bottom of that link.


Who is the breaded weirdo with the weird accent on rte ?

Anyone

Colmustard wrote: »

National Anthems my favourite is the German followed closely by the Russian, my least favourite is the British a drone of a tune, ours isn't great either. I am bored of the American one, its on to much.

Just think the stupid Australians could have had the best but they voted against making Waltzing Matilda their anthem, that is a beautiful song and a weird piece of poetry by Banjo Patterson.

The FULL version of the Greek national anthem(158 verses). The Italian and French national anthems are good.

Lyaiera

tayto lover wrote: »

We shouldn't send second rate competitors to the Olympics anyway. We are spending a fortune sending "no hopers", some of whom aren't even fit. With the exception of Murphy our sailors were useless. Now why send them? Our runners are very poor too and had no chance of a medal. Why send them? Same with show jumpers and swimmers. Only our boxers give us hope on a regular basis.
It is far too easy for second rate Irish competitors to get to the Olympics and that's just not right.

I agree. Only the best three in the world should compete in any event. Let them fight over gold and silver. All the other wasters should become accountants or air stewards. Three people per sport is the rule from now on. And let's allow three people for each sport in each country, so they can compete for national medals.

The_Kew_Tour

One Sport more of you should watch is Weightlifting.

Great to watch.

steelcityblues

tayto lover wrote: »

We shouldn't send second rate competitors to the Olympics anyway. We are spending a fortune sending "no hopers", some of whom aren't even fit. With the exception of Murphy our sailors were useless. Now why send them? Our runners are very poor too and had no chance of a medal. Why send them? Same with show jumpers and swimmers. Only our boxers give us hope on a regular basis.
It is far too easy for second rate Irish competitors to get to the Olympics and that's just not right.

O'Leary and Burrows made it to the medal race - that is not 'useless' to me, especially with the day to day unpredictably of sailing.

I agree mostly with the runners apart from the likes of Britton and O'Rourke who are capable of PB's or SB's. The marathon runners were a waste of time in particular. The swimmers pretty poor, too, with the exception of McMahon.

LordSutch

They should drop olympic football, its rubbish.

The_Kew_Tour

Best of luck to Michael Conlan tonight as he bids to get Irelands 3rd Medal of the games.

Starts at 9.00.

Come on Ireland!

Kerrydude1981

opinion guy wrote: »

Is it this ?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=510_1344196881

Who is Viper Higgins ?

Viper is a character off RTEs programme The Hardy Bucks

Colmustard

LordSutch wrote: »

They should drop olympic football, its rubbish.

The women's football is actually alright. The men's is forth division rubbish.

Anyone

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

One Sport more of you should watch is Weightlifting.

Great to watch.

I do enjoy looking at a good snatch.

Shryke

opinion guy wrote: »

Shryke wrote: »

Damn it Viper Higgins did commentary on sailing and apparently it was very funny. It's been taken off vimeo. If it anywhere else?
An audio reply to the ioc about it here.
http://audioboo.fm/boos/912374-the-ioc

If anyone had a link that would be great.

Is it this ?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=510_1344196881

Who is Viper Higgins ?

Cheers. He's like a shnake. An Irish comedian/character actor. From the hardy bucks. Really good video.

telekon

opinion guy wrote: »

We aren't spending a fortune I think you will find.
The Brits do well because they put in the money. We don't.
The BBC reckons it costs 10million a medal:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983
Check out the table at the bottom of that link.


Who is the breaded weirdo with the weird accent on rte ?

Ol' Mr Brennan?

Sea Filly

Derval up.

False start. I didn't realise you didn't get one chance any more that's awful.

Sea Filly

Deleted User wrote: »

False start. I didn't realise you didn't get one chance any more that's awful.

Such pressure.

steelcityblues

Sea Filly wrote: »

Derval up.

Harper looks dangerous.

Colmustard

Deleted User wrote: »

False start. I didn't realise you didn't get one chance any more that's awful.

Some were starting to use it tactilly to disrupt other competitors.

Aidric

Deleted User wrote: »

False start. I didn't realise you didn't get one chance any more that's awful.

Proper order.

Destruction of the field by Harper there. Fast time.

Colmustard

Colmustard wrote: »

Some were starting to use it tactilly to disrupt other competitors.

Aidric wrote: »

Proper order.

Well if colm's post is true then I suppose. Just seems so tough, that split second mistake

nice_very

come on now Derval

though Michelle should be doing her warm up dance

Mr.Crinklewood

12.83 currently the best non qualifier ( 1st or 2nd )

My name is URL

C'mon Derval!

And also on the Russian

tayto lover

Why is there no lane 1 ?

C'mon derval

Teyla Emmagan

Go Derval!!!!

Sea Filly

opinion guy

telekon wrote: »

Ol' Mr Brennan?

No idea - some guy they had on video link from London talking aobut boxing. Andy they were calling him. Young guy. Odd manner

My name is URL

Ah well =(

flyswatter

God, she lost pace something shocking there.

Mr.Crinklewood

Very fast heat.

Teyla Emmagan

Great start though.

Colmustard

Not a bad effort

She started so well

Aidric

Great start but then faded. Shame. Another fast heat.

steelcityblues

Pearson or Harper to take gold? too hard to call.

Richard Hillman

Derval faded again. Maybe she needs to bulk up a bit more. All the other girls are a lot bigger than her in a muscular sense.

Diego Maradona

Disappointing from Derval, ran out of steam very quickly there.

Hercule Poirot

Twas a shame, she just couldn't maintain it

Colmustard

WOW high jumper can jump 8 feet the height of your average ceiling.

steelcityblues

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Derval faded again. Maybe she needs to bulk up a bit more. All the other girls are a lot bigger than her in a muscular sense.

Think I know what that means.

Aidric

Some great arses at these Olympics.

panda100

Thought Derval was going to do it there. She still did Ireland proud though. Getting to the semi's and finishing fifth is no easy feat.

donfers

DOR doesn't have the pace, she is not a flat-track bully like some of the others, needs to work on her speed to medal

technically she's grand and a fine starter

if there was an olympic technical event pver 30metres i'd put the mortgage on her but unfortunately over 100 metres she fades faster than my three wood