London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Guy:Incognito

Whos likely to be her opponent in the final? Araujo or Ochigava?

Hammer Archer

Absolute quality.

garv123

See her opponent at the end? pretend to stop and give up and then try and throw a sneaky punch like a scumbag would do in a fight. She still missed tho:rolleyes:

phasers

woohoo! Go Katie!

IvySlayer

WD Katie

libra02

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Most people wouldnt have seen anythign beyond a short poolside interview with him while he was competeing.

He isnt retired btw.He just wasnt fast enough to qualify.

He actually did retire in 2006 but in 2011 decided to get back into competitve swimming and see could he qualify for London 2012 - which he did not not but is going to focus on 2013 World Championships instead.

Jame Gumb

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

mike65

Marty Morrison is nearly having a coronary!

Hammer Archer

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Whos likely to be her opponent in the final? Araujo or Ochigava?

Ochigava I'd assume. She's the last person to beat Taylor back in 2010. And she beat her well too.

Kerrydude1981

"Wonderful Taylor" well said Jimmy

Guy:Incognito

libra02 wrote: »

He actually did retire in 2006 but in 2011 decided to get back into competitve swimming and see could he qualify for London 2012 - which he did not not but is going to focus on 2013 World Championships instead.

So he's not retired?

opinion guy

libra02 wrote: »

He actually did retire in 2006 but in 2011 decided to get back into competitve swimming and see could he qualify for London 2012 - which he did not not but is going to focus on 2013 World Championships instead.

Awful shame we couldn't see Thorpe at his peak take on Phelps at his peak!

My name is URL

ThisRegard wrote: »

I'm watching it on BBC. Ole Ole coming out on LP next week FFS.

Great support. What's your problem?

keano_afc

What a legend. Bring on the gold.

Dr.Broccoli

mike65 wrote: »

Marty Morrison is nearly having a coronary!

Who?

Patser

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXING
Not much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

Edit: I can see now they've obviously mixed up Nicola Adams with KAtie in the heat of the moment, as they both qualified for finals one after the other

ThisRegard

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

I think you mean Gumbeenery, no place for it.

kfallon

I'm struggling to hold back the tears here at my desk, fookin' brilliant!!!

Vudgie

Typically rubbish performance from the RTE website in maintining the feed.

Great site but it just can't deal with that level of traffic.

Aidric

Class again from Taylor. Her opponent was a nasty disrespectful piece of work.

Guy:Incognito

Dr.Broccoli wrote: »

Who?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey

Hammer Archer

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Jesus will ya give it a rest.
I can't stand this mentality. Fans were rounded on when they cheered and sang when our footballers were beaten off the park in Poland. Now fans are rounded on for cheering and singing for one of the greatest ever Irish sportsperson.
So obviously you'd rather the fans sit quietly and create no atmosphere whatsoever.

ThisRegard

My name is URL wrote: »

Great support. What's your problem?

You should really look before you jump. My problem is McGees nonsense 'commentary' about how it's coming out on album next week.

blueser

Patser wrote: »

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXING
Not much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

Edit: I can see now they've obviously mixed up Nicola Adams with KAtie in the heat of the moment, as they both qualified for finals one after the other

She's just been talked up massively on BBC, as have the Irish fans.

keano_afc

Patser wrote: »

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXINGNot much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

So they get her name and the score wrong?

Dr.Broccoli

Patser wrote: »

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXING
Not much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

Edit: I can see now they've obviously mixed up Nicola Adams with KAtie in the heat of the moment, as they both qualified for finals one after the other

They're on about Nicola Adams :pac: Eejits.

Jame Gumb

My name is URL wrote: »

ThisRegard wrote: »

I'm watching it on BBC. Ole Ole coming out on LP next week FFS.

Great support. What's your problem?

'Cause it's f..king gombeenery and Paddywhackery.

You know that the bandwagon merchants have arrived when the Ole Ole sh1te starts.

opinion guy

LMAO

HAHAHAHA

the bbc presenter just read out this text they got in

"Dear Daily Telegraph, Katie Taylor is Irish....but please feel free to claim Jedward, Ronan Keating and Louis Walsh"

fullstop

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

Get over yourself FFS, this country is miserable at the best of times without begrudging people enjoying themselves :rolleyes:

kfallon

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

Gowayoutofit ffs :rolleyes:
Jesus you'd give an asprin a headache!!!

BraziliaNZ

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Jesus will ya give it a rest.
I can't stand this mentality. Fans were rounded on when they cheered and sang when our footballers were beaten off the park in Poland. Now fans are rounded on for cheering and singing for one of the greatest ever Irish sportsperson.
So obviously you'd rather the fans sit quietly and create no atmosphere whatsoever.

just not the Fields of Athenry, I wish that song was never written

My name is URL

ThisRegard wrote: »

You should really look before you jump. My problem is McGees nonsense 'commentary' about how it's coming out on album next week.

Ah, my apologies. I thought you were just talking about the noise from the crowd after you said you were watching it on BBC, as I was myself.

Shryke

Delighted. David Cameron in the audience?
Jimmy was a bit much toward the end. Raving a lot of crap. "if you're watching this on a dvd years from now". Jesus live in the moment Jim.

A Primal Nut

Jimmy Magee is some craic.

"I asked Lennox Lewis for a comment on Katie Taylor and he summed her up in one sentence: she boxes like a man".

Katie Taylor is in sat nav. (did he mean cruise control?)

"This young lady from Bray, woman from Bray, or is it lady from Bray, I'm not sure?"

Tazzer

Vudgie wrote: »

Typically rubbish performance from the RTE website in maintining the feed.

Great site but it just can't deal with that level of traffic.

shocking !! all day no problems, then as soon as 2pm hit....AGHH stress

Flincher

Best thing about RTE's website packing in was that there was no commentary on the Eurosport stream.

Great fight by Taylor. It would be great if she can push on and get the gold.

patmac

Thanks for the link, you would think that the National Broadcaster would have fixed the problems from the last day. if they spent more money on I.T and less on send ing three quarters of their stall to London for the games we could alll enjoy the coverage.

ThisRegard

opinion guy wrote: »

LMAO

HAHAHAHA

the bbc presenter just read out this text they got in

"Dear Daily Telegrpah, Katie Taylor is Irish....but please feel free to clim Jedward, Ronan Keating and Louis Walsh"

It was their pick of the twitters.

Crann na Beatha

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dreddredd

I am off to see the final tomorrow, got tickets for first round of 16 and she got a by so missed her but chanced getting final tickets also . Quite proud sitting here in amongst the brits at the moment.

blueser

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Jimmy Magee is some craic.

"I asked Lennox Lewis for a comment on Katie Taylor and he summed her up in one sentence: she boxes like a man".

Katie Taylor is in sat nav. (did he mean cruise control?)

"This young lady from Bray, woman from Bray, or is it lady from Bray, I'm not sure?"

Poor old Jimbo; he is knocking on a bit, to be fair. And the marbles are bound to start rattling around a bit at this stage.

buyer95

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

I smell a troll, Pete Taylor is a great coach, and without him, katie would not be in the olympic final. The support is great, people pay hard earned money to got to see her because they adore her, what is wrong with a bit of patriotism? I think she is great, ofcourse spin it in a way that people getting behind her is a bad thing

Marty " The recession has been cancelled! "

decies

bbc bloke on tv does the formula 1 mentioned the daily Telegraph and read out the tweet about Britain could claim ronan keating, Jedward , and Louis Walsh lol.

Ulysses Gaze

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

Our Football team was a pile of ****e at Euro 2012
Our Rugby team was ****e Down Under this summer
The majority of our athletes have been ****e at the Olympics
...and the economy is ****e.

The country needs something to cheer for and get behind FFS.

kfallon

kfallon wrote: »

Dressage = gay horses


Gay horses,, LOL ,,love it

libra02

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So he's not retired?

Now now no need to be smart.

All I was saying is that he did retire at one point and has only recently decided to re-enter competitive swimming

So lets wrap up the conversation or we be splitting hairs all day.

blueser

Aquila wrote: »

What did her opponent do that was disrespectful?

A bit of showboating, and waving Taylor onto her. Nothing to get your Ann Summers' in a twist about!

My name is URL

Aquila wrote: »

What did her opponent do that was disrespectful?

Nothing much. Standing back and a bit of showboating.. not really disrespectful. She knew she hadn't a chance.

ThisRegard

Aquila wrote: »

What did her opponent do that was disrespectful?

Think Prince Naseem when he was top of his game showboating etc, but now trying the same thing when he's fat and without the skills to back him up anymore.

fullstop

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Jimmy Magee is some craic.

"I asked Lennox Lewis for a comment on Katie Taylor and he summed her up in one sentence: she boxes like a man".

Katie Taylor is in sat nav. (did he mean cruise control?)

"This young lady from Bray, woman from Bray, or is it lady from Bray, I'm not sure?"

He should have been let go years ago, he's senile.