London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Sea Filly

steve9859 wrote: »

Vince Lombardi: "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser"

I 100% agree.....

Then there's a lot of losers at this Olympics...

Higher

Biggins wrote: »

I though the Russian showed serious disrespect with her arms stubbornly folded all the time at the awarding of the medals.
Not just to Katie but to the boxing competition over all.

It doesn't matter what you think because you haven't a notion whether or not she was being disrespectful. A lot of people can naturally fold their arms when they're upset to comfort themselves.

Give over, typical Irish sore winner attitude. We're great losers but terrible winners.

kfallon

1ZRed wrote: »

Michael Phelps on his own still beats us out!!:eek:

Poor man's Katie Taylor

cgpg5

Darragh said that she said something like "no wonder there is a recession in Ireland when they are paying judges".

AWful really

4zn76tysfajdxp

Fairly tense fight. Fair play to her.

giles lynchwood

For the love of god will someone shoot Jimmy McGee,in the middle of the fight he was rabbiting on about Barcelona and such what.Jimmy Dementia McGee.

DB10

Sea Filly wrote: »

Of course she's understandably disappointed as are all the silver medallists at all the other events. Doesn't matter. There's a way to behave in this situation.

Theres a way for the crowd to behave and thats not to boo, but its not a surprise is it with the likes of them.

And another thing being a silver medalist, is alot different to losing a gold medal by 2 points in a very debatable decision to a a practically home town competitior.

But it happened to Kenny Egan in Beijing, so we may enjoy it now. Anyway fair play to her , worldwide hero now!

Anyone

Twitter congrats from Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and Oscar De la Hoya. Thats some tribute.

G'wan girl you deserve it all.

Super-Rush

Aidric wrote: »

Thats not an insult.

She had a puss on her. I never called her any names.



Moving on.

Piers Morgan has been donating money to the Great Ormond St Hospital everytime a national anthem has been sung with any sort of pride.

Piers Morgan ‏@piersmorgan
For singing their anthem louder than anyone at the Olympics, the amazing Irish crowd at Katie Taylor ceremony deserve £1k to @GreatOrmondSt

1ZRed

Super-Rush wrote: »

Thats because i deleted them. There are ways to criticize people but calling someone a cnut is not one of them.

It's like when the teacher gives out to the whole class regarding one thing and you both know it was aimed at you

cgpg5

Tbh I thought the crowd were great. The other 3 fighters (including the Russian) got great cheers at the end as good as I've seen in the games for non-home losers and big names

Aidric

cgpg5 wrote: »

Darragh said that she said something like "no wonder there is a recession in Ireland when they are paying judges".

AWful really

Who said that?

cgpg5

Aidric wrote: »

Who said that?

Russian fighter apparently.

Sea Filly

DB10 wrote: »

Theres a way for the crowd to behave and thats not to boo, but its not a surprise is it with the likes of them.

True, but that doesn't excuse her behaviour. She could take the higher ground. And Katie didn't boo her and didn't deserve that.

Super-Rush

1ZRed wrote: »

It's like when the teacher gives out to the whole class regarding one thing and you both know it was aimed at you

Not just you. I think i deleted 5 or 6 other comments.

Biggins

Higher wrote: »

It doesn't matter what you think because you haven't a notion whether or not she was being disrespectful. A lot of people can naturally fold their arms when they're upset to comfort themselves.

Give over, typical Irish sore winner attitude. We're great losers but terrible winners.

Meow!

Did I put any downers on anyone winning?
Get off your high-horse!
I'm posing opinion on respect for others, a sport and a national anthem.

Kerrydude1981

That ice cream van is under some pressure in the background

Mr.Crinklewood

Did he say "Washing machine"?

Kerrydude1981

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Did he say "Washing machine"?

Bleedin ya deadly

1ZRed

Super-Rush wrote: »

Not just you. I think i deleted 5 or 6 other comments.

But it was me who proudly made the cnut comment

Higher

Biggins wrote: »

Meow!

Did I put any downers on anyone winning?
Get off your high-horse!
I'm posing opinion on respect for others, a sport and a national anthem.

You have 30,000 posts and insinuate that your some kind of secret agent on an internet forum. I will stay up here, thank you very much.

garv123

Typical RTE showing delayed coverage of the final.....








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1ZRed

garv123 wrote: »

Typical RTE showing delayed coverage of the final.....








:pac:

Sky plus on the fritz again yeah?

Hammer Archer

giles lynchwood wrote: »

For the love of god will someone shoot Jimmy McGee,in the middle of the fight he was rabbiting on about Barcelona and such what.Jimmy Dementia McGee.

If I can speak even half as coherently and passionately as Jimmy Magee does about anything when I'm almost 80, I'll be a happy man.

Malari

Beeb starting the build-up for the 200m! Can't wait :-D

Pherekydes

Higher wrote: »

It doesn't matter what you think because you haven't a notion whether or not she was being disrespectful. A lot of people can naturally fold their arms when they're upset to comfort themselves.

Give over, typical Irish sore winner attitude. We're great losers but terrible winners.

Of course he's right. You stand with your arms by your sides when an anthem is being played. Anything else, bar the hand over the heart or a military salute, is disrespectful.

Sunnyisland

RTe1 now

telekon

Super-Rush wrote: »

Thats not an insult.

She had a puss on her. I never called her any names.



Moving on.

Piers Morgan has been donating money to the Great Ormond St Hospital everytime a national anthem has been sung with any sort of pride.

That's in Dublin, right?


Ah no, fair play to the man.

cgpg5

Katie on BBC 2 at 10 o'clock tonight!

zero19

cgpg5 wrote: »

Exactly. "any links" is the most annoying thing I see on boards. Google it and make up your own mind!

Make up my own mind about what?

Biggins

Higher wrote: »

You have 30,000 posts and insinuate that your some kind of secret agent on an internet forum. I will stay up here, thank you very much.

What the hell are you on about?
I never said that - and for god sake, this is a thread about sport - why are you throwing that ****e around in here?

Jeasus H Christ, get a life and get over yourself!

cgpg5

zero19 wrote: »

Make up my own mind about what?

Whether or not you find them credible. Not a dig at you personally

WumBuster

Well done Katie. Absolutely brilliant. The only dissapointing thing was the Russian stropping and trying to ruin her moment, but who cares Katie's the champion!

fullstop

DB10 wrote: »

why wouldnt the russian be pissed after losing such a close contest?

the crowd didnt even cheer her ffs, shes only human

Go back and watch it again, they did cheer her when she went up to get her medal. She should have showed a bit of respect.

Anyone wrote: »

Twitter congrats from Evander Holyfield

Only after he mentioned the British boxer and a load of people tweeted him about not mentioning Taylor.

Fowler87

Gary Linekar just tweeted that Katie will be in studio on BBC2 at 10

The_Kew_Tour

I broke my parents lamp shade when Taylor hand was risen. On normal day my Dad would more likely have went nuts.

Instead myself, my dad and brother just went nuts around the house when the verdict was given.

You cant buy moments like that.

efb

Stephen Fry tweets his congrats too!

The girl deserves this adulation

ViveLaVie

Can anyone who knows what they're talking about clarify just how close the match was? A few people have said it's debatable...

So proud of Katie Taylor all the same, incredible woman!

darced

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Biggins

ViveLaVie wrote: »

Can anyone who knows what they're talking about clarify just how close the match was? A few people have said it's debatable...

So proud of Katie Taylor all the same, incredible woman!

There was two points in it I think.

The_Kew_Tour

ViveLaVie wrote: »

Can anyone who knows what they're talking about clarify just how close the match was? A few people have said it's debatable...

So proud of Katie Taylor all the same, incredible woman!

I gave it by 3 points to Taylor in end.

Felt she won the first by 1 (judge draw)
she lost second by 1 (judges agreed with me)
she won the third by 4 (judges felt it was 3)
and lost last by 1 (judges gave draw)

I gave it to Taylor by 3 and judges by 2.

Best fighter won imo so does not matter.

leahyl

I'm sorry but it was absolutely disgraceful the way the Russian behaved when our national anthem was being played. Of course she's upset she lost but FFS show a bit of respect to the person that won fair and square. If it was Katie in that position do you think she'd behave that way? Would she f**k?!

darced

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Mysteriouschic

I thought the russian looked unhappy she just had her arms folded and didn't even smile.
It was good seeing katie receive gold and a good change to hear the irish anthem after the china/uk/usa ones.

steelcityblues

Fowler87 wrote: »

Gary Linekar just tweeted that Katie will be in studio on BBC2 at 10

Why oh why does that clown get to be the one to interview her?

garv123

darced wrote: »

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Getting knocked down wouldnt have changed anything. A knock down is only a point for the punch/punches that put you there and she got a point for the punch before katie lost her footing

The_Kew_Tour

leahyl wrote: »

I'm sorry but it was absolutely disgraceful the way the Russian behaved when our national anthem was being played. Of course she's upset she lost but FFS show a bit of respect to the person that won fair and square. If it was Katie in that position do you think she'd behave that way? Would she f**k?!

and if she did plenty of people would have said it was disgrace what Taylor did.

Gandhi

leahyl wrote: »

I'm sorry but it was absolutely disgraceful the way the Russian behaved when our national anthem was being played. Of course she's upset she lost but FFS show a bit of respect to the person that won fair and square. If it was Katie in that position do you think she'd behave that way? Would she f**k?!

Yeah, but the Russian is only a human being. Katie Taylor is a Katie Taylor.

ViveLaVie

Biggins wrote: »

ViveLaVie wrote: »

Can anyone who knows what they're talking about clarify just how close the match was? A few people have said it's debatable...

So proud of Katie Taylor all the same, incredible woman!

There was two points in it I think.

Oh I know yeah I just meant some people who know more about boxing than I do seem to think that it was possible the Russian could have won and that it came down to debatable scoring by the judges. Just curious. I still think Taylor is amazing.

EDIT: A few people answered just as I posted this. Seems Katie won fair and square :-)

Alessandra

Such a memorable day and what a unifying Irish occasion

I have to admit (to my detriment) I knew very little of Katie Taylor before the Olympics but she's a true ambassador for Ireland.

Aside from this I LOVE this thread for keeping me up to date with Olympics.