Mens Olympic Football Megathread (Super, me arse)

LostBoy101

Jesus christ Clev :eek:

Guy:Incognito

Whats going on?I was watching the swimming.

BKC

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Whats going on?I was watching the swimming.

Cleverly took a shot which hit both posts and came back out.

Rekop dog

UAE's celebrations scare me.

klose

What a goal! Lovely stuff

ankles

Sturridge having a MARE. Awful stuff. Bellamy not much better at the moment, no end product

Mr.Crinklewood

Beautifully play from UAE.

Quickest feet since I watched Irish Dancing.

Jax Teller

What a save by the Honduras keeper

flyswatter

Cracking save from the Honduras keeper there.

Mr.Crinklewood

Keeper was a chicken there.

klose

GB 2-1 up now, sinclair with his 1st touch of the ball and puts it in the net, 2 assists for bellamy

markie29

that was a quality goal by Sturridge!....goal of the tournament so far

Sgt Pepper 64

Dannnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

ThunbergsAreGo

Great goal

Mr.Crinklewood

3-1

Sturridge.

Lovely finish.

Paul Tergat

Class from Sturridge

ankles

whippedcream wrote: »

GB 2-1 up now, sinclair with his 1st touch of the ball and puts it in the net, 2 assists for bellamy

Cleverley assist, Nice finish from Sturridge 3-1

Jimmy Iovine

Spain on the verge of going out here.

cgpg5

Spain on the way out! Incredible stuff

flyswatter

It's things like this that make me hate modern football, total disrespect to the referee from Spain.

cgpg5

The attitude of the Spanish is disgraceful. Good riddance

flyswatter

Again from Alba, roaring at the linesman.

ceegee

F**k me the Spanish are bad losers. Muniain is very lucky to be on the pitch

Junior D

whats happening at the spain game?

CongoPowers

I'll be happy to see the Barça lads come back earlier, but man, that's tough on Spain. Battered Honduras in the second half, even robbed with that penalty not given. Muniain was great, and I can't really find it in me to give a fúck that he was harsh with the referee or whatever.

Anyway: No Thiago, no party. Again.

BKC

And Spain are out...

Jimmy Iovine

cgpg5 wrote: »

Spain on the way out! Incredible stuff

I'm happy they're gone. I only switched on in the last 15 minutes but they've acted like spoilt gobshítes the whole time. They were a disgrace crowding around the ref a good few times trying to influence his decisions. That was the ugly and petulant side of the beautiful game. Good riddance.

They had more than enough chances in the 15 minutes I saw to win the match. They only have themselves to blame.

Anyway it's better for a team like Honduras to go through imo. They'll benefit more from this than Spain ever would.

cgpg5

Jordi Alba an absolute disgrace. Fair play Honduras. Bye bye Spain

flyswatter

ceegee wrote: »

F**k me the Spanish are bad losers. Muniain is very lucky to be on the pitch

They can literally fuck off at this stage, terrible losers.

Bob the Seducer

If Mata hadn't stepped in when he did, I'd be suggesting the ref start producing post game cards for dissent.

ceegee

CongoPowers wrote: »

I'll be happy to see the Barça lads come back earlier, but man, that's tough on Spain. Battered Honduras in the second half, even robbed with that penalty not given. Muniain was great, and I can't really find in me to give a fúck that he was harsh with the referee or whatever.

Anyway: No Thiago, no party. Again.

Muniain jostled the ref twice - penalty incident and after the final whistle. Dont care how well he plays, he acts the thug when losing and delighted to see him gone. Most of he teammates werent much better

cgpg5

Would love to see a bit of retrospective punishment for that conduct after the game? Giving their country a bad name here. Anyway they're gone, my heart bleeds.

WHo was the Spanish number 8? Behaved like a child at the end and made contact with the ref for the Mata booking in which Mata literally squared up to the ref.

mike65

The Spanish really are spoiled brats these days.

ceegee

cgpg5 wrote: »

Would love to see a bit of retrospective punishment for that conduct after the game? Giving their country a bad name here. Anyway they're gone, my heart bleeds.

WHo was the Spanish number 8? Behaved like a child at the end and made contact with the ref for the Mata booking in which Mata literally squared up to the ref.

Muniain was #8

GavRedKing

We have Mata back early thats a plus.

shrewdness

They may be very talented footballers but by god they are sore losers, horrible to see that sort of shíte going on. Not sad to see them go if that's the way they're going to behave, some players showing no class at all.

This Olympic football tournament was supposed to come down to a showdown between Brazil and Spain, the two teams with by far the best talent on show. Instead Spain are out without having scored in 2 games while Brazil are motoring on playing some great stuff. Much prefer the Brazilians myself anyway, a joy to watch.

CongoPowers

ceegee wrote: »

Muniain jostled the ref twice - penalty incident and after the final whistle. Dont care how well he plays, he acts the thug when losing and delighted to see him gone. Most of he teammates werent much better

Meh, he's just very immature. He'll learn not to let the frustration get the better of him.

Jimmy Iovine

mike65 wrote: »

The Spanish really are spoiled brats these days.

These young lads have it too easy. They've never really known what it was like to lose and to be regarded as a joke on the international stage.

The older players, Casillas and Xavi, have been through it all and they know what it's about and show the respect that is needed to succeed.

cgpg5

CongoPowers wrote: »

Meh, he's just very immature. He'll learn not to let the frustration get the better of him.

Jostling the ref is a serious issue he had every right to send him off

cgpg5

ceegee wrote: »

Muniain jostled the ref twice - penalty incident and after the final whistle. Dont care how well he plays, he acts the thug when losing and delighted to see him gone. Most of he teammates werent much better

Highlight was him skying a shot over kicking the ground and a huge cheer from the crowd. Needs to learn to grow up spoilt child.

I've lost any tiny bit of respect I had for Alba too

CongoPowers

cgpg5 wrote: »

Jostling the ref is a serious issue he had every right to send him off

I don't disagree, I just don't care.

BKC

"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser" - Vince Lombardi.

Jimmy Iovine

BKC wrote: »

"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser" - Vince Lombardi.

It isn't simply a case of being a good loser and being a bad loser.

For me, people should show a bit of dignity when they lose. They made fools of themselves and that takes away from the enjoyment of their play. Even up until the last minute they were creating great chances. They tore Honduras apart a number of times.

Losing with dignity and showing respect for your opponents and officials is a key part of the game imo.

BKC

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

It isn't simply a case of being a good loser and being a bad loser.

For me, people should show a bit of dignity when they lose. They made fools of themselves and that takes away from the enjoyment of their play. Even up until the last minute they were creating great chances. They tore Honduras apart a number of times.

Losing with dignity and showing respect for your opponents and officials is a key part of the game imo.

Yeah, I was just throwing that out there. I know what you're saying. Perfect example: Roger Federer. Wins with respect, loses with dignity. Classy sportsman.

cgpg5

BKC wrote: »

Yeah, I was just throwing that out there. I know what you're saying. Perfect example: Roger Federer. Wins with respect, loses with dignity. Classy sportsman.

It's amazing watching the tennis, volleyball and all these other events that are played in a mighty spirit then you see crap like that from the Spanish. ANd the worry is that they won't be the only ones

dfx-

cgpg5 wrote: »

It's amazing watching the tennis, volleyball and all these other events that are played in a mighty spirit then you see crap like that from the Spanish. ANd the worry is that they won't be the only ones

The worst spirit I've seen so far is the road race cycling from Mark Cavendish/team GB

cgpg5

dfx- wrote: »

The worst spirit I've seen so far is the road race cycling from Mark Cavendish/team GB

Really? No interest in that cycling lark tbh

Jimmy Iovine

cgpg5 wrote: »

Really? No interest in that cycling lark tbh

Just Google Mark Cavendish and you'll find out. Him and the rest of the cycling team were basically giving out that no one helped them to win the gold medal. The other countries were too negative and didn't want him to win.

Tox56

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

cgpg5 wrote: »

Really? No interest in that cycling lark tbh

Just Google Mark Cavendish and you'll find out. Him and the rest of the cycling team were basically giving out that no one helped them to win the gold medal. The other countries were too negative and didn't want him to win.

How much do you know about cycling, did you see the two races today and yesterday?

Jimmy Iovine

Tox56 wrote: »

How much do you know about cycling, did you see the two races today and yesterday?

I am able to cycle a bike, therefore I feel I know a bit about it.

No, I did not see the race yesterday. I was out cutting the grass.

I missed todays race because I was up in Thurles at the hurling.

From what I've read and heard their attitude was pretty poor. Whining instead of winning.