London 2012 MegaThread [Part 2]

Brian017

opinion guy wrote: »

There were 2 bronzes up there when I checked

Oops my bad. I thought they waited until after the final to update the medals. Sorry

kfallon

Go on John Joe ya legend!

Shryke

Paddy was ferocious. He must be torn up with that.
Fair fcuks John Joe. World class. Great anticipation.

opinion guy

Anyone else think they are making the athletes do interviews too soon after the events ???
ITs fine when they win - but some of the swimmers and track and field people have been really upset at times.
Also the sweat is still dripping off them all

Its bad form if you ask me. Too much pressure

patmac

Brilliant win and our coaching staff deserves a lot of credit they seem to have the tactics spot on for all the fightd.
Will be interesting to see what Mullingar does for the final.

Guy:Incognito

The GB lad has some skinny set of kegs. Like watching peter crouch. :-)

HemlockOption

opinion guy wrote: »

Anyone else think they are making the athletes do interviews too soon after the events ???
ITs fine when they win - but some of the swimmers and track and field people have been really upset at times.
Also the sweat is still dripping off them all

Its bad form if you ask me. Too much pressure

But it makes for good tv and that's all that matters

menoscemo

Rascasse wrote: »

Jaysus, 14-19? I thought he won it but some of these scores are generous.

No he won it very clearly.

I though Barnes was very unlucky not to get the nod in his fight.

Shryke

opinion guy wrote: »

Anyone else think they are making the athletes do interviews too soon after the events ???
ITs fine when they win - but some of the swimmers and track and field people have been really upset at times.
Also the sweat is still dripping off them all

Its bad form if you ask me. Too much pressure

It might be me but BBC are awful for asking anyone that doesn't win if they plan on retiring while the athlete is standing there fit to collapse.

grey_so_what

Ah, he's a star.

His innocence is so endearing......:)



(I'm not being smart)

kfallon

Anyone know what time John Joe's final is on tomorrow at?

kraggy

Is there any site that shows Olympics events from previous days e.g. 100m, 200m etc?

Other side of the world here so can't watch them live as they're on in the middle of the night.

Thanks.

Kerrydude1981

Great result for Nevin,he is a class act

Feel sorry for Paddy,very unlucky not to get the win,he really threw everything at Chinese,but at least he can hold his head high this time because this time Barnes showed up

Roll on Conlan tonight,I really hopes he pulls it off,he is a bit like Barnes you just have to like him.

leahyl

The Mullingar Shuffle!

keano_afc

kfallon wrote: »

Anyone know what time John Joe's final is on tomorrow at?

8:45pm

Hammer Archer

Barring a miracle, I'd say Nevin will be up against the British boxer in the final. He's 5-2 after round 1 in his semi final.

TheGoldenAges

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Barring a miracle, I'd say Nevin will be up against the British boxer in the final. He's 5-2 after round 1 in his semi final.

That'll be some atmosphere!

JONJO THE MISER

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Barring a miracle, I'd say Nevin will be up against the British boxer in the final. He's 5-2 after round 1 in his semi final.

Brits vs the Irish round 2 so, can we make it a clean sweep, Yes we can.

recyclebin

Knock, knock, knockin' on Nevin's door.

Aidric

So we're guaranteed a medal of each colour now. Classy performance by Nevin.

Fishooks12

Nevin will be hot favorite for the final

castletownman

I don't care how warm it is outside. I am not feeling one shred of guilt staying indoors, when there are two Irish men on the telly boxing their hearts out for the country.

Unlucky Paddy Barnes. Heroic effort. What a turnaround in four years. Well done John Joe. Now bring home gold!

Hammer Archer

11-6 after the second round. Nevin looks the better boxer of the two.

Kerrydude1981

Looking at that fight neither of these lads are at Nevins level of skill

Rascasse

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Nevin will be hot favorite for the final

Will he? The English guy beat him last year (though on count back). Closely matched I'd say.

My name is URL

Yeah.. surely Nevin will be favorite. The British boxer, while good, looked nowhere near as good as Nevin today. Though of course anything can happen on the day.

Fishooks12

Rascasse wrote: »

Will he? The English guy beat him last year (though on count back). Closely matched I'd say.

A lot has changed in a year.

Nevin will be around 8/11 I'd imagine. Looks a far classier article

leahyl

What are Michaels chances tonight guys do ye think?

The_Kew_Tour

Campbell is not fool guys. He will have home support too even though im sure Nevin wont be short on support either.

Nevin can win, but if you honestly think that Olympic final is going to be cake walk then think again.

opinion guy

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

grey_so_what

recyclebin wrote: »

Knock, knock, knockin' on Nevin's door.

:D:D

There's always one!:p

The_Kew_Tour

leahyl wrote: »

What are Michaels chances tonight guys do ye think?

He is underdog alright. Having got pretty much every predication right so far;) im going to say he can win it. He is going to have seen Nevin beat one Cuban and im sure he will want to do the same.

He has got his medal so he has nothing to fear now.

Fishooks12

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Campbell is not fool guys. He will have home support too even though im sure Nevin wont be short on support either.

Nevin can win, but if you honestly think that Olympic final is going to be cake walk then think again.

It won't be

But Nevin has better feet and speed and should have enough. Campbell has more power though

blueser

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

And he said ''one thing about the Irish is that they can make noise.''

leahyl

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

It def looked like he won that last round by a bigger margin but that's life I guess :-(

steve9859

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

You sound surprised!! The BBC have been supportive toward every Irish athlete right since the opening ceremony...

leahyl

blueser wrote: »

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

And he said ''one thing about the Irish is that they can make noise.''

"one thing about the Irish is they sing at the drop of a hat, ask them to talk and they won't" :-P

bwatson

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

I wouldnt be surprised if the BBC campaign for Irish medalists to be included in the British medal parade in London in September the way they have been supporting Irish boxers! I always thought they were the British national broadcaster - RTE have gone firmly up in my opinions these games for actually showing faith in their own athletes first and foremost. Something the BBC need to learn from.

The_Kew_Tour

Fishooks12 wrote: »

It won't be

But Nevin has better feet and speed and should have enough. Campbell has more power though

Yes its Olympic final and this kid has done the same thing as Nevin to get here in beating top boxers.

I rather be in camp Nevin as I think he is better, but its not going to beat just as simple as collecting the medal.

Johner

Campbell beat Nevin on countback in the World Championships.

Nevin has looked excellent this tournament though.

leahyl

bwatson wrote: »

opinion guy wrote: »

Wow.

The BBC host was just veyr complementary towards PAddy Barnes and Amir Khan just said he thought Barnes won!

I wouldnt be surprised if the BBC campaign for Irish medalists to be included in the British medal parade in London in September the way they have been supporting Irish boxers!

Nah it's grand we'll have our own here :-)

blueser

bwatson wrote: »

I wouldnt be surprised if the BBC campaign for Irish medalists to be included in the British medal parade in London in September the way they have been supporting Irish boxers!

You've rumbled them!

Larbre34

steve9859 wrote: »

You sound surprised!! The BBC have been supportive toward every Irish athlete right since the opening ceremony...

Except Gabby Logan, she's a patronising a*sehole. Wonder does she still polish her olympic gym medal? Oh wait.........

opinion guy

steve9859 wrote: »

You sound surprised!! The BBC have been supportive toward every Irish athlete right since the opening ceremony...

Not so much surprised - I merely think its worth pointing out because about once every 5 pages we get people on trolling about Irish people supporting English athletes.

I'm merely innoculating the thread against such things

bwatson

leahyl wrote: »

Nah it's grand we'll have our own here :-)

The way its going there wouldnt be enough room on the British open top bus for the Irish lads and lasses anyway I must say though, as lovely as it is that the BBC want to show support I find it sad they do it at the expense of their own athletes!

blueser

Larbre34 wrote: »

Except Gabby Logan, she's a patronising a*sehole. Wonder does she still polish her olympic gym medal? Oh wait.........

Really? I didn't notice anything particularly anti-Irish about her. She's a p*** poor presenter, certainly.

But she's better looking than John Inverdale and Bill O'Herlihy!

leahyl

bwatson wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

Nah it's grand we'll have our own here :-)

The way its going there wouldnt be enough room on the British open top bus for the Irish lads and lasses anyway

I know but it's irrelevant - they wouldnt want to be part of that parade anyway because they're not British ;-)

steve9859

bwatson wrote: »

I wouldnt be surprised if the BBC campaign for Irish medalists to be included in the British medal parade in London in September the way they have been supporting Irish boxers! I always thought they were the British national broadcaster - RTE have gone firmly up in my opinions these games for actually showing faith in their own athletes first and foremost. Something the BBC need to learn from.

I would be surprised....Brits have won a few medals of their own, including the first ever female boxing gold, in case you haven't noticed!

steve9859

bwatson wrote: »

The way its going there wouldnt be enough room on the British open top bus for the Irish lads and lasses anyway I must say though, as lovely as it is that the BBC want to show support I find it sad they do it at the expense of their own athletes!

Have you not noticed the BBC 'team GB' love in going on??!

bwatson

leahyl wrote: »

I know but it's irrelevant - they wouldnt want to be part of that parade anyway because they're not British ;-)

Oh, you have read me wrong. I don't think will take part and neither do I have any desire for them to. I was simply joking. I'm sure there will be more than enough support on their return to Dublin anyway! I'm simply commenting on the clearly confused outlook of the BBC.