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Post by Elmer on Jul 26, 2012 20:49:42 GMT 1
I agree Suedy. The situation between North and South Korea should not be subject to flippancy like we've had on here or even our Prime Minister.
North Korea is probably the most backward extreme communist country in the world, ten times worse than Cuba. To mix the flags up is an indescribable insult to the players subject to the brutal regime of the north.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jul 26, 2012 20:52:09 GMT 1
our prime minister hasn't got a scooby doo about ANYTHING so no real surprise
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jul 26, 2012 21:29:00 GMT 1
this ref is awful, does he know what a yellow card is
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Post by suedehead on Jul 26, 2012 22:37:54 GMT 1
And the foul on Bellamy was a clear penalty.
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Post by Elmer on Jul 26, 2012 23:04:11 GMT 1
It was a terrible match. Other than the matches I'm watching I can't see myself being that interested in the footy once the real Olympics starts.
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Post by Panda on Jul 26, 2012 23:45:12 GMT 1
Today's scores: Group A: United Arab Emirates 1-2 Uruguay Great Britain 1-1 Senegal Group B: Mexico 0-0 South Korea Gabon 1-1 Switzerland Group C: Belarus 1-0 New Zealand Brazil 3-2 Egypt Group D: Honduras 2-2 Morocco Spain 0-1 Japan
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Post by Johnny on Jul 27, 2012 9:52:52 GMT 1
It kicks off today! (Officially).
Who's going to light the Torch? How many medals will Team GB win? Will you be watching - at an event or just TV?
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Post by o on Jul 27, 2012 10:09:32 GMT 1
I agree Suedy. The situation between North and South Korea should not be subject to flippancy like we've had on here or even our Prime Minister. North Korea is probably the most backward extreme communist country in the world, ten times worse than Cuba. To mix the flags up is an indescribable insult to the players subject to the brutal regime of the north. I wasn't being flippant at any point. And yes the ref was awful in the gb game. There have been lots of goals in the other games. so they look quite interesting, honduras v morocco was action packed, I hope the open play continues. What I've seen of the women's football so far, disappoints.
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Post by Robbie on Jul 27, 2012 10:28:29 GMT 1
I'll be watching now and again but I'm mainly interested in the track rather than field events so I'm looking forward to the mens 100m, 200m etc. I might even go to one of the matches at St James Park (in Newcastle) for the football, I forgot about the first game being played there two nights ago otherwise I would have gone.
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Post by o on Jul 27, 2012 10:37:47 GMT 1
I'll be watching what I can, the kids are keen to see certain events as well, also off to watch some footy at old trafford on tuesday. After all the hype, will we really do as well as people think? Lots of pressure to perform well to justify the expense and get finance for the coming years.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jul 27, 2012 10:38:06 GMT 1
I will just be watching on tv, confident team GB can win quite a few medals
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jul 27, 2012 11:26:34 GMT 1
The Senegal manager said there wasn't a single bad tackle in the game!
Not really that bothered about the football, and Stuart Pearce's team selection is doing nothing at all to change that!
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Post by Elmer on Jul 27, 2012 14:47:04 GMT 1
I agree Suedy. The situation between North and South Korea should not be subject to flippancy like we've had on here or even our Prime Minister. North Korea is probably the most backward extreme communist country in the world, ten times worse than Cuba. To mix the flags up is an indescribable insult to the players subject to the brutal regime of the north. I wasn't being flippant at any point. And yes the ref was awful in the gb game. There have been lots of goals in the other games. so they look quite interesting, honduras v morocco was action packed, I hope the open play continues. What I've seen of the women's football so far, disappoints. Never mentioned any names Andy !
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Post by Tom on Jul 27, 2012 15:23:26 GMT 1
It was a terrible match. Other than the matches I'm watching I can't see myself being that interested in the footy once the real Olympics starts. Only saw the 2nd half but it was disappointing. I was given the opportunity to get tickets for the GB-UAE game at Wembley on Sunday a couple of weeks ago, i'm glad I decided against it now. I'm only going to be interested in the footy for the GB games, men or women, but if there is a clash with another event I want to see I may not even watch all of them.
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Post by Panda on Jul 27, 2012 15:26:39 GMT 1
Dutch sports analysts Infostrada Sports have published their final Virtual Medal Table, in which they predict the medal winners for every event at London 2012.
They have predicted a total of 63 medals for GB, an increase of 16 on Beijing, with 19 golds, the same as in Beijing.
These are their predicted GB golds:
DAY 1: none
DAY 2: SWIMMING - Rebecca Adlington (400m freestyle)
DAY 3: none
DAY 4: EQUESTRIAN - team eventing
DAY 5: none
DAY 6: ROWING - men's lightweight four
DAY 7: ROWING - women's double sculls
DAY 8: ATHLETICS - Mo Farah (10000m) CYCLING - women's team pursuit ROWING - men's four TRIATHLON - Helen Jenkins
DAY 9: SAILING - Ben Ainslie (Finn)
DAY 10: CYCLING - Jason Kenny (Sprint)
DAY 11: CYCLING - Chris Hoy (Keirin) CYCLING - Victoria Pendleton (Sprint) TRIATHLON - Alistair Brownlee
DAY 12: none
DAY 13: ATHLETICS - Phillips Idowu (Triple jump) BOXING - Savannah Marshall (Middleweight)
DAY 14: SAILING - women's 470 class
DAY 15: ATHLETICS - Mo Farah (5000m) CANOEING - Ed McKeever (K-1 200m sprint) CANOEING - men's K-2 200m sprint
DAY 16: none
Broken down into different sports their gold medal tally is this:
ATHLETICS 3 BOXING 1 CANOEING 2 CYCLING 4 EQUESTRIAN 1 ROWING 3 SAILING 2 SWIMMING 1 TRIATHLON 2
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Post by Elmer on Jul 27, 2012 15:55:23 GMT 1
Wonder who they think is going to win the Cycling road race then. Thought Cav was favourite for that one.
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Post by Elmer on Jul 27, 2012 15:56:33 GMT 1
And Becky has much more chance of winning the 800m than 400m. Pelligrini will destroy her in the 400m
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Post by Tom on Jul 27, 2012 16:02:01 GMT 1
Quick update on my tennis preview, the matches actually start at 12pm on Centre and 1. Just noticed that Laura Robson has got into the singles as well Got to admit, it's a bonus having all 4 women in the singles. The rules are that after midnight GMT 20th July if a player withdraws a player who is on site and not competing in singles will be selected. The selection is based on rankings and the selected player must not bring the number of players from that country in mens or womens singles to more than 4. Think each country is allowed 6 players in total for singles and doubles, hence why many players are playing both events. I'm sure I also read that being Top 10 in doubles guarantees you a place and this enables you to play with anyone from your country, which also helps the singles players to get into the doubles. I think anyone outside the Top 10 is dependant on a wildcard, which is the case for all the GB doubles players. Draw: (3) Murray v Wawrinka (looks tough against the WR 26) Bally WR 102 v Szavay UNR - (The usual kind draw for Bally in a big event then but an even better draw than i first thought, against a player who's only played 1 event this year, a clay event in April where she competed in qualifying and failed to win a match. Of all the nice draws she's received in the last 2 years this looks the best even if Szavay does lead the head-to-head 1-0. She's got to take advantage. Watson WR 67 v Soler Espinosa WR 63 (winnable) Keothavong v (8) Wozniacki (very tough but of all the 4 women I'm glad she got the toughest draw as didn't fancy her chances of winning a match anyway) Robson WR 96 v Safarova WR 23 (tough one) Doubles Murray brothers v Melzer/Peya Fleming/Hutchins v Benneateau/Gasquet Robson/Watson v (5) Kerber/Lisicki (looks tough) Bally/Keothavong v Goerges/Groenfeld
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Post by Paddy on Jul 27, 2012 16:21:11 GMT 1
Starting to lose interest, way too ott.
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Post by Robbie on Jul 27, 2012 16:32:47 GMT 1
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