HibeeJibee Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Why don't the horses get medals? EDIT: Incidentally should the horses not be the same nationality, too? Edited July 27, 2021 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 57 minutes ago, Donathan said: Well this take aged like absolute milk Must not make snap judgements, must not make snap judgements, must not make snap judgements etc etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Nothing better than watching Great Britain and the USA losing at various sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Found myself watching the softball and quite enjoyed it. That's the first match I've ever watch and probably the last, at least for many years, as they've punted it for 2024. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Must not make snap judgements, must not make snap judgements, must not make snap judgements etc etc I find reactionary takes, usually after below-par performances by teams I support, to be the best and longest lasting of takes. People are also the least likely to call you out on them, so I think more snap judgements would be in your favour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 A humping for the 7s in the semi final by a far superior All Black's team.They will almost certainly play Argentina in the bronze medal match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Murray and Salisbury beaten by the Croatian pair of Ciiic and Dodig, they won the first set, lost thd second in a tiebreak, then lost the decisive Champion's tiebreak 10-7. It's been a decent performance by them considering it's their first tourney together and the lack of decent preparation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: Murray and Salisbury beaten by the Croatian pair of Ciiic and Dodig, they won the first set, lost thd second in a tiebreak, then lost the decisive Champion's tiebreak 10-7. It's been a decent performance by them considering it's their first tourney together and the lack of decent preparation. From 4-2 up in the second they played utter shit. Up until that point they were brilliant. Their performance in the tie breaks was very poor. They only got back into the Championship tie break as they Croatians were feeling it tight to close out the game. They will feel that they have missed out big time. The unseeded New Zealand pair is all that stood in front of them for the gold medal match. I suspect that is why you will never see Murray full time on a doubles court as he will be spewing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Really annoying that they cut the cycling time trial coverage once Thomas crossed the line as the competition was really really close. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I have one bugbear with the media coverage of the Olympics - the "Medal Table". It's just an artificial construction, with no basis. No country "wins" the Olympics so what's the point of this artificial table? Like the xG in football, needs binned. The Olympics is a range of sports and skills. Yes the competitors represent their country but the table is just needless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Lindsay-Hague need taken off in the rugby - 4 errors now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Ollie Lindsay-Hague would be better off wearing an Argentina top here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Ollie Lindsay-Hague would be better off wearing an Argentina top here.He's been awful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Just now, DeeTillEhDeh said: 1 minute ago, Mark Connolly said: Ollie Lindsay-Hague would be better off wearing an Argentina top here. He's been awful. Never been impressed by him. One of these guys with a huge reputation because he does one brilliant thing in a tournament, despite the fact he makes a huge number of errors. The commentators were even saying his confidence would be shot after one error. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I have one bugbear with the media coverage of the Olympics - the "Medal Table". It's just an artificial construction, with no basis. No country "wins" the Olympics so what's the point of this artificial table? Like the xG in football, needs binned. The Olympics is a range of sports and skills. Yes the competitors represent their country but the table is just needless. Disagree entirely. It should be about being the best. I like the medal table as a gauge of who is having a good Olympics. I would change the medal table, though, so that it is calculated on a points basis as follows: Gold: each event calculated as being worth 1,000 points divided by total number of golds on offer within a given sport, eg athletics, football, tennis Silver: half whatever points gold is worth Bronze: half whatever points silver is worth That way it would give a better representation of who is best overall rather than having it massively biased in favour of nations who are good at events that have loads of events, swimming for instance. Also, go back to holding the Winter Olympics in the same year and have a combined medal table. Edited July 28, 2021 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Never been impressed by him. One of these guys with a huge reputation because he does one brilliant thing in a tournament, despite the fact he makes a huge number of errors. The commentators were even saying his confidence would be shot after one error.And he just scores.What do we know!![emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Sleeping there - Mendy had far too much space 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Referee that's the other way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 One thing I like in sevens is that the team that scores has to kick off, so the opposition tend to get the ball back making for back and forth matches and close scores. They should do that "proper" rugby, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 And that's that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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