Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted July 25, 2012 Site Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2012 Football is, by a country mile, my favourite sport. But i'll have more interest in the badminton in the Olympics. Same goes for the tennis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazza Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) My nephew has just picked his uniforms up for his job in the Olympics, he's a line referee in the Beach Volleyball the lucky sod surely a qualification for that job is to be gay. fuckin hell, linesmen in football get it wrong looking at hairy arsed men... never mind a semi clad Brazilian 20 year old supermodel. in saying that... who gives a fuck, nobody cares about the game when they watch it.... do they? Edited July 26, 2012 by jazza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yes - the SFA made it clear they did not want to jeodardise their independence. I think it would have been better to have had an u23 tournament EvSvWvNI with winners representing GB. There are Scots in the wimmin's team. The scotsman Jordan Rhodes just missed the cut. The FAW were just as eager to protect their status as the SFA. The fact there's no jocks in the side has nowt to do with the politics its the fact they're shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frandsen08 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The scotsman Jordan Rhodes just missed the cut. The FAW were just as eager to protect their status as the SFA. The fact there's no jocks in the side has nowt to do with the politics its the fact they're shite. Agreed. The jocks saying that they aren't allowing their players to participate is like when michael carrick saying he is ruling himself out of the euros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWFCOLINH58 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 the bloke who mixed up the flags at the footy in glasgow, is said to be looking for a new korea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Agreed. The jocks saying that they aren't allowing their players to participate is like when michael carrick saying he is ruling himself out of the euros. Had Sturridge been ruled out with his meningitis then Rhodes was next in line and there would've been a scotcher in the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I really don't get the fact that football is in the Olympics. The Olympic ideal is about being "the best" in the world. These football teams aren't the best in the world by virtue of the fact that they have age restrictions in place. It's just bollocks. All the other sports represented in the Olympics generally have the best competitors in the world taking part (wth the exception of when the selectors fuck it up like in the case of the British Taekwondo bloke) Who ever wins the 100M will be the best 100M runner in the world, who ever wins the Roman-Greco wrestling gold medal will be the best in the world at that event.....which ever team wins the Olympic football team won't be the best team in the world, or indeed even close to it. Football is not an olympic sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted July 26, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 26, 2012 I really don't get the fact that football is in the Olympics. The Olympic ideal is about being "the best" in the world. These football teams aren't the best in the world by virtue of the fact that they have age restrictions in place. It's just bollocks. All the other sports represented in the Olympics generally have the best competitors in the world taking part (wth the exception of when the selectors fuck it up like in the case of the British Taekwondo bloke) Who ever wins the 100M will be the best 100M runner in the world, who ever wins the Roman-Greco wrestling gold medal will be the best in the world at that event.....which ever team wins the Olympic football team won't be the best team in the world, or indeed even close to it. Football is not an olympic sport nah, it's just about everyone coming together for a kick about, but for wanky sports like athletics, it's more than likely their pinnacle you can be the fastest at the 100m but not be an olympic gold medalist, depending on when you break the record there's loads of sports in the olympics that aren't the "highest level" - basketball, boxing, football, tennis, bet that's not all either - reckon there'll be more prestigous sailing events too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northender Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18992934 Portia, worth a punt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Is anyone else going to the Theatre of Shite toneet? I don't think I've ever had a ticket for anything I've been more underwhelmed by... It's a 'double header' (ooer!), as the Yanks say, with the United Arab Emirates versus Uruguay first up. I've never liked the invariably dirty, cheating, 'dish it out but can't take it' Uruguay, so I'm lending my support to the U.A.E. and if they score I'm going to shout "Allahu Akbar!" at the top of my voice At least those going will get to see our Marvin play...And perform the odd act of 'desecration' perhaps? Edited July 26, 2012 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frandsen08 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Is anyone else going to the Theatre of Shite toneet? I don't think I've ever had a ticket for anything I've been more underwhelmed by... It's a 'double header', as the Yanks say, with the United Arab Emirates versus Uruguay first up. I've never liked the invariably dirty, cheating, 'dish it out but can't take it' Uruguay, so I'm lending my support to the U.A.E. and if they score I'm going to shout "Allahu Akbar!" at the top of my voice At least those going will get to see our Marvin play...And perform the odd act of 'desecration' perhaps? I'll shall be at the evening game taking my kid brother because i got it on a freebie from work im a good brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 At least those going will get to see our Marvin play... I'll bet you don't.......I hope you do though, we need him getting some game time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'll bet you don't.......I hope you do though, we need him getting some game time As I'm going for the early game I probably won't even if he plays - because f I don't immediately get enraptured with new-found fervour for Th'lympics, I'll probably have pissed off home by 7pm I'll shall be at the evening game taking my kid brother because i got it on a freebie from work im a good brother The only times I ever 'treat' someone to a match or gig etc. the tickets usually have '£5 concession' or 'complimentary' printed on them because I'm a tight sod and then if they don't enjoy it, we haven't wasted money on expensive tickets. You forget about all the additional costs though, like £4 for a paper cup of warm Coca-Cola or £1,299 for a hotdog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 You forget about all the additional costs though, like £4 for a paper cup of warm Coca-Cola Try and enter the stadium carrying a couple of 2litre bottles of Pepsi, and see if they stop you because they aren;t one of the official sponsors. If they do try and stop you, just shake the bottle up as hard as you can, and then open them into their faces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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