onewild wrote:Just quickly flicked it on, current score is 133 - 66 at the moment, the Americans are just taking the mick and enjoying themselves, on the verge of disrespectful levels.
What exactly would you expect them to do? They have backups in and they're taking jump shots. Outside of sitting on the floor, you can't really sandbag more than that.
Sorry, should have made myself clear, I didn't mean their actions on the court, I meant all the piss taking the players on the bench were doing.
Watching the US Women's soccer team v New Zealand this morning. U S A!
Here is an interesting article. The links in the article are also interesting to read. Getty images should at least be naming the players in the images. I would be interested in knowing if it was the choice of the player or the coach in what they wear. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/beach-volleyball-photos-focus-on-womens-body-parts-not-athletics_n_1734372.html?1343946330&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
This year marks the first Olympic games where female beach volleyball teams were not required to wear bikinis
Yes, but frozen toes? Really? It's way above freezing at night! Wimp!
The velodrome is where it is at tonight, 2 Golds for Britain tonight. What a great dew days we are having.
Sorry, should have made myself clear, I didn't mean their actions on the court, I meant all the piss taking the players on the bench were doing.
You mean when they were cheering for their teammates? No wonder the Brits aren't good at anything. They're too worried about offending the other teams sensibilities to have fun. Sitting there stone-faced like you're bored off you're ass is far more disrespectful to the other team. Although based on the reaction of you Queen at the opening ceremony, I can't say I'm shocked that you might feel differently.
onewild wrote:Sorry, should have made myself clear, I didn't mean their actions on the court, I meant all the piss taking the players on the bench were doing.
You mean when they were cheering for their teammates? No wonder the Brits aren't good at anything. They're too worried about offending the other teams sensibilities to have fun. Sitting there stone-faced like you're bored off you're ass is far more disrespectful to the other team. Although based on the reaction of you Queen at the opening ceremony, I can't say I'm shocked that you might feel differently.
Brilliant goal by Canada women off the corner kick. 1-0 over the host country so far, with the prize of course being defeat by the US on Mon.
EDIT: Uh oh, now up 2-0 on a devastating free kick.
Canada is gonna be SERIOUSLY pissed if Sidney LeRoux (Yowza! ) scores against them.
onewild wrote:Sorry, should have made myself clear, I didn't mean their actions on the court, I meant all the piss taking the players on the bench were doing.
You mean when they were cheering for their teammates? No wonder the Brits aren't good at anything. They're too worried about offending the other teams sensibilities to have fun. Sitting there stone-faced like you're bored off you're ass is far more disrespectful to the other team. Although based on the reaction of you Queen at the opening ceremony, I can't say I'm shocked that you might feel differently.
When I saw it, they were doing more than cheering on their team mates, by messing about in the crowd and generally acting like a group of American sprinters and that has worked out well for them in the last 2 Olympics. (the sprinters, not the basketball players)
As for Brits not being good at anything, I assume NBC isn't bothering to show the cycling, rowing, shooting, canoeing then? all of which we have won golds in, plus the silvers we have won and bronzes in the Judo, Swimming, eventing and gymnatsics.
Oh and I look forward to articles about Katie Ledecky doping tomorrow since she took almost 6 seconds off her PB in less than a month in the pool tonight.
Now now, no need to point your gun at all of America just because one guy has no manners when it comes to respecting one's host. Jesus, he's got no pants, how well do you think his mind works?
I've been trying to find ways to explain to my daughter that our ancestors (on my side, anyway) come from England, whenever we watch an event featuring the Brits. She's not quite three yet; I'm not sure she understands. Hell, I'm not sure she understands countries, period.
This gif is the most gif.
I tried finding recorded video of the men's cycling
, or any cycling, on NBC's site. The best I found was a ~3.5-minute video most of which was commentary on the 20 seconds of race footage. Am I just fail or is there no way to see events that are finished in their near-entirety?
Also, I'm happy when Americans do well, and happy when anyone else does well. Agnel was absolutely fascinating as was China in the US-China water polo prelim I watched. Most of the NBC coverage is obviously skewed to events in which the US is stronger, which is lamentable but consistent. We've been hoping to see boxing but missed it. And judo, where a woman from a town 'round here won gold.
Can't wait for the running events.
I tried finding recorded video of the men's cycling
, or any cycling, on NBC's site. The best I found was a ~3.5-minute video most of which was commentary on the 20 seconds of race footage. Am I just fail or is there no way to see events that are finished in their near-entirety?
Check here: http://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/r...
If you've signed up on the web site with your cable provider info, you ought to be able to watch the full replays.
I bet there was pressure to avoid running up the score. It's likely there was some negative feedback about it and the attitude.
I don't mean to be creepy, but Jessica Ennis.
Serbia is manhandling the US men in water polo. I'm impressed by water polo players athleticism, and the sport's not half-bad to watch.
I love Jessica Ennis. She monstered the Heptathlon. That is just a ridiculous amount of work for a single medal. Damehood, now, your Majesty. Stop messing about with Daniel Craig and get on with it.
I bet there was pressure to avoid running up the score. It's likely there was some negative feedback about it and the attitude.
I don't think that was the case. I watched the whole game and the US just played in starts and jumps rather than making a consistent effort, which is always a problem with all-star sorts of teams. Lithuania also shot the lights out.
Antanas Kavilaskaus from the Lithuanian team played college ball at Texas A&M!
I was serious, but I know the all-star teams can be, in the Jobsian, a bag of hurt.
GB and S.Korea tied in soccer. Holy crap this is a long match. I can't change the channel yet.
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