leeslover Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'd rather go to Windsor or Badminton than Greenwich 'n' all. But they wouldn't let someone like you into the first two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 We've won a gold in the team jumping with horses for the first time in 60 years. Apparently the horsey community were grumbling that the event should have taken place at Windsor or Badminton, instead of Greenwich. One of the riders said about the crowd "I've never seen people like it!" - normally he is protected from mixing with the great unwashed, but the toffs seem to be realising that these noisy, flag-waving oiks are not that bad after all. http://empowermoments.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/your-high-horse.jpg I've heard a few people moaning about it being held at Greenwich, but that's because it has spoilt a popular park in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 That bike elimination event is cracking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 That bike elimination event is cracking! Brilliant, wasn't it? Cycling needs so much more tactical thinking than track and field. And we win at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Brilliant, wasn't it? Cycling needs so much more tactical thinking than track and field. And we win at it. Im not sure about that having watched the middle distance running today. There were a few surprises in qualification because people got their tactics wrong. From around 400m and further athletics is definately tactical. Some of the field events have a significant element of tactics too. We are so good at cycling, not because our cyclists are that much better than their rivals it's an accumulation of fine-detail gains a lot of which requires significant funding to gain fractions of seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I loved the track elimination today, and the individual sprints - very exciting, however I don't think there is any lack of tactics in the 3, 5, and 10,000m races. The judging kick or break, boxed, tactical splits, team pacers, and getting spiked and barged are all very much elements of a typical track race. I suppose I am biased towards running, it's fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 But they wouldn't let someone like you into the first two. Au contraire, mon general. I've been to Legoland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Lady jumping over a stick using a bigger stick for Britain looks constantly terrified! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Lady jumping over a stick using a bigger stick for Britain looks constantly terrified! Also the Pole wasn't very good at that event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Sure there are tactics in the foot races, but it comes down to 1) Run faster from the start 2) Make a bid from some way out, say the last 10-25% of the race 3) Hold on and try to do it in the last 50m Not much even compared to the sneaking up and down the boards in the single cycling sprint, never mind the mix of team and individual tactics in things like the team road race. Although for balance there are several cycling events that are about nothing but pure all out speed, comparable to longer versions of the 100m running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 French bloke seems to be implying the British cycling team are cheats. Maybe something "lost in translation". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 French bloke seems to be implying the British cycling team are cheats. Maybe something "lost in translation". I recall the future Mrs Lover saying at the last Worlds that she wasn't quite at 100% as it as all targeted towards this. The French did well at them. Ho hum. It's not like it's news that we are pretty good at the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Anyone go to Old Trafford tonight? You got your money's worth out of that one. Bloody hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The football highlights looked great. Awful decision for the penalty I thought. I still think the keepers are dreadful but apart from that there is real skill in the womens' game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Never a penalty, don't know how she was supposed to get her hands out of the way. Proper blood-and-thunder grudge match though - not a dirty game, but they were going into every 50-50 tackle like they were determined to get to the ball first even if they both broke their legs on impact. Great stuff. David James wrote a really good article on the problems women goalkeepers face a few years ago: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/sep/23/sport.comment3 There's been some improvement since then but it's still (in this country, at least) a semi-professional game, and that makes a big difference to a specialist position, especially if you're under 6ft and have to compensate to lack of height with skill and agility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just seen a recording of the womens shot putt final won by the belarus competitor.........................stewards enquiry!.......that has to be a bloke!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Never a penalty, don't know how she was supposed to get her hands out of the way. Proper blood-and-thunder grudge match though - not a dirty game, but they were going into every 50-50 tackle like they were determined to get to the ball first even if they both broke their legs on impact. Great stuff. David James wrote a really good article on the problems women goalkeepers face a few years ago: http://www.guardian..../sport.comment3 There's been some improvement since then but it's still (in this country, at least) a semi-professional game, and that makes a big difference to a specialist position, especially if you're under 6ft and have to compensate to lack of height with skill and agility. That is interesting (I think you may have posted it some years ago back in the mists of time?). I reckon some female keepers now would compete with some a couple of decades ago (thinks Goram Mk2 with a shudder) for speed and height - but now the male ones are athletes as well as being big and having good hands and the years of training. A few gymnasts would have settled for James' build, and it is in the diving for the wide and high ones that the girls keepers look rubbish. Still, all moving in the right direction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Can they not just make the nets a bit smaller? - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Can they not just make the nets a bit smaller? - They wouldn't cover the windows properly would they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thinking of taking a stroll over to Hyde Park to see some of the wet blokes cycling. It's free and it isn't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Wonder how many blokes have Ennis Elbow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Now on 43 medals. 4 bronze (or better) guaranteed in boxing and I think we're guaranteed at least a silver elsewhere. So that's more medals than Beijing with 3 cyclists, 5000m and some horsey things looking promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I saw a league table of Yorkshire, South Africa and Australia last night, the triathlon didn’t help the colonials much. At least the Convicts will get a silver when Miss Pendleton smashes Anna Meares again this evening. I fancy that Agogo for gold in the middleweights, he’s had a few battles to get this far but I think he can do it. It’s a good job that we can return to normality at the end of it all when we drop the baton in the sprint relay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Now on 43 medals. 4 bronze (or better) guaranteed in boxing and I think we're guaranteed at least a silver elsewhere. So that's more medals than Beijing with 3 cyclists, 5000m and some horsey things looking promising. Not to mention Reade in the BMX. Heywood's own Keri-Anne Payne in the swimming marathon and some more athletics where if the favourites mess-up we can pounce. Plus the hockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I am giddy with excitement at the fact I will be able to sing 'Just like watching Breeze Hill' at the Brazillians tonight!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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