Olympics 2012

[Jake]

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Thought I'd set up a thread for all Olympic talk seen as Team GB football team has been announced today.
Team GB squad:

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Birmingham), Jason Steele (Middlesbrough).

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Tottenham), Craig Dawson (West Brom), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Neil Taylor (Swansea), James Tomkins (West Ham).

Midfielders: Joe Allen (Swansea), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Jack Cork (Southampton), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Scott Sinclair (Swansea).

Strikers: Craig Bellamy (Liverpool), Marvin Sordell (Bolton), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea).

Glad to see Jack Butland make the squad. Still yet to play at a higher level than League 2. Really does show that he will be an outstanding goalkeeper with the amount of confidence people at the higher level (Hodgson and Pearce) have in him.

[Rafa_SLB_]

Really looking forward to see this, young lads in competitions and we might see who is going to be th best in some years in the euro or world cup....
Btw who is in this competition and when it starts?

[ahmed_1]

Here is the list of participants:

http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/index.html

I am thinking of going to see one of the Spain games as my local stadium (Ricoh Arena) hasn't got anything good. Mexico are playing there but no Hernandez.

[Rafa_SLB_]

No Portugal :(

[ahmed_1]

No they didn't do well in the Euro under 21 qualifiers.

Argentina are the holders but got knocked out in the u20 South American championships.

[The Other Leo]

This kinda stinks.http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/refugee-without-country-compete-under-olympic-flag-london-202757479--oly.html?fb_action_ids=3532876356891%2C35328701167 35&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_ref=type%3Aread%2Cuser%3A15cKjLS6f1phOd8gTRMzK9 lkcpA&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%223532876356891%22%3A101510340 75944509%2C%223532870116735%22%3A10150911959906846 }&code=AQAknoe4GMFSsKY6-vilcHoGDbqOKT9_4xPzd_kn-8E6WBbgcr-H6FYzVsVVYBbmDqpnmrA36KE8Nb8pCVUSfJO8peMpTN0tsqtnc sxzFoZ7swFsAhQ6Xi7j5yB7HhVgHXx4-LQ085ReQrpJzcC501IPds0_UNKZXrgVSmKGkm7bJfnCB9irXTh nnHU9WXwaEHk#_=_

[Davo614]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0OzSpzYe6I&feature=player_embedded

Wonderful /smug1

[Defazzini VR]

You can clearly see how amazing that would be to meet such an idol and inspiration. Great video.

[The Other Leo]

I agree Defazzini VR . That was awesome!

[Rafa_SLB_]

David Beckam! What a Legend!

[Ry3]

Pearce. :mad: Never forgive that man now for not picking Becks. :( Watching Great Britain in the footy would have been fun, but he's just killed it. The game against Brazil was so dull, with no real players of any interest. I'd rather watch paint dry.

Superb video.

[The Other Leo]

Rye.
I watched that vid with my wife in my room last night (she loves Becks for other reasons :roll:) . I said I just don't see how he wasn't picked.
Good for him though with his attitude . That video further confirms his class.

[Andy]

I'm hating the Olympics right now.

Living right near Stafford and having every bus and train diverted and rammed full of sweaty people is not getting my in the Olympic spirit...

All the roads closed/blocked off and millions of more people around london is just what i didn't want.

[The Other Leo]

I'm hating the Olympics right now.

Living right near Stafford and having every bus and train diverted and rammed full of sweaty people is not getting my in the Olympic spirit...

All the roads closed/blocked off and millions of more people around london is just what i didn't want.

Aww man....that sux. How close is that to the actual games/activities?

EDIT: I just saw that the USA (Woman) start today. I thought that the games didn't start until the week end. What the heck?
Since the US Men didn't make it I will be following Team GB & The US Woman.

[The Other Leo]

Hmmm....just learned that my favorite player Gareth Bale played in Tottenham's friendly last night. I thought he was injured enough not to play in the O's.

[Andy]

Aww man....that sux. How close is that to the actual games/activities?

EDIT: I just saw that the USA (Woman) start today. I thought that the games didn't start until the week end. What the heck?
Since the US Men didn't make it I will be following Team GB & The US Woman.

I'm about 20 minutes away from the olympic park, seriously a nightmare trying to get to work and home.

And yeah womens football starts now oddly...team gb (woman) are playing right now.

[CROOK-91]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obTGEb3BJlo

Goal of the tournament already!

[CROOK-91]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obTGEb3BJlo

Goal of the tournament already!

This must of gave her inspiration ;)


http://www.ea.com/soccer/videos/ugc/125258112

[Rafa_SLB_]

What a freaking goal that was :o
I like the fact that one of the south africa players is called sister..

[Andy]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01674/sister-act_1674889c.jpg

[The Other Leo]

Dayam that was a heck of a goal.

US woman had a good win. Down 0-2 in the first 14 minutes & come back to win 4-2.

[Ry3]

Rye.
I watched that vid with my wife in my room last night (she loves Becks for other reasons :roll:) . I said I just don't see how he wasn't picked.
Good for him though with his attitude . That video further confirms his class.

That one word probably best describes David Beckham.

Class. :cool:

He is a fantastic role model and considering he's arguably the most popular person in sporting history for worldwide fame, he's kept his head screwed on magnificently. It's just a complete travesty that he isn't representing Great Britain in our own hosted Olympics, the biggest event in sport besides the FIFA World Cup.

I actually don't care much for the Olympics itself. Wimbledon is my personal favourite sporting event, but seeing someone like Becks at the games certainly would have helped people like me take much more of an interest.

Not only that but he's a damn fine footballer and currently in great form. Bottom line.

[elamigodetumama]

Tomorrow Mexico plays in Newcastle against South Corea :)

[NikE]

Jealous of all that lot. Beck's has been my idol for years upon years. Crazy :) He should be in that team AND captaining it! No disrespect to Giggsy of course!

[The Other Leo]

So did Becks light the torch?

[Nor]

Opening ceremony has been fecking brilliant so far.

[Nor]

Becks is on his way lol

[The Other Leo]

It's not on here until 7:30 US time. I want to 'predict' who lights it to my wife before it happens so I look like a genius. :D

[Jake]

Class.

http://h9.abload.de/img/untitled-8l6l6b.gif

[Ry3]

Becks. :bow:

Pleasantly surprised by the opening ceremony. Was cheesy in parts, but done very well. :D Enjoyed the past clips of sporting success and classic music.

Mr Bean stole the show. :ha:

This country march is going on forever...

[Davo614]

I could have flown to the Moon and back by the time all the countries have marched out.

[Ry3]

:D Indeed.

Really good event that was tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it and was much better than I thought it would be.

Becks lighting the torch clearly the best moment of the night. :cool:

[CROOK-91]

How miserable did the queen look, flippin 'ell! Other than that a very good show :cheesy:

[Ry3]

She always looks so miserable. :facepalm:

[ahmed_1]

Mr Bean stole the show. :ha:



He was quality :cool:

[Jake]

No wonder why. ;)

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24081057.jpg

[Jake]

Anybody know where I can find an Olympics timetable and/or know if there are any good events on today?

[CROOK-91]

Anybody know where I can find an Olympics timetable and/or know if there are any good events on today?

http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/ <--- a pretty good guide and the mens road race is on now which is quite entertaining and their was women's beach volleyball this morning :p which is VERY entertaining :cool: plus the women football team play later on tonight

[Jake]

http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/ <--- a pretty good guide and the mens road race is on now which is quite entertaining and their was women's beach volleyball this morning :p which is VERY entertaining :cool: plus the women football team play later on tonight

Tar very much. Bookmarked. :)

So. Much. Sport!

Finding it very hard to choose what to watch right now. Badminton is good enough for now.

[NikE]

I missed the woman's beach volleyball earlier, gutted! Some more on after this men's one though!

[Ry3]

Andy and Jamie in the doubles at 5:30pm :cool:

Laura Robson and Heather Watson also in doubles at 5:30, against Kerber and Lisicki. :x Good luck to them.

[CROOK-91]

I love those close ups they do in beach volleyball :eek: :cheesy:

[ZeRo]

Watched the Russians win volleyball earlier... nice thing to wake up to.

Team GB were unlucky in Road race no one helped them set a pace. Shame really, just couldn't catch the break away group.

What made me laugh from Opening Ceremony was someone's title of one of the Olympic flag carriers... UN | Champion of the World. :cool: Wish I was called that.

[Ry3]

:D

Great Britain Women's Footy Team doing well. :cool: 2-0 up against Cameroon already.

[Jake]

I've got 3 screens set up now - too many sports to just have 1 on at a time.

At the moment I've got Archery on BBC1, GB v Cameroon on my 2nd moniter and my internet shtuff/volleyball on my laptop screen. :D

Womens football does look very good. Beautiful play and flick to set up the 2nd goal. Karren Carney and Asante both Blues ladies players might I add. /smug1

[DieorBye]

You should make schedule for the all the nice things to watch :D

[ZeRo]

Team Murray out first round :(

Better luck in singles Andy! :D

[Andy]

:D

Watson and Robson bossing it against those germans :cool:

[Ry3]

Jamie let Andy down /sas

Anyone been watching Handball? :D Pretty good, skillful game. :cool: All Maradona wannabes though.

[Andy]

:D

Watson and Robson bossing it against those germans :cool:

or not

Awful day for British tennis.

[Ry3]

Interest almost all gone already. /sadey

[The Other Leo]

WOW....what a day in football today....

[ahmed_1]

I watched the Brazil game today, they started off a bit poor but in the 2nd half improved loads. Oscar's goal at the end was very good :cool:

Also I was very impressed with how Senegal played today. I know they got a lot of stick from the 1st game but today they played some great stuff. They were far the better team against Uruguay - who were very wasteful and had a man advantage for most of the game. iBrummy not sure if you aware but Senegal's coach is ex-Birmingham City man Aliou Cisse :D

Didn't watch the Spain or Team GB game, unlucky for Spain to go out. Big shock to see them out this early.

[Ry3]

Andy through to the second round. :cool:

[ZeRo]

Go Lizzy :cool:

First medal :)

[Andy]

Still no gold :(

[CROOK-91]

Did anyone else think that, that woman commentating on the GB v Brazil game sounded like the female Gary Neville? :ha:

[Ry3]

I thought it was Mark Lawrenson. :D

Women looking great in the footy. :cool: Playing really well. Much more as a team than any of the national mess I've seen over the past decade in the mens.

70,000+ people at Wembley was amazing for them.

Andy & Laura team up tomorrow/later today in the mixed doubles. /sus

[elamigodetumama]

Back in 2009...
http://expectaculos.net/uploads12/paola_espinosa_alejandra_orozco_2009.jpg
Today...
http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/XStatic/vanguardia/images/espanol/ale_310712.jpg

[Jas]

Gold at last. :cool:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19079830

That badminton game where they were just serving faults. :ha: should be sent home.

[Jake]

And won by a fair bit too. :cool:

:ha: That Reminds me of the match where Mourinho got his players to get themself sent off. Disgraceful tbf though.

[Jas]

http://speedcap.net/img/aada57ebc8400bc53269a9ca07fb5590/a5fc4dcd.png

Rightly so.

[Ry3]

Yep, when they said they were just getting fines I was angry tbh.

Finally made the right decision. The guy in charge should have just disqualified them during the game and got some other guys out there who wanted to play and win. Instead of wasting the time and money of those who bought tickets yesterday.

[The Other Leo]

WOW...this boxing scoring is crap. There is such corruption in this sport.
US boxer just lost when he CLEARLY won. CLEARLY. It truly is unbelievable.

[elamigodetumama]

Mexico ahead of his group with 7 poins, waiting for UK, Uruguay or Senegal.
:)

[Ry3]

Andy now into the Quarters :cool: Great reaction from him and the crowd at the end.

He's supposed to be playing in the mixed doubles today with Robson, but looks like that will be tomorrow. /hmm

Great day for GB golds. :cool: One more and we're knocking on the door of the top 5. :D

[Jake]

Can't believe how good of a goalkeeper we've got on our hands with Jack Butland. I heard lots of praise for him for when he was at Cheltenham and from the back-room at Birmingham, but never ever thought he'd be this good. Really important we get promoted so we can hopefully keep him for the season after the one coming. Stunning performance again tonight for GB. We'd be out by now if we had Steele in goal. JB's on for big things.

[Wiwar 7]

Someone like Liverpool or Man City will sign him and then waste his talent by letting him rot on the bench!

[The Other Leo]

The Olympics are a flippin joke.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/7006317/amateur-boxing-body-probe-corruption-allegations-2012-games

Then guess what happened today.....Azerbaijan beat Japan when the Azerbaijan player spent at least 15 seconds on his butt.

Then the next fight as well vs the Iranian .
I'm sure that more wiill come out tomorrow.

They work for this all of their life. It's a damn shame.

[Ry3]

Jesus. Just shameful. :facepalm:

[The Other Leo]

This needs to be known>

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2012/08/olympic-fix-the-case-of-the-azeri-boxer.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/fixed-olympic-boxing-azerbaijan_n_1734141.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/oly-boxi-official-day-idUSL6E8J2QD120120802

[Defazzini VR]

Scandalous. :facepalm:

Well done to Jessica Ennis!

[The Other Leo]

I am also starting to suspect something with Cuba.

[ZeRo]

More gold for GB.

Cycling 4tw.

[CROOK-91]

Brilliant game between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic earlier, i'm really starting to enjoy watching tennis now i suppose Andy Murrays rise has helped! sets up a repeat of the Wimbledon fina now on Sunday :D

[elamigodetumama]

Very good game of Mexico against Senegal...

[ahmed_1]

Very good game of Mexico against Senegal...

Best game of Olympics football I've seen. Pape Souare should have been sent off though that was a crazy challenge.

Great turn out for the game with 81,000

Mexico looking good in Extra time

[elamigodetumama]

Japan vs Mexico in semifinals :cool:

[Defazzini VR]

It was like a Kung-Fu challenge. Crazy.

[ahmed_1]

It was like a Kung-Fu challenge. Crazy.

Yeah it sure was. He did a have a good game apart from that challenge.

[Nor]

Jess Ennis on later :thumbup:

[TomLFCHeaven]

Confirmed Team GB line-up: Team GB: Butland, Taylor, Richards, Caulker, Bertrand, Cleverley, Allen, Bellamy, Ramsey, Sinclair, Sturridge
subs: Steele, Rose, Dawson, Giggs, Tomkins, Cork, Sordell
COME ON LADS!! Bring on South-Korea!! Excited to say the least
So no Ryan Giggs for GB, disappointing for the Wales fans - although Joe Allen and Aaron Ramsey do start from the hosting country. And disappointing for Giggs, in his first international finals tournament - brave decisions by Pearce despite Giggs's headed goal against UAE. He started on the bench against Uruguay in the last game of the group stage.

[TomLFCHeaven]

29' GOAL FOR SOUTH KOREA! 1-0! Ji Dong-Won smashes a shot into the far corner halfway up the net from the left corner of the box - but Butland is to blame as it went through his fists. and now PENALTY TO TEAM GB !!! COME ON !!!

YEEEESSSS!! GOOOAAALLL!! Ramsey scores the pen to make it 1-1!! He is lucky as Jung Sung-Ryong dived over it - not a great penalty, but it matters not. GAME ON !!!

[TomLFCHeaven]

OMG this is crazy!! ANOTHER PENALTY to GB , unreal stuff!! Should be a 2nd yellow & red card for the defender too!! Come on!!

NOOOOO!! SAVED BY JUNG SUNG-RYONG! Another poor penalty from Ramsey, but this one he beats away. The score remains 1-1. Why not let Bellamy or Sturridge take it?? :( or Sinclair?? He is the pen taker at Swansea, he is amazing at pens..

[Jake]

Jack Butland made a bit of a howler then for their goal. Looks like he just mis-judged the pace of the shot and pushed with his arms a little late.

An alright game at the moment, 2 penalties, 1 scored, 1 missed. Agree with Savage though, both poor, poor penalties by Ramsey. No idea why you'd have a run up like that. Plus their goal.

EDIT: Are you a little behind Tom? It's half time now for us.

[Xx_KOP34500_xX]

OMG this is crazy!! ANOTHER PENALTY to GB , unreal stuff!! Should be a 2nd yellow & red card for the defender too!! Come on!!

NOOOOO!! SAVED BY JUNG SUNG-RYONG! Another poor penalty from Ramsey, but this one he beats away. The score remains 1-1. Why not let Bellamy or Sturridge take it?? :( or Sinclair?? He is the pen taker at Swansea, he is amazing at pens..

Hey Tom,
What you think of Joe Allen joining LFC would you take him? id prefer sturridge or sinclair tbh but I think Allen would be alright

[TomLFCHeaven]

South Korea change: this could be crucial - 2010 World Cup keeper Jung Sung-Ryong is forced off, replaced by Lee Bum-Young. After that Bellamy and Ramsey combine to feed Sturridge, who has a path to goal - but he hesitates and allows a defender back to slide-tackle. Exciting game on a knife-edge, anyone can win !

[Nor]

woohoo Jess!!

[TomLFCHeaven]

Hey Tom,
What you think of Joe Allen joining LFC would you take him? id prefer sturridge or sinclair tbh but I think Allen would be alright

Allen would be great, he is a young talent with great potential.. just not for 15 million! Keep Shelvey, Henderson and sell Spearing and maybe Adam.. Also sign Dempsey & another striker and a winger too !! We need more goalscorers in the team who can beat a defender with dribbling (someone like Adam Johnson)

[Defazzini VR]

Well done Jessica Ennis! Brillliant inspiration for the younger generation. Truly magnificent.

[Nor]

Mo Farrah. What a run :thumbup:

[Defazzini VR]

Exceptional from Mo, well done!

[The Other Leo]

....well that sucked.....

[Davo614]

First we had England losing on Penalties at the Euros, and now Team GB go out on Penalties at the Olympics.

http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=1769452&t=o

How wonderful.

[Ry3]

:ha:

It's just typical.

I was more disappointed at seeing the women lose to Canada last night though. Such a shame.

[Rafa_SLB_]

I feel sorry for you, everty single time you go to penaltys you are almost 100% sure that you are going to lose :|
On the other hand, dat ElPresador gift is so funny :D

[elamigodetumama]

South Korea vs Brazil Mexico vs Japan
---
Nice Games

[The Other Leo]

Would Becks have taken those pens in regulation time ?
What coulda been.....

Also....Why is Maguye Guye playing for Senegal ? He is from France in FIFA isn't he?

[ahmed_1]

Would Becks have taken those pens in regulation time ?
What coulda been.....

Also....Why is Maguye Guye playing for Senegal ? He is from France in FIFA isn't he?

He played for France in youth level but switched to Senegal. Many players do this at international level.

[The Other Leo]

I know nothing about tennis but that was pretty nice to see Andy go up into the crowd. You guys love your Andy don't ya. Well now I can see why.
Well done.

[Nor]

Murray was in some form. Great gold for him.

[Rafa_SLB_]

Murray basically gave the D to Federer, Federer just recovered a little bit in the last set but not enough, but talking about giving the D, Williams got 6-0 and 6-1 against Sharapova. Amazing!

[Davo614]

http://gyazo.com/15104b7f121d770652fc22cc7587eda7.png

Just Superb. :cool:

[DieorBye]

Wow, I haven't watch tennis in a while but damn this Murray was good :D

[ZeRo]

2 minutes till 100m.

Bolt going to boss it :cool:

[Rafa_SLB_]

Bolt dominated the race, i beleive his start wasn't the great but just as he starts ge didn't gave a chance.... #King

[DieorBye]

Can anybody list the time to Bolt races, I kind a missed it again >.<

[CROOK-91]

1st Usain Bolt JAMAICA 9.63 (Olympic Record)
2nd Yohan Blake JAMAICA 9.75
3rd Justin Gatlin USA 9.79
4th Tyson Gay USA 9.80
5th Ryan Bailey USA 9.88
6th Churandy Martina HOLLAND 9.94
7th Richard Thompson TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 9.98
8th Asafa Powell JAMAICA 11.99

[Jake]

Just watched a replay of it. Pretty close to the world record again, being 9.58. 0.05 of a difference. If only he started better.

[DieorBye]

Could anybody link, it's impossible to find it in youtube.

[ZeRo]

Awesome race by Bolt.

When is 200m?

[DieorBye]

Awesome race by Bolt.

When is 200m?

Lol, I just saw the 100m race, omg he was fast at the end.

The 200m finals is in
9/8
21:55

If it would be possible for some of the Admins in this site to make a bet on 200m sprint, would be awesome!

[The Other Leo]

Wow.....did anyone watch the woman's semis with USA v Canada?

WOW !

[ZeRo]

Lol, I just saw the 100m race, omg he was fast at the end.

The 200m finals is in
9/8
21:55

If it would be possible for some of the Admins in this site to make a bet on 200m sprint, would be awesome!

Bolt is 1/5 - 1/7
and
Blake is 3/1 - 4/1

at most bookies... no one else is getting a look in.

[CROOK-91]

Wow.....did anyone watch the woman's semis with USA v Canada?

WOW !

Yeah brilliant game! USA got a bit lucky with that penalty though :p

[The Other Leo]

Yeah brilliant game! USA got a bit lucky with that penalty though :p

Definitely luck with that call. I can MAYBE see the hand ball but I've never seen a free kick from there. Ever.

[ahmed_1]

Rocky 4: USA v China - Epic Olympic training montage


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2kV5_-eNNI&feature=em-uploademail

[elamigodetumama]

Mexico to the final...!!! :D

[elamigodetumama]

Mexico vs Brazil!!! A latin final :D

[Davo614]

I went to the Mexico vs Japan game. A wonderful day out.

Although It wasnt my wisest move to jump up and celebrate Japan's goal, completely forgetting I was surrounded by Mexican fans.

http://i.imgur.com/wvUag.gif

[elamigodetumama]

I went to the Mexico vs Japan game. A wonderful day out.

Although It wasnt my wisest move to jump up and celebrate Japan's goal, completely forgetting I was surrounded by Mexican fans.

http://i.imgur.com/wvUag.gif

:'(

[The Other Leo]

I went to the Mexico vs Japan game. A wonderful day out.

Although It wasnt my wisest move to jump up and celebrate Japan's goal, completely forgetting I was surrounded by Mexican fans.

http://i.imgur.com/wvUag.gif

I'm sure it would have been fine if you cheered (aloud) just as hard when Mexico scored :D.
That's cool actually. How was the crowd ?

[Ry3]

Davo :D

Was it at the Emirates? Or Wembley. /hmm

[Davo614]

I'm sure it would have been fine if you cheered (aloud) just as hard when Mexico scored :D.
That's cool actually. How was the crowd ?

The crowd was good. There were 82,000 at the game so not too far off the main capacity.

There were plenty of Mexican waves going around the stadium, as you can imagine. :D


:'(

I celebrated Mexico's goals as well /smug1


Davo

Was it at the Emirates? Or Wembley.

Wembley /sus

Massive stadium. Holds 30,000 more than the Emirates, and you can certainly see the difference when you're there.

The pitch isnt as good though ^1^


I took some pictures. Ill add some of them in here tomorrow. /smug1

[Ry3]

Looking forward to seeing the photos :cool:

I've been to the new Wembley once so far. Back in 2009 when I saw Spurs play Barcelona in a pre-season friendly. :D We were sat so far up and back the players looked like specs.

[The Other Leo]

Pictures? Cool ! I wanted to start a thread for pictures of this community while at matches.

[Davo614]

Looking forward to seeing the photos :cool:

I've been to the new Wembley once so far. Back in 2009 when I saw Spurs play Barcelona in a pre-season friendly. :D We were sat so far up and back the players looked like specs.

Oh yes, I do remember you telling me you went to that game. Superb. /smug1

Wembley has now been graced by both of us. It should feel honoured. ^1^

[Ry3]

:D

Absolutely it should. ^1^ Otherwise we may have to reconsider about visiting again. /whateva

[CROOK-91]

Is anyone else watching the Equestrian Dressage on BBC1? I think its amazing how they get the horse to 'dance' to the music, some brilliant tracks being played aswell one of the British horses danced to a Lion King track with Hakuna Matata and Circle of Life etc. I dont get how the scoring goes but its brilliant to watch, kinda bought a lump to my throat the Lion king performance :cheesy:

[Wiwar 7]

I've been sat here pondering....

"I'm watching horses dance"

If I saw that as a facebook status update, I'd delete that numpty. In all honesty, I am intrigued as to how they get the horse to do it, it seems very unnatural to me, I don't really like it.

[CROOK-91]

I've been sat here pondering....

"I'm watching horses dance"

If I saw that as a facebook status update, I'd delete that numpty. In all honesty, I am intrigued as to how they get the horse to do it, it seems very unnatural to me, I don't really like it.

I guess the only way to find out is to put a hidden camera in their stable and put some MJ songs on to see if they start moonwalking :D

[Jake]

:lol:

I watched the women's footy earlier for Bronze, Canada won but it was harsh on France as they completely dominated.

[elamigodetumama]

Mexico!!!! What a game for Oribe!!!
Neymar = OVERRATED

[SamatelloHD]

Mexico!!!! What a game for Oribe!!!
Neymar = OVERRATED
of course Neymar is overated and he always will be

[elamigodetumama]

http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/14/51/57/3316719/3/628x471.jpg

[ahmed_1]

Well the whole Brazil team were just playing as individuals, credit to Mexico though for playing as a team and giving Brazil a tough game.

Neymar overrated??? Not sure at the moment only seen him play for national team and seems decent. Plus people maybe only see YouTube compilations of him so rate him as the best player in the world. YouTube can make any player look good

[elamigodetumama]

ahmed_1
I have seen him playing with santos a lot of times and he just seems to do "fantasy" skills, but not to much apart of that

[SamatelloHD]

He is not really Playing in the best league either He should be really moving to europe for a bigger and better Challenge And test him self to the best of his ability.

[DieorBye]

What's up with the talk of Neymar being overrated, can you please explain why :P? Plus if Lucas goes for 45 millions who hasn't played so much in the OS then Neymar should be like for 200millions :P And Messi should be unsellable because there wouldn't be any currency to pay Barcelona :D

[Jake]

Neymar seemed to struggle against a very average GB defence who weren't on the same wavelength as each other and now Mexico by all accounts .The shape and defence of teams in LdB is terrible from what I've seen of his video's too, at international level the times I've watched him it seems sometimes he does well and sometimes not so well. The majority European defences and shape is far, far better. He'll do well against the Wigan's, QPR's etc. but will struggle against any top 15 team in my opinion. Of course I could be wrong.

[DieorBye]

Well of course he struggles if no one is playing as a a team :D

[SamatelloHD]

DieorBye 200 mill for neymar u must be jokeing right? :ha:

[DieorBye]

DieorBye 200 mill for neymar u must be jokeing right? :ha:

The team said they wanted 100 mille for him and then they sold Lucas for 45 million, for me Neymar is worth 4 times more than lucas :D

[SamatelloHD]

The team said they wanted 100 mille for him and then they sold Lucas for 45 million, for me Neymar is worth 4 times more than lucas :D
PSG Overpaid For Lucas Though...

[DieorBye]

PSG Overpaid For Lucas Though...

http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i53/5/6/12/frabz-You-dont-say-d0a938.jpg

[ahmed_1]

Yes I agree it would be good to see how Neymar does in Europe and deal with Barca is not far off I feel. He seems destined to be there rather than any other club at the moment. Of course Europe is where you have to prove yourself and I said this before about some players and people disagreed with my comment last time round.

I am sure Neymar will not turn out to be a "Kerlon" who was hyped up so much with his seal dribble.

[Jake]

Two true Olympic legends in my eyes.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caj_DxsAsYk

[Rafa_SLB_]

Legends ! :cool:

[Nor]

Closing ceremony tonight, where has the time all gone :)

[The Other Leo]

Well done London!

[Jake]

Well done London!

Well at least Bolt gave Birmingham a shout out. /--

[The Other Leo]

Well at least Bolt gave Birmingham a shout out. /--

I probably shoulda said well done Great Britain !

[Nor]

Quite miss it not being on now ;/