London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

Guy:Incognito

Whos likely to be her opponent in the final? Araujo or Ochigava?

Hammer Archer

Absolute quality.

garv123

See her opponent at the end? pretend to stop and give up and then try and throw a sneaky punch like a scumbag would do in a fight. She still missed tho:rolleyes:

phasers

woohoo! Go Katie!

IvySlayer

WD Katie

libra02

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Most people wouldnt have seen anythign beyond a short poolside interview with him while he was competeing.

He isnt retired btw.He just wasnt fast enough to qualify.

He actually did retire in 2006 but in 2011 decided to get back into competitve swimming and see could he qualify for London 2012 - which he did not not but is going to focus on 2013 World Championships instead.

Jame Gumb

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

mike65

Marty Morrison is nearly having a coronary!

Hammer Archer

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Whos likely to be her opponent in the final? Araujo or Ochigava?

Ochigava I'd assume. She's the last person to beat Taylor back in 2010. And she beat her well too.

Kerrydude1981

"Wonderful Taylor" well said Jimmy

Guy:Incognito

libra02 wrote: »

He actually did retire in 2006 but in 2011 decided to get back into competitve swimming and see could he qualify for London 2012 - which he did not not but is going to focus on 2013 World Championships instead.

So he's not retired?

opinion guy

libra02 wrote: »

He actually did retire in 2006 but in 2011 decided to get back into competitve swimming and see could he qualify for London 2012 - which he did not not but is going to focus on 2013 World Championships instead.

Awful shame we couldn't see Thorpe at his peak take on Phelps at his peak!

keano_afc

What a legend. Bring on the gold.

My name is URL

ThisRegard wrote: »

I'm watching it on BBC. Ole Ole coming out on LP next week FFS.

Great support. What's your problem?

Dr.Broccoli

mike65 wrote: »

Marty Morrison is nearly having a coronary!

Who?

Patser

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXING
Not much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

Edit: I can see now they've obviously mixed up Nicola Adams with KAtie in the heat of the moment, as they both qualified for finals one after the other

ThisRegard

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

I think you mean Gumbeenery, no place for it.

kfallon

I'm struggling to hold back the tears here at my desk, fookin' brilliant!!!

Vudgie

Typically rubbish performance from the RTE website in maintining the feed.

Great site but it just can't deal with that level of traffic.

Aidric

Class again from Taylor. Her opponent was a nasty disrespectful piece of work.

Guy:Incognito

Dr.Broccoli wrote: »

Who?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey

Hammer Archer

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Jesus will ya give it a rest.
I can't stand this mentality. Fans were rounded on when they cheered and sang when our footballers were beaten off the park in Poland. Now fans are rounded on for cheering and singing for one of the greatest ever Irish sportsperson.
So obviously you'd rather the fans sit quietly and create no atmosphere whatsoever.

ThisRegard

My name is URL wrote: »

Great support. What's your problem?

You should really look before you jump. My problem is McGees nonsense 'commentary' about how it's coming out on album next week.

blueser

Patser wrote: »

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXING
Not much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

Edit: I can see now they've obviously mixed up Nicola Adams with KAtie in the heat of the moment, as they both qualified for finals one after the other

She's just been talked up massively on BBC, as have the Irish fans.

keano_afc

Patser wrote: »

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXINGNot much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

So they get her name and the score wrong?

Dr.Broccoli

Patser wrote: »

After the Telegraph callin her British earlier (storm in a tea cup IMO) how many will now flip out over the BBC referring to her as 'Nicola Taylor'

BBC Live Text:

BOXING
Not much doubt about that decision either. Ireland's Nicola Taylor is into the final of the women's lightweight category, with a 13-6 win. I think the crowd might have enjoyed that... she will now fight for gold against Adriana Araujo of Brazil or Russia's Sofya Ochigava.

Edit: I can see now they've obviously mixed up Nicola Adams with KAtie in the heat of the moment, as they both qualified for finals one after the other

They're on about Nicola Adams :pac: Eejits.

Jame Gumb

My name is URL wrote: »

ThisRegard wrote: »

I'm watching it on BBC. Ole Ole coming out on LP next week FFS.

Great support. What's your problem?

'Cause it's f..king gombeenery and Paddywhackery.

You know that the bandwagon merchants have arrived when the Ole Ole sh1te starts.

opinion guy

LMAO

HAHAHAHA

the bbc presenter just read out this text they got in

"Dear Daily Telegraph, Katie Taylor is Irish....but please feel free to claim Jedward, Ronan Keating and Louis Walsh"

fullstop

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

Get over yourself FFS, this country is miserable at the best of times without begrudging people enjoying themselves :rolleyes:

kfallon

Jame Gumb wrote: »

F..king Paddywhackery on RTE!

Jimmy Magee talking sh1te and patronising Katie Taylor..."isn't she great? She trains so hard." Doesn't everyone?

Bandwagon merchants all over the arena and in every business in Ireland.

F..king gombeenery.

F..king Paddywhackery.

Ole Ole. Fields of Athenry. Bullsh1t.

See her old man showboating too? Shouldn't she have a real professional coach at this level? Touch of the Tiger Woods and Andy Murray pushy parent stuff.

She's brilliant and a credit to Ireland. That should be enough. Park the gombeenery.

Well done Katie - You're a class act.

We let ourselves down with the Paddywhackery. Michael Lester applauding. RTE are a disgrace.

Gowayoutofit ffs :rolleyes:
Jesus you'd give an asprin a headache!!!