Off Topic Thread 3.0

bilston

The Golf is nail biting here. I'm still not convinced it should be at the Olympics but as a stand alone Golf tournament this is as good a finish as you could hope for.

bilston

Fair play to Justin Rose. Stenson had a bit of a 'mare on the 18th. Great finish.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

It worked out in the end but at one point there was about 7 players tied for 3rd. I wonder would they have had a playoff for bronze then? Some sports just give several medals.

bilston

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

It worked out in the end but at one point there was about 7 players tied for 3rd. I wonder would they have had a playoff for bronze then? Some sports just give several medals.

I wondered that myself. No idea what would have happened.

bilston

A play off for 3rd in a Golf tournament would be a bit rubbish.

Edit - although it probably might have depended which countries were involved. If that Irish amateur had been in a play off for a Bronze we'd have cared.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

bilston wrote: »

A play off for 3rd in a Golf tournament would be a bit rubbish.

I thought that too but given they did it for gold/silver I'd assume they'd have done it for bronze too. Other sports would just have awarded 2 golds and given bronze to the next guy.

bilston

Great Britain and NORTHERN IRELAND up to 2nd in the medal table now.

Yeah I'm claiming the NI bit even though we have contributed no medals!

Although I'm pretty sure China will finish 2nd in the end.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

bilston wrote: »

Great Britain and NORTHERN IRELAND up to 2nd in the medal table now.

Yeah I'm claiming the NI bit even though we have contributed no medals!

Although I'm pretty sure China will finish 2nd in the end.

How many NI athletes are on the GB team?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Just watching the gymnastics...

bilston

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

bilston wrote: »

Great Britain and NORTHERN IRELAND up to 2nd in the medal table now.

Yeah I'm claiming the NI bit even though we have contributed no medals!

Although I'm pretty sure China will finish 2nd in the end.

How many NI athletes are on the GB team?

Not sure, a few rowers and some Hockey players.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Some of these cycling events are really silly. Cycle slowly behind a motorbike, sprint for a lap. Ride as slowly as you can around the track, sprint for a lap. And people give out about swimming.

errlloyd

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Some of these cycling events are really silly. Cycle slowly behind a motorbike, sprint for a lap. Ride as slowly as you can around the track, sprint for a lap. And people give out about swimming.

I completely disagree. I love the tactics, the drafting, the psychological stuff. The Kerrin or whatever is class. To me having a medal for backstroke is the equivalent of having a record for running backwards.

Also, if you're gonna build a velodrome may as well get a use out of it. Looking forward to elimination.

errlloyd

Holy ****. That didn't disappoint.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

errlloyd wrote: »

I completely disagree. I love the tactics, the drafting, the psychological stuff. The Kerrin or whatever is class. To me having a medal for backstroke is the equivalent of having a record for running backwards.

Also, if you're gonna build a velodrome may as well get a use out of it. Looking forward to elimination.

Running backwards is extremely difficult, I'll have you know.

Having different strokes in swimming is no different from having a medal for throwing a stick, a ball and a ball on a chain. Or giving medals for running and jumping but then also for running and doing a little hop before jumping.

I guess all sport is dumb if you think about it too much.

errlloyd

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Running backwards is extremely difficult, I'll have you know.

Having different strokes in swimming is no different from having a medal for throwing a stick, a ball and a ball on a chain. Or giving medals for running and jumping but then also for running and doing a little hop before jumping.

I guess all sport is dumb if you think about it too much.

Sure, and I actually don't mind too much about the amount of pool events, but I do think it's worse than cycling.

I've never really watched the velodrome before this Olympics. I don't cycle, I'm just getting a real kick out of it.

The Lost Sheep

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Some of these cycling events are really silly. Cycle slowly behind a motorbike, sprint for a lap. Ride as slowly as you can around the track, sprint for a lap. And people give out about swimming.

I disagree. What then should they have for cycling on track? What events? The motorbike is a pacemaker before a sprint... Bunch race then sprint and race again.

errlloyd wrote: »

Holy ****. That didn't disappoint.

What?

errlloyd wrote: »

Sure, and I actually don't mind too much about the amount of pool events, but I do think it's worse than cycling.

I've never really watched the velodrome before this Olympics. I don't cycle, I'm just getting a real kick out of it.

But so what if its worse? Each sport is different. All sports give extremely different chances at winning titles....

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

errlloyd wrote: »

Sure, and I actually don't mind too much about the amount of pool events, but I do think it's worse than cycling.

I've never really watched the velodrome before this Olympics. I don't cycle, I'm just getting a real kick out of it.

The cycling can be exciting, yesterday for example there was a Dutch cyclist went right up on the railings at the side and managed to keep in the race. There just seems no real logic to how the various disciplines developed.

With swimming you'd assume it developed naturally with people realising there were different ways you could get through the water. With the cycling it just seems like they pulled ideas out of a hat. Ride behind a little motor bike, yep, put that one in, what else? Ride really really slowly around a few times then go like the clappers when the bell rings? YES! Love it, put it in there!

You do still have to be very fit to do them all and there's tactics and that involved so it's not like they're shooting at motionless targets while sitting down.

irishbucsfan

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

The cycling can be exciting, yesterday for example there was a Dutch cyclist went right up on the railings at the side and managed to keep in the race. There just seems no real logic to how the various disciplines developed.

With swimming you'd assume it developed naturally with people realising there were different ways you could get through the water. With the cycling it just seems like they pulled ideas out of a hat. Ride behind a little motor bike, yep, put that one in, what else? Ride really really slowly around a few times then go like the clappers when the bell rings? YES! Love it, put it in there!

You do still have to be very fit to do them all and there's tactics and that involved so it's not like they're shooting at motionless targets while sitting down.

Is there really logic to the backstroke as an elite sporting event?

Also, the majority of modern swimming races were added together in the 70s, they weren't natural evolutions just an expansion of the sport.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Is there really logic to the backstroke as an elite sporting event?

Also, the majority of modern swimming races were added together in the 70s, they weren't natural evolutions just an expansion of the sport.

I'm not talking about their validity as sporting events, I'm talking about how they came into being at all.

The swimming strokes themselves developed naturally, is what I'm saying. I don't think there was a meeting in the 70s where they invented a bunch of strokes to put into competitions.

errlloyd

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I'm not talking about their validity as sporting events, I'm talking about how they came into being at all.

The swimming strokes themselves developed naturally, is what I'm saying. I don't think there was a meeting in the 70s where they invented a bunch of strokes to put into competitions.

I actually don't know enough about either sport to really debate this with any authority. All I can say is I'm really enjoying the indoor cycling. Every different event I'm like "ohhhhh, what's the craic here".

Serious atmosphere in the tennis.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Murray due on a flight to Cincinnati in about an hour, apparently.

errlloyd

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Murray due on a flight to Cincinnati in about an hour, apparently.

He's losing his ****.

wp_rathead

some tennis match
ended just in time for Bolt though

thomond2006

It's warm today.

awec

Went to see the new Bourne movie on Friday, it's pretty poor unfortunately. The plot is awful and it's a lot cheesier than the previous Bourne efforts.

A shame really.

sydthebeat

though suicide squad was quite boring myself..... disappointing after all the build up.
not enough of the more interesting characters (diablo) and too much of the uninteresting ones (deadshot)

awec

The Magnificent Seven was advertised in the cinema and it looks really good. Didn't see when it's coming out though.

DGRulz

sydthebeat wrote: »

though suicide squad was quite boring myself..... disappointing after all the build up.
not enough of the more interesting characters (diablo) and too much of the uninteresting ones (deadshot)

Not seen it myself, nor do really intend to but from what I've seen from people who saw the both cuts the pre-reshoot cut had a lot less Deadshot and lot less flashbacks more Joker and Quinn and others.

Used to really like Will Smith but the last year or so I've lost a lot of respect for him.

stephen_n

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

It literally translates as "Our day will come" which in itself is just a nice little motivational phrase but it has long been associated with the IRA.

I don't know whether they meant anything by it but it's not a phrase I'd be throwing about.

So has the Irish flag.

Given the nature of their interviews I seriously doubt it was in anyway political.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

stephen_n wrote: »

So has the Irish flag.

Given the nature of their interviews I seriously doubt it was in anyway political.

Their interview the day before they said "given the year that's in it it's great to beat the Brits."

I'm not trying to say there was anything in it, I'm just not sure it's a phrase people should be throwing around. Or maybe we should all start using it on a daily basis and reclaim it from it's terrorist past. It would make a really good team motto.