harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy
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The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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It’s like a mass road rage incident in an M25 traffic jam on a Monday morning. Visually, it's one of the most pleasant sports. -
Yes, but at 13 I was watching Grease and getting my first radio-tape player. Two years later I was listening to the Jam, had a guitar and was working out rudimentary chords and trying to turn them into songs. Everything speeds up in the teens… I seem to remember.
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If it was 1940 he’d have written Stay aged 13, which would be quite precocious.
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The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I think they’ve pimped the keirin derny for these games. -
Imagine writing a 96-second song when you’re 15 that basically funds the rest of your life (assuming he got his royalties paid). RIP Maurice (unless you’re only hoax-dead)
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I’ve never heard of him, but there’s been a great Tim from Minnesota before.
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The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Another iffy boxing decision. It’s why I’m not keen on any sport where it’s decided by people who aren’t even taking part, from skateboarding to dressage to gymnastics. I imagine this must be what watching Eurovision is like. He accepted it with good grace, though. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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It reminded me of the first major clash between Coe and Ovett in the 800m at the 1978 European Championships, where they psyched each other out and let no-hoper Olaf Beyer sneak through for the win. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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The youngest ever Olympian was also 11, yet that was almost 100 years ago, so it’s not a new phenomenon. I think it was in the synchro chimney sweep event. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Where’s Master Obit with a suggestive Duplantis double entendre? And where’s Ann Packer? I’d have thought she might have been asked about Keely, but maybe she’s just a private person and gives the meeja a wide berth. Doesn’t every 22-year-old lass have pierced nipples in this day and age? -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Fuck it… Balding is back. On a happier note, Carlton Kirby’s smug chuckle has so far been absent from Eurosport’s velodrome coverage. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I’m in general agreement, not just for the Olympics but most worldwide sport, though I quite like Andrew Cotter on the BBC athletics commentary team. Less reverential than most, sense of humour and perspective… hey he’s Scottish! -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Highly optimistic, but happy to be proved wrong. I reckon about 4. France are going to be highly motivated. Historically they like to think they’re the clean, fair squad and that the rest of the world is cheating in either tech or, ahem, ‘marginal gains’ in both road and track. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Likewise BMX cross, except 99% of the time. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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So are you saying that because you waste a few quid on tickets and scratch cards, you’re owed an apology for someone failing to qualify for the pole vault final? In that case, I want an apology from all the royal family members I fund through my taxes for being spongers and criminals, please. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I don’t see why they feel obliged to apologise to the nation when they fuck up. They worked hard, shit happens. Simon from Accounts Payable isn’t forced to go on Twitter when he’s put a zero in the wrong column and payroll is fucked for the week. Simon, you utter cunt, you’ve let your company down, you’ve shamed Britain and you’ve let yourself down. As for climbing, that should be held on Mont Blanc. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Good to see David Crosby back from the dead and winning the hammer. Almost cut his hair… -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I’m surprised that commentators like Pendleton seem surprised. That’s often how the end of stages are won and lost, cat and mousing. I guess it holds true for medal races too. On the other hand, Remco was just a beast, way too strong. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I think Brits get pretty leery about the whole slushy ‘America’s darling’ schtick. And if you think our coverage is overly biased and jingoistic, you should try watching an Olympics over there. It’s unbearable. Hey, why haven’t any of our Yank members been active in this thread? Is there too much cunting swearing in it? Belgian-Dutch mutual mistrust has given the women’s road cycling to USA. Haha. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Please let Rock on Tommy beat Scott the Robot. Ah, he’s fuc… messing it up. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I stopped swearing several pages ago. It got boring and I couldn’t afford it either. We used have a swear filter many moons ago. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Staying healthy and newcomers being crap for 10 years notwithstanding. People really don’t like Djoker do they. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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Interesting that only Disc+ had exclusive live coverage of the end of the tennis. Which I realised I can get. For free. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I’m going to pip you for the tightness gold if I can. I’m not sure I qualify being on UC, though. If, as likely, you’ve ever watched a Grand Tour stage on ITV4, you’ll know that you just have to grin and bear the length and volume of ad breaks. Eurosport have fewer and can schedule them at more convenient times, but putting up with Carlton Kirby and Sean Kelly on commentary means I usually stick with ITV. -
The Fucking 2024 Olympics
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I get Eurosport free on a basic Sky subscription. For Sky Sports I use the firestick. Sky must feel a bit left out during the Olympics, which is nice.
