Olympic Fever

[mjf]

I'm really pissed because PayTV has 8 dedicated channels to the Olympics, so that means FTA coverage is going to be utter shite like the last games


(Used to have PayTV but got rid of it. All the shows kept getting in the way of the ads )

I thought the 9 network (FTA) had coverage rights?

 

[smarteyeball]

I thought the 9 network (FTA) had coverage rights?

They do - but for the most part they focus on the swimming and then just give 'recaps' of everything else. Rarely do they focus on one event from start to finish. And if an Australian isn't in contention of an event - forget it. Zero coverage. I can understand they can't cover everything - but they've 4 channels to choose from. They could cover a lot more if Foxtel didn't have most of the rights.


On another note, whoever come up with Aussie!, Aussie!, Aussie!, Oi!, Oi!, Oi! needs a bloody good thrashing.

My god, but I am sick of hearing it. It annoyed me when it started with the 2000 Sydney Games - 12 years on it still makes me cringe.

It makes us sound like a bunch of Oi punk band fans

 

[Golden]

Aussie, aussie, aussie, oi.........

 

[smarteyeball]

Lol

 

[boohbah]

try this ,
BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics

aussie aussie aussie ,,, chant originally came from the english chant oggy oggy oggy oi oi oi .
an oggy is a brand of pasty. FFS

 

[smarteyeball]

try this ,

Computer says No. (I'm sorry, we can't show this content in your area.)

ironically many other browsers, email default to UK for me

aussie aussie aussie ,,, chant originally came from the english chant oggy oggy oggy oi oi oi .
an oggy is a brand of pasty. FFS

Pasty pasty pasty yum yum yum! - lol, it works.

But every time time I think of Oi! - I think of UK skinhead punk.

 

[boohbah]

i thought the bbc link would say that, however if you use firefox with the annonymox plugin you can select a uk ip.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/anonymox/?src=ss

 

[BrightBlessings]

It was a wonderful opening, bloody well done.

 

[pincushion]

It was a wonderful opening, bloody well done.

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Haha, I bet she is thinking exactly that!

:roflmao:

 

[Everlong]

I've returned. I'll post photos I took while there soon.

 

[boohbah]

excelllent ,look forward to them.

 

[A Guy]

I've returned. I'll post photos I took while there soon.

Did you medal??

A Guy

 

[Night Hawk]

Phelps just took Gold Metal #21 in the swimming competition!

 

[mjf]

On another note, whoever come up with Aussie!, Aussie!, Aussie!, Oi!, Oi!, Oi! needs a bloody good thrashing.

My god, but I am sick of hearing it. It annoyed me when it started with the 2000 Sydney Games - 12 years on it still makes me cringe.

I agree it is cringe.
Australia isn't doing that well this Olympics but that's sport - take the ups with the downs. The athletes train so hard for this 4 year meet and it must be disappointing when they don't do as well as they hoped. However, some other countries need a better moral boost at the moment.

 

[Everlong]

I've created a public Photobucket album with all my photos in:

http://photobucket.com/everlongolympics

 

[A Guy]

Thanks for sharing Harry

A Guy

 

[boohbah]

excellent!
thanks harry, looks like it was a good trip.
the cable car looks like it was fun.

 

[Joan Archer]

Thanks for the link Harry, I bet the atmosphere was electric, glad you had a good time.

 

[Everlong]

excellent!
thanks harry, looks like it was a good trip.
the cable car looks like it was fun.

The cable car was actually a God send. My girlfriend and I set off a couple of hours after her Mum and Brother set off. They were there by the time we set off, so we set off to catch the tube from Clapham South. Got there and there were apparently delays because of an incident at Tooting, so we quickly headed to Clapham Junction to get the train to Waterloo, then jump on the tube to North Greenwich, caught the cable car, which only took 5 mins to cross the Thames and we were at the ExCel. Got there in good time.

Thanks for the link Harry, I bet the atmosphere was electric, glad you had a good time.

It was very electric at the end. Especially when the Indonesian guy got Silver. I think he was everyone's favourite being the underdog of it all. China dominated (not a surprise). He managed to get every lift, and tried to get the WR at the end, but didn't make it. The Indonesian guy was like 7th or 8th, but his last lift got him to 2nd place and the hold arena erupted with a standing ovation. Was spectacular.

 

[Borg 386]

This adds a little something extra to the games...