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Got some Sydney 2000 withdrawals the other day and the entire Roy and HG from Sydney 2000 is on YouTube. A great laugh
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Our best women's 1500m hope out with covid. Other swimmer 5th fastest so may sneak a bronze. Hoping for medals in women's backstroke and men's 200m relay tonight.
Men's 800m a decent shout. Sam Short has a bug and that's made his performance suffer. So true that any issue in the body will cut seconds off performance and recovery.
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+x+x+x^^^^^ Change the tests or worse, ignore them, because of 'sensibilities'. 'Thoughts and prayers' to anyone undergoing these tests. What a joke. Well Banda just signed for huge money for Orlando, so Im sure she's going to absolutely cop it over there until she can prove she's a women. Surely they wouldn't spend all that money unless they were sure? Gonna be an interesting watch. was that their two best players who failed the tests? yeah and they are now the 2 highest paid players in women's football as well.
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Absolute bottle job for women's 7s. Lead 12:0 and lost 21:12 to Canada. Have to play for bronze.
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most frutstrating day in olympics since london 2012 where we had a bunch of chokes that year for some reason
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+x+x+x+x^^^^^ Change the tests or worse, ignore them, because of 'sensibilities'. 'Thoughts and prayers' to anyone undergoing these tests. What a joke. Well Banda just signed for huge money for Orlando, so Im sure she's going to absolutely cop it over there until she can prove she's a women. Surely they wouldn't spend all that money unless they were sure? Gonna be an interesting watch. was that their two best players who failed the tests? yeah and they are now the 2 highest paid players in women's football as well. hmm that's interesting curious where this culture war goes
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+xmost frutstrating day in olympics since london 2012 where we had a bunch of chokes that year for some reason 2012 was painful. Clutched at massive straws to get anything. many 4th placings. You won't win everything you expect and there will be surprises. Today we used up all our luck having beaten the last 2 time gold medal winner Serbia in men's water polo. What a victory! Women's basketball yesterday was a farce and they'll have to switch back on. So far the disappointments have been the 3 missed bronzes on opening day. Had we won bronze in diving, you can bet we wouldn't have won gold in cycling. Men's cycling would've gone close to bronze so make that 4. men's 100m relay was a fine silver but the first 2 legs were shocking. Sam Short with his bug hasn't helped. I'd hoped for a surprise in the pool last night but young debutants did well in their finals. The schedule on the official site doesn't show rowers when sorted by country so I've missed a lot and we've seemingly crashed out of a lot of that. Men's shotgun shooting 6th in final just now.
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Stunning revelations have been made about the disorganisation and disunity in the Matildas camp as their Olympic campaign lurches towards disaster. The Australian has exclusively uncovered the disharmony under coach Tony Gustavsson in a bombshell report published on Tuesday night.
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+xStunning revelations have been made about the disorganisation and disunity in the Matildas camp as their Olympic campaign lurches towards disaster. The Australian has exclusively uncovered the disharmony under coach Tony Gustavsson in a bombshell report published on Tuesday night. any juicy excerts behind the paywall?
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+x+xStunning revelations have been made about the disorganisation and disunity in the Matildas camp as their Olympic campaign lurches towards disaster. The Australian has exclusively uncovered the disharmony under coach Tony Gustavsson in a bombshell report published on Tuesday night. any juicy excerts behind the paywall? I'm blocked too but apparently Kerr's relationship with the group is at an all time low and the camp itself is an absolute shit show.
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+x+x+xStunning revelations have been made about the disorganisation and disunity in the Matildas camp as their Olympic campaign lurches towards disaster. The Australian has exclusively uncovered the disharmony under coach Tony Gustavsson in a bombshell report published on Tuesday night. any juicy excerts behind the paywall? I'm blocked too but apparently Kerr's relationship with the group is at an all time low and the camp itself is an absolute shit show. if they forced out stajic and are fighting amongst themselves under gus, that suggests the issue is with the group and a new coach won't fix it
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Tense 7s bronze game. Australia dropping it over the line. It's just idiotic at times. 7:7 with 5 to go and the ref isn't helping.
Why is it if we pin them in the ruck on our feet we get penalised for handling but the moment they lay a pinkie on our ball before we've even formed a ruck they'll blow for not releasing?
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Disgraceful. USA break a tackle and run 100m to score and win. Australian girls bawling. Deserved crumble due to absolute stupidity and arrogance. Too fancy and got the basics wrong.
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Brilliant gold swim by McKeown! The competition was fierce but to then win by that margin and pull away in the final 25 was legendary.
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big heart from aussies in the 4x200m relay but why are we having technical issues - reckon 5 laps were on the edge of the lane. If all are in the center we easily gain another 3 meters and challenge for gold. It has been a consistent feature of our male swimmers missing those little things. Is our male swimming coach not up for the job?
In any case congrats on a 3rd
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+xBrilliant gold swim by McKeown! The competition was fierce but to then win by that margin and pull away in the final 25 was legendary. so close! How many gold by women so far? Must be all of them?
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+xbig heart from aussies in the 4x200m relay but why are we having technical issues - reckon 5 laps were on the edge of the lane. If all are in the center we easily gain another 3 meters and challenge for gold. It has been a consistent feature of our male swimmers missing those little things. Is our male swimming coach not up for the job? In any case congrats on a 3rd Bloody hate when they swim close to the rope. Got to work on that. Felt our first leg, with out individual finalist, really slowed us. He was the slowest of the 4.
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+x+xBrilliant gold swim by McKeown! The competition was fierce but to then win by that margin and pull away in the final 25 was legendary. so close! How many gold by women so far? Must be all of them? Was a decent body length but the other Australian girl with a solid 4th. Best of the rest with those top 3 something else. Yes, only women so far. That French Marchand is a pest with his range of ability. ZSC should go close in breaststroke. So glad for Josh Yong making the final too after so narrowly finishing 17th after the heats and only coming in after a withdrawal. Despite a very good heat swim, it was milliseconds amongst so many swimmers. 7th in his very close heat means 7 ahead of him even with time of all races being the deciding factor. You might be fast but 5-7 others ahead of you can put you in a real tough spot.
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Day started and ended well with the men's water polo beating Serbia, who won gold the last 2 Olympics. All down from there with Kookaburras and Boomers losing. Some boxing and rowing exits. 6th in shotgun shooting. Rugby 7s with a massive choke. BMX and Kayak qualifying looked good Surfing in the next hours. Swimming saved the day and tomorrow two more top chances in finals.
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Two crackers in the men's football quarters with Japan facing Spain as Egypt won the latter's group and Argentina against France. Morocco USA and Paraguay Egypt the others.
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It'll come but quite remarkable the USA has 26 medals but only 4 gold currently. Damn that rugby 7s choke hurts when it really should've been at least silver. Not hopeful for any of our team sports. Maybe women's hockey but the rest seem dodgy with opponents poised.
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+xIt'll come but quite remarkable the USA has 26 medals but only 4 gold currently. Damn that rugby 7s choke hurts when it really should've been at least silver. Not hopeful for any of our team sports. Maybe women's hockey but the rest seem dodgy with opponents poised. Hey behind the water polo we beat Serbia! Also Matildas were always dodgy to me after the stajic thing I do believe there are toxic players in that team
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+xIt'll come but quite remarkable the USA has 26 medals but only 4 gold currently. Damn that rugby 7s choke hurts when it really should've been at least silver. Not hopeful for any of our team sports. Maybe women's hockey but the rest seem dodgy with opponents poised. Bronze is the same value as Gold to the US - they're winning the medal count over there!
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xCan I ask why it's specifically the manager and not the team getting the blame? 1/ Van Egmond and Gorry, with Polkinghorne on the bench. 2/ Van Egmond as striker 3/ Heyman on the bench We played with a stupid line-up until they had 5 - most especially with Van Egmond, who struggles to be useful in midfield, playing upfront and a known and proven striker sitting on the bench. We should have had Heyman, Foord and Raso across the front from the start, but once again the coach takes Raso off when he brings on Heyman - resulting in a much reduced attack to feed Heyman. Gorry is a battler still, but her passing accuracy is poor and has been for several games now. We can't afford someone to give the ball away so often in her position. And we had Gorry as our most attacking player several times in the box receiving high balls. Van Egmond should have been there but she is too slow and incapable. How much the game turned when we had Wheeler, Heyman and Torpey. How much better if we had Wheeler, Heyman and Raso from the start and if they had been playing together all these lead up games. Our coach is deadset killing the Matildas progression with his lazy and useless choices and his continual deference to players who have passed their prime but want to keep playing. Fair enough. I'm not sure who's banging down the door to replace gorry, eve.etc. If we play a front three Ford Heyman raso Do you have Fowler as a 9? Because that would make sense then we need to strength the defence I think Fowler is more influential when she plays in the 9 and less likely to disappear there. Her hit and miss is less critical for us there because we have a full defence behind her when things go wrong but when she gets it right we benefit hugely with opportunities. I think Wheeler can grow into a Gorry replacement simply by playing in the team. She keeps her wits about her, uses her vision and voice and is not afraid to get in with or without the ball. Her passing accuracy is better and maybe she can develop into the bulldog role that Gorry so critically performs for us. Van Egmond just has not been bringing anything to the team for ages so replacing her is not a consideration as such - any decent player is better than a replacement for her. She is tall and happy to mix it with opponents - that is her super power but it is not one she holds exclusive rights to or that we need her to provide. No-one is necessarily banging down the door but I see a lot of that because Gustavsson plays a very specific system with those favoured players. The team can be much better if they build around a different skillset rather than playing the one stale system with aging legs and trying to force other players into that individual mould. Van Egmond is being played like Mitch Duke but without any pace; making it a complete waste of a player. Ok so it's interesting two people pointed out there is a bit of toxicity in the team and a few players are influencing Tony's selections ABC's Sports Analyst Roy Slaven interviewed Gustavsen and could only get shrugs in response to his questions. Seems like Tony is just coasting his way to the inevitable end. Sports analyst? I thought he was a comedian, H.G.Nelson's partner. Lol Ol Roy called a sports analyst haha yep he’s been HG’s partner in crime for yonks - absolute hoots hearing their commentary the early days. Great banter and send ups of athletes. Lol a sports analyst that’s a classic 4 time Olympian, Cheese Manufacturer and puts the Olé into Beaujolaishttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6HlyKjc6XupbPJTCaOyvMn?si=cc5535be21d84456
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xCan I ask why it's specifically the manager and not the team getting the blame? 1/ Van Egmond and Gorry, with Polkinghorne on the bench. 2/ Van Egmond as striker 3/ Heyman on the bench We played with a stupid line-up until they had 5 - most especially with Van Egmond, who struggles to be useful in midfield, playing upfront and a known and proven striker sitting on the bench. We should have had Heyman, Foord and Raso across the front from the start, but once again the coach takes Raso off when he brings on Heyman - resulting in a much reduced attack to feed Heyman. Gorry is a battler still, but her passing accuracy is poor and has been for several games now. We can't afford someone to give the ball away so often in her position. And we had Gorry as our most attacking player several times in the box receiving high balls. Van Egmond should have been there but she is too slow and incapable. How much the game turned when we had Wheeler, Heyman and Torpey. How much better if we had Wheeler, Heyman and Raso from the start and if they had been playing together all these lead up games. Our coach is deadset killing the Matildas progression with his lazy and useless choices and his continual deference to players who have passed their prime but want to keep playing. Fair enough. I'm not sure who's banging down the door to replace gorry, eve.etc. If we play a front three Ford Heyman raso Do you have Fowler as a 9? Because that would make sense then we need to strength the defence I think Fowler is more influential when she plays in the 9 and less likely to disappear there. Her hit and miss is less critical for us there because we have a full defence behind her when things go wrong but when she gets it right we benefit hugely with opportunities. I think Wheeler can grow into a Gorry replacement simply by playing in the team. She keeps her wits about her, uses her vision and voice and is not afraid to get in with or without the ball. Her passing accuracy is better and maybe she can develop into the bulldog role that Gorry so critically performs for us. Van Egmond just has not been bringing anything to the team for ages so replacing her is not a consideration as such - any decent player is better than a replacement for her. She is tall and happy to mix it with opponents - that is her super power but it is not one she holds exclusive rights to or that we need her to provide. No-one is necessarily banging down the door but I see a lot of that because Gustavsson plays a very specific system with those favoured players. The team can be much better if they build around a different skillset rather than playing the one stale system with aging legs and trying to force other players into that individual mould. Van Egmond is being played like Mitch Duke but without any pace; making it a complete waste of a player. Ok so it's interesting two people pointed out there is a bit of toxicity in the team and a few players are influencing Tony's selections ABC's Sports Analyst Roy Slaven interviewed Gustavsen and could only get shrugs in response to his questions. Seems like Tony is just coasting his way to the inevitable end. Sports analyst? I thought he was a comedian, H.G.Nelson's partner. Lol Ol Roy called a sports analyst haha yep he’s been HG’s partner in crime for yonks - absolute hoots hearing their commentary the early days. Great banter and send ups of athletes. Lol a sports analyst that’s a classic 4 time Olympian, Cheese Manufacturer and puts the Olé into Beaujolaishttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6HlyKjc6XupbPJTCaOyvMn?si=cc5535be21d84456 Australian icons and national treasures. Have been listening to them for 30 years. Will be a sad day when they can't do it anymore. (They're both over 70.)
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xCan I ask why it's specifically the manager and not the team getting the blame? 1/ Van Egmond and Gorry, with Polkinghorne on the bench. 2/ Van Egmond as striker 3/ Heyman on the bench We played with a stupid line-up until they had 5 - most especially with Van Egmond, who struggles to be useful in midfield, playing upfront and a known and proven striker sitting on the bench. We should have had Heyman, Foord and Raso across the front from the start, but once again the coach takes Raso off when he brings on Heyman - resulting in a much reduced attack to feed Heyman. Gorry is a battler still, but her passing accuracy is poor and has been for several games now. We can't afford someone to give the ball away so often in her position. And we had Gorry as our most attacking player several times in the box receiving high balls. Van Egmond should have been there but she is too slow and incapable. How much the game turned when we had Wheeler, Heyman and Torpey. How much better if we had Wheeler, Heyman and Raso from the start and if they had been playing together all these lead up games. Our coach is deadset killing the Matildas progression with his lazy and useless choices and his continual deference to players who have passed their prime but want to keep playing. Fair enough. I'm not sure who's banging down the door to replace gorry, eve.etc. If we play a front three Ford Heyman raso Do you have Fowler as a 9? Because that would make sense then we need to strength the defence I think Fowler is more influential when she plays in the 9 and less likely to disappear there. Her hit and miss is less critical for us there because we have a full defence behind her when things go wrong but when she gets it right we benefit hugely with opportunities. I think Wheeler can grow into a Gorry replacement simply by playing in the team. She keeps her wits about her, uses her vision and voice and is not afraid to get in with or without the ball. Her passing accuracy is better and maybe she can develop into the bulldog role that Gorry so critically performs for us. Van Egmond just has not been bringing anything to the team for ages so replacing her is not a consideration as such - any decent player is better than a replacement for her. She is tall and happy to mix it with opponents - that is her super power but it is not one she holds exclusive rights to or that we need her to provide. No-one is necessarily banging down the door but I see a lot of that because Gustavsson plays a very specific system with those favoured players. The team can be much better if they build around a different skillset rather than playing the one stale system with aging legs and trying to force other players into that individual mould. Van Egmond is being played like Mitch Duke but without any pace; making it a complete waste of a player. Ok so it's interesting two people pointed out there is a bit of toxicity in the team and a few players are influencing Tony's selections ABC's Sports Analyst Roy Slaven interviewed Gustavsen and could only get shrugs in response to his questions. Seems like Tony is just coasting his way to the inevitable end. Sports analyst? I thought he was a comedian, H.G.Nelson's partner. Lol Ol Roy called a sports analyst haha yep he’s been HG’s partner in crime for yonks - absolute hoots hearing their commentary the early days. Great banter and send ups of athletes. Lol a sports analyst that’s a classic 4 time Olympian, Cheese Manufacturer and puts the Olé into Beaujolaishttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6HlyKjc6XupbPJTCaOyvMn?si=cc5535be21d84456 Australian icons and national treasures. Have been listening to them for 30 years. Will be a sad day when they can't do it anymore. (They're both over 70.) yep, will be sad days this gen pass's off re commentry and air waves. Its so sanistised what you can and cannot say now - breathing will be an offense taking some elses air next to you. Thanks mate haha 4 time Olympian, Cheese Manufacturer and puts the Olé into Beaujolais Shame I watched our skate boarding guy earlier last night, his first 2 runs we're not good at all.
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+x+xIt'll come but quite remarkable the USA has 26 medals but only 4 gold currently. Damn that rugby 7s choke hurts when it really should've been at least silver. Not hopeful for any of our team sports. Maybe women's hockey but the rest seem dodgy with opponents poised. Bronze is the same value as Gold to the US - they're winning the medal count over there! Decided to play into that and make a 'points' system for the medal tally to appease the Americans: 3 points for Gold 2 points for Silver 1 point for Bronze Here is your top 10 as of this morning: | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Points | | USA | 4 | 11 | 11 | 45 | | France | 5 | 9 | 4 | 37 | | China | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 | | Japan | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | | Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | | GB | 4 | 5 | 3 | 25 | | Korea | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | | Italy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | | Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | | Hong Kong | 2 |
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+xStunning revelations have been made about the disorganisation and disunity in the Matildas camp as their Olympic campaign lurches towards disaster. The Australian has exclusively uncovered the disharmony under coach Tony Gustavsson in a bombshell report published on Tuesday night. I'm a huge fan of the girls, but one could see something like this brewing. We were just too blinded by it based off their success and the impact they had had on grassroots football. Unfortunately, this is what separates our girls from the other teams. We don't have that ability to separate being family from competition. There is too much reliance on a few players, and too much of a group mentality amongst some. Tony was also not willing to make big calls and kept placating egos. I've heard some stories about Sam's attitude, and also witnessed a couple of incidents, so what we see on the media is definitely very different. I'm sure all these girls could be ultra successful, but I think they are basically harming themselves by constantly resorting to this sort of mentality when things don't go their way or get a bit uncomfortable.
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