So the Olympics kicked off with a huge bang
on Friday night. It actually
wasn’t too bad as far as Opening Ceremonies go. I wasn’t bored out of my mind at all, which was a nice
change. Let’s hope London can keep
it up and continue to put on a damn good show. Shame about the ticketing balls up that has seen loads of
empty seats at so-called ‘sold out’ events, but if they react quick enough hopefully
they can solve this by giving tickets away to teachers, children, doctors,
nurses and military folk etc. Empty
seats and a lack of atmosphere at each event looks shocking and must be
disappointing for the athletes who have sacrificed their entire lives to get to
the pinnacle of world sport.
The Chiefs and Crusaders were the first to
play in the semi finals over the weekend of Super Rugby, you would have thought
every player in each team had slept with their oppositions wives/girlfriends
etc such was the anger and intensity of the match. Forget that in two weeks time most of these lads will be
sharing an All Blacks changing room with each other. For that 80 minutes they hated the sight of their opposition
jumper, and the man wearing it to boot.
The Crusaders were awful, yes the Chiefs deserve some credit for that,
their defence was up quickly and their forwards made the Crusaders work for
every bit of possession they could muster. But a vintage Crusaders performance this was not. Their game was littered with
uncharacteristic errors that handed the ball over to the Chiefs at important
times and more often than not with important territory also. I got the feeling the Crusaders will
feel they beat themselves in this game more than the Chiefs beat them. They played horribly but were still in
it right up until the final whistle and could have gone to extra time with a
droppie in the dying seconds. But
alas it wasn’t to be and the Chiefs now find themselves with a home final. A lift in their efficiency and
performing their individual roles will be required to beat a classy looking
Sharks side. One thing they seem
to have in spades is the aggression and intensity for a home Grand Final
victory.
The Sharks v Stormers game was equally
intense. Both sides tore into each
other again and even Bismarck went flying after being bumped off by the
impressive Eben Etzebeth. The
Sharks are definitely playing the most complete rugby at the moment and beat
the Stormers up. When the time was
right either went wide or that dirty little Frenchman Freddie would drop back
to the pocket and attempt a droppie.
Fair enough, it’s playiff time after all. With their loosies on fire at the moment, Freddie Michalak
in the form of his career and JP Pietersen almost unstoppable, the Sharks look
like a formidable challenge for the Chiefs. Unfortunately for them I feel the travel will get the better
of them. Durban – Brisbane –
Durban – Cape Town – Durban – Auckland – Hamilton is not what you would
consider an ideal preparation for the biggest game of the season. But hey, it’s why they get paid so much
isn’t it?
My pick is the Chiefs to win over a tiring
and slow finishing Sharks who will not go down without a fight and land a few
big punches in doing so.
I was going to talk about the Black Caps
but they are too shit for words.
Pumped again, and no one to blame but themselves. All batsmen got a start and then threw
it away, the bowling was inconsistent and the fielding wasn’t even at it’s
normal standard. Back to the
drawing board boys, you’re rubbish.
How come England, Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland compete in the Olympics as Great Britain? Is this not a sporting event designed
for countries from all over the world to compete in? Since when was Great Britain a country? I find it awfully funny how the Scots
and Welsh claim they can’t stand the Poms, just like the rest of us, but when
it comes to the Olympics they’re all buddy buddy and having a great time
together. Is this simply a way of
England pretending they are more successful and better at sport than they
really are? By using two other
countries talent and claiming it as their own? Wales and Scotland should have a bit more respect for
themselves and tell England to piss off.
Why if you were Scottish would you let the English claim Andy Murray as
their own under the guise of being ‘British’? Ok bad example if I was Scottish I let any country that
wanted to claim Andy Murray do so, he’s a twat, but you get my point yeah? I suspect all three of these countries
are too afraid to fend for themselves in the Olympics as their individual results
would be terrible for nations of their size and wealth. I however have had enough and am
calling for an end to this ridiculous notion of competing as Great
Britain. The Olympics are for
countries to compete in, if you’re not a country you don’t compete, it’s as
simple as that. Split them up so
the rest of the world can laugh and see how rubbish these countries are when
they are called upon to fight for themselves and watch them fall well down the
medal tally in doing so.
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| Rebecca Adlington has been copping it, even though she won a bronze. |
You’ve gotta love Frankie Boyle. He is a fantastic Scottish (see earlier
paragraph on Great Britain) comedian, albeit a little crude at times. You have to youtube him, or have a look on the video sidebar if you don’t
know who he is, it will be worth it, I promise. During the week he singled out one of the British swimmers
(who last night happened to claim a bronze medal) as having an unfair advantage
in her swimming races. Now how is
that possible I hear you ask, well I’ll let the quote speak for itself. "I worry that Rebecca Adlington will have an unfair advantage in
the swimming by possessing a dolphin's face”. Boyle has come under heavy criticism for the comment he made
on Twitter, soon after he posted a reaction to comments suggesting he should
apologise. That went as follows: "I
have an apology for the people of Britain. Sadly, it’s written on the end of my
c**k in a braille you can only read with your tonsils''. How’s that Britain thing working out
for you guys again?
Anyway I have been loving the
Olympics, with the coverage on tv and 12 channels available online for free, I
am wall to walling the Olympics.
Fingers crossed the Kiwis and Saffas can win a few more medals in the
near future to make it a bit more exciting.
Over and out team, and remember;
Keep you eye on the ball, be it a
handball, football, hockey ball, you get he picture.
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