Olympics Thread

MiketheSnow

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

The last three minutes of the Argentina and Morocco game are being played in front an empty stadium four hours have the match began.

Morocco win 2-1

What did you think of the offside call?

Sections of the Moroccan fans throwing stuff on the pitch including fire crackers. Pretty appalling.

Call was correct IMHO

Fans were bang out of order

nostrildamus

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

Call was correct IMHO
Fans were bang out of order

They have no excouscous...

I'll go get my fez.

sparky

Experienced sports journalists who have been covering big events for 20-30 years are saying they've never seen a security presence like the one in Paris today.

MiketheSnow

sparky

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sparky

Central Paris is basically on lock down.

sparky

In other news, Mayor Sadiq Khan wants London to bid to host the 2040 Games.

MiketheSnow

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Central Paris is basically on lock down.

Isn’t that normal?

Secured

MiketheSnow

Opening ceremony has been good

Poor bastards with the downpour

Donsteppa

The joys of weather.

One of the smaller nations looked like they'd been floated in on a more modern Scuffy the Tugboat.

Victor Meldrew

I'm watching some dance show featuring a huge woman with a TV aerial on her head acting as DJ.

Seriously weird.

sparky

I lasted about 25 minutes. I thought it was incredibly dull.

Victor Meldrew

Fuck me. There's now some fat bloke dyed blue popped out of a clam and started singing.

Victor Meldrew

And he's just dropped his microphone.

Donsteppa

Concept sounded great, and lots going on. But it looks like they managed a for-TV spectacle that just doesn't quite work. Well, at least not in the scheme of past Olympic opening ceremonies.

MiketheSnow

This has lasted longer than Paris’ resistance to the Nazis

Victor Meldrew

Silver horse looks spectacular.

Bones

It won't just be mens sevens teams going home before the starting ceremony is complete at this rate.

MajorRage

@Victor-Meldrew said in Olympics Thread:

Silver horse looks spectacular.

For 30 seconds yes!

For 30 minutes not so much!

Odd ceremony. Made for TV.

Bones

Cotter almost made this bearable

The Silver Fern

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