Winter Olympics

[sycophantia]

Thats some effort for GB men to get to the final from their position at the halfway stage.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Only caught the second half.

Why in the 9th end did the Suisse just knock out the GB one on the periphery rather than just dropping one on the centre for a one?

 

[Tony Towner]

I love how we all have opinions on a sport we only watch once every 4 years. I was raging at the stupid tiebreaker rules when we lost to the Swiss the other night

 

[sycophantia]

Only caught the second half.

Why in the 9th end did the Suisse just knock out the GB one on the periphery rather than just dropping one on the centre for a one?

I think its so they had the hammer for the last end, whereas if they'd taken 1, we would have had the hammer, probably thought that gave them the best chance.

 

[Mel Evo]

Bit niche, but the second semi final of the women’s short track speed skating just now was quite the watch. Wouldn’t take much to guess what happened, but I’ll leave it without spoiling for anyone bothered to watch on catch up. Ridiculous finish!

 

[SSB]

Watching the Ice Hockey on my phone. Too much of kit clash for my liking.

 

[Tony Towner]

In our hands and thoroughly fucked it up

 

[sycophantia]

It always felt to me that we weren't quite good enough throughout the whole tournament to get the gold.

 

[Sniffer]

Messed up the 9th end and the stones didn’t go our way in the 10th.

 

[Tredman]

They did well, tough luck.

 

[Mel Evo]

That’s tough, but I’ve loved these games. Not immune from it, but basically a lot less bullshit than surrounds most other sports I love (and understand more than most of this crazy stuff).

 

[sycophantia]

That’s tough, but I’ve loved these games. Not immune from it, but basically a lot less bullshit than surrounds most other sports I love (and understand more than most of this crazy stuff).

Yeah, they've been very enjoyable. 3 golds and a silver, maybe another medal tomorrow is a good return for GB.
I've enjoyed the presenters and the pundits too.

 

[Mel Evo]

Yeah, they've been very enjoyable. 3 golds and a silver, maybe another medal tomorrow is a good return for GB.
I've enjoyed the presenters and the pundits too.

The snowboard blokes annoy me, but I can see why people like them. BBC could have done with a decent pundit on the alpine skiing to explain what was going on too. Just the commentator alone doing his best was a bit lame. Simon Brotherton and Wilf O’Reilly quality on the skating, and Chemmy Alcott great, when they could get her away from US coverage I think.

 

[Mel Evo]

Yeah, they've been very enjoyable. 3 golds and a silver, maybe another medal tomorrow is a good return for GB.
I've enjoyed the presenters and the pundits too.

And yes, lots of studio pundits excellent.

 

[Mel Evo]

Bit robbed there. Silver medalist looked a sketchy decision. And I say that with all the authority of an observer with a good 20 minutes experience behind me.

 

[lemonjelly]

Totally agree! Thought the height gained from the start could/ should have got a silver, based on a similar 20 mins viewing experience.

 

[Mel Evo]

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Totally agree! Thought the height gained from the start could/ should have got a silver, based on a similar 20 mins viewing experience.

Though from a purely technical perspective… she could have spun around a bit more.

 

[sycophantia]

Needed a bit more amplitude imo.

 

[jd1981]

Quick one how on earth do you keep track of where the puck actually is in ice hockey?

 

[Mel Evo]

Quick one how on earth do you keep track of where the puck actually is in ice hockey?

I don’t think you can. At least today the two teams won’t be playing in the same kit to make it even more confusing.

If you ever go to an Ice Hockey game you can keep track of the puck pretty well. Just doesn’t lend itself to telly.