Los Angeles 2028 - The Games of the XXXIV Olympiad

[myboyblue]

@jellyfish

@Spidey

Daniel Wiffen has miraculously recovered from being unable to carry the tricolour last night

I’m not so sure about that, apparently he’s had a spell in hospital and hasn’t been well at all since the swim in the Seine.

There’s some nasty undertones to the horsey sets reaction to our Olympians.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Cricket rubby soccer and horse dancing have to go. They add nothing to the Olympics

[TheUlteriorMotive]

The Olympics is athletics weightlifting gymnastics rowing swimming fencing boxing wrestling road cycling tae kwon do volleyball badminton table tennis water polo archery shooting

The rest is a cod.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

You forgot beach volleyball.

[Bandage]

None of the usual RTÉ suspects (Marty, Des, Joanne et al) can MC these homecoming events without them becoming complete cringe fests. See also when one of them is roped in to do it for an All Ireland winning county team or the rubby lads winning something. It’s surely only a matter of time before TFK turns against Gillick on the basis he’s sound & his popularity levels are high, but somebody like him would be much more capable of getting interesting &/or entertaining soundbites from the Olympians. On the other hand, people probably didn’t care that much.

Slightly related to that, the other thing RTÉ can’t do without it becoming embarrassingly twee &/or awkward are those pieces when they send a reporter to the competitor’s home place to interview their family, childhood coaches & random locals.

[Mac]

@Bandage

It’s surely only a matter of time before TFK turns against Gillick on the basis he’s sound & his popularity levels are high

[Batigol]

What manner of weirdo would make a statue out of a dog?

[Jahan]

In fairness I’d say the statue is actually made out of stone or something.

[Bod95]

@Bandage

Slightly related to that, the other thing RTÉ can’t do without it becoming embarrassingly twee &/or awkward are those pieces when they send a reporter to the competitor’s home place to interview their family, childhood coaches & random locals.

Marty interviewing Francie Barrets mother during the Atlanta Olympics and asking if I recall correctly was she ever a recipient of his right hook being the ultimate classic of the genre.

[myboyblue]

[Kyle]

What’s all happening there?

[myboyblue]

Thems the Norn Iron medal winners

[jellyfish]

@myboyblue

There’s some nasty undertones to the horsey sets reaction to our Olympians.

I forgot we had horses in the Olympics, they must have stopped drugging them so didn’t win anything.

[myboyblue]

Who let us down in the Olympics the most, the horsey set, the rugby set or the golf set?

[jellyfish]

The rugby lads should have got a medal, they threw away a nice lead against both New Zealand and Fiji and that was that. Only got one conversion in the big games, missed about 7 or 8.

[myboyblue]

This may need a poll

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I was pleased that chatting to civilians today who wouldn’t watch Olympics with the same obsession you find on TFK that unprompted they acknowledged track and field 4th places are better results than medals in niche sports with low participation levels globally.

[myboyblue]

Who let the nation down the most in the recent Olympics

• The horsey set
• The golf set
• The rugby set

[PhattPike]

I would have voted for the horsey set, but you have to ask yourself if the horses even know the Olympics are on.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Bandage

None of the usual RTÉ suspects (Marty, Des, Joanne et al) can MC these homecoming events without them becoming complete cringe fests. See also when one of them is roped in to do it for an All Ireland winning county team or the rubby lads winning something. It’s surely only a matter of time before TFK turns against Gillick on the basis he’s sound & his popularity levels are high, but somebody like him would be much more capable of getting interesting &/or entertaining soundbites from the Olympians. On the other hand, people probably didn’t care that much.

Slightly related to that, the other thing RTÉ can’t do without it becoming embarrassingly twee &/or awkward are those pieces when they send a reporter to the competitor’s home place to interview their family, childhood coaches & random locals.

Marty Morrissey asking Francie Barrett’s mother if Francie ever hit her a box was the absolute zenith of this genre.