Missed the start of the sailing so didnāt see the Irish OCS. Hard not to think it was a complete mess up though. 7th would have got them a medal - why take the risk with a super-aggressive start 
It was pretty much the one thing that almost guaranteed them falling out of the medal places
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The gold in the rowing has been tainted by the sub par performances in the other arenas.
Hugh Cahill is a hard listen to on the boxing. Youād miss the dulcet tones of Noel Andrews.
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Oisin Murphy did a bit during his suspension, but Iām not sure what level he was competing at. Showjumping is on a whole other level of snobbery even to flat racing. The money needed to be involved at the top level is off the charts.
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Michaela Walsh canāt deal with the long reach of the Bulgarian at all here.
Canāt get inside her jab at all.
Olympic gold medals are hard won.
This Bulgarian wan is elusive enough
Between the Sailing and the Showjumping, the Irish upper middle classes have let the nation down today.
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Itās a totally different skill. Paul carberry does it but to no level.
A lot of jump jockeys come from a show jumping back round but once your gone from it your gone from it really.
To get the top horses is extremely difficult as well.
Weāve been outclassed in most of our boxing bouts. Bit of a worry for boxing Ireland
If michaela Walsh is the best ireland have it donāt say much. Like an 8 year old trying to fight their 13 year old big brother.
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Heās a hard listen in everything truth be told.
Read yesterday that the Irish male boxers have only won 1 bronze over the last 3 Olympics including this one. Taylor and Harrington have probably covered up some cracks.
Whatās your assessment of the menās 10,000 tonight @Mac? Hard to see past the Ethiopians. Donāt think Cheptegei has it in him anymore. Ebenyo probably the best chance for Kenya to end their 56 year drought at 10,000.
If a man from Mooncoin isnāt delivering spuds to your inner city tenament you may as well forget about winning Olympic medals.
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Ballypatrick Stables in The Ragg sold a showjumping horse for a couple of million to America I believe a few years back, or so the rumour went. Would that be made up or is that the level of money involved?
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It was a load of tippy tappy bullshit with the old points scoring system and that probably suited the Irish lads as most of them wouldnāt crack an egg. It is closer to the pro game now which doesnāt suit.
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The money is at those levels.
He has some amount of horses in the estate in Borris now.
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Has done very well for himself alright; Iād say the father doesnāt get much input anymore the mad cunt
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