Category Archives: Sportsthoughts

Sportsthoughts (35) – Olympic highlights so far

Posted on July 31, 2012 by John S

Day 4, Tuesday 31 July. I’m at work so I can’t get intimately involved with canoe slaloming, or archery, or Grecian wrestling, or whatever, during the day.  That is always fun – the way you rapidly become expert on obscure … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (34) – The Olympic Road Race

Posted on July 28, 2012 by John S

So it didn’t work out for Team GB, and, specifically, Mark Cavendish, who was favourite for gold. What went wrong? Well, the peleton, led by GB, let the breakaway group go too far too fast, until it was uncatchable.  Lots … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (33) – Welcome to the Olympics!

Posted on July 28, 2012 by John S

Back from a lovely week in Holland just in time for the Olympic opening ceremony. Would it be good?  Would it rain? Would we feel proud at the end? Well the answer was YES! To all three, though thankfully, the … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (32) – Why I love the Tour de France

Posted on July 11, 2012 by John S

July is the the month when football goes to sleep, rugby too.  A very short breather. Friendlies start getting hyped midway through the month, by the TV machine. There’s the tennis and the cricket of course, and the British Open … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (31) – Euro 2012: the denouement

Posted on July 4, 2012 by John S

There was an odd news story today. England have risen two places to fourth in the FIFA world rankings.  That’s England, knocked out in the quarter finals, outclassed in normal time, by Italy – now sixth. Suggests the rankings don’t … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (30) – the Euro quarter finals

Posted on June 26, 2012 by John S

And so to the stage when class really begins to tell. You can play for the draw and penalties, but really you have to want to win. Without that mindset, you begin with a handicap, and it’s not often that … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (29) – the Euros move into the quarter finals

Posted on June 21, 2012 by John S

Twelve successive days of quality football. Brilliant – if you like football. The female side of my family have been tolerant about the evening TV monopoly – for which I am very grateful! Looking back at my predictions (Sportsthoughts 27) … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (28) – Bobby Moore, the Maestro

Posted on June 8, 2012 by John S

Last Saturday, 3 June, I went to the new Wembley Stadium for the first time.  England were playing Belgium in a friendly.  We won the game 1-0, rather against the run of play. It wasn’t the most scintillating of games … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (27) – Euro 2012 predictions!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by John S

So the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine starts today, with Poland v Greece and Russia v Czech Republic. The opposite of the Group of Death, but some useful teams in there, still. As there is in every group. The … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (26) – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Like The Mighty Quins!

Posted on May 28, 2012 by John S

We did it!.  We won the Premiership Final! Quins 30 Leicester 23! Blimey, it was tense at the end. Full time about to end, but Leicester still in possession, virtually on Quins’ line, put in at the scrum. Play continues … Continue reading →

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