These Olympics might turn out to be bad investment for GB

Comrade Machel · Post by **Comrade Machel** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:43 pm

These games might turn out to be a disaster for GB in terms of returns via medals

They thought they had won silver in gymnastics but Japan appealed and GB was demoted to bronze

Even that girl with the horse face Addlington the swimmer who they hoped would win gold, bronze is best she could manage

That swimmer Daley or whatever his surname, they were gushing about his good looks. Well the judges didnt care much for his looks, no medal

So far they are number 17 in medals table

realtrouble · Post by **realtrouble** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:50 pm

How many medals has African countries won?

Comrade Machel · Post by **Comrade Machel** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:53 pm

realtrouble wrote:How many medals has African countries won?

South Africa has certainly done better than GB thus far, they have 1 gold, GB = 0

Field Marshall Ogolo · Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:05 pm

Samora Moises Machel wrote:These games might turn out to be a disaster for GB in terms of returns via medals

They thought they had won silver in gymnastics but Japan appealed and GB was demoted to bronze Even that girl with the horse face Addlington the swimmer who they hoped would win gold, bronze is best she could manage That swimmer Daley or whatever his surname, they were gushing about his good looks. Well the judges didnt care much for his looks, no medal

So far they are number 17 in medals table

What about our Oyibo flag bearer- the best swimmer Africa has ever seen who has won all competitions on the continent. How is he doing?
His name is Danforth or something.

soothsayer · Post by **soothsayer** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:13 pm

Samora Moises Machel wrote:These games might turn out to be a disaster for GB in terms of returns via medals

They thought they had won silver in gymnastics but Japan appealed and GB was demoted to bronze Even that girl with the horse face Addlington the swimmer who they hoped would win gold, bronze is best she could manage That swimmer Daley or whatever his surname, they were gushing about his good looks. Well the judges didnt care much for his looks, no medal

So far they are number 17 in medals table

I agree that Britain will certainly not match the medal tally they had in China, I think they were being overly optimistic and it was clear that Addlington was lucky to win the Gold in the last Olympic, but quite a lot of olympic Gold medalists have succeeded through a little bit of luck on their side.

Bigpokey24 · Post by **Bigpokey24** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:15 pm

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skillful · Post by **skillful** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:27 pm

soothsayer wrote:
Samora Moises Machel wrote:These games might turn out to be a disaster for GB in terms of returns via medals

They thought they had won silver in gymnastics but Japan appealed and GB was demoted to bronze Even that girl with the horse face Addlington the swimmer who they hoped would win gold, bronze is best she could manage That swimmer Daley or whatever his surname, they were gushing about his good looks. Well the judges didnt care much for his looks, no medal

So far they are number 17 in medals table
I agree that Britain will certainly not match the medal tally they had in China, I think they were being overly optimistic and it was clear that Addlington was lucky to win the Gold in the last Olympic, but quite a lot of olympic Gold medalists have succeeded through a little bit of luck on their side.

She beat her time in china and go t bronze how was she lucky to win in china

Post by **juventuss** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:28 pm

I doubt GB spent all this money just to win a gold medal.

skillful · Post by **skillful** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:31 pm

soothsayer wrote:
Samora Moises Machel wrote:These games might turn out to be a disaster for GB in terms of returns via medals

They thought they had won silver in gymnastics but Japan appealed and GB was demoted to bronze Even that girl with the horse face Addlington the swimmer who they hoped would win gold, bronze is best she could manage That swimmer Daley or whatever his surname, they were gushing about his good looks. Well the judges didnt care much for his looks, no medal

So far they are number 17 in medals table
I agree that Britain will certainly not match the medal tally they had in China, I think they were being overly optimistic and it was clear that Addlington was lucky to win the Gold in the last Olympic, but quite a lot of olympic Gold medalists have succeeded through a little bit of luck on their side.

She beat her time in china and go t bronze how was she lucky to win in china

Guv007 · Post by **Guv007** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:32 pm

Its still early.

AreaDaddy · Post by **AreaDaddy** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:09 pm

Might ke? So far day three with three medals it is costing us about 500 million pounds per medal

LEFTIE · Post by **LEFTIE** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:38 pm

AreaDaddy wrote:Might ke? So far day three with three medals it is costing us about 500 million pounds per medal

Yeah but according to a former London mayoral candidate that equates to the cost of a walnut whip for each of us.

Comrade Machel · Post by **Comrade Machel** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:59 pm

juventuss wrote:I doubt GB spent all this money just to win a gold medal.

Eh if you lived in the UK you would have seen them trumpeting how this is a home games and with the support they will do better than Beijing and what not. Not saying its the reason but the public will be expecting them to overhaul the achievements of 4 years ago

marko · Post by **marko** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:11 am

The Uk invested in the olympics to bring in more tourist after the games, thats the main catch, am sure they are quite aware that team Uk might do really bad, hardly world beaters, maybe when the track and field starts, they might win a few medals, traditionally the Chinese, US, Russia are very good

AreaDaddy · Post by **AreaDaddy** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:34 am

A report came out yesterday that trade in London's West End has fallen by 70% because people have been scared off by stories of how bad and congested London was going to be during the Olympics.

People not connected with the Olympics have stayed away in their thousands and people coming for the Olympics are only spending money in WestField shopping Centre

so the effect in other parts of London is bad.

marko · Post by **marko** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:29 am

well the prices for hotels went up over 200%, maybe they anticipated millions of tourists pouring into the capital, I think the hotels are been greedy if you ask me, they could have kept the same prices and maybe they would have attracted thousands of tourists, remember the world is still in the middle of an economic recession, the Uk is in the middle of a holiday season so typically many UK families will take their kids outside for vacations, i decided to stay away because i cant stand all that congestion, il go to london once the olympics are over, maybe prices will fall

cic old boy · Post by **cic old boy** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:07 am

juventuss wrote:I doubt GB spent all this money just to win a gold medal.

Some companies have struck gold from the transfer of about £11bn of public money into their pockets.

Prince · Post by **Prince** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:09 am

cic old boy wrote:
juventuss wrote:I doubt GB spent all this money just to win a gold medal.
Some companies have struck gold from the transfer of about £11bn of public money into their pockets.

They are not even spreading the thing.....privatise the profits and nationalise the debts

The amount black companies made from this olympics is negligible, they didnt even want to accreditate The Voice newspaper.

soothsayer · Post by **soothsayer** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:25 am

well I know stratford and surrounds got a massive development boost from the olympics, so while great britain as a whole might not have
benefitted .. the people of stratford and east london have.

cic old boy · Post by **cic old boy** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:45 am

soothsayer wrote:well I know stratford and surrounds got a massive development boost from the olympics, so while great britain as a whole might not have
benefitted .. the people of stratford and east london have.

Don't believe the hype!

Graffiti in Hackney Wick

Local businesses react:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... trade.html

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/2 ... 9N20120726

cic old boy · Post by **cic old boy** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:56 am

British crony capitalism at work: Olympic Village built with public money @ £1.1bn, sold to Qatari property developers for £557m! Kerching!!

I'm sure an investigation of the property developers will reveal their links with the likes of Seb Co and politicos.

marko · Post by **marko** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:57 am

Prince wrote:
cic old boy wrote:
juventuss wrote:I doubt GB spent all this money just to win a gold medal.
Some companies have struck gold from the transfer of about £11bn of public money into their pockets.
They are not even spreading the thing.....privatise the profits and nationalise the debts The amount black companies made from this olympics is negligible, they didnt even want to accreditate The Voice newspaper.

yep heard about this as well, find it rather disgusting, think they changed their mind once the voice raised their voices!!

Guv007 · Post by **Guv007** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:15 am

soothsayer wrote:well I know stratford and surrounds got a massive development boost from the olympics, so while great britain as a whole might not have
benefitted .. the people of stratford and east london have.

Landlords who evicted tenants and increased rents for visitors to the Olympics has backfired as it seems there isn't much interest.

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