Saw a very impressive TV interview with Liz Nicholl the CEO of UK sports. This success isn’t down to luck. The forward planning of resources, the focusing of support to athletes and the development of coaches is vital to, “ensure an extraordinary outcome”.
Great to hear her say that the plans are already in place for Tokyo. Wished she worked for CAFC.
We need to bestow every honour we can on the bloke. I think they could invent one (it goes without saying he should be Sir Mo). It totally devalues the honours system if he doesn't get it. But I was thinking a special sporting award for a lifetime of achievement supporting our country in their sport. Almost like creating a hall of fame with a new name every year.
In terms of success - there is serious money behind it all thanks to the lottery. But there is a controversial way the money is targeted which nobody can argue brings success. I'd like to see even more money go in. I think the lottery could be promoted better on the back of the Olympics making Olympic success almost as big a deal as winning money yourself. So when you lose you haven't lost. If this gets more people to buy their tickets, all additional income should go to the Olympics. That doesn't mean taking money away from current other good causes, but additional money goes to our next push.
Johnson-Thompson's heptathlon high jump result was better than the high jump gold medal winner's one!
Yes, the high jump final was extraordinarily poor, one of those events where the rest of the field will be tormented that they didn't managed the one decent jump which would have earned a gold medal!
It has taken a full bibs and braces assessment on what was failing, stuffy old bastrds corrupt on freebies and power, we're removed abd replaced with forward thinking, progressive people who work together, they make hard decisions like reducing funding in sports that fail to hit the targets set, however this drives the athletes to over achieve and to not accept failure, there's no everyone wins,
those being good enough naturally to be spotted and then have the ability to excel, this releases the sport to the masses amd more people can be scouted
Where as football takes anyone with a miniscule amount of talent early and then ruins them by saturating the market and hoarding the pool of kids they pick up.then spit out once it's realised they are not able to be elite,
Football is such a gravy train the old gits and corrupt bstds won't ever leave the troff
If more kids used their athletic ability instead of the lure Iof football and money for a career in sport we could lead in many more sports that we currently don't,
Hopefully another successful Olympics like we have had in Beijing, London and now Rio we will slowly turn kids to be driven by success to achieve wealth, we will not though change parents seeing the golden ticket and that's the biggest hurdle, but I can see kids influencing the parents to allow them to follow gold medals not coins
It has taken a full bibs and braces assessment on what was failing, stuffy old bastrds corrupt on freebies and power, we're removed abd replaced with forward thinking, progressive people who work together, they make hard decisions like reducing funding in sports that fail to hit the targets set, however this drives the athletes to over achieve and to not accept failure, there's no everyone wins,
those being good enough naturally to be spotted and then have the ability to excel, this releases the sport to the masses amd more people can be scouted
Where as football takes anyone with a miniscule amount of talent early and then ruins them by saturating the market and hoarding the pool of kids they pick up.then spit out once it's realised they are not able to be elite,
Football is such a gravy train the old gits and corrupt bstds won't ever leave the troff
If more kids used their athletic ability instead of the lure Iof football and money for a career in sport we could lead in many more sports that we currently don't,
Hopefully another successful Olympics like we have had in Beijing, London and now Rio we will slowly turn kids to be driven by success to achieve wealth, we will not though change parents seeing the golden ticket and that's the biggest hurdle, but I can see kids influencing the parents to allow them to follow gold medals not coins
This, this and this again. These sports can't afford to be run like football as they are dependant on the money the state allocates to them. Football isn't so the gravy train blazer squad poorly manage our game but are not accountable. I mean some people should lose their jobs over appointing Hodgson for 3 disasterous tournaments alone.
I think swimming needs a shake up - they had their best ever games but were rubbish.
Cav was on the Sunday Brunch programme this morning. Typically didn't pull any punches. Said the food was awful, lifts in the hotel often not working. Also the cycling teams had to befriend security to get their bikes in the stadium. They went to the car entrance first, told to go to pedestrian entrance and kept getting sent back between the both. Amateur hour.
Cav was on the Sunday Brunch programme this morning. Typically didn't pull any punches. Said the food was awful, lifts in the hotel often not working. Also the cycling teams had to befriend security to get their bikes in the stadium. They went to the car entrance first, told to go to pedestrian entrance and kept getting sent back between the both. Amateur hour.
Apparently McDonalds has been doing a roaring business from competitors (after their events) as the food in the Village isn't good...
If English football was as receptive to change and using the best coaching methods available at any given time and not pretending to know it all then we would achieve far more
What does it matter to Chelsea, Man Utd or Arsenal if England is strong? So if it doesn't matter to them, it is down to teh authorities to do something, but they just look at money and lick the backsides of these clubs. They can afford to pay a senile old fool like Hodgson more than any other manager in the Euros. He was a good manager once but three consecutive failures and they don't notice! They have more money than they need but less power! The solution will only come when genuine people with the right ideas want to find it at any cost and if Chelsea or Man Utd don't like it - tough!
Gutted it's over. But couldn't be happier. I think these last two weeks have given everyone such a buzz. Thank you to all the team GB athletes, coaches and sport UK. I can't stress how much of a pleasure it's been to watch it, and not only that, the way we've followed up on London 2012
1st is what it's about ultimately no one enters a race or event to not win
They have trained ro quality once qualification is achieved you train to win
I think that's exactly the sort of mentality that sets them apart. i don't mind if I see a team GB Olympian fail, because I know they've given up their life to get that far, they've given everything
What does it matter to Chelsea, Man Utd or Arsenal if England is strong? So if it doesn't matter to them, it is down to teh authorities to do something, but they just look at money and lick the backsides of these clubs. They can afford to pay a senile old fool like Hodgson more than any other manager in the Euros. He was a good manager once but three consecutive failures and they don't notice! They have more money than they need but less power! The solution will only come when genuine people with the right ideas want to find it at any cost and if Chelsea or Man Utd don't like it - tough!
And the joke for someone like Arsenal is, that deluded club have convinced themselves that a couple of FA cups and qualifying for the CL since the dawn of time is winning. I can't fathom how that is acceptable.
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That's legends of sport you have been privileged to witness
I hope mo and Usain are both fit and competing in London next year
muffdiving right?Great to hear her say that the plans are already in place for Tokyo. Wished she worked for CAFC.
In terms of success - there is serious money behind it all thanks to the lottery. But there is a controversial way the money is targeted which nobody can argue brings success. I'd like to see even more money go in. I think the lottery could be promoted better on the back of the Olympics making Olympic success almost as big a deal as winning money yourself. So when you lose you haven't lost. If this gets more people to buy their tickets, all additional income should go to the Olympics. That doesn't mean taking money away from current other good causes, but additional money goes to our next push.
those being good enough naturally to be spotted and then have the ability to excel, this releases the sport to the masses amd more people can be scouted
Where as football takes anyone with a miniscule amount of talent early and then ruins them by saturating the market and hoarding the pool of kids they pick up.then spit out once it's realised they are not able to be elite,
Football is such a gravy train the old gits and corrupt bstds won't ever leave the troff
If more kids used their athletic ability instead of the lure Iof football and money for a career in sport we could lead in many more sports that we currently don't,
Hopefully another successful Olympics like we have had in Beijing, London and now Rio we will slowly turn kids to be driven by success to achieve wealth, we will not though change parents seeing the golden ticket and that's the biggest hurdle, but I can see kids influencing the parents to allow them to follow gold medals not coins
I think swimming needs a shake up - they had their best ever games but were rubbish.
1st is what it's about ultimately no one enters a race or event to not win
They have trained ro quality once qualification is achieved you train to win
Pure class