Olympics: Puny Britain! Can't survive outside Europe?

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

OP is right we are better off without the eu. need to get rid of the foriegners at the Albion to before i come back. . If we have a good spine of British players like Bruno, all you Tobys can do one.

#BrexitMeansBrexit

Regards

DR

 

[Peteinblack]

Daftest post in the history of North Stand Chat?

Indeed. Worth a Gold Medal for daftness, I reckon!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Look at that medal table today and still sneer about "Little England" you Remainers!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016/medals/countries

Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous!

Take THAT Johnny Foreigner!

Rejoice! Rejoice!

 

[ManOfSussex]

Take THAT Johnny Foreigner!

Rejoice! Rejoice!

and congratulate our forces and the gymnasts.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

So many nibbles. Absolutely incredible.

 

[ManOfSussex]

I'm giving all the credit to Sir John Major as he was the one who started the national lottery.

 

[Boy Blue]

Why does it say Great Britain & N. Ireland when N. Ireland is Great Britain?

 

[Triggaaar]

Anyway, does anyone really think we'll leave the EU? If you do, again, deluded about our position in the world.

Eh?

 

[sully]

Why does it say Great Britain & N. Ireland when N. Ireland is Great Britain?

Because you're wrong?

Great Britain & Northern Ireland = The United Kingdom.

I've always wondered why we compete as "Team GB".

 

[Mo Gosfield]

I'm giving all the credit to Sir John Major as he was the one who started the national lottery.

.....and agreed that the Lottery should be re-tendered for every five years but it appears that every five years only one company appears on the tender list.

 

[Eeyore]

Because you're wrong?

Great Britain & Northern Ireland = The United Kingdom.

I've always wondered why we compete as "Team GB".

Indeed, and there is much annoyance in Northern Ireland.

My understanding is that we compete as Great Britain & Northern Ireland (Team GB) as the dependent territories are included. So both Team UK and Team GB would be an incorrect acronym.

 

[jabba]

Indeed, and there is much annoyance in Northern Ireland.

My understanding is that we compete as Great Britain & Northern Ireland (Team GB) as the dependent territories are included. So both Team UK and Team GB would be an incorrect acronym.

So would Rory McIlroy have competed for Team GB or ireland in the golf?

 

[ManOfSussex]

Because you're wrong?

Great Britain & Northern Ireland = The United Kingdom.

I've always wondered why we compete as "Team GB".

Article on it the other day here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37058920

 

[ManOfSussex]

So would Rory McIlroy have competed for Team GB or ireland in the golf?

He was due to compete for Ireland. 29 athletes from Northern Ireland are competing for Ireland at Rio.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Oh dear, looks like the op has opened up some old wounds.

Not difficult.
These wounds are very recent, are still open and gaping and will take a long time, if ever, to heal. Why on earth someone has tried to use the feelgood factor of Olympic success to sneer at those who genuinely voted for something they believed in, is beyond me. Its either a massive wind-up or pure stupidity.
Cheap point-scoring isn't clever. It just stirs up people who are feeling resentful.

 

[smeg]

So would Rory McIlroy have competed for Team GB or ireland in the golf?

Neither, he only plays to win competitions and loads of cash

 

[Triggaaar]

So would Rory McIlroy have competed for Team GB or ireland in the golf?

He was due to compete for Ireland. 29 athletes from Northern Ireland are competing for Ireland at Rio.

What? He's from Northern Ireland, the UK, so why would he be competing for another country?

 

[pastafarian]

Mo Farah (Somalia) , Chris Froome (Kenya), Tiffany Porter ('merica), Cindy Ofili ('merica), Shara Proctor (Anguilla) All in Team GB

Not sure i agree with us cheating and having all these johny foreigners in Team GB.
Shouldnt we have Brits only in the team?
I suppose thats what happens when you allow a German on the throne.......this sort of nonsense will eventually filter down.

 

[ManOfSussex]

What? He's from Northern Ireland, the UK, so why would he be competing for another country?

Golf is all-Ireland at amateur level and he'd always competed for Ireland before. The Good Friday agreement and dual citizenship and all that comes into play too, as well as governing bodies of sports being all-Ireland.

Barry McGuigan competed for Northern Ireland at the commonwealth games and the Moscow Olympics for Ireland as the Irish Amateur Boxing Association is all-Ireland too for example. A fair few boxers have done that. Rugby Union, Cricket, Hockey, David Cup tennis - a lot of sports are all-Ireland.

 

[Seagull58]

Meanwhile the pound continues to fall, pension funds crumble, investment is on hold and jobs are exiting quicker than immigrants are entering.

We won some medals though.

Pension funds crumble! Are you f'ing joking? Mine was up by 6% in July and has continued to increase in value through August. You are off your trolley.