Fez
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Post by Fez on Jun 6, 2024 20:21:03 GMT
If you have any interest in the T20 World Cup, the USA v Pakistan game today (June 6th) was terrific. No spoilers. Worth catching it if you can, especially if you can avoid the score.
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Post by alkringtonhatter on Jun 8, 2024 16:42:17 GMT
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Post by Imposter on Jun 8, 2024 18:45:39 GMT
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Post by timberwolf on Jun 9, 2024 7:38:05 GMT
Decent RL Challenge Cup Final yesterday but the big surprise was the crowd was in the 60,000 slightly plus area. Has the game peaked and is going into a slight slump again i wonder. There has been few full houses there but always closer to capacity than yesterday with two top teams playing there.
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Post by Doofenschmirtz on Jun 9, 2024 9:05:56 GMT
Decent RL Challenge Cup Final yesterday but the big surprise was the crowd was in the 60,000 slightly plus area. Has the game peaked and is going into a slight slump again i wonder. There has been few full houses there but always closer to capacity than yesterday with two top teams playing there. And over 81k at Twickenham for Northampton - Bath. Actually both decent turnouts for minority sports.
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Post by timberwolf on Jun 9, 2024 9:23:55 GMT
Decent RL Challenge Cup Final yesterday but the big surprise was the crowd was in the 60,000 slightly plus area. Has the game peaked and is going into a slight slump again i wonder. There has been few full houses there but always closer to capacity than yesterday with two top teams playing there. And over 81k at Twickenham for Northampton - Bath. Actually both decent turnouts for minority sports. Just looked at recent attendances and there has been a real fall in the challenge cup ones and its about ten years since they got the norm of 70 and 80k gates. Is it the sports itself or the loss of the wembley magic for the neutrals who used to attend for what really is a game played at the top around the M62 corridor.
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Post by mat1scfc on Jun 11, 2024 8:44:10 GMT
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Post by hedleyverity on Jun 23, 2024 16:59:18 GMT
Jos Butler’s having a bit of a day out
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Post by muddywaters on Jul 3, 2024 18:04:30 GMT
There's talk of Andy Murray being the best athlete we have ever produced.....................boll*cks, we've just seen the best athlete this afternoon, Mark Cavendish wining his 35th Tour De France stage aged 39, in such a brutal sport that's just absolutely amazing !!!!
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Post by m14hatter on Jul 3, 2024 18:22:36 GMT
There's talk of Andy Murray being the best athlete we have ever produced.....................boll*cks, we've just seen the best athlete this afternoon, Mark Cavendish wining his 35th Tour De France stage aged 39, in such a brutal sport that's just absolutely amazing !!!! So chuffed for him. After how much he suffered on the first stage, I didn’t think he’d be in with a sniff. A true athlete and champion.
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Post by hedleyverity on Jul 3, 2024 20:22:06 GMT
The bunny hop over the crashed rider in the back of the sprint was incredible
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Post by atmosphere on Jul 4, 2024 6:40:41 GMT
There's talk of Andy Murray being the best athlete we have ever produced.....................boll*cks, we've just seen the best athlete this afternoon, Mark Cavendish wining his 35th Tour De France stage aged 39, in such a brutal sport that's just absolutely amazing !!!! For pure endurance it's more impressive but Tennis requires far more skill than Cycling. Being a great Athlete requires all aspects.
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Post by muddywaters on Jul 4, 2024 6:49:40 GMT
There's talk of Andy Murray being the best athlete we have ever produced.....................boll*cks, we've just seen the best athlete this afternoon, Mark Cavendish wining his 35th Tour De France stage aged 39, in such a brutal sport that's just absolutely amazing !!!! For pure endurance it's more impressive but Tennis requires far more skill than Cycling. Being a great Athlete requires all aspects. Yes we'll always have that debate I suppose. For the GC riders it is all about endurance, for the sprinters they need not only endurance but incredible skill and bravery in the race for the line. Contrary to popular belief cycling is a team sport and Cav couldn't do it without his team mates so I suppose that counts against him in any comparison with Andy Murray.
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Mozzer
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Post by Mozzer on Jul 4, 2024 6:50:49 GMT
That's Daley Thompson then.
Change the word 'athlete' and call it 'sportsperson'. What Cav has achieved, over the period he's achieved it, is phenomenal.
Been watching him since the early days in the pro peloton when people hated him for his arrogance, which was founded on the belief he was the best in the world at what he did. His belief was correct.
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Post by timberwolf on Jul 4, 2024 8:00:23 GMT
There's talk of Andy Murray being the best athlete we have ever produced.....................boll*cks, we've just seen the best athlete this afternoon, Mark Cavendish wining his 35th Tour De France stage aged 39, in such a brutal sport that's just absolutely amazing !!!! For pure endurance it's more impressive but Tennis requires far more skill than Cycling. Being a great Athlete requires all aspects. Murray couldn,t do what Cavendish has done and vice versa. You cannot compare the fitness of people in two different sports as both need different talents as well as fitness. Bodies and minds are also differently made up like the difference between a short distance sprinter and the marathon crowd. Murray may have been the best male tennis player we have produced but it ends there.
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