2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 287

On August 13 2012 18:07 Alethios wrote:

Andy Murray's gold is the biggest victory he's ever had only because he's never won a grand slam. He'd trade that gold for victory at Wimbledon in a heart beat. A heart beat. Look at Nadal, he pulled out of the Olympics to give himself some rest in the lead up to the US Open. He's already won gold, so why bother going for a second?

On August 13 2012 19:57 Malinor wrote:


Let me clarify: We don't care that you get a spot to the olympics for performing well. The point is, we don't send the best team to these events: The best 20-year old players will simply already play in the adult team. It is just not important to us as a football nation.
Of course there is always players who would love to go and qualify, and they are sad when we don't. But that is not the point. The point is that we don't nearly do everything in our power to qualify, and besides a couple of articles in the major newspapers directly after the tournament, noone talks about it.

On August 13 2012 21:15 Malinor wrote:


I don't know what outher countries do, I talk about Germany here. You seem to think that I am trying to make up excuses for the poor (non)-showing of Germany in the Olympic Football events, just pretending that Germans don't care. But for all I know we really don't care and I have already mentioned why I think that. And as I said, for the women it was a huge upset, Olympia is much more important for the german womens team.
Of course I can be wrong. But Germany hasn't qualified for the olympics since 1988. Given that in the following 24 years the senior team made it into the top4 of 4 European Champinships and 4 World Cups (and 2 finals each). How likely do you think it is that during all this time our youth was so terrible that despite all their efforts they weren't able to qualify? I find that very unlikely.

On August 14 2012 08:42 AndyJay wrote:


Do you follow tennis...? He would in a second.