Banter 2021 Off-Topic Chat Thread - PART II

[Shell]

That was ****ing brilliant

 

[cats_09]

 

[winty]

Aussies going alright in the basketball at the moment...

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

Haha, F-Bomb dropped!

 

[winty]

 

[Shell]

Aussies going alright in the basketball at the moment...

I know shit all about bb. But, yes-they are!!!

 

[Shell]

*still a long way to go

 

[Shell]

For those at home- this is what 17 gold's looks like:

 

[cats_09]

For those at home- this is what 17 gold's looks like:

where ya get the gold medal smiley thingy

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

Boomers' defence has been bloody awesome.

 

[Shell]

where ya get the gold medal smiley thingy

Just click on the smiley button and type in "medal" they all come up

 

[cats_09]

we've slacked off towards the end of the quarter both in the 1st and now the 2nd - need to run out quarters betters

 

[winty]

Fun fact: We've currently equalled our record for the most gold at one Olympics with 17, with 4 days of competition still to go.

 

[Shell]

Let's do 20!!!!!!!!!! C'mon.

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

What the hell was that call? Straight of the USA player's foot!

 

[Shell]

ah **** this

 

[Shell]

im glad i dont really care about basketball

 

[cats_09]

What the hell was that call? Straight of the USA player's foot!

Team USA all reacted like it was their ball so the Ref believed them...

 

[cats_09]

That was a BS call - it wasn't a dead ball nor was USA in possession so why stop the game because of their guys loses a shoe

 

[cats_09]

why is O'Brien holding a tiny bollard?

 

[cats_09]

and can we get a

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

Getting ugly

 

[cats_09]

Should have called a time-out earlier in the quarter when it was clear we weren't switched on at the start of the half rather than letting Team USA build some momentum before doing anything

 

[Shell]

Attention now turns to a bronze in the soccer and a gold in the hockey

 

[cats_09]

one very clear differences between the 2 teams is that when the USA get a fast break opportunity they are driving hard to the basketball regardless of the presence of a defender, but when we get a fast break opportunity as soon as we see an opponent we back off and don't seem to have the attacking intent