[callum9999]

(Original post by Architecture-er)
I think the scheduling has been arranged to give TeamGB a slight advantage, we've had all of our strongest events quite early on, in a compressed time frame, over the weekend. Additionally we had the men's cycle race on the first Saturday of the Games. So we've had plenty of crowd support when our teams have been competing at their best disciplines, and since it's so compressed they've been able to feed off of each other's successes (see Murray and his admission that he was motivated by GB's success so far).
But it doesn't get past the fact that our team has been performing incredibly well, instead of this incredible streak of medals it could've back-fired and seen us fail consecutively at all of our favoured sports and been a real blow to morale.. so I don't think the French have a leg to stand on

How is that remotely an advantage? You'd still have exactly the same medals at the end of the tournament?

And although we are doing slightly better than Beijing, I hardly think that's down to deliberate rescheduling - surely it's similar for all games?

[green.tea]

I dunno why people are negging me.



If it wasnt planned why would he have a screwdriver?

[Nichrome]

(Original post by green.tea)
I dunno why people are negging me.



If it wasnt planned why would he have a screwdriver?

The coach passed him the screwdriver when they pulled in. I'm guessing you've never rowed before, as EVERY boat/coach ever carries a spanner/screwdriver/toolbox in case of boat equipment failure.

[Drewski]

(Original post by green.tea)
I dunno why people are negging me.



If it wasnt planned why would he have a screwdriver?

People are negging you because you're a moron. You think that because you can see a still of him using a screwdriver that that means he had it from the beginning. That's a blatent lie. If you'd been watching it live or watched a video of it now you'd see that the seat broke, he waved it in the air, then they went to the side, were given a screwdriver and spent 5minutes fixing it.

[Mrkingpenguin]

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys....

[green.tea]

(Original post by Nichrome)
The coach passed him the screwdriver when they pulled in. I'm guessing you've never rowed before, as EVERY boat/coach ever carries a spanner/screwdriver/toolbox in case of boat equipment failure.

A likely story.

You notice how they didnt hold the seat up until after they'd fallen behind? They fell behind first and only then decided to deliberately unscrew the seat. The second screwdriver was obviously just there because if they used the one they already had in the boat it wouldve been obvious. You need a screwdriver to get screws out as well as in remember and a screw mustve come out for him to need the second screwdriver.

[TheWalkinDude]

(Original post by green.tea)
A likely story.

You notice how they didnt hold the seat up until after they'd fallen behind? They fell behind first and only then decided to deliberately unscrew the seat. The second screwdriver was obviously just there because if they used the one they already had in the boat it wouldve been obvious. You need a screwdriver to get screws out as well as in remember and a screw mustve come out for him to need the second screwdriver.

They fell behind because the clips on the seat jammed and it couldn't slide back far enough. As evidenced by the rower falling backwards off of his seat...

[green.tea]

(Original post by TheWalkinDude)
They fell behind because the clips on the seat jammed and it couldn't slide back far enough. As evidenced by the rower falling backwards off of his seat...

So why did he need a screwdriver? They mustve unscrewed something for them to need another screwdriver to screw it again.

[Rainbow Stalin]

Well the restarts rule in track cycling is stupid imo, but as far as I'm aware only affected one race for British cyclers

[TheWalkinDude]

(Original post by green.tea)
So why did he need a screwdriver? They mustve unscrewed something for them to need another screwdriver to screw it again.

To bend the clips back into place so the seat would slide freely.

[green.tea]

(Original post by TheWalkinDude)
To bend the clips back into place so the seat would slide freely.

Oh yeah so ive got a tool box, which apparently all coaches have and i wanna bend something, obviously i reach for the screwdriver and not pliers or mole grips. What rubbish.

[TM94]

Think the Aussies are fuming, not sure if the French care.

Do they care about anything?

Apart from not working longer.

[Drewski]

(Original post by green.tea)
Oh yeah so ive got a tool box, which apparently all coaches have and i wanna bend something, obviously i reach for the screwdriver and not pliers or mole grips. What rubbish.

Yes. They all do. They all wait because they all know you can stop within the first 100m in the event of a technical fault.


Just because you didn't know the rule, don't understand the rule and evidently don't like the rule doesn't make it cheating. Just makes you look childish.

[green.tea]

(Original post by Drewski)
Yes. They all do. They all wait because they all know you can stop within the first 100m in the event of a technical fault.


Just because you didn't know the rule, don't understand the rule and evidently don't like the rule doesn't make it cheating. Just makes you look childish.

Im not saying they dont. Im saying a screwdriver isnt the tool for bending things. Its for screwing and unscrewing. If he was bending something he'd have pliers. Look how he's holding it. A screwing hold, clearly not a leverage one.

[Drewski]

(Original post by green.tea)
Im not saying they dont. Im saying a screwdriver isnt the tool for bending things. Its for screwing and unscrewing. If he was bending something he'd have pliers. Look how he's holding it. A screwing hold, clearly not a leverage one.

As I heard it on the day, he was screwing back in one of the guiding wheels to allow the seat to sit along the rails properly. That would be vindicated by the problems they had then trying to fit the seat back on the wheels - both he and his coach were bashing it for a few minutes trying to get it in place.

[green.tea]

(Original post by Drewski)
As I heard it on the day, he was screwing back in one of the guiding wheels to allow the seat to sit along the rails properly. That would be vindicated by the problems they had then trying to fit the seat back on the wheels - both he and his coach were bashing it for a few minutes trying to get it in place.

Well that proves it. Everyone knows that to get a screw out you need a screwdriver so they mustve already had one on the boat.

[Drewski]

(Original post by green.tea)
Well that proves it. Everyone knows that to get a screw out you need a screwdriver so they mustve already had one on the boat.

Or it could simply have worked out over time?

It proves nothing. And your moanings on here will do nothing. And despite all that, they still came second.

[green.tea]

(Original post by Drewski)
Or it could simply have worked out over time?

It proves nothing. And your moanings on here will do nothing. And despite all that, they still came second.

Worked out over time? They were rowing for about ten seconds.

[Drewski]

(Original post by green.tea)
Worked out over time? They were rowing for about ten seconds.

And when exactly did they have the time to unscrew something?



Worked out over time because that's not the first time they've used the boat.

[green.tea]

(Original post by Drewski)
And when exactly did they have the time to unscrew something?

Took a while for them to hold the seat up after they fell behind.

Worked out over time because that's not the first time they've used the boat.

Looked new to me. Plus it had london 2012 on it.