Argyle “It is what it is”

[Keepitgreen]

It is what it is a a very defeatist British statement.

:greensmile:

Yes pity it's a rarity! You have checked our international football record?

Yep, I have. England are below Wales in the rankings.

 

[IJN]

:lol:

A mere blip.

 

[Bristol Rich]

Yes pity it's a rarity! You have checked our international football record?

Oh I see, it's a British football comment is it? Sorry, I didn't realise you meant that.

The Olympics was fantastic and I loved it but British success at an international sporting event is a huge rarity.

 

[Bristol Rich]

:lol:

A mere blip.

Yes in our 50 years of success!

 

[IJN]

Yes pity it's a rarity! You have checked our international football record?

Oh I see, it's a British football comment is it? Sorry, I didn't realise you meant that.

The Olympics was fantastic and I loved it but British success at an international sporting event is a huge rarity.

Lewis Hamilton and Andy Murray would disagree and I'm sure there's more.

 

[IJN]

:lol:

A mere blip.

Yes in our 50 years of success!

Compared to the Welsh we're Germany.

 

[Dazzy3000]

Yep certainly been a difficult recent history. Dropping down the leagues, been in league 2 for far too long, haven't had a proper decent home cup tie for years (Quarters v Watford 2007 and Everton in 2005 top of my head??). I think the crowds have held up pretty well to be honest!!

 

[Bristol Rich]

Yes pity it's a rarity! You have checked our international football record?

Oh I see, it's a British football comment is it? Sorry, I didn't realise you meant that.

The Olympics was fantastic and I loved it but British success at an international sporting event is a huge rarity.

Lewis Hamilton and Andy Murray would disagree and I'm sure there's more.

Andy Murray is great, but it took over 70 years to get a winner at a tournament we organise every year. It was 60 years before we could ever get a half decent competitor. To be fair I have to be honest and say I couldn't care less about motorsport so I don't count it.

 

[Bristol Rich]

:lol:

A mere blip.

Yes in our 50 years of success!

Compared to the Welsh we're Germany.

The point is we should be more like Germany and not comparing ourselves to the Welsh.

 

[Balham Green]

I cant get my head around that medal table as if we were a sporting superpower when the vast majority of the population are couch potatoes and many are obese.

 

[IJN]

Whereas the USA is full of athletes?

 

[Bristol Rich]

Whereas the USA is full of athletes?

To be fair they have a much bigger population to pick from.

 

[demportdave]

It is what it is a a very defeatist British statement.

:greensmile:

Not quite sure what your point is here Ian in posting a chart of the final Olympic medals table. Our successes in Rio have not happened by chance.

Neither is it just the result of a lot of hard work by the athletes and their coaches. It has been a long time in the making and cost many millions of pounds.

Our recent excellent Olympic performances are the result of significant investment in a number of sports from the Lottery and other sources dating back 20 years and initiated by John Major after our dismal performance at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

If Argyle (or any other club) had sustained investment over such a long period of time, perhaps we would be similarly successful and we wouldn't have to settle for the gallant loser/failure role we so readily accept.

I am proud to be British and quite patriotic, but in what other country would someone like Eddie the Eagle be celebrated?

 

[IJN]

My point is Davem that Rich stated '`It what it is' was a typical British statement.

Your words above prove that it probably most certainly isn't typically British.

 

[Bristol Rich]

My point is Davem that Rich stated '`It what it is' was a typical British statement.

Your words above prove that it probably most certainly isn't typically British.

Can I just check are you arguing we are a successful sporting country based on one Olympic's success?

We glorify losers and we always have done. Do you think the Germans have to get sentimental about 2 semi finals since 1966?

To add to my point I just watched a show about how terrible English cricket was in the 1990s!