v2 G.O.A.T The Last 8 Group 2

First topic message reminder :

The second of today's groups pits cricket, football, swimming, golf and athletics against each other for your votes

Please vote for the participant you believe has achieved the most in sport

Please leave a comment as to why you voted

super_realist wrote:Don't get sucked in, no different from winning a Masters series tennis event.

One of the highlights of the whole competition for me. The ongoing battle between Oakey and SR regarding Woods.

Anyway this one is between Phelps and Pele for me.

Looks like Nine Chins is going out.

Made your night hasnt it pal...

Oh well at least he is being pipped out by Cucumber sandwich!

Who is nine Chins?

emancipator wrote:

super_realist wrote:Don't get sucked in, no different from winning a Masters series tennis event.

One of the highlights of the whole competition for me. The ongoing battle between Oakey and SR regarding Woods.

Anyway this one is between Phelps and Pele for me.

Nine chins is Woods btw..

That doesnt sound too complimentary, Why do they call him nine Chins?

Its SR's nickname only. But some of us on the forum use it now as well.

Sr reckons Woods has 9 chins when he smiles- You now like a dude with a chubby face would have.

Oakey, I can't think that because the miserable curmudgeon never smiles.

He's got a fat chin which I think is a precursor to him blowing up like his fat old man.

Thats stupid,its not like hes fat like John Daley.

Tiger Woods always had a big following down here in NZ, because he used to have a Kiwi caddy. Steve Williams. and that is very important.

Sounds like a very tenuous link. Trying too hard to get a bit of reflected glory because some Kiwi chump carried a bag for someone.

That cady was the richest Kiwi 'sportsman' at one point..


They had a greeeat relationship though didnt they .

Williams
"I would like to shove this right up his b... A..."

super_realist wrote:Sounds like a very tenuous link. Trying too hard to get a bit of reflected glory because some Kiwi chump carried a bag for someone.

Not as tenuous as deciding the Greatest Of All Time by the number of their chins they might have.

That's the irony and an indictment on how bad NZ sport mus have been. (sorry Auckland)

I don't think Woods is a GOAT though because carrying a golf bag is more athletic than playing the game itself, although he does have multiple chins.

Perhaps Steve Williams is more of a GOAT than Nine Chins?

To back the kiwis up here mate.

They are very very good a sports on a pro rata level.(check out there medal counts in the oylimpics!)

Add to that they have a legendary sporting team in the all blacks.

If we had a GOAT sports team. They would be up there!

But when it comes to the high profile big earning sports like tennis,golf, football, nfl, baseball,basketball, f1 etc etc they dont really feature

Realist.

Presuming your a Scotsman,and telling us how bad NZ sport is, then tell us how many times has Scotland beaten New Zealand at rugby in the last 130 odd years.

Perhaps Mysti, rather pathetic though that a man employed to carry a bag and replace divots earns more than NZ rowers, Rugger players or any other sports they might have representation in.

Aucks. SR isnt a scotsman.. He was just born there.. He is an earthling!

Realist

Is that true that you dont support Scotland?

aucklandlaurie wrote: Realist.

Presuming your a Scotsman,and telling us how bad NZ sport is, then tell us how many times has Scotland beaten New Zealand at rugby in the last 130 odd years.

Auckland, don't be so defensive, it isn't a personal attack. However, I don't care for SCottishness, it's merely an accident of birth.

As for the egg chucking, it's the national sport of NewZealand and has thousands of players, Scotlands even at Amateur level are numbered in the hundreds.

Using one sport as a reason for justifying NZ sporting pedigree is scraping the barrel a bit though.

Come on realist tell us which country you support?

He doesnt mate. honestly!

If anything Auckland I consider myself to be British, I don't really see the point in splitting the Union up for the basis of sporting teams.

Perhaps he should call himself Super_fantasist.

super_realist wrote:If anything Auckland I consider myself to be British, I don't really see the point in splitting the Union up for the basis of sporting teams.

In other words you want to hitch a ride on the coat tails of any other British country, that is succeeeding when yours isnt.

To be fair aucks, You have got the lad a bit wrong!

He does however have a penchant for scandinavia!

What the F..k do they do in Scandinavia?

They have a steady stream of ok golfers, and I suppose footballers..

Auckland, I've got relations all over the UK, there's no reason to be an isolationist. Ever since I was old enough to know I've never liked Scottish Nationalism or Scottishness.

I've never been proud of Scotland, Scottishness or anything related. It's a nice place to live, but that's it.

aucklandlaurie wrote:
What the F..k do they do in Scandinavia?

Been there loads, work for a Danish company, speak the language, go there quite often with work and might end up living there, don't support the team though.

mystiroakey wrote:They have a steady stream of ok golfers, and I suppose footballers..

And I must admit they're women arent too shabby.

aucklandlaurie wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:They have a steady stream of ok golfers, and I suppose footballers..

And I must admit they're women arent too shabby.

Compared to Scotland, in fact compared to anywhere they are amazing.

Who the f#ck is don bradman??

For christ sake...

To my mind Pele and Bradman are the standout candidates from this group. In a sport with a very long history Bradman towers over the field in a way that none of the likes of, for example, Woods, Nicklaus or Federer -do, even though all they are worthy of a place in the latter stages of the competition.

Pele likewise in my view is the obvious choice as the stand out candidate from football. (Although he is not in this group I simply couldn't contemplate Maradonna as GOAT, brilliant tho he was at times, for character reasons.)

mystiroakey wrote:SR isnt a scotsman...he is an earthling!

classic mysti

Struggle to view golf and cricket as sports, see them of more of a past time...

Think pele is somewhat overrated and always had a soft sport for Johnson so went for him, fully aware he will lose miserably though.

super_realist wrote:

aucklandlaurie wrote:
What the F..k do they do in Scandinavia?

Been there loads, work for a Danish company, speak the language, go there quite often with work and might end up living there, don't support the team though.

Cold, miserable and expensive. And that 's just the women, the country's not much better. Nice pastries though, credit where its due.

milkyboy wrote:

super_realist wrote:

aucklandlaurie wrote:
What the F..k do they do in Scandinavia?

Been there loads, work for a Danish company, speak the language, go there quite often with work and might end up living there, don't support the team though.

Cold, miserable and expensive. And that 's just the women, the country's not much better. Nice pastries though, credit where its due.

Don't forget, there must be a lot of pigs too, exporting all that tasty bacon :oink:

super_realist wrote:If anything Auckland I consider myself to be British, I don't really see the point in splitting the Union up for the basis of sporting teams.

Ive never understood why they dont just get rid of Ireland, Scotland and Wales and call it all England? Isnt the Queen the Queen of England anyway, she could cover the other countries at the same time.

Why don't they get rid of New Zealand and call it Australia....or even just call them both England. Makes sense to me 26,000 miles away. It's probably all just wasteland full of rejects anyway.

She is also the queen of NZ mate..

The queen doesnt run this island!

She doesnt run anything, its all name and no trousers..

By the way comments like yours- even in jest give us English a bad name dude- and you are not even English!!!

How does it give you a bad name Mystir?

When the Olympics are on we dont hear about England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales we hear about Great Britian.

aucklandlaurie wrote:

super_realist wrote:If anything Auckland I consider myself to be British, I don't really see the point in splitting the Union up for the basis of sporting teams.

Ive never understood why they dont just get rid of Ireland, Scotland and Wales and call it all England? Isnt the Queen the Queen of England anyway, she could cover the other countries at the same time.

Get a geography lesson. Ireland has nothing to do with Britain (except the northern part unfortunately)

The ghastly bald, nine chinned misery is out. Good riddance.

milkyboy wrote:

super_realist wrote:

aucklandlaurie wrote:
What the F..k do they do in Scandinavia?

Been there loads, work for a Danish company, speak the language, go there quite often with work and might end up living there, don't support the team though.

Cold, miserable and expensive. And that 's just the women, the country's not much better. Nice pastries though, credit where its due.

It's only cold in winter, but then so is here, it certainly isn't miserable. Walk down any street in Oslo, Copenhagen or Malmo and compare the glum faces you see in London, Glasgow etc and it isn't all that expensive either, Britain is hardly cheap, perhaps a bit more to visit, but not to live if you are employed there. Norway/Denmark/Sweden are continually voted as the best places to live.

Aucks

You used the word England dude. Not Britain and NI. And Ireland is not part of the union and neither is it part of the crown!

I personally see myself as English, although I obviously support Britain when it comes to the Olympics, Europe in the Ryder Cup etc.

I support England and english when it comes to sport, but that is more about them being 'Local' sporting teams.

However I feel British and even European more than English.

Will you support Millwall IF they get into Europe via the FA Cup?

No.

they are an exeption.