God is an Englishman wrote:Team GB finished second, even I didn't think we could achieve that
drugs?
Or.. just a lot better than you lot. Surprising really, especially considering the drug culture in Australian sport.
Given the population being 3x greater than Australia, I'm not surprised GB finished above Australia in the 'medal tally'.
That being said, i think team GB exceeded all expectations and Australia severely under-achieved so the disparity between the 2 nations is a lot greater than anyone would have anticipated
Frank Costanza wrote:Given the population being 3x greater than Australia, I'm not surprised GB finished above Australia in the 'medal tally'.
That being said, i think team GB exceeded all expectations and Australia severely under-achieved so the disparity between the 2 nations is a lot greater than anyone would have anticipated
Even including the ridiculous per capita argument, GB out performed australia
Frank Costanza wrote:Given the population being 3x greater than Australia, I'm not surprised GB finished above Australia in the 'medal tally'.
That being said, i think team GB exceeded all expectations and Australia severely under-achieved so the disparity between the 2 nations is a lot greater than anyone would have anticipated
Even including the ridiculous per capita argument, GB out performed australia
per capita argument is offset by Australian weather and free open space compared to UK.
Simply speaking, Australians are poor at sport and poor at organising success.
Frank Costanza wrote:Given the population being 3x greater than Australia, I'm not surprised GB finished above Australia in the 'medal tally'.
That being said, i think team GB exceeded all expectations and Australia severely under-achieved so the disparity between the 2 nations is a lot greater than anyone would have anticipated
Even including the ridiculous per capita argument, GB out performed australia
per capita argument is offset by Australian weather and free open space compared to UK.
Simply speaking, Australians are poor at sport and poor at organising success.
It's a shame really, they used to be quite good but now they can only be described as poor. Someone on my facebook page tried to use per capita, it was quite funny when I pointed out, per capita we're higher as well.