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Top 5 Sporting Moments

Kevloaf said:
Tiger Woods' comeback "No where near? "

You do say some nonsense.

How many people win a major event in their career then don't win one for 11 years before winning one again?

I can't think of any other achievement like it. 11 years between drinks.
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Think 4 have done it already. Boros, Irwin, Cotton and Crenshaw.
 
quevega said:
Delibarately didn't use the word moment.
Moments will always be more subjective and personal.
Moved topic on to achievements.

Tiger's comeback isn't even as good as George Foreman's.

He'd won 14 already, had a bad back and came back and won another whilst ranked in the top 20 golfers based on last seasons results. Lot better comebacks than that I'm afraid. Not even close to being nonsense.
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Start your own thread then in your next few moments...:highly_amused:

George Foreman's come back involves selling grills doesn't it?

Won 14 then didn't win for 11 years ... it isn't just that he had a bad back. He fell from grace didn't he? The new breed of golfers eclipsed him. THE superstar was universally written off and he's bounced back.

Nonsense
 
quevega said:
Think 4 have done it already. Boros, Irwin, Cotton and Crenshaw.
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Never heard of any of them.

Perhaps my age is counting against me ... but it's the reason Eclipse doesn't get mentioned often enough as a great horse but horses like Quevega do ...

I'm sure there is a valid case for some recency bias ... but to say is not a great comeback is chatting shit... like Foreman and his grills
 
Kevloaf said:
Never heard of any of them.

Perhaps my age is counting against me ... but it's the reason Eclipse doesn't get mentioned often enough as a great horse but horses like Quevega do ...

I'm sure there is a valid case for some recency bias ... but to say is not a great comeback is chatting shit... like Foreman and his grills
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Didn't say it wasn't great, but definitely said it's not the greatest.

"nonsense and chatting shit".

definitely do a lot of both, but not on this occasion.

attention to detail Kevin.
 
quevega said:
Didn't say it wasn't great, but definitely said it's not the greatest.

"nonsense and chatting shit".

definitely do a lot of both, but not on this occasion.

attention to detail Kevin.
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You will have to quanitfy how many better sporting comebacks there have been for Tiger Woods Masters win (that is as you now say, great) is "no where near" being 'the greatest' (or top 5).


Attention to detail, like sentences start with capital letters? :p



and answer the question... what are the 5 best sporting moments you've seen in your lifetime. (see how I've started it without a capital letter just to mess with your mind) I wonder if I'll use a full stop. I did then didn't
 
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Zenyatta's defeat in the Breeders Cup is one of the most memorable.

Nobody has mentioned Winx-y :highly_amused:


Kauto regaining the Gold Cup?

Frankel in the Juddmonte?

Sea The Stars Arc?


No-one ranking them highly enough?
 
Hurricane fly said:
Phelps going 8/8 at the Olympics
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Oooh yeah, that'd slipped my mind! I don't think I appreciated that enough at the time... that was pretty special.
 
Kevloaf said:
You will have to quanitfy how many better sporting comebacks there have been for Tiger Woods Masters win (that is as you now say, great) is "no where near" being 'the greatest' (or top 5).


Attention to detail, like sentences start with capital letters? :p



and answer the question... what are the 5 best sporting moments you've seen in your lifetime. (see how I've started it without a capital letter just to mess with your mind) I wonder if I'll use a full stop. I did then didn't
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comebacks
moments
achievements
against the odds

i'd class near as top ten or maybe top 5 , that applies to all the above.

Tiger's win wouldn't be in my top ten of any of those categories.

aside from horseracing moments.

My top 5 would all be football based.

Platt's goal in 1990 World Cup.
Gazza'a goal in 1996 Euro's.
Pearce's penalty against Spain in 1996 Euro's.
Liverpool come back vs Milan 2005 (proper long moment that)
England 5 Germany 1 (another long moment)
And Colombia penalty win last year.

I'll give you another five that are not as personal but got my attention.

Redgrave's fifth Gold medal.
Murray winning wimbledon for first time.
Brathwaite 4 consecutive sixes in final over of 20/20 world cup vs England.
Mcgregor 13 second knockout of Jose Aldo
Wilkinson's drop goal.

PS,
resorting to punctuation as a comeback is surely the last resort.
I held back every time I was chatting with Scooby, even though his spelling of dosent and deffinately - did my head in. :highly_amused:
 
Forgot Michael Owen goal vs Argentina 1998, nearly went through window. 3rd floor,
 
quevega said:
Forgot Michael Owen goal vs Argentina 1998, nearly went through window. 3rd floor,
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I'm reading this post before I've read the one above ..... but absoluuuutely love this one. That moment is definitely a contender. God I remember that so vividly.
 
quevega said:
comebacks
moments
achievements
against the odds

i'd class near as top ten or maybe top 5 , that applies to all the above.

Tiger's win wouldn't be in my top ten of any of those categories.

aside from horseracing moments.

My top 5 would all be football based.

Platt's goal in 1990 World Cup.
Gazza'a goal in 1996 Euro's.
Pearce's penalty against Spain in 1996 Euro's.
Liverpool come back vs Milan 2005 (proper long moment that)
England 5 Germany 1 (another long moment)
And Colombia penalty win last year.

I'll give you another five that are not as personal but got my attention.

Redgrave's fifth Gold medal.
Murray winning wimbledon for first time.
Brathwaite 4 consecutive sixes in final over of 20/20 world cup vs England.
Mcgregor 13 second knockout of Jose Aldo
Wilkinson's drop goal.

PS,
resorting to punctuation as a comeback is surely the last resort.
I held back every time I was chatting with Scooby, even though his spelling of dosent and deffinately - did my head in. :highly_amused:
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Haha, absolutely a last resort.:highly_amused:


On to the meat of it.

I've gone so lukewarm on football that I block plenty of it out... but at the time I remember thinking England 5 - 1 Germany was the best day of my life (I was 12 or 13 then)
Gazza lobbing it over Hendry's flowing locks was funny, that's just about the only thing I remember from Euro 96 (and the penalty miss obviously).

Murray winning Wimbledon was fantastic. One of my favourite sports people becuase he doesn't pander to crap questions. He just wants to play tennis, he doesn't want to talk to Sue Barker about what he had for breakfast. No nonsense, and aware of his own short comings but shouldn't be ridiculed for not wanting to be an attention seeking twat like I would be if I was a famous sports person.


The Undertaker's Wretlemania entrance? :triumphant: (Properly exposing age group)
 
I can't have all these footy ones pass without any mention of Michael Thomas' goal in the last minute at Anfield to win Arsenal the league on goals scored (goal difference was also the same as Liverpool) in 1989. Far bigger an achievement than Aguerooooooo, although I am an Arsenal fan.

In terms of overall achievement agree with Q, odds speak for themselves Leicetser winning the Premier League
 
Rhinestone_Cowboy said:
I can't have all these footy ones pass without any mention of Michael Thomas' goal in the last minute at Anfield to win Arsenal the league on goals scored (goal difference was also the same as Liverpool) in 1989. Far bigger an achievement than Aguerooooooo, although I am an Arsenal fan.

In terms of overall achievement agree with Q, odds speak for themselves Leicetser winning the Premier League
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The Arsenal one hurt me a lot as a boyhood Liverpool fan, but I think you're right as a football moment it should rank above Aguero for sure.
Probably coming just weeks after Hillsborough hasn't helped the moment last as much as it deserves for anyone outside North London.
 
Dessie's Gold Cup Cheltenham 1989
Sam Torrence's Putt The Belfry 1985
Nacho Novo's Penalty Florence 2008
Scott McDonald's Goal Motherwell 2005
Soba's Stewards Cup Goodwood 1982

Most won't mean a thing to the vast majority but these 5 resulted in the 5 worst hangovers of my life.
 
Rhinestone_Cowboy said:
I can't have all these footy ones pass without any mention of Michael Thomas' goal in the last minute at Anfield to win Arsenal the league on goals scored (goal difference was also the same as Liverpool) in 1989. Far bigger an achievement than Aguerooooooo, although I am an Arsenal fan.

In terms of overall achievement agree with Q, odds speak for themselves Leicetser winning the Premier League
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i was in a Glasgow pub for the Liverpool v Arsenal game. With it being a Friday night the pub was packed and most folk didn't really have a horse in the race. By the end the atmosphere in the pub was tremendous, what a match.
 
Kevloaf said:
It definitely counts but is just pipped to the top 5.

I once ate 10 mcdonalds cheeseburgers within 30 minutes which is (probably) harder than it sounds
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I won an Onion Bhaji eating competition , The 2nd place ate 18 , I ate 39 , Size of a small dinner plate they were !!.:highly_amused:
 
BigChaang said:
I won an Onion Bhaji eating competition , The 2nd place ate 18 , I ate 39 , Size of a small dinner plate they were !!.:highly_amused:
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were you allowed to dip in mint yoghurt sauce ?

Love a bhaji me.

expect I'd have been second though. 39 is serious business.
 
quevega said:
were you allowed to dip in mint yoghurt sauce ?

Love a bhaji me.

expect I'd have been second though. 39 is serious business.
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Yes !! , Definitely with Minty Yoghurt !, That was in my Heyday , Reckon i could still put away a dozen now,
But they don't make them as big any more .:),
 
O.K .. so - In No particular order ,.
London Olympics super saturday. - 2012.
England Rugby world cup win - 2003.
Botham's Ashes - 1981.
Kauto Star's last king George win - 2011.
Michael Owen Hatrick and England beating Germany 5-1 - 2001.
 
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