Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything?

Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical

By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left

Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes

They were shut out of the telecast

An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland

;D
Suck eggs Australia!

Should leave 'professionalism' in Sport to the women.
The men are complete tossers in all sports.
Riccardo can only win in China for starters. ;D

This is the Wankerr Flag of Australia.
Especially in the hands of its males.  ;D ;D

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red baron wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:04pm:

Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything? Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes They were shut out of the telecast An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland

I don't 'get' it Mr Baron.  We have a 'Sports' Section here and even a Thread about exactly the same issue.

Link.

You are parotting what has already been said.

Aussie wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:14pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 16th, 2018 at 7:04pm: Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything? Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes They were shut out of the telecast An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland I don't 'get' it Mr Baron.  We have a 'Sports' Section here and even a Thread about exactly the same issue. Link. You are parotting what has already been said.

there is also an Environment sub-forum, etc yet you duplicate in Relationships what is
already being said elsewhere ...

red baron wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:04pm:

Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything? Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes They were shut out of the telecast An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland

Maybe all the athletes had done a runner... ;D

WHO CARES?

AT LEAST ITS FINISHED

THANK GOODNESS

Valkie wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:52pm:

WHO CARES? AT LEAST ITS FINISHED THANK GOODNESS

Hear hear.
Change the speed signs back and get on with life as it should be.

Didn't watch one single thing.


Nothing wrong with the boxing kangaroo jasin.
Look up where it started out. Seems no one in this country is allowed to show pride anymore without being labelled a yobo or wanker.
The kangaroo is one tuff MF animal.....hence it is our sporting flag. Aussies are tough and we love beating opposition teams.

Thanks Aussie I thought this was more important an item than to be squirreled in Sports

red baron wrote on Apr 17^th, 2018 at 8:43am:

Thanks Aussie I thought this was more important an item than to be squirreled in Sports

Aussie is just worried about you stealing his thunder - that's all.

AiA wrote on Apr 17^th, 2018 at 8:58am:

red baron wrote on Apr 17th, 2018 at 8:43am: Thanks Aussie I thought this was more important an item than to be squirreled in Sports Aussie is just worried about you stealing his thunder - that's all.

The absolute crap which goes through what passes for your missing brain is just mindboggling.

red baron wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:04pm:

Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything? Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes They were shut out of the telecast An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland

Well he has has the runs on the board as one of the top 5 incompetent QLD premiers, so no-one should have expected much more than disasters followed by apologies from him, something were Queenslanders are well used to.

Well, our family wanted to go to the commonwealth games. But it was simply too expensive:
- Air fair - > $600 one way from Melbourne each person on economy
- Some Accommodation charges 7 to 800 a day, when they usually cost 250 to 350. 
And hence we decided not to go.

I have also heard from family friends who live on the gold coast, that locals were told to keep away from the game venues.  I thought that was ridiculous.  It should had been welcoming to everyone.   And plus, all those empty seats that they cant sell, they should have just give it away for free the last minute to the locals.  Since they are the ones who are mostly effected by the games. 

And no parade for athletes during the closing ceremony, but 7 LONG speeches by boring politicians?  Now that's just bad. 

Jasin wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:07pm:

;D Suck eggs Australia! Should leave 'professionalism' in Sport to the women. The men are complete tossers in all sports. Riccardo can only win in China for starters. ;D

Get back on your meds  ::)

Australia actually topped the medal tally.

red baron wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:04pm:

Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything? Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes They were shut out of the telecast An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland

Why should QLDers hang their heads in shame?

Many are embarrassed at the poor presentation & content of the Opening & Closing ceremonies.

Many are angry at the disruptions caused to peopel going about their daily lives.

Many businesses have been adversely financially affected by the lack of patronage all over the coast because people were advised to stay away & off the roads.

But please leave the blame squarely in the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee & Peter Beatties hands.

As I heard on Ray Hadleys morning radio show from a Gold Coast woman ...... the only thing Beattie became professionally good at in the 9 years he was Premier of QLD was "apologising" for the stuff ups, saying it will be fixed & promising for it not to happen again.

The exact same thing he's done after this cockup.

Gawd help the NRL.

He needs to disappear into the twilight/background. 

Aussie wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:14pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 16th, 2018 at 7:04pm: Good on you Peter Beattie you know as much about running the Commonwealth Games as you know about the Cronulla SHARKS; are you useless at everything? Last night's closing of the Commonwealth Games in which the competing athletes were not featured was farcical By half way through the ceremony much of the attending audience had left Who gives a continental about singers. This was supposed to be a celebration of the competition and friendship of the athletes They were shut out of the telecast An utter disgrace, hang your heads in shame Queensland I don't 'get' it Mr Baron.  We have a 'Sports' Section here and even a Thread about exactly the same issue. Link. You are parotting what has already been said.

Red Baron is auditioning for a position as a ventriloquists dummy. He has the credentials being an ex-copper with limited vocabulary.

Hmmmmmmm!!  Maybe Ch 7 is not as pure as the driven snow it claims to be.

Link.


Quote:

Channel Seven aired My Kitchen Rules rather than a pre-Commonwealth Games closing ceremony honouring athletes because it was concerned about ratings, according to a leading media analyst. Australian athletes enter the stadium before the start of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Steve Allen from Fusion Strategy said he believed it was the right decision, and that it would have been "locked in" weeks earlier to maintain the network's ratings edge over Channel Nine. "It was kind of a commercial imperative from the way we see what they were doing strategically," Mr Allen said. "Nine really bested them from the start of the year — first in February with Married at First Sight — and it depressed the ratings of My Kitchen Rules (MKR). "Nine was launching on the Sunday night with The Voice, regardless of what Seven was doing. "That was slotted in some time ago, so whether they put the athletes walk in, or whether they put MKR on, Seven had to think carefully about their strategy and their ratings prospects." Mr Allen said while Seven won ratings gold during the Games, it could have lost out big time by postponing MKR's relaunch to Monday night. "I think that is some of the choice they made. They said 'right, we know we are going to have a strong lead-in in ratings from the Gold Medal Group two-hour special at 4:00pm. It will lead into our news, we will have a strong news, we have had that all the way through the Commonwealth Games. We will lead straight out of that into MKR, we will revive the ratings of MKR'," he said.

I found it an amazing commonwealth games. I find it amazing that the roaches have all crawled out of wheelie bin to bag it for what channel 7 did.

Read somewhere today that the singers in the Closing Ceremony were not paid.  Mind you, they were not relevant really, but....they did what was asked of them, and to NOT PAY them??????

>:(

Jasin wrote on Apr 16^th, 2018 at 7:08pm:

This is the Wankerr Flag of Australia. Especially in the hands of its males.  ;D ;D

Um, what country are you from?