However, the British atheletics federation or whatever they are called made similar comments after the under-performance of Brits at Bejing and already we have more Brits through their initial heats than we did at Bejing, if memory serves. That doesn't mean we will win any more medals than we did at Bejing, but it means there has been an improvement as a result of analysing the failure at Bejing.

The Olympics is a competition when all is said and done. Nobody wins anything in a competition without a good dose of analysis. In fact, nobody achieves anything without a good dose of analysis.

Fingers crossed that the other countries don't twig that our cyclists are using rocket-bikes.

Frankie Boyle reckons that Jessica Ennis has such tight abs that it must be like shagging a tiny trampoline

3rd in the medal table, considering the size of our country, that is surely something to be proud of.

Agreed. If it stays that way, it's a great achievement.

No, G4S ruined everything before the games started. Any medals we win are academic.

Plus I was in traffic this morning whilst Boris and the President of Turkmenistan wizzed past in a Zil lane.

Pret a manger on Fleet Street was also closed for civillians. The Army had taken over the place. I couldn't get my fair trade freshly squeezed orange juice with bits in it and no artificial colourings for £4.99.

That is true but the final, and vital ingredient is the human mind and all its frailties - there are too many examples to mention where athletes who should have been more successful, and who were in peak condition right up to the second that the event starts, suddenly don't perform as well as they have done in training or even in their heats, its unpredictable and sport is all the better for it - the moral of the story is leave the analysis to the coaches and just enjoy the spectacle.

Relating it back to RL, spectators are far less knob-ish if they don't read the Opta stats, partly because they often don't understand the significance of certain ones, partly because they were never intended for public consumption anyway, but mainly because many RL games are often won by a totally unpredictable error or fluke.

... and another Gold + World Record in the Velodrome

I'll conduct the experiment if no one else wants to...

What?

Shag a tiny trampoline?

If I got a go on Jess Ennis afterwards then definitely.

Tonight's athletics has just been awesome. Three golds in quick succession. Utterly gripping.

Totally agree.

Three champions at that stadium tonight, all of whom have had to overcome incredible personal hurdles to achieve on the night. Fabulous to watch it all and I'm so jealous of the people who were in that venue to witness it first hand. Amazing stuff.