Robert Smith talks about Team G.B showjumping Squard as "mediocre" and no medal....

[Gucci_b]

click on the link to listern.... Guess he was VERY wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPgguEDUX8&feature=share

 

[Marydoll]

Yea, how wrong were you mate

 

[Tammytoo]

Sour grapes?

 

[AmyMay]

Sour grapes?

Absolutely.

 

[ChwaraeTeg]

Unlucky perhaps, unlike this young man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcExDSYt4O8&feature=relmfu

 

[Rowreach]

Back in April when the interview was published, I reckon Robert was spot on and very realistic about GB's prospects. He was saying what a lot of people were thinking. Nick is outstanding and had an outstanding horse. Nobody else was showing quite such results and a lot of top class horses, including Robert's, had been sold. He was pretty pragmatic about his own chances of selection I thought - and since the team hadn't at that point been selected I don't see how "sour grapes" would come into it.

I think it's amazing the team won Gold yesterday, I think it's great for the sport, but in no way was it a foregone conclusion.