Home advantage

OMG it's double post Friday!

Sneaking a spot of Olympics-watch into our lunchtime, we witness for the first time the delights of Taekwondo or ‘freelance kicking people in ze head’ as it should more properly be known.

A good showing by 17-year-old Brit Aaron Cook is tragically cut short by what can only be described as some highly dubious judging in the bronze medal boot off where the judges should’ve reported for duty at Specsavers rather than for an Olympic play off final.

While we would concede we’re no experts, even we could tell he’d stuck one on the Chinese guy’s bonce in the first round and that should have earned him two points rather than a charge of assault and battery.

Later rounds were no better and the judges were more homer than The Illiad. Young Aaron agreed opining: “I have never seen scoring like it in my life. In any other match I would have won by about five points but the judges were not putting anything up. I knew the crowd would be behind him but I didn't think the scoring would be that bad.”

Gutting for young Aaron no doubt, but don’t worry lad, home advantage should count for something next time. Problem is we’ll probably be too honest to take advantage. It’s a heavy burden to bear.