Burgess and Rossi: "Play time is over"

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Mar 1 2007, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>ALso, Rossi will have that 2009 Ducati seat so there.
nahhh..... it's off to kawasaki for him.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Mar 1 2007, 04:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i really was hopin that either marco or nick would have ended up on the duc. when loris retires i think we'll see 1 of these guy's ridin the duc!

I would have said Nicky would never leave Honda. He seems quite loyal, but i think he could leave in order to be on a different bike to Pedrosa, depending on how the two guys rack up in the next few seasons.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Mar 1 2007, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>nahhh..... it's off to kawasaki for him.

It'll be Ducati or retire for rossi in 2008, you'll see.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Mar 1 2007, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>so your saying...if you and i were on a race track at full balls...and comming out of a corner i elbow you and, you into the dirt at 200k...you wouldn't be pissed??........come on.

There is being pissed, and there is hitting people. I may be a little upset about it, but i would not be fighting anyone, it achieves nothing. I do not get that angry, ever. I have never hit anyone and i never will.

Aren't you underestimating the sheer volume of adrenalin that would be pumping through your veins at the end of a race Tom??

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Mar 1 2007, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i really was hopin that either marco or nick would have ended up on the duc. when loris retires i think we'll see 1 of these guy's ridin the duc!
Nicky and Marco on the factory ducatis would be my dream team. I can dream can't I?

Yes of course that is a factor, but i think they should have more control then that. There comes a point where if your that mad you need to just walk away.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Mar 1 2007, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I would have said Nicky would never leave Honda. He seems quite loyal, but i think he could leave in order to be on a different bike to Pedrosa, depending on how the two guys rack up in the next few seasons.
It'll be Ducati or retire for rossi in 2008, you'll see.
There is being pissed, and there is hitting people. I may be a little upset about it, but i would not be fighting anyone, it achieves nothing. I do not get that angry, ever. I have never hit anyone and i never will.

i don't know man...cause that scenario is a life threatening one, or at the least bad injury... i'd be swinging... but everyone is diff...

That's precisely the thing about adrenalin though. When there's a lot of it you can't really control it.

I understand the situation and adrenaline blah blah blah. I am a peaceful person, and hitting someone is just not an option uless it is defence from immediate physical danger. Given the circumstances i don't think the guys are ........ are anything, i was just disapointed that they could act like that.

Well it's all talk isn't it? When someone's elbowed YOU at 200mph come back and tell us how peacefully you handled it.

I can promise you i wont hit the guy.

Hmmm...I can believe that. You'll just push him to the ground and kick him.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ Mar 1 2007, 05:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hmmm...I can believe that. You'll just push him to the ground and kick him.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ Mar 1 2007, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nicky and Marco on the factory ducatis would be my dream team. I can dream can't I?
u sure can sweetheart!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (V8GUZZI @ Feb 28 2007, 11:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I'd agree with that, I'm suprised by Jerry's quotes. So according to him he has the best rider, with the best bike that will work at any track AND the competition/current champion isn't worthy. With a rider like Rossi you'd think he'd shut the F up and manage the team maybe alittle better than he did last year. If Rossi wants to talk smack I'm all for it but show me a "coach" that does it and he is setting himself up for possibly a big downfall.
My thoughts exactly. If a rider wants to stir the pot that's fine, settle it on track then. I just think when someone in the crew starts talking it's rather stupid. How can they settle it? Compressed air guns at dawn, whoever changes the rear first wins, Hayden v Burgess...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Mar 1 2007, 12:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>no i havent,i will look out for it, its sad when jurnos have to stoop to those depths, a lot of the rossi,gibbers saga was blown out of preportion by the media by all accounts,i just hope biaggi will keep his head down his nose clean and ride his ... off this year and be above the idiots trying to wind him up to sell there rags.
Not all journos are bad guys...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ Mar 1 2007, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Don't know what all the fuss is...really it's what some journalist reported.Jeremy's always been a nice guy. I don't think he was being malicious. THen again...maybe I'm just too trusting. Or maybe I'm just a mindless cheerleader. GO VALE! GO MARCO! Snap out of mindless cheerleading mode
Last Sunday Italian TV interviewed Rossi after his winning the beemer..and the first thing they said is 'So this is your reply to Biaggi's win yesterday' or something. What da fck? You should have seen his face! Biaggi's ridden off into the sunset world of WSB and STILL journalists are trying to get a fight out of it!
Journalists create jobs for themselves by stirring things up. It's what they do. They must be sitting back laughing their heads off right now. LIke someone said, it's easy to interpret things any way you like. Tis a fact Nicky won 2006. Tis also a fact that Camel Yamaha team did not get their act together all season and in my opinion were far from being up to their rider's standards. But I can't believe all this bickering is still going on. If 2006 was Nicky's only shot at being World Champion...then fine. Just let the kid enjoy it dammit! Rossi was the first to congratulate him. He's a sportsman and is the first to understand that you win some and you lose some. WHether it was the team, him or a combination of both is irrelevant. The guy's won 7 world titles for chrissake..does he really need to prove anything to anyone? He is one of the all time greats...not even the most hardcore Anti-Rossi guy can take that away from him. Not even if he never wins another race. And if Nicky's got it in him to shut the world up by winning it another 5 times..well good on him. I just hope he does so with enough flair and self-confidence that people will stop banging on about how it wasn't he who won it but someone else who lost it...ie I hope that if he wins it again he does it by winning some races goddamit. I know it's the points that count...but as a fan of motorcycle racing, high speed, high risks and high adrenalin rushes, it seems kind of against the spirit of the whole thing that the championship can be won by playing it safe. I think hardcore motogp fans feel a bit 'cheated' by that and that is why these debates just keep going on and on and on. I know it's happened in the past and it will keep happening..but it doesn't feel right somehow. And Nicky brigade please don't hang me. I'm not taking anything away from Nicky. I LIKE Nicky.
Very solid post Bikergirl, couldn't have said it better. You can't take anything away from Valentino, he will no doubt be remembered as one of the greats of all time.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Feb 27 2007, 01:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>ROSSI maid 1 mistake last year, at Valencia....thats it....

everything else was mechanical.Yeap!

But but Nicky over came mechanical woes all year wifh his crutch and stuff ...........

Rossi will dominate again .... have some good races and send the #1 plate rider back in the mid-pack where he places regularly.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ssiperko @ Mar 1 2007, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>But but Nicky over came mechanical woes all year wifh his crutch and stuff ...........
I didn't know stuttering was possible when writing, but you proved me wrong. Must be that bad taste in your mouth also causing havoc on your fingers.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ Mar 1 2007, 04:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Don't know what all the fuss is..
She speaks and makes sense. Nice.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Mar 1 2007, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I didn't know stuttering was possible when writing, but you proved me wrong. Must be that bad taste in your mouth also causing havoc on your fingers.Nahhhhhhhhhhhh .................. it's a skill I have ...... the only thing my fingers and moufh have in common is that they bofh handle food.

Time for a tuna taco ..... have fun with yer cheeze wiz and crackers.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Mar 1 2007, 11:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>nahhh..... it's off to kawasaki for him.
We can only hope!

SS

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ssiperko @ Mar 2 2007, 05:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>We can only hope!

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Why on earth would you want to see Macio on a Kawa? Cruel cruel man! Macio's ... belongs on a Ducati...I fully intend to brainwash him into it!!!

The quote was about rossi's next ride

Oh! I just woke up!! Apologies all around.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bikergirl @ Mar 2 2007, 03:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Oh! I just woke up!! Apologies all around.
I said that because Vale could win on a Vespa.

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