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Plus ....... 1. This post should be enshrined as a mandatory default signature whilst new joiners should tick the box marked 'I have read and fully understand ALR's 16th post/amendment' before being allowed to proceed with membership. The perfect antidote to the rampant Zoot pandemic, outbreak of BJC (actually sounds like a virus), and associated B J Taylorism.
God bless internet forums. God Bless Powerslide - 'boasting' more armchair expertise than ....... DFS.
So Crutchlow shot his mouth off again. These guys are racers...they take lessons in PR, but I guess Cal's end of term report regarding that particular module would probably read 'must try harder'; according to Powerslide - 'should have done better' and in general 'all at sea'....or would that be Pedrosa? (keep up). Fortunately, his performance on that bike this season merits an A+ ..that's all that matters to this myopic Brit..and evidently to him.
Aside from the admittedly hardly insignificant matter of seventeen world championships between them (yeah - my own mental arithmetic/spurious reckoning...BJC perhaps a quick Wikki check necessitated here) - Messrs Reid, Roberts, Doohan, Schwantz and Gardner forged a career inscribed by opinionated ........ - and added to that, a nice little earner for retirement. Let's cut the hagiography...Sheene was a bit of a knob too. Yeah, he had appreciably more natural talent than Cal, but from where I'm sitting...the view from my armchair tells me that there's a .... sight mouthier gobshites populating that paddock with only a fraction of the ability and tenacity that Cal possesses. Pol Espagaro for one, is treading dangerously on the that particular territory. I don't give a .... how many Moto 2 races he's been gifted, field finally levelled - Scotty's smokin' him this season. His recent comment that Redding can't ride in the heat (the implication being..manage his tyres under high track temperatures..in other words, degradation - something the pint size prick isn't necessarily susceptible to) only highlights his own limitations/insecurities in the wet or cool conditions (a significant climatic component given the duration and geographical scope of the championship)..further betraying his own inadequacies and vulnerability and actually makes Scott more determined to own him on his own scorched turf. Pol is destined to become another Bautista, - same inflated pay, only minus the talent. Another revolving Spanish billboard propelled and circulating fortnightly boosted by 'auspicious' Spanish sponsorship. If factory equipment is availed to him in a satellite guise it merely reinforces how ...... up and unjust this sport has become. At least Bradley soldiered through a Moto 2 campaign with Tech 3, on a prehistoric chassis but also through affiliation with the squad and crew as opposed to being transplanted.
Back to Bazza...In my opinion, few in this sport have self-shafted their career more spectacularly than Sheene when he openly shunned Suzuki - yes Lyria, whilst still under contract to the marque. It happens - it will continue to happen, this is no revelation.
Does amassing championships like a god also imbue you with a God given or divine right to vent spleen upon a factory whilst still under contract?..Reid was very sly...but as machiavellian as the prince of speed was prone to be, he ultimately couldn't throttle back his high revving motor mouth and things weren't as finely tuned in those days. To answer the question look no further than the Clown Prince himself and his trackside rock breaking antics - a massive 'up yours' to HRC - yet they still desperately tried to avert his defection to Yamaha and retain his services. The nub of this argument appears to be...wait until you amass more silverware than than BM's virtual fantasy trophy cabinet then you have carte blanche to speak openly and assuredly because you've earned it....if you're bigger than the sport itself...then hey, why not re-write the rule book while you're at it. Such 'achievements' can be partially attributed to circumstance, politics and comparative advantage.
What the .... was Crutchlow thinking? probably not a great deal..being local and having followed him since Apriia superteen days I can honestly say from my armchair perspective now, that's Cal. I'm ....... proud of the boy..in the same way I was proud of Casey having followed him since 2001 in the British 125cc Championship (significantly longer than 90% of the Aussie boners on here). Cal might not box clever, but on track he can certainly punch above his weight. yeah Dorna school their riders in the art of prescriptive P/R platitudes - but Cal already graduated from the school of hard knocks. Granted..no doubt he'll probably never notch up so much as a GP win, but like Rob Mac or Mckenzie, by .... has he ruffled some feathers and taken some scalps..in Cal's case mostly impeccable Spanish and Italian coiffured plumage. Good! If Guy Martin had anything approaching the level of ability to ascend to the same level can you imagine the .... storm he'd unleash...and we'd love him for it because of his prior reputation. He wouldn't reign in his behaviour or compromise in the slightest. Overwhelmingly whenever I meet race fans overseas they always comment on our Guy - what character he is and en-masse, lap up tales of his maverick tendencies. Pertinently - and petulantly, on the subject of Maverick's...there was nothing like the outrage on here when said <span style="font-size:14px;<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);<span style="font-family:sans-serif;Viñales marched out on his employer and team like a spoilt child. It's my ball and I'm not playing anymore...I'm going home. At least Casey can actually fish. Has it damaged his career? - has it .......Maverick has a very sound Spanish insurance policy.
Cal, like Casey will never be a servile programatic PR mouthpiece. Unlike Stoner - two championships to the deficit and and lacking the same God given unsurpassed natural ability his bargaining power is considerably diminished - which as I say appears to be the thrust of this thread.
There seems to be an overwhelming sentiment in sofa city that Cal should leave his talking to the racetrack...again from my particular armchair 'vantage' point he's hardly acquitting himself badly this season. This sport is all about ascendency, improving, surfing that learning curve..the second you plateaux - you're ...... - wiped out. Yeah Talps, - Cal has committed the heinous crime of beating Valentino on an M1 the fabled weapon of choice... twice...purely due to the fact that Vale is supposedly on inferior factory equipment :taunt: . I concede - that has historically happened on many occasions - many a developmental cul de sac has stalled a potential championship campaign and prompted a sudden u-turn. Given Valentino's legacy - which is regularly deposited on here like a virtual ....... sperm bank - an online force-fed deep throat custard coloured ....... fest.....by my reckoning "the boy dun good". Not bad for a working class lad from Coventry..beating Valentino Rossi at Le Mans? Personally I'd take that...but there'd always be some ....... armchair racer or mindless fanboy perched ready to detract and debunk over the internet. I read in the Times today that last year when the Senior TT was cancelled because of the weather..John McGuiness affirmed that 'rider safety is paramount' - a poster to the TT website forum responded..."rider safety? bollocks, they've all gone soft". From the relative comfort of his surround sound settee.
My view? Rossi would have fared better at Le Mans on the Tech 3 M1 primarily because of the forward mounted fuel tank - a design derivative of last years machine which I'm amazed that Rossi hasn't petulantly demanded by now. Much is made over Valentino's supremacy on the supposedly inferior 2004 M1. Given that we are debating a minutiae of positive or negative difference between M1 machinery I'd say simply...as unpalatable as it would seem your boy ...... up...go eat the humble (custard) pie. We always hear that rain is a great leveller. In my opinion, if you were to genuinely level this field purely on machinery stakes, Andrea Dovizioso would be the chief beneficiary - and Rossi one of the main losers. Meantime, Cal wouldn't complain. Regarding Austin - Valentino aside, I was there..I'm adamant (and Talps can we excuse a small indiscretion upshifting at 145mph on a prototype projectile?) had it not been for Cal's shall we say early lap zeal, Jorge would not have stood on that rostrum. But again...I refer back to ALR's caveat..who are we to know? Most everything powerslide resides in the realm of supposition and very often, a woefully exposed conspicuous lack of insight..
Cal has most likely jeopardised his future in Moto GP - possibly committed career suicide - if only you guys had been there to brief. .... me - If I had his talent and I'd put in the same level of dedication to get off my couch and endured the highs the lows - the pain and the agony that it takes to achieve what he has, given my foibles, my integrity and humanity and my resultant limitations - .... it, stupidity...in the face of Pol Espa......... garo - I'd have probably launched the same irrational diatribe.
Forum opinion is largely predicated upon ill informed hearsay, speculative conjecture the benefit of hindsight and the relative comfort of a recliner; as opposed to a fully fledged race fettled satellite Yamaha M1 and the onerous accompanying paddock/peer and sponsor pressure and exposure weighing down on a rider.
Irrespective of the kangaroo court on this thread, an outspoken and outraged Cal ...... up...contradicted himself and expressed ideas above his station..presumably because he indignantly perceived that he is surplus to Yamaha's requirements - doubtless he is now. So when we've pilloried him enough...let's turn our attention to Pol. Perhaps I'll cast the first rock.....from the comfort of my armchair.
Rossi will likely smoke Cal tomorrow...but the lad could possibly literally die trying. Shame on you all.
