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Gracious in defeat - Rossi

Ad hominem attacks...how predictable.

Your schtick is as predictable and dull as VR's.

And yours isn't.

"blah blah Rossi Sucks blah blah Stoner GOAT blah blah Rossi should be banned"

You're a broken record bud
 
And yours isn't.

"blah blah Rossi Sucks blah blah Stoner GOAT blah blah Rossi should be banned"

You're a broken record bud

Rossi should have been banned from Valencia as the precedent existed, but I wouldn't expect a mental midget such as yourself to comprehend any of this.
 
Lol, so you chirp buddy for adding personal insults to his post then turn right around and do the same to me. Little hypocritical don't you think?

At first I thought you were just a rabid Stoner fan, I'm starting to worry now that you actually have rabies. You seem to foam at the mouth any time Rossi is mentioned or anyone disagrees with one of your posts. I'd consult a physician if I were you, you may want to get a shot.
 
Lol, so you chirp buddy for adding personal insults to his post then turn right around and do the same to me. Little hypocritical don't you think?

At first I thought you were just a rabid Stoner fan, I'm starting to worry now that you actually have rabies. You seem to foam at the mouth any time Rossi is mentioned or anyone disagrees with one of your posts. I'd consult a physician if I were you, you may want to get a shot.

I've said nothing about Rossi that isn't true.

Crash.net awaits if you don't like it.
 
Gracious in defeat. Lets see if the observable facts and empirical evidence stack up to conclude Rossi was gracious in defeat:

1. Slows down in cool down lap way slower than everyone else while drawing attention to himself, looking back repeatedly, as if to say, here I am, acknowledge ME!

Gracious in defeat? Check.

2. Rossi has post race press conference immediately after this lap of contrived sympathy where he expresses the mother of epic sore loser rants and sour grapes attacks upon Marquez, blaming him for HIS loss. Accusing Marc of not racing a contender hard after he had just publicly admonished anybody racing a contender hard.

Gracious in defeat? Check.

3. The press conference Rossi called at Valencia was not a podium press conference (while not attending the manditory podium press conference at Sepang, where he kicked a rival ) was called for him to specifically moan, whine, and cry foul to solidify in the minds of spectators that this title was decided by race fixing because Marquez did not beat Jorge.

Gracious in defeat? Check

4. At this non-podium press conference, that Rossi contrived to seem like a podium conference (again wilst failing to show up to an actual podium press conference at the previous round) where he whined that Race Direction had unfairly punished him, which he asserted had impeded him from challenging for the title.

Gracious in defeat? Check

5. Moments after the season finale race, Rossi was caught on tape expressing a sore loser's anger directed at the chief officer of the League, admonishing him for not heeding what became an obvious conversation the two had previous to the race where the Italian referenced confirmation bias of an accusation he levied against Marquez's integrity, claiming Marc not beating the fastest rider (as is measured in this sport by fast lap) at Valencia was proof of no good faith. The message was clear, you see Carmelo, I told you Marquez stole the title from US. Come to my trailer for an additional sore loser tongue lashing. Carmelo, nodding his head like a scolded child.

Gracious in defeat? Check

6. The public event specifically where the 'defeated' can express their gracious congratulations to the winner of the championship was snubbed by Rossi because he was still seething! The ultimate definition of sore loser, to thump your nose at the specific moment one can express graciousness in defeat!

Gracious in defeat? Check

7. The season end party where even if you are a sore loser can break the ice, and off the record in a casual environment to allow Rossi to accept the supposed injury against him, or at least letting his friends enjoy the evening after supporting him, to unwind, was capriciously boycotted by Rossi. His friends forced to morn like a funeral the sense of injury.

Gracious in defeat? Check

8. After the news came out that Italian Rossi supporters had invaded Marquez's private space, and the reports of harassing phone calls to Marc's personal line, Rossi immediately took to social media and didn't denounced the obvious crossing the line by his supporters.

Gracious in defeat? Check

9. At an event in Italy where the top riders met up for a promotional photos opportunity event. Marquez, who expressed a desire publicly to eventually repair the relationship, was greeted with no greeting, no hand extended, not even looked at him.

Gracious in defeat? Check

10. Rossi announces he is cutting ties to market Marquez tshirt and hats, an act that confirms he continues to seeth weeks after losing the title.

Gracious in defeat? Check


I can see why Rafa, PissBozzo, etal think Rossi was gracious in defeat. Because clearly he was gracious in every opportunity to be gracious in defeat.
 
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At least the guy doesn't show a thumbs down to his team mate on the podium
No, Rossi's insolent, contemptuous, petulant behavior is much much more elaborate, contrived, organized, and premeditated. Sure, Lorenzo's reaction to being booed was a silly knee-jerk reaction, but if Lorenzo was like Rossi, Lorenzo would have called a bunch of journalists together, then after rehearsing a narrative, would have advanced his ploy to express his scorn, snide, and backstabbing scathing accusations. That is the difference. Lorenzo's ungracious thumbs down was equivalent to a pea shooter, Rossi's ungracious thumbing was equivalent to a nuclear bomb.
 
And yours isn't.

"blah blah Rossi Sucks blah blah Stoner GOAT blah blah Rossi should be banned"

You're a broken record bud
This was your great contribution to the thread? You go around whining about people mentioning Rossi too much. Then enter the thread to do what exactly? When u put thumb to keyboard did you think, ah, this will show them to stop talking about Rossi?
 
I've said nothing about Rossi that isn't true.

Crash.net awaits if you don't like it.

You've said nothing about Rossi that isn't opinion posing as fact. For once, try to be objective. He did his lap shaking hands with the other riders and waving to fans. If he'd been throwing a hissy fit like you seem to think. he would have put his head down and ignored everybody.
 
You've said nothing about Rossi that isn't opinion posing as fact. For once, try to be objective. He did his lap shaking hands with the other riders and waving to fans. If he'd been throwing a hissy fit like you seem to think. he would have put his head down and ignored everybody.
The winner of a race normally slows down this much, to allow others to congratulate him, which many do. Why would Rossi slow down in the same manner? That is the question that should lead you to an entirely different conclusion. Oh I know it wont. Hey...i think I see the hand of God coming down from the Heavens to pat Rossi on the shoulder.

Rossi is notorious for playing up to the crowd, in this case it wasnt about grace as it was a need for sympathy, stealing the limelight. Go listen to the commentary when Lorenzo won the championship at Sepang and Rossi won the race, you'll hear them say this very thing, Rossi tries to steal the story and in this way detracts from the acolades of others. Its the same reason why he raced Lorenzo so hard at Motegi 2010, to steal the story (a race that now exposes his glaring hypocrisy of him and his fans). He wedges himself into situations to draw attention. Other observers have noted this. When Marquez won at Austin becoming the youngest rider to win, there was Rossi trying to steal the limelight, Dorna obliging him, same .... here, they put out this onboard for YOUR consumption. And laughably you, Rafa, and PissBozzo look at it with such admiration but ignore the heap of .... that challenges your silly assessment. Gracious? Rossi just conducted the greatest sore loser of all time! Rossi was anything but gracious as I've outlined above, but people like you are so easily swayed by ........ like this to make the absolute opposite conclusion. First of all, this is something most racers do after an event, wave to the crowd, do wheelies, etc. But Rossi slowed do so much, gesticulating and looking back to get everyone's attention. Why did he feel the need to slow down so much? Did he win the race? This is normal for the winner, as it's a winners lap. But he slowed down in the same way, contrived to garner sympathy, which you and others interpret as graciousness, haha, ....... easy pickings for Cult of Rossi.
 
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This was your great contribution to the thread? You go around whining about people mentioning Rossi too much. Then enter the thread to do what exactly? When u put thumb to keyboard did you think, ah, this will show them to stop talking about Rossi?

I simply state my opinion, you seem to have some sort of issue with that because its different than yours. You post about 50x in each thread about how much you hate Rossi, you and JPS may as well be the same person. You contribute nothing to the discussion aside from spewing hateful garbage. If you think that stating a differing opinion is whining then I can see why your minuscule brain would think Rossi was whining too. Did you ever consider that Rossi may have actually thought MM was purposely screwing with him? Whether he was right or not, nobody seems to consider that maybe thats how it looked from Rossi's POV. I know if i thought that was going on I'd do everything in my power to stop it.
 
Moments after the season finale race, Rossi was caught on tape expressing a sore loser's anger

Showing your age there comps. Jeez, I thought I was supposedly the one that regularly searches for the eject button on an iPod.
 
I simply state my opinion, you seem to have some sort of issue with that because its different than yours. You post about 50x in each thread about how much you hate Rossi, you and JPS may as well be the same person. You contribute nothing to the discussion aside from spewing hateful garbage. If you think that stating a differing opinion is whining then I can see why your minuscule brain would think Rossi was whining too. Did you ever consider that Rossi may have actually thought MM was purposely screwing with him? Whether he was right or not, nobody seems to consider that maybe thats how it looked from Rossi's POV. I know if i thought that was going on I'd do everything in my power to stop it.
........, you don't state your opinion as much as u come to moan about the topic of Rossi. The last few posts I responded were you saying .... all about racing, it was only a whine that we talk about Rossi too much. Your contribution was to cry about me mentioning Rossi in the test thread, when it was relevant, here your first contribution was to moan about JP talking Rossi, in a thread about Rossi no less. You have very little by way of debate, you come here to whine, cry, moan about others mentioning Rossi. Of course you end up increasing talk about him, which apparently is annoying to you, and amusing to me.

Rossi Rossi Rossi.

I have no doubt Rossi thought Marquez was a bad man. Its typical of sleep deprived frustrated people who's sense of entitlement is reenforced by everyone around him. Just look at this thread, he goes around waving to the crowd, and that is interpreted as graciousness. All the people applauding a man who just behaved like an epic ...... No wonder he immediately called for a press conference to express the mist epic sore loser rant.
 
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The winner of a race normally slows down this much, to allow others to congratulate him, which many do. Why would Rossi slow down in the same manner? That is the question that should lead you to an entirely different conclusion. Oh I know it wont. Hey...i think I see the hand of God coming down from the Heavens to pat Rossi on the shoulder.

Rossi is notorious for playing up to the crowd, in this case it wasnt about grace as it was a need for sympathy, stealing the limelight. Go listen to the commentary when Lorenzo won the championship at Sepang and Rossi won the race, you'll hear them say this very thing, Rossi tries to steal the story and in this way detracts from the acolades of others. Its the same reason why he raced Lorenzo so hard at Motegi 2010, to steal the story (a race that now exposes his glaring hypocrisy of him and his fans). He wedges himself into situations to draw attention. Other observers have noted this. When Marquez won at Austin becoming the youngest rider to win, there was Rossi trying to steal the limelight, Dorna obliging him, same .... here, they put out this onboard for YOUR consumption. And laughably you, Rafa, and PissBozzo look at it with such admiration but ignore the heap of .... that challenges your silly assessment. Gracious? Rossi just conducted the greatest sore loser of all time! Rossi was anything but gracious as I've outlined above, but people like you are so easily swayed by ........ like this to make the absolute opposite conclusion. First of all, this is something most racers do after an event, wave to the crowd, do wheelies, etc. But Rossi slowed do so much, gesticulating and looking back to get everyone's attention. Why did he feel the need to slow down so much? Did he win the race? This is normal for the winner, as it's a winners lap. But he slowed down in the same way, contrived to garner sympathy, which you and others interpret as graciousness, haha, ....... easy pickings for Cult of Rossi.


LOL, only you can take sportsmanlike behavior and make it out to be demonic. Greatest sore loser of all time? Little hyperbole there you think? I didn't know you could read his mind, you know exactly why he slowed down? Incredible. Once again you are taking your highly biased opinion and presenting it as fact. Literally every post I've seen from you has been some sort of hyperbolic smear against Rossi. I'm not sticking up for the guy, he ...... up surely, but .... man, tone it down. You're making yourself look stupid.
 
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........, you don't state your opinion as much as u come to moan about the topic of Rossi. The last few posts I responded were you saying .... all about racing, it was only a whine that we talk about Rossi too much. Your contribution was to cry about me mentioning Rossi in the test thread, when it was relevant, here your first contribution was to moan about JP talking Rossi, in a thread about Rossi no less. You have very little by way of debate, you come here to whine, cry, moan about others mentioning Rossi. Of course you end up increasing talk about him, which apparently is annoying to you, and amusing to me.

Rossi Rossi Rossi.

I have no doubt Rossi thought Marquez was a bad man. Its typical of sleep deprived frustrated people who's sense of entitlement is reenforced by everyone around him. Just look at this thread, he goes around waving to the crowd, and that is interpreted as graciousness. All the people applauding a man who just behaved like an epic ...... No wonder he immediately called for a press conference to express the mist epic sore loser rant.


I'm not whining, I'm poking holes in your little conspiracy theories then watching you rage about what a bad person Rossi is. If anyone is whining and moaning here its you bud. You seem to be taking all this quite personally, meanwhile its no skin off my back, I'm more worried about when Reimer is gonna be back in net for the Leafs. I'm really just enjoying how angry you get when someone contradicts you.
 
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LOL, only you can take sportsmanlike behavior and make it out to be demonic. Greatest sore loser of all time? Little hyperbole there you think? I didn't know you could read his mind, you know exactly why he slowed down? Incredible. Once again you are taking your highly biased opinion and presenting it as fact. Literally every post I've seen from you has been some sort of hyperbolic smear against Rossi. I'm not sticking up for the guy, he ...... up surely, but .... man, tone it down. You're making yourself look stupid.

I think what looks stupid is people lining up to be his defender when he deserves to be disgraced.

Yes, thee most epic sore loser. I can't think of anybody else in sports whose gone to this level. I know there are athlete who refuse to shake hands, or show up to press conference and say, no comments, or blame the referee, etc. But no, I've never heard of an athlete take such extraordinary measures, from accusations in Sepang, to literally eliminating a competitor in an action antithetical to competition, to not showing up to explain his actions in post press conference, to the League insulating him from the media (you can argue that was out of his control ) to calling a press conference AFTER the defining contest (Valencia ) to accuse a fellow competitor of not behaving in good faith AFTER he had just been officially penalised!!!!!!! Then advancing the notion that it was others who had conspired against him. Then to not seek to congratulate Lorenzo (if you examine the video you're admiring, it Lorenzo who comes up to Rossi, where Rossi's gesture doesn't quite seem gracious, now does it). Meanwhile you're going to take this video and ignore the heap of disgraceful .... that preceded and led up to this onboard sequence?
 
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You've said nothing about Rossi that isn't opinion posing as fact. For once, try to be objective. He did his lap shaking hands with the other riders and waving to fans. If he'd been throwing a hissy fit like you seem to think. he would have put his head down and ignored everybody.

"His" lap? Which lap? His "victory" lap after he came in fourth?
Put his head down and ignored everybody is what he should have done, and maybe he might have salvaged some self respect (and some of ours) in the process.

I don't think it is a matter of opinion, rather one of observation: the only time the boy from Tavulia is gracious is when he wins.
 
I think what looks stupid is people lining up to be his defender when he deserves to be disgraced.

Yes, thee most epic sore loser. I can't think of anybody else in sports whose gone to this level. I know there are athlete who refuse to shake hands, or show up to press conference and say, no comments, or blame the referee, etc. But no, I've never heard of an athlete take such extraordinary measures, from accusations in Sepang, to literally eliminating a competitor in an action antithetical to competition, to not showing up to explain his actions in post press conference, to the League insulating him from the media (you can argue that was out of his control ) to calling a press conference AFTER the defining contest (Valencia ) to accuse a fellow competitor of not behaving in good faith AFTER he had just been officially penalised!!!!!!! Then advancing the notion that it was others who had conspired against him. Then to not seek to congratulate Lorenzo (if you examine the video you're admiring, it Lorenzo who comes up to Rossi, where Rossi's gesture doesn't quite seem gracious, now does it). Meanwhile you're going to take this video and ignore the heap of disgraceful .... that preceded and led up to this onboard sequence?

For not having a point you sure do type a lot! The fact that you weren't speaking figuratively when you said he's the biggest sore loser shows just how closed minded and biased you really are. How about Milan Lucic uttering death threats during the post game handshake a couple years back? Brandon Prust spearing Brad Marchand in the nuts while down 4-0 then calling the fine he recieved the "best money he's ever spent" Thats 2 off the top of my head from one sport! Both worse than Rossi. The press conference thing was wierd I'll give you that, but if I thought 2 guys had cheated to .... me out of my last real shot at a title I wouldn't want to sit next to them either. Still, he should have gone, but if he had made the comments he did while sitting with JL and MM it likely would have started a fight.
 
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"His" lap? Which lap? His "victory" lap after he came in fourth?
Put his head down and ignored everybody is what he should have done, and maybe he might have salvaged some self respect (and some of ours) in the process.

I don't think it is a matter of opinion, rather one of observation: the only time the boy from Tavulia is gracious is when he wins.

so you think he should have snubbed thousands of fans cheering for him? I really don'y understand why you guys are reading so much into this. he slowed down for his cool down lap, congratulated his competitors, and waved to his fans. Suddenly him going a little slower than the others immediately condemns him in your eyes? Talk about grapsing at straws...
 

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