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gui22a said:

I usually was a Rossi hater in the past, but now I completely recognize and confess MotoGP never will be the same without him, and I'm starting becoming his fan.

Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa together can't give half fun and competitiveness Rossi gave to this sport. I will be very sad when Valentino retires.



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Rossi issues instructions after first Ducati race

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gui22a said:

I usually was a Rossi hater in the past, but now I completely recognize and confess MotoGP never will be the same without him, and I'm starting becoming his fan.

Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa together can't give half fun and competitiveness Rossi gave to this sport. I will be very sad when Valentino retires.



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Rossi issues instructions after first Ducati race

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stop_killing_dead_things said:

I had a feeling he'd continue to play the shoulder card..

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chopperman said:

So you think it's BS? you think he did not have surgery on it ?? If you do believe he did have surgery then what do YOU think the healing time would be?

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stop_killing_dead_things said:

Keep your knickers on, i'm not saying it's complete ........, i'm just saying i knew he'd play that card. I find it quite amusing that other riders have injuries, come back and just get the .... on with it... Rossi has an injury, comes back and we never seem to hear the end of it. I'm not saying it isnt affecting him, but i think his troubles have more to do with him adapting to the Duke than his shoulder giving him jip. Maybe one does effect the other, but he's always going to play up an injury before admitting that Duke is a beast, otherwise people are gonna turn round and say well Casey did it, why can't the great Valentino? It gives him more time and an... not excuse, but 'reason' as to why it might take longer for the results to come through than it did Casey.

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stop_killing_dead_things said:

Keep your knickers on, i'm not saying it's complete ........, i'm just saying i knew he'd play that card. I find it quite amusing that other riders have injuries, come back and just get the .... on with it... Rossi has an injury, comes back and we never seem to hear the end of it. I'm not saying it isnt affecting him, but i think his troubles have more to do with him adapting to the Duke than his shoulder giving him jip. Maybe one does effect the other, but he's always going to play up an injury before admitting that Duke is a beast, otherwise people are gonna turn round and say well Casey did it, why can't the great Valentino? It gives him more time and an... not excuse, but 'reason' as to why it might take longer for the results to come through than it did Casey.

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chopperman said:

I think your bias causes you to have selective hearing babe (total woman trate)

Remember Stoner banging on about his illness and his wrist? remember Pedrosa banging on about his sore arse for month's?

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stop_killing_dead_things said:

Keep your knickers on, i'm not saying it's complete ........, i'm just saying i knew he'd play that card. I find it quite amusing that other riders have injuries, come back and just get the .... on with it... Rossi has an injury, comes back and we never seem to hear the end of it. I'm not saying it isnt affecting him, but i think his troubles have more to do with him adapting to the Duke than his shoulder giving him jip. Maybe one does effect the other, but he's always going to play up an injury before admitting that Duke is a beast, otherwise people are gonna turn round and say well Casey did it, why can't the great Valentino? It gives him more time and an... not excuse, but 'reason' as to why it might take longer for the results to come through than it did Casey.

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lil red rocket pilot said:

This may be because other riders when injured dont get the tv coverage/limelite as rossi does. Everyone expects from rossi!

Just ask any tv presenter!

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chopperman said:

I think your bias causes you to have selective hearing babe (total woman trate)

Remember Stoner banging on about his illness and his wrist? remember Pedrosa banging on about his sore arse for month's?

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Geonerd said:

The difference, you Dunderheaded Dolt!

, is that Stoner and Peddles never attempted to assign a time-lost value to the injury.

Rossi, OTOH, seems to be using it as a cure-all excuse. The exact value of the 'shoulder factor' changes from one day to the next, depending on how far behind his target speed he is on that particular day.



I don't doubt his shoulder is screwed, and that it probably dulls his racing edge. But I do wonder if even Rossi knows how much time his is really losing? His ego may not be able to accept that he's not as fast as he thought he would be - guess it's time for some unconscious rationalization! Rossi's good at spinning things to fit the politics of the moment - I think he may have actually spun himself a little!

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chopperman said:

firstly im prety sure dani did put a time value on his sore arse and seconly it was jb who said the shoulder cost 0.5 sec a lap.

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