Pressure on Stoner to run the table?

L8Braker · May 17, 2012

With his recent announcement, will the fans and media expect Casey to win the remaining races of the 2012 season?

He's already won at his two bogey tracks. What'ya think, could he do it?

Me....I don't think he can do it unless Honda sorts the chatter issue.

mh_kingcobra · May 17, 2012

I think the announcement was so early. It really ruins the competition between the top 3. He already had the chatter issue to overcome, Now he has to keep himself motivated to be competitive. And I don't know when a guy knows he doesn't want to continue can he still be competitive or not? It is really hard for a rider at that state of mind to continue pushing hard till the end of the season. As he said himself he is not enjoying the sport anymore.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

i think it could be very motivating for him since he knows those will be his last 15 races on two wheels

chopperman · May 17, 2012

cliché guevara said:
i think it could be very motivating for him since he knows those will be his last 15 races on two wheels

Depends on his real reasons for retiring.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

other than being scared for his well being i can't think of anything,in which case he would do miserably. you can't ride to good results when youre scared, that has been proven last season

chopperman · May 17, 2012

cliché guevara said:
other than being scared for his well being i can't think of anything,in which case he would do miserably. you can't ride to good results when youre scared, that has been proven last season

I didn't say HE was scared did i ?. Look for the thumb print on his head next time he takes his helmet off.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

i get what youre trying to say

but what do you suggest, adriana to be upset and oblige casey to ride upright and only finish 6th or lower or else he'll get spanked, or not spanked,whatever they're into..

chopperman · May 17, 2012

cliché guevara said:
i get what youre trying to say

but what do you suggest, adriana to be upset and oblige casey to ride upright and only finish 6th or lower or else he'll get spanked, or not spanked,whatever they're into..

hahaha. Family comes first and if that was his reason than i respect him for it and wish him and his young family well for the future.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

yeah but family is the wrong priority when you've got 50% of this forum getting a hardon every time you slide so beautifully!

Jumkie · May 17, 2012

Retirement thread #2.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

we need #27 of these

edit: oh .... i hope i didn't wake barry

Jumkie · May 17, 2012

cliché guevara said:
we need #27 of these

edit: oh .... i hope i didn't wake barry

Hes awake. The tears have screwed up his keyboard. He's waiting for the stores to open to get a new one.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

actually i think its bad for the sport so every true fan of racing will miss him manhandle the best bikes in the world

even though i've always liked a couple of other riders more , stoner was the guy i could show youtube videos to my biker friends to get them to be more interested in gps, his riding really is beyond comprehension

chopperman · May 17, 2012

cliché guevara said:
yeah but family is the wrong priority when you've got 50% of this forum getting a hardon every time you slide so beautifully!

That's why Racing is a young single man's game. CE2 said something like "have a kid lose half a second, have another kid lose another half a second". youichi Ui set the track on fire until he had a kid then went backwards and disappeared . Stoner has not slowed so maybe this is not the reason in himself. But the misses may put a good case to him especially after Simo died. Ive never though Casey was happy racing even though he is good at it. imo he quite often looks like he would rather be somewhere else.

cliche guevara · May 17, 2012

chopperman said:
imo he quite often looks like he would rather be somewhere else.

thats the impression i've often had too, happy as can be when he was riding and stepped off the bike after he won a race but you could clearly tell he didnt care too much for anything else in the paddock. a bit like kimi räikkönen minus being so apathetic that its cool again

kieran · May 17, 2012

I'm pretty sure that he'll be giving 100% like every other week. It could be a record season for him though. I'm going with 13 wins for the season.

mh_kingcobra · May 17, 2012

chopperman said:
That's why Racing is a young single man's game. CE2 said something like "have a kid lose half a second, have another kid lose another half a second". youichi Ui set the track on fire until he had a kid then went backwards and disappeared . Stoner has not slowed so maybe this is not the reason in himself. But the misses may put a good case to him especially after Simo died. Ive never though Casey was happy racing even though he is good at it. imo he quite often looks like he would rather be somewhere else.

In this case two thumbs way ....... up for Colin. How the .... he manages that ....?? He really is amazing.

Jumkie · May 18, 2012

chopperman said:
hahaha. Family comes first and if that was his reason than i respect him for it and wish him and his young family well for the future.

I agree. But Casey dispelled this as part of his reasons for retiring in his conference. He said it had "nothing" to do with the "birth of his daughter".

chopperman · May 18, 2012

Jumkie said:
I agree. But Casey dispelled this as part of his reasons for retiring in his conference. He said it had "nothing" to do with the "birth of his daughter".

And you believe him

chopperman · May 18, 2012

mh_kingcobra said:
In this case two thumbs way ....... up for Colin. How the .... he manages that ....?? He really is amazing.

Well he hasn't been managing it has he?

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