<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (xx CURVE xx @ Feb 7 2010, 01:11 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>oh look another noob wants to come in swinging troll
And in fact Spies will be somewhere this year..in motogp dumb dumb
blahblahblah....ok let me say it one more time for the ....... and slow children that just walked in....... the same .... has been said going on 11 years now..only the names have changed..Max, Barros, Sete, Nick, Perdro, Stoner, etc, etc,... now Jorge... they've all had their moments but in the end they are just notches on the bed post.. big ....... whoop lorenzo has two 250 titles.. so the hell what...go count the number of 250 champs that have done .... in GP, so .... his book, he's done .... to read about son! better men have tried to get into Rossi head, ALL have failed..
You kind of said it too fast bro… t h e - s a m e - s h i t - h a s - b e e n - s a i d - g o i n g - o n - 1 1 - y e a r s - n o w .
For example: "i dont think your giving Lorenzo enough credit. He is a double 250 world champion". So, Biaggi was a 'four' times 250 World Champion in a role, and achieved none against Rossi.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rowles @ Feb 7 2010, 02:17 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>your trying to compare somebody who has been in the elite class for 9 years to somebody who has been in it for 2 years?! you cant do it!
But we certainly compare Rossi's first and second Seasons to Lorenzo's: 2000 Rossi was second, 2001 Rossi wan. 2008 Lorenzo was fourth, 2009 Lorenzo was second. There.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Austin @ Feb 7 2010, 02:35 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Two things. First, Lorenzo is hardly the first rider to pose a threat to Rossi. Roberts Jr., Biaggi, Gibernau, Capirossi, Melandri, Hayden, Pedrosa and Stoner have all given the great one something to think about. Three of those names have actually nicked a title from Valentino. I was a Lorenzo fan until about midway through 2009. The constant bitching between him and Rossi got too much for me, but I don't doubt his abilities. That being said, he's still one in a long line of challengers and has yet to defeat Rossi in the grand scheme of things.
Secondly, your assessment of Spies is questionable in my opinion. You mentioned that he has guys like Pedrosa, Stoner and Dovi to contend with before he can even think about Rossi and race wins. True enough, but let's not forget that Spies has already beaten Dovi and did so on his first ride on the M1. Not bad considering Dovi had been on a factory Honda for the entire season. Additionally, the real gauge is going to be in Colin Edwards. Edwards has proven to be the most consistent rider of the non-aliens, certainly of 2009 and likely of the 800cc era or throughout his grand prix career with Yamaha. And he isn't too far off Colin's pace, or the aliens' either.
+1 as so often Austin, always a pleasure.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rowles @ Feb 7 2010, 02:45 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Im just trying to get my point that maybe theres 2 sides to this rather than rossi adding lorenzo to his list.
Lorenzo sounded pissed off in the interview remember: "I don't have anything to comment on this". And at the end of day one: "I began to improve my times even more and get closer to the first rider", first Rider being Rossi, or has Lorenzo forgotten his name?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rowles @ Feb 7 2010, 02:45 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Im just trying to get my point that maybe theres 2 sides to this rather than rossi adding lorenzo to his list.
And curve is trying to get his point that (not maybe) this has happened over a decade (11 years) and it all has ended in Rossi's favor, always adding Riders with even better achievements than Lorenzo to the list.
Bring on the toddlers!
