Jeeeeeeeeeeez, I haven,t read as much crap on here as I have for a long time.
It seems the boppers want to live in some kind of Orwellian existence where thoughts and words are to be regulated.
Where, it is taboo to dare question the chosen one, the GOAT.
The views expressed in this thread don,t concur with your own narrow view?
Well then, call it ......... Thats a really cerebral response
Perhaps I should have said diminished. Would that have placated the precious little fans? I doubt it.
The facts are clear, and largely supported by the response of the Talpas, the Escos, the PTK 50s on here, ......Rossi has been put on a pedestal by his fans as being the greatest of all time. How is that position tenable when , on the same bike that Stoner actually WON races on last year, Rossi is unable to get within Cooee (Aussie for miles away) of the front runners in testing lap times. The current facts dont agree with the previous belief structures surrounding Rossi. Hence his legacy is tainted , or diminished (just to make it less harsh for some)
None of this negates Rossis record. He is obviously one of the best riders ever.
You don,t win 9 world titles without serious talent. I don,t quite take it as far as Jumkie does and negate Rossis achievements because he had superior equipment. All champions have good bikes under them. As Tom says, the best riders inevitably end up on the best bikes.
On equal equipment he would still be right up there, no doubt about it.
But this year Rossi is on the Ducati and the Ducati is flawed. Casey could largely ride around the flaws , but to date Rossi cannot. Casey won races on it. Will Rossi? If this scenario pans out in the way it is starting to look now , then how can he still be the GOAT, the greatest?
I really get pissed off with the fact that any discussion about Rossi that fails to constantly reaffirm his god-like status , is labelled as "........" or is written by a hater. That type of response is childish and diminishes the author.
This is the year of the great conjoining of the two icons of Italian motorcycling, Valentino Rossi and Ducati. Wonderful things should be happening.
They are not. Even if its not Vales fault ,his legacy is tainted,or....diminished,diminished,diminished,diminished,diminished
As someone who was annoyed with the unfair vilification of stoner and others of rossi's rivals in the past, by some of rossi's fans with little or no contribution by rossi himself in stoner's case ( I think in general valentino quite respects him), logically I have a problem with doing the same thing to rossi.
I repeat, as a stoner fan and a believer in karma, that he has won nothing and rossi has lost nothing this year as yet. And also if stoner is to win this year I would like it to be against the strongest possible opposition, and not a diminished valentino.
