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    #181
    Originally posted by Neil Young View Post



    Everything.


    OK, that's fair comment.

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      #182
      Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
      Harv, you're being a thick and obnoxious c**t.

      You can have your opinion but there's really no need to be such an arse about it.

      I mean, I realise you don't understand quite what's going on - perhaps you could bear it in mind too.
      It just seems incredibly anti racing. Maybe if it was a proper "tour" where there was no winner, no glory, just a nice ride around France....i can see why you'd do it there. But when everything is up for grabs including money and sponsorship deals. I cannot see why people have such a problem with it. The commentators here were still talking about it last night FFS. Get over it Schelck you soft ****, work harder to make the time your **** bike cost you.

      Contador was clearly going to be blitzed by Schleck when he attacked.....so why would he stop and let Schleck get an easy win. Its bad luck for Schleck, and a bit of fortune for Contador. Nothing more nothing less.

      Thems the breaks in sport.
      "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

      "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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        #183
        Originally posted by Harv View Post
        It just seems incredibly anti racing. Maybe if it was a proper "tour" where there was no winner, no glory, just a nice ride around France....i can see why you'd do it there. But when everything is up for grabs including money and sponsorship deals. I cannot see why people have such a problem with it. The commentators here were still talking about it last night FFS. Get over it Schelck you soft ****, work harder to make the time your **** bike cost you.

        Contador was clearly going to be blitzed by Schleck when he attacked.....so why would he stop and let Schleck get an easy win. Its bad luck for Schleck, and a bit of fortune for Contador. Nothing more nothing less.

        Thems the breaks in sport.

        to the general premise of the post, but not necessairly endorsing the "soft ****" comment.

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          #184
          Contador and Schleck ride the same bikes.
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          Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



          May the Lord bless this post.

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            #185
            So during the world cup final, when Casillas had to tip over a pass to him when Holland returned the ball to Spain after an injury break, was Van Persie a "soft ****" for kicking the corner straight to Casillas? Was that "anti-football" or was the game, and is The Game, better for it?

            I think it's the latter.
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            Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



            May the Lord bless this post.

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              #186
              Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
              So during the world cup final, when Casillas had to tip over a pass to him when Holland returned the ball to Spain after an injury break, was Van Persie a "soft ****" for kicking the corner straight to Casillas? Was that "anti-football" or was the game, and is The Game, better for it?

              I think it's the latter.
              Miaow

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                #187
                Originally posted by Harv View Post
                It just seems incredibly anti racing. Maybe if it was a proper "tour" where there was no winner, no glory, just a nice ride around France....i can see why you'd do it there. But when everything is up for grabs including money and sponsorship deals. I cannot see why people have such a problem with it. The commentators here were still talking about it last night FFS. Get over it Schelck you soft ****, work harder to make the time your **** bike cost you.

                Contador was clearly going to be blitzed by Schleck when he attacked.....so why would he stop and let Schleck get an easy win. Its bad luck for Schleck, and a bit of fortune for Contador. Nothing more nothing less.

                Thems the breaks in sport.
                Play Ball!!!!!!!

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                  #188
                  Originally posted by Neil Young View Post
                  So during the world cup final, when Casillas had to tip over a pass to him when Holland returned the ball to Spain after an injury break, was Van Persie a "soft ****" for kicking the corner straight to Casillas? Was that "anti-football" or was the game, and is The Game, better for it?

                  I think it's the latter.
                  That's a totally different thing though. Footballers only kick the ball out so the player can receive treatment. There are many occasions when the players continue with a player on the ground if its not serious. Schleck hadn't come off his bike and hurt himself, he broke his chain!

                  A better likeness would be do footballers stop play so a player can change his boot because it came off when he had a shot at goal.

                  No, put your boot back on and catch up on play you soft ****
                  "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                  "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                    #189
                    It's a valid point of view but I don't share it.

                    However that's one thing. It's quite another to suggest an act of sportsmanship in any way lessens the sport, or, in your colourful if indelicate word, makes it "****." Doping, and, yes, cycling has had far too much of that - that lessens it. Going by train for some of the way, as one rider did in the 1904 Tour - that would lessen it. But I don't see how the sport is anything but enhanced by an informal understanding that you don't attack the yellow jersey when he's suffered from a mechanical or a crash. It shows respect for the jersey - the biggest prize in the sport.

                    I agree it might seem a bit of a throwback but win-at-all-costs makes for a pretty ugly spectacle, as we saw in the world cup when Uruguay went through because someone cheated.
                    Last edited by Neil Young; 21-07-10, 10:39 AM.
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                    Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



                    May the Lord bless this post.

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                      #190
                      I can't believe the lazy gits are taking a day off today. The soft tawts.




                      suddenly remembers to check "Woman sleeps with 1000 men" thread
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                      Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



                      May the Lord bless this post.

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                        #191
                        So only the yellow jersey is immune then...what if the bloke second in the tour loses his chain....do they all stop and wait then, or does the first place bloke think that now is a good time to finally shake that ******* of my tail?

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                          #192
                          Originally posted by Scratch View Post
                          So only the yellow jersey is immune then...what if the bloke second in the tour loses his chain....do they all stop and wait then, or does the first place bloke think that now is a good time to finally shake that ******* of my tail?
                          It's exactly the same thing. The yellow jersey stops and waits for him. I dunno how you got the impression that only the yellow jersey is immune.

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                            #193
                            Originally posted by Scratch View Post
                            So only the yellow jersey is immune then...what if the bloke second in the tour loses his chain....do they all stop and wait then, or does the first place bloke think that now is a good time to finally shake that ******* of my tail?
                            Actually fredo's not quite right (I know, it's a real surprise) as it's a little more complex. It is the yellow jersey (and whoever's wearing it) but tends to apply, even more informally, to all those in with a realistic chance of winning it.
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                            Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



                            May the Lord bless this post.

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                              #194
                              Originally posted by PeteBest View Post
                              It's exactly the same thing. The yellow jersey stops and waits for him. I dunno how you got the impression that only the yellow jersey is immune.
                              Neils sacred yellow jersey post possibly??

                              I very much doubt Schleck would have stopped had Contador yelled out. "Andyyyyyyyyyy, my chain snapped gis a dink up the hill would ya"

                              Schleck would have kept going. "Eat my rubber Contador!! Look after your chain better!"
                              "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                              "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                                #195
                                On a related note...i know i can make my chain slip off if i push the gearing too far...what's to stop yer yellow jersey from doing the same if he suddenly sees his challenger making a move that he can't match?

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