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Posted Nov 23rd 2007, 8:43am
Impressive Stuff: McClaren should have stayed
I actually feel a bit sorry for Steve McClaren.
I think he was severely let down by the jumped up players he has in his squad, and should have been given more time to get it right.
Look as well at the number of injuries that we had the other night - Ferdinand, Terry, Owen, Rooney, Neville, Lennon - that's virtually half a team - plus goalkeepers who seem to have forgotten the basics of the game.
I was never a massive Steve Mc fan but I feel that once again the players have escaped the criticism when it is really they who are to blame for this shambles.
Posted Sep 6th 2007, 11:26am
Famous teammates: Malcolm Christie
Played in the same school team as Malcolm Christie.
He was something else back then as you would expect, and Nuneaton Borough snapped him up quite soon afterwards.
Has been very unlucky with injuries.
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Posted Jul 11th 2007, 11:59am
Tour de France 84
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Posted Jun 21st 2007, 3:06pm
Cycling in Tuscany
Quite one of the most breaktaking places I have ever been.
We stayed around Montepulciano, near to Siena, and spent some leisurely days touring around having pre-booked some adorable places to stay - from an old farmhouse to a former monastery.
If anybody is considering taking their bike abroad this summer, and you missed the Giro d'Italia, then get yourself off to Tuscany, because it really does have to be seen to be believed.
I'm absolutely gutted to be back!!
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I did a solo tour from Venice to Rome in April and it fantastic. Like you Jon, I just wanted to keep on cycling and not return to the UK.
My route was roughly:
Venezia-Padova-Monselice-Rovigo-Ferrara-Bologna-Firenzuola-Firenze-Siena-Montepulciano-Sant'Albino-Perugia-Assisi-Spoleto-Terni-Orte-Roma (741 kms)
Highlights:
Good cycle paths (photos on my page), Very friendly people, fantastic food, godsmacking scenery, lots of road cyclists offering encouragement, Assisi, David (the statue not some random bloke!), Tuscany light, Chianti, oh and so much more, also...
1 km from the top of Passo della Raticosa the BBC phoned my mobile to tell me I made the shortlist for the British Cyclosportive Competition - wow!
Lowlight:
While sipping a chilled beer in the main piazza in Perugia the BBC phoned again. Martin won. Gutted!
p.s. I'd be more than happy to share accommodation suggestions if anyone wants to travel through Italy.
My route was roughly:
Venezia-Padova-Monselice-Rovigo-Ferrara-Bologna-Firenzuola-Firenze-Siena-Montepulciano-Sant'Albino-Perugia-Assisi-Spoleto-Terni-Orte-Roma (741 kms)
Highlights:
Good cycle paths (photos on my page), Very friendly people, fantastic food, godsmacking scenery, lots of road cyclists offering encouragement, Assisi, David (the statue not some random bloke!), Tuscany light, Chianti, oh and so much more, also...
1 km from the top of Passo della Raticosa the BBC phoned my mobile to tell me I made the shortlist for the British Cyclosportive Competition - wow!
Lowlight:
While sipping a chilled beer in the main piazza in Perugia the BBC phoned again. Martin won. Gutted!
p.s. I'd be more than happy to share accommodation suggestions if anyone wants to travel through Italy.
Posted by x x, Jun 21st 2007, 3:55pm
Posted May 22nd 2007, 12:41pm
Cyclosportive tickets - last chance
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Posted May 3rd 2007, 9:00am
Tour of Britain - credible event or PR exercise
The Tour of Britain has always seemed something of a white elephant to me.
It's bigge older brother across the Channel is always going to steal the limelight but there are times I really respect our Tour and want it to succeed and change opinions.
With the latest route revealed though, are we getting too obsessed by the tourist opportunities on offer by parading a group of riders from location to location.
Isn't credibility somewhat removed from commercialism?
Tour of Britain to me just smacks of marketing guru's and PR people licking their lips while they get slotted backhanders from tourist information offices.
Agree?
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