Cav on BBC inside sport on monday
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Should be interesting as he
A. Is the best sprinter in the world at the moment
B. Has the interview skills of boiled potato
C. Always whinging on about how the British media dont cover him enough.Brian B.0 -
Brian B wrote:Should be interesting as he
A. Is the best sprinter in the world at the moment
B. Has the interview skills of boiled potato
C. Always whinging on about how the British media dont cover him enough.
A: Agreed
B: Only when he's just lost. In proper sit down interviews he's quite good.
C: He has a point. Of the Sunday newspapers, only the Observer mentioned Milan-San RemoTwitter: @RichN950 -
You'll be able to see him interviewed on Cycling Report before then.
He's a bit feisty.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
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For my money, Cav's always good value when interviewed, whether he's pissed off at just losing a race or giving an in-depth analysis of how he's won a stage.
Here's when it's on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007gylv/episodes/upcoming
The Inside Sport website sometimes hosts an extended version of the interviews from the programme as well, which would be nice0 -
Cavendish is the most interesting and erudite professional cyclist in the country at the moment. Admittedly he's had his moments (and they're less frequent now), but most of the time he has plenty to say that is constructive and well thought out.
It might not be delivered in BBC RP or using lots of long words the meaning of which most of us aren't sure, but don't confuse those with intelligence.Aspire not to have more, but to be more.0 -
There's two people in an interview - let's wait and see what Gabby Logan is like.
If she asks the sort of infantile questions Nicole Cooke got from Adrian Chiles...0 -
Little 30 second taster here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm
Let's hope Gabs doesn't interrupt him like that all the way through the interview...Le Blaireau (1)0 -
DaveyL wrote:Little 30 second taster here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm
Let's hope Gabs doesn't interrupt him like that all the way through the interview...
Nothing much of interest really was there?
He likes winning. Hates losing. No sh!t.Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.0 -
To be fair tho' Gabby Logan is hardly likely to ask in-depth cycling questions such as 'name and shame those you suspect are on the gear' These are just lightweight promo interviews but at least it get's his name/face across to viewers. What would we have asked him?M.Rushton0
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About his ballroom dancing? He was quite sheepish about that bit.0
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I enjoyed the Cav interview and the whole show in fact. Cav will no doubt have his detracters but, for me, he's a prodigious talent and a passionate competitor who at a very young age is dealing well with his media profile. This sort of profile is not just new for Cav, it's new for British Cycling and for interviewers like Gabby Logan who are more used to 'establishment' BBC sports. To have Dave Brailsford in the studio alongside Geoff Boycott - an absolute icon of the aformentioned ' establishment' BBC sports - is a huge credit to he and everyone at BC in recent years who have raised the bar so high. Credit where it's due - it's not so long ago that we could never have dreamed of such appearances of cyclists on the Beeb.0
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Well from these you can see what the written media (and these are the tame side of it) can do with a bland interview.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tion-21449
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/O ... 5233425.jp
"Cavendish hit out", "...complained....", "....medals are over rated..." they were waiting for that chance.
No wonder he gets twitchy about interviews. To my ears he was very balanced and made good points, it came across that he was someone who prioritised his "day job" whilst at the same time saw the importance of the Olympics.
Which seems fair to me.
To be honest while a bit of media coaching could stop the debate I think it'd be a shame. He's an open and frank individual and there's too few of them in sport. If he had a bit more natural charisma he could have the same interview style as Mourinho but I can't see that.
Classic Mourinho exchange following a defeat and facing (I think) Man Utd the following Sat -
Press "You've said you'll never loose 2 games in a row, what happens if you loose to Man Utd"
Mourinho "Tell you I'll never loose 3 games in a row..."0 -
Not sure I like the slant that some reports (including one of those in the links) appear, at least to me, to be putting on it i.e. just because he was in the minority of our cycling squad who didn't get a medal at Beijing, that he is playing down the Olympics importance. Anyone who knows about cycling knows that some of the GTs and Classics rate more highly on someone's palmares. So its good that he's said that, even if it surprises some people. Don't pull any punches. Educate joe public.
Kind of reminds me of Sports Personality of the Year when Bradley Wiggins got interviewed (I read his book and he plays down the Olympics a little too) and he was so laid-back about the whole thing much to people's surprise - he mentioned something along the lines of 'yeah, hit the numbers, ticked the boxes in training...got the result'.0 -
BigG67 wrote:Well from these you can see what the written media (and these are the tame side of it) can do with a bland interview.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tion-21449
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/O ... 5233425.jp
"Cavendish hit out", "...complained....", "....medals are over rated..." they were waiting for that chance.
No wonder he gets twitchy about interviews. To my ears he was very balanced and made good points, it came across that he was someone who prioritised his "day job" whilst at the same time saw the importance of the Olympics.
Which seems fair to me.
To be honest while a bit of media coaching could stop the debate I think it'd be a shame. He's an open and frank individual and there's too few of them in sport. If he had a bit more natural charisma he could have the same interview style as Mourinho but I can't see that.
Classic Mourinho exchange following a defeat and facing (I think) Man Utd the following Sat -
Press "You've said you'll never loose 2 games in a row, what happens if you loose to Man Utd"
Mourinho "Tell you I'll never loose 3 games in a row..."
Lose!
http://www.educationbug.org/a/lose-vs--loose.htmlNote: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.0 -
If you missed the Cav interview with Gabby Logan, on 'Inside Sport' you can watch it on iPlayer now until 15 May
Here is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 4_05_2009/
He has some sound observations on drug testing and I was struck with his mature view on those who cheat.
(tested 64 times this year and he is not bitter)Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom0 -
Interesting interview. And one from the Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/ma ... -interviewLe Blaireau (1)0