Cav.... 'Y'know'

SteK

Cav mentioned once that Olympic Gold medal's weren't even on his top 10 wish list of acheivements.... I'm assuming that nestled in that list of one day classic wins and various jerseys, there's a Guiness record that he WILL NOT concede under any circumstances....

"How many times can a pro-cyclist say that words 'Y'know' in televised interviews?"

He's way out in the lead with at least 528 instances since Monaco...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-qX8Rsimfo

Y'know!!!

(as a disclaimer for those who clearly get upset easily... this is merely an observation!!! Long live the fastest man in the world!)

Stuey01

What a worthwhile thread.
Are you really running this low on things to criticise?

SteK

Oh dear! It was a joke! An observation! Nothing critical about it! I think Cav is a fantastic rider and has my absolute utmost respect...

My post's about as critical as noticing Brad Wiggins unable to keep still while being interviewed or Lance's painful silences as he ponders a diplomatic answer!

Relax man!

OBSERVATION! Nothing more.

deejay

SteK wrote:

Oh dear! It was a joke! An observation! Nothing critical about it!

Relax man!

OBSERVATION! Nothing more.

Agreed,
Why be a spectator if you cannot talk about your Observations, no problem .

Now a Serious question that I needed a place to ask it.

The UK media have just said that Bradley Wiggins, has now decided not to ride the Olympics again. (so now the question)
What remunerations are their for an Olympic Gold compared with what is available for a multi Road Race Winner or Top GC rider. ???????

I would have thought that the Mortgage would be paid off quicker as the Road Man.
I've seen the Hoy advert.

drenkrom

You clearly have never watched post-game interviews with hockey players. Any cyclist is a paragon of eloquence in comparison. Except Menchov.

iainf72

deejay wrote:

What remunerations are their for an Olympic Gold compared with what is available for a multi Road Race Winner or Top GC rider. ???????

I would have thought that the Mortgage would be paid off quicker as the Road Man.

You would indeed. I read his book and he said he didn't make anything significant out of his gold from Athens.

It does make you wonder if he'd concentrated on the road 4 years ago, would he be winning now? I reckon he'd have a clutch of race wins.

bikerZA

drenkrom wrote:

You clearly have never watched post-game interviews with hockey players. Any cyclist is a paragon of eloquence in comparison. Except Menchov.

English footballers are even worse.

DavidBelcher

bikerZA wrote:

drenkrom wrote:

You clearly have never watched post-game interviews with hockey players. Any cyclist is a paragon of eloquence in comparison. Except Menchov.

English footballers are even worse.

I do recall a post-match interview a few years back with a Derby County player whose name escapes me at present, and every sentence was punctuated a good 4 or 5 times by "....erm, y'know...."

David

alex16zx

to be fair, Cav does basically speak like a Scouser, y'know lar.

Coach H

He must say "for sure" more often and sometimes he gets in a number of "y'know for sure"s

paulcuthbert

I noticed this too. I think after Stage 2 or 3, he said it 5 times in one sentence. That's a lot! haha

nathanbloke

Yesterday, on 5Live, a young England cricketer, I forget which, preceded each sentence with "Like I said", which really got on my t1ts. He never once said anything that he'd already said. :evil:

paulcuthbert

Haha! "At the end of the day" is another one...