What's Wiggins done now

iainf72

He just tweeted he's not speaking French anymore and saying he's been dropped in a big pool of turd.

inkyfingers

I read something this morning (can't remember where) and they were advising Wiggins that now the silly season in upon us that he should do all his interviews in English.

Sue we'll find out what he said soon enough....

inkyfingers

OK, i'm watching the England game, but it's dire so how about we think of some things that Brad might have said...

- Called Bernard Hinault fat?
- Questioned Jonathan Vaughters fashion sense?

tailwindhome

Maybe he's just gonna let the funky music do the talkin'

RichN95.

TailWindHome wrote:

Maybe he's just gonna let the funky music do the talkin'

Sorry, I mean [coolmusomode] I have do idea what you mean [/coolmusomode]

B3rnieMac

Maybe he found this pic in Velo Magazine offensive?

https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/inrng/status/212266473303965696?photo=1

Jambes de Fer

Maybe a response to Brendan Gallagher's article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... lenge.html

Wiggins is a brilliant press operator when he's in the mood – as interesting and witty as any sportsman I have ever interviewed.

Do it in English though. When he tries to make a joke in French or explain a racing tactic or philosophy it never comes off and gets misreported and starts a minor row. Do it in English, Brad and record every last word because, as everybody knows, the silly season is about to start.

knedlicky

B3rnieMac wrote:

Maybe he found this pic in Velo Magazine offensive?
https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/inrng/status/212266473303965696?photo=1

Here's the magazine cover pic:

avoidingmyphd

It's pretty transparent that Brendan Gallagher has a stake in which language Wiggins uses to interact with the press.
And it's pretty dumb advice to say that the best way to keep the trust of the French press is to suddenly stop speaking French to them. I'd be surprised (but interested) if anyone can link to some mainstream French coverage of Wiggins that supports any part of Gallagher's claim that the French press "don't really get Wiggins, his humour or his talent."

I dunno what Wiggins has done now though. Surely it'll emerge at some point?

Jez mon

avoidingmyphd wrote:

It's pretty transparent that Brendan Gallagher has a stake in which language Wiggins uses to interact with the press.
And it's pretty dumb advice to say that the best way to keep the trust of the French press is to suddenly stop speaking French to them. I'd be surprised (but interested) if anyone can link to some mainstream French coverage of Wiggins that supports any part of Gallagher's claim that the French press "don't really get Wiggins, his humour or his talent."

I dunno what Wiggins has done now though. Surely it'll emerge at some point?

Yep

IIRC, I read on here that the French quite like Wiggins, suddenly stopping speaking French to them would probably be a poor PR move.

No_Ta_Doctor

Jez mon wrote:

avoidingmyphd wrote:

It's pretty transparent that Brendan Gallagher has a stake in which language Wiggins uses to interact with the press.
And it's pretty dumb advice to say that the best way to keep the trust of the French press is to suddenly stop speaking French to them. I'd be surprised (but interested) if anyone can link to some mainstream French coverage of Wiggins that supports any part of Gallagher's claim that the French press "don't really get Wiggins, his humour or his talent."

I dunno what Wiggins has done now though. Surely it'll emerge at some point?

Yep

IIRC, I read on here that the French quite like Wiggins, suddenly stopping speaking French to them would probably be a poor PR move.

There was a bit of French dummy-spitting about a press conference he gave during Romandie, wasn't there?

iainf72

Poor advise from Brendan too - I can think of a few occasions where Bradleee has claimed not to have said something, and then it's played back to him and he did say it.

Brendan also uses twitter like a 14 year old texting. It's embarrassing.

Abdoujaparov

No news yet? Some hack saving it for the opening weekend of the Tour? Maybe Wiggins did that teaser to make the news seem a bit meh when it finally arrives.

ilovebigwig

I'm still waiting with bated breath for more news on the foundation...