Ms. Pendleton being a bit of a Diva.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    GeorgeShaw wrote:
    Any "I'm so proud" guff is sentimental tosh for the viewers. I preferred Andy Murray's reply when asked how tough it was for his parents to watch him, which was that it was a lot tougher for him.

    For sure, but they put him infront of the jersey his daughter won, and his response was about himself, not her.

    "I wish I could have worn one of these"... It wasn't about him.
    _
  • mattshrops
    mattshrops Posts: 1,134
    For me that seems to point quite nicely to where her fragility and need to please came from.

    Nice girl, top cyclist, I wish her well for t'olympics
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  • random man
    random man Posts: 1,518
    He did come across as Competitive Dad :)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    GeorgeShaw wrote:
    Any "I'm so proud" guff is sentimental tosh for the viewers. I preferred Andy Murray's reply when asked how tough it was for his parents to watch him, which was that it was a lot tougher for him.

    For sure, but they put him infront of the jersey his daughter won, and his response was about himself, not her.

    "I wish I could have worn one of these"... It wasn't about him.

    Maybe he was edited by a cruel hand.
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Maybe he's just a bit of a bell end?
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Yossie wrote:
    Maybe he's just a bit of a bell end?

    I didn't want to put it like that but, if that '?' is more of a '!' then, I concur!
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • Redhog14
    Redhog14 Posts: 1,377
    Yossie wrote:
    Maybe he's just a bit of a bell end?

    +1 ^
    @George Shaw - no comaprison can be drawn of Andy Murray v VP; he is second best at his best (so far), she has been the best in the world - he has an entirely supportive and charismatic mother and VP's dad appears like a typical bitter Cat4 wannabe.
    @surroundedbh
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Agree completely:

    "oh, you can only wear it if you've earned it...."

    Pedal on Joe - you can wear it if you want, whether you have earned it, bought it or stolen it.

    I could almost hear the local clique crappy club lycra being bought out of the cupboard just for the cameras.

    At the end of the day though, you should hear him over Sunday lunch: the amount of times I've been yay close to launching a parsnip at his barnet ............... Bu.t Victoria is so delicious she always calms things down
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    random man wrote:
    He did come across as Competitive Dad :)

    I'm much more competitive than him.
  • kentphil
    kentphil Posts: 479
    I've just watched the Wiggins BBC program and I thought they're some similarities; such as the self doubt, the need to please, and coping with the massive pressure of being at the top of your sport. Some athletes deal with these in different ways, and some are better at coping with them than others. Even Wiggins has had his mental wobbles in the past.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    jim453 wrote:
    She comes across like she's got mental health problems. Nothing wrong with that, obviously, but I wonder how well advised the programme was.

    Also, got the distinct impression we were only getting half a story regarding the expulsion of her boyfriend from the BC set up. What was all that about? For some reason the other coaches really didn't like him, did they?

    Good luck Victoria, I suspect you're going to need it.

    I think they probably all wanted a go but then found out they'd been beaten to her!
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    I heard from an insider on the team that part of teh reason that they didn't like him was because a) he was an Aussie and b) a twatt.

    Makes sense really .......
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Bloody lags come over here with their Fosters and Ute's, stealing all our bar jobs and fit (female) olympic track cyclists. Why I outta.......
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Yossie wrote:
    I heard from an insider on the team that part of teh reason that they didn't like him was because a) he was an Aussie and b) a twatt.

    Makes sense really .......

    I assume Shane is OK as he is just an Aussie (and has been here so long it no longer counts) ;)
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Who is Shane?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Yossie wrote:
    Who is Shane?

    Sutton. He has a minor role in British Cycling / Sky (waterboy or something).
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Not Warne then?

    Sorry, I forgot that there was more than one bloke called Shane in Britain. Or, come to think of it, the world.
  • evil_breakfast
    evil_breakfast Posts: 465
    I think it's fair to say that Sutton's paid his dues. '87 anyone?
    You're the light wiping out my batteries; You're the cream in my airport coffee's.
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    I'll have a 99 please. With a Flake and strawberry sauce. And some nuts. Thankyou.
  • evil_breakfast
    evil_breakfast Posts: 465
    Yossie wrote:
    I'll have a 99 please. With a Flake and strawberry sauce. And some nuts. Thankyou.

    Sod it, I'll bite.
    Sutton (as I suspect you already know) was involved in the whole ANC debacle.
    Therefore, I am of the opinion that his current role of coach/pitbull is suitable recompense for his previous efforts.
    *exhales*
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  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    What - the ANC? He was one of Winnie and Nelson's mates? (Before she turned mental, like).

    Sheeeeeesh - and there I was thinking that he just messed about with bicycles and gawped at the delicious Victoria while she thought of the good times her and I have had over the years .......

    Blimey - if he can bring about the end of apartheid then been part of a winning bicycle team must have been a walk in the park. Just think what he could do if he was mod on here.....

    Chapeau that man. Or should we say Robben Island?
  • evil_breakfast
    evil_breakfast Posts: 465
    Yossie wrote:
    What - the ANC? He was one of Winnie and Nelson's mates? (Before she turned mental, like).

    Sheeeeeesh - and there I was thinking that he just messed about with bicycles and gawped at the delicious Victoria while she thought of the good times her and I have had over the years .......

    Blimey - if he can bring about the end of apartheid then been part of a winning bicycle team must have been a walk in the park. Just think what he could do if he was mod on here.....

    Chapeau that man. Or should we say Robben Island?

    :lol:
    You're the light wiping out my batteries; You're the cream in my airport coffee's.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I felt sorry for her. Her dad is a git.
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  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Who? Winnie or the delicious Victoria?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Yossie wrote:
    Who? Winnie or the delicious Victoria?

    Victoria. Winnie doesn't have a tin of biscuits named after her. I bet Victoria's old man is whingeing cos he doesn't have a tin of biscuits named after him.
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  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Or a cake. He's just a bitter old knob. I'd much rather have a slice of fresh Victoria sponge with a nice cup of Earl Grey than a bitter old knob and a warm flat can of Skol.

    Anyway, I'd much rather have a cake named after me than a biscuit - being quite shy and retiring as you know, I'd call it the Yossie Prince Majestic Yossie Fuck You Communters -it would be like a massive 1970s Black Forest Gateaux before they became all trendy and shrank - about 3 feet high 78,987,456,327 calories per slice drowned in double cream.

    To make it a Yossie Prince Majestic Yossie Fuck You Communters though it would have oodles of Turkish Delight and a few 99 Flakes in it. That be a proper cake like.

    As an aside, can anyone explain why I have started talking like someone from Yorkshire tonight? Ok, its better than that woman on breakfast telly who started talking like someone from China for no reason, but being that I am a Southerner it feels realy, well, weird, and I'm not sure I like it.
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Yossie wrote:
    Or a cake. He's just a bitter old knob. I'd much rather have a slice of fresh Victoria sponge with a nice cup of Earl Grey than a bitter old knob and a warm flat can of Skol.

    Anyway, I'd much rather have a cake named after me than a biscuit - being quite shy and retiring as you know, I'd call it the Yossie Prince Majestic Yossie fark You Communters -it would be like a massive 1970s Black Forest Gateaux before they became all trendy and shrank - about 3 feet high 78,987,456,327 calories per slice drowned in double cream.

    To make it a Yossie Prince Majestic Yossie fark You Communters though it would have oodles of Turkish Delight and a few 99 Flakes in it. That be a proper cake like.

    As an aside, can anyone explain why I have started talking like someone from Yorkshire tonight? Ok, its better than that woman on breakfast telly who started talking like someone from China for no reason, but being that I am a Southerner it feels realy, well, weird, and I'm not sure I like it.

    Get coat lad.
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Why? Its a billion degrees outside - the last thing I need is a coat.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Yossie wrote:
    Or a cake. He's just a bitter old knob. I'd much rather have a slice of fresh Victoria sponge with a nice cup of Earl Grey than a bitter old knob and a warm flat can of Skol.

    Anyway, I'd much rather have a cake named after me than a biscuit - being quite shy and retiring as you know, I'd call it the Yossie Prince Majestic Yossie fark You Communters -it would be like a massive 1970s Black Forest Gateaux before they became all trendy and shrank - about 3 feet high 78,987,456,327 calories per slice drowned in double cream.

    To make it a Yossie Prince Majestic Yossie fark You Communters though it would have oodles of Turkish Delight and a few 99 Flakes in it. That be a proper cake like.

    As an aside, can anyone explain why I have started talking like someone from Yorkshire tonight? Ok, its better than that woman on breakfast telly who started talking like someone from China for no reason, but being that I am a Southerner it feels realy, well, weird, and I'm not sure I like it.

    You can only have black forest gateau if you have prawn cock "in yer tail" for starters and chicken and chips in a commuter wicker basket for your mains
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  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Oh yes - prawn cocktail to start then the classic steak au poivre and chips for main. Done properly, its still a killer menu today (in fact it was the menu that won the delicious Victoria's heart).

    Washed down with some Blue Nun or Black Tower. Now you're talking my son. Food of champions.

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