Carlton Kirby
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Daniel B wrote:What an entertaining race, Dunbar looks like an inspired signing.
One of those rare things in cycling, the mid-season signing (albeit due to circumstance).0 -
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"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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yeah lets hound a guy out of his job, get together and have a proper media pile in.
Sickening0 -
/\ he could just try being less of a bellend0
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bobmcstuff wrote:/\ he could just try being less of a bellend
Well that would be nice but coordinating internet campaigns is a bit much.
Not you btw Bob0 -
I don’t like his commentary, but pro’s rounding on him is a dick move.0
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If he's making up negative or derogatory stuff about them with no basis then I think it's fair enough. But then CK would never be caught doing that...Beatmaker wrote:I don’t like his commentary, but pro’s rounding on him is a dick move.0 -
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Alejandrosdog wrote:gsk82 wrote:
He does constantly talk shoot
He might but the wise might ignore him.
In that case.
............................................................................."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Slim Boy Fat wrote:
Looks like said tweet has been removed - what did it comprise of?Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
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Daniel B wrote:Slim Boy Fat wrote:
Looks like said tweet has been removed - what did it comprise of?
I think it said something about dckhed
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Alejandrosdog wrote:Daniel B wrote:Slim Boy Fat wrote:
Looks like said tweet has been removed - what did it comprise of?
I think it said something about dckhed
How apt that a Kirby apologist should make this answer up, since TGH's tweet was about Kirby making stuff up: in this case about how a rider signed for Team 'x'.
He said he would like to see Kirby substantiate his outrageous claims.
A few of the comments underneath were somewhat less circumspect."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
He said that a certain rider had fallen out with his agent, and that was the reason he had ended up on team 'x'.
He's so full of shoot misrepresented as fact he should not be on the airwaves, let alone in a prime spot.0 -
I saw that TGH had a go at Ed Pickering as well. He is obviously a keen twitterer0
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Im not an apologist for Kirby, he's sometimes appaling. I just dont think that instigating internet campaigns against anyone is a decent thing to do.Blazing Saddles wrote:Alejandrosdog wrote:Daniel B wrote:Slim Boy Fat wrote:
Looks like said tweet has been removed - what did it comprise of?
I think it said something about dckhed
How apt that a Kirby apologist should make this answer up, since TGH's tweet was about Kirby making stuff up: in this case about how a rider signed for Team 'x'.
He said he would like to see Kirby substantiate his outrageous claims.
A few of the comments underneath were somewhat less circumspect.
Though i imagine the glee of being in a mob and bringing someone down might be appealing to some.0 -
2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0
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He's just a bit immature.
Vino's comment about the mob mentality is bang on IMO.0 -
thegreatdivide wrote:He's just a bit immature.
Vino's comment about the mob mentality is bang on IMO.
He’s a commentator who regularly talks genuine nonesense.
It’s not so much s mob as a whole bunch of people who feel he ruins the coverage.0 -
I'm talking about TGH.0
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Carlton is going into print!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472959868/ ... MCbY8PV05E
"Magic Spanner: The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby" out just ahead of the TDF...0 -
argyllflyer wrote:Carlton is going into print!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472959868/ ... MCbY8PV05E
"Magic Spanner: The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby" out just ahead of the TDF...
They have it in the cycling section, when it should be in fiction."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Give the guy a break. He's a commentator and i for one like his enthusiasm and excitement.
All this criticism is uncalled for. He may make mistakes, everyone does though. He is a commentator and has to cover a range of sports. This means he isnt always 100% up to date or informed of everything in the pro tour, that's why he has a co-commentator.
At the end of the day if you don't like his commentary turn the volume off or watch through the eurosport app where there is usually race coverage without commentary.0 -
No.redvision wrote:Give the guy a break. He's a commentator and i for one like his enthusiasm and excitement.
All this criticism is uncalled for. He may make mistakes, everyone does though. He is a commentator and has to cover a range of sports. This means he isnt always 100% up to date or informed of everything in the pro tour, that's why he has a co-commentator.
At the end of the day if you don't like his commentary turn the volume off or watch through the eurosport app where there is usually race coverage without commentary.
He makes obvious, glaring errors - often talking over his co-commentator who is trying to tell him the correct answer.
He also ignores attacks etc to finish telling whatever rubbish joke he was telling, and then laughing at himself.
He is rubbish! I am paying for Eurosport and that includes for the commentary, I shouldn't have to neuter the coverage I am paying because the commentator is useless.0 -
bobmcstuff wrote:
No.redvision wrote:Give the guy a break. He's a commentator and i for one like his enthusiasm and excitement.
All this criticism is uncalled for. He may make mistakes, everyone does though. He is a commentator and has to cover a range of sports. This means he isnt always 100% up to date or informed of everything in the pro tour, that's why he has a co-commentator.
At the end of the day if you don't like his commentary turn the volume off or watch through the eurosport app where there is usually race coverage without commentary.
He makes obvious, glaring errors - often talking over his co-commentator who is trying to tell him the correct answer.
He also ignores attacks etc to finish telling whatever rubbish joke he was telling, and then laughing at himself.
He is rubbish! I am paying for Eurosport and that includes for the commentary, I shouldn't have to neuter the coverage I am paying because the commentator is useless.
i wouldn't want commentary that was 5 hours of insight into the merits of 12 speed gears or otherwise punctuated with comments about a riders change in cadence or tightening of shoes. it would be boring or radio. and its not just 5 hours once its four or five hours twentyone times in a GT thats over 100 hours in the TDF alone. plus the one dayers, smaller tours and the other GTs plus the worlds.
his audience isnt only detail obsessed cyclists but normal people too. I understand a lot of women quite like him0 -
argyllflyer wrote:Carlton is going into print!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472959868/ ... MCbY8PV05E
"Magic Spanner: The World of Cycling According to Carlton Kirby" out just ahead of the TDF...
I like the suggestion that Sean Kelly should read it for the audio book.0 -
redvision wrote:Give the guy a break. He's a commentator and i for one like his enthusiasm and excitement.
At the end of the day if you don't like his commentary turn the volume off or watch through the eurosport app where there is usually race coverage without commentary.
Imagine telling football fans paying to watch their team to mute the sound...."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
