Brailsford vid

frenchfighter wrote:

Riis saying it is a big mistake not to take Wiggins, he would have handled things differently and the whole situation wouldn't have been acceptable on his team.

DB said he is looking at the harmony of the entire team, not just Froome/Wiggo. Riis could just be playing mind games à la Mourinho.

frenchfighter wrote:

Riis saying it is a big mistake not to take Wiggins, he would have handled things differently and the whole situation wouldn't have been acceptable on his team.

Riis stirring sh!t.

I know many of you have no interest in football but after England's defeat Chris Waddle had a good rant and said:

"It's not about picking your star players.... It's about getting the balance of a side that's going to get you a result, and we never ever do. And the media's to blame as much as anyone because when they drop someone or play them in a different position we're on their case straight away".

Smart guy.

ddraver wrote:

Whatcha doing up this late Ricardo?

Insomniac. I've got to play in the Welsh Over 40s hockey tournament all this weekend too. I think the first game is at 9.30.

iainf72 wrote:

Puzzles me why people seem to struggle with the concept of leaving someone out being good man management.

Maybe if Dave hadn't needed the restraining order after being surprised by the blindingly obvious, his reputation would be less of a puzzle.

The man who invented Olympic 'cycles' suffers too. He's had a shocker since 2012.

OCDuPalais wrote:

Nice bit of work, Phil S - although interestingly, on a technical note, I preferred the side shot rather than the key (whereas it often comes across as a blatant afterthought).

Cheers, I won't tell my ENG guy. The key shot was his, on a hefty tripod and a PMW500, so given that it was on the team bus, we could only place it there - in the aisle. The side-on shot was mine, shot with a GH4 in 4K and then cropped in post in a couple of the edits. I then hopped over to the other side of the bus for the interviewing and kept one eye on my monitor. #camerachat

iainf72 wrote:

Jez mon wrote:

Meh, at the end of the day if Brailsford was unsurpassed at man management, he'd be able to mash the 9 best cyclists on Team Sky into a cohesive team, and IMO, an inform Wiggins is part of that group of 9 cyclists.

Makes you wonder why when people are interviewed for jobs, they tend to see if someone will actually fit in to the organisation.

Puzzles me why people seem to struggle with the concept of leaving someone out being good man management.

If I was leaving my highest paid engineer out of every project team because he didn't get on with his colleagues and / or wouldn't pull his weight I suspect my bosses would question my man management skills! If he doesn't fit in any longer then they should have come to a 'mutual agreement' to go their separate ways and although I'm a a Wiggins fan I would have thought they could have legitimately cancelled his contract based on some performances last season and (from reading the comments of others on here) his Suisse ride.

Joelsim wrote:

Pross wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Jez mon wrote:

Meh, at the end of the day if Brailsford was unsurpassed at man management, he'd be able to mash the 9 best cyclists on Team Sky into a cohesive team, and IMO, an inform Wiggins is part of that group of 9 cyclists.

Makes you wonder why when people are interviewed for jobs, they tend to see if someone will actually fit in to the organisation.

Puzzles me why people seem to struggle with the concept of leaving someone out being good man management.

If I was leaving my highest paid engineer out of every project team because he didn't get on with his colleagues and / or wouldn't pull his weight I suspect my bosses would question my man management skills! If he doesn't fit in any longer then they should have come to a 'mutual agreement' to go their separate ways and although I'm a a Wiggins fan I would have thought they could have legitimately cancelled his contract based on some performances last season and (from reading the comments of others on here) his Suisse ride.

Hence why Wiggo is leaving Sky.

But this was going on 12 months ago. They should have come to an arrangement at the end of last season if it's so disruptive you feel you can't use your highly paid rider in the races he's supposed to be trying to win.