Barry 'Misery' Hoban on Cav

[jiggerypokery]

In today's Telegraph:



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...er-be-as-big-a-world-star-as-Eddy-Merckx.html

 

[Smokin Joe]

Where do you get the misery bit from?

 

[Molecule Man]

What a strange article, it asks Dave Brailsford and Barry Hoban 'Can Mark Cavendish ever be as big a world star as Eddy Merckx?', they both say basically the same thing, that Cav will never be the all-rounder that Merckx was, but is still a great star, but they make it like a polarised debate with Brailsford saying Yes! and Hoban No!.

 

[Cheddar George]

Stupid question/comparison but i think Barry answered it perfectly.

 

[tigger]

Yeah seemed like fair comment to me.

 

[ohnovino]

Swap the "Yes" and "No" titles around and there's no effect on the article. Bizarre.

 

[Hont]

Usual journalistic nonsense inventing an angle when there really isn't one.

 

[raindog]

Under the photo it says
"Mark Cavendish has been compared to the great Eddy Merckx"
I'd like to know who by? It's just daft - like comparing pears to oranges, but that's the kind of stuff you get in none-specialist papers.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Under the photo it says
"Mark Cavendish has been compared to the great Eddy Merckx"
I'd like to know who by? It's just daft - like comparing pears to oranges, but that's the kind of stuff you get in none-specialist papers.

Exactly. I haven't heard anyone who knows what they are talking about making such a comparison.

 

[Paulus]

Just another piece of silly journalism. The two articles say more or less the same thing, but the hack tries to make an issue out of the the statements by Brailsford and Hoban. That is like trying to say was Mario Chippolini better than Fausto Coppi. Stupid question.

 

[gb155]

Can Ashley Young become the next Peter Schmeichel...Would have been an equally as STUPID question !

 

[oldroadman]

Can Ashley Young become the next Peter Schmeichel...Would have been an equally as STUPID question !

Who??

 

[gb155]

Who??

They play soccer ball

 

[fossyant]

Course Dave is going to say yes - Cav's on the bloody payroll next season ! Kerching !

Different types of riders.

Cippo's done alright, shame he can't produce a stylish bike though - have you seen the state of the top end Chippo bike. FUGLY