Comments on: so much for our happy ending

By: tinylittlefascist

tinylittlefascist — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:12:40 +0000

But but… in order for this mysterious engine trouble to occur, surely McLaren would have had to gently suggest it over the radio. And aren’t the radio transcripts available to the race stewards? Therefore…

Unless they use some fancy code. And I suspect the only code Fernando would have been using would have been some choice vocabulary.

By: rastadiu

rastadiu — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:41:09 +0000

Oh drackity.

Avril?

For real.

I have tears in my eyes from the laughter.

Also, Daniel Carter ftw.

By: chickenbutt

chickenbutt — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:32:36 +0000

Not a nice weekend for the Brits was it? Kudos to Hamilton though. he bowed out smiling.

By: Curious Yellow

Curious Yellow — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:19:44 +0000

Monty is the bomb-diggity. That hair has an otherworldly aura about it.

Rugby should make him their David Beckham. I can imagine the slogan now.

“Monty – he’s like Beckham but he can put away penalties and has better hair”

Actually that’s a crap slogan, but you get the gist.

By: drac

drac — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:03:51 +0000

TLF: Disqualified? Surely that can’t happen. Alonso could quite legitimately develop “engine trouble” which forces him to drop behind Hamilton

I have heard of this theory about the toe touching the line, but it took someone to mention it (and then a super slow motion replay by the England commentary team) to make me see that the try shouldn’t have been allowed. Very tough call.

Darwin Carter? Really? You’re by no means the first person to mention this – but what about Percy? Or Jonny? Or .. or .. or .. an ultra-stretchy Gavin Henson?

By: Darwin

Darwin — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:36:10 +0000

I lost interest in the RWC after the All Blacks left. I shamelessly admit my incentive was Dan Carter

By: tinylittlefascist

tinylittlefascist — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:09:02 +0000

’twas a try, methinks. Overly harsh not to award it. That said, his toe apparently touched the line before he lifted his foot. I did not see these ‘later replays’.

I’d have loved it if Alonso was asked to move over. However, I would also have loved it if McLaren had got disqualified for team orders then.