slovakguy said:
quite in agreement, lim.
even though i'm for city (blame denny tueart), i go bug-eyed when i hear the amounts the new city backers are throwing around. but my point is the same here as in pro-cycling--astana, saxo, radioshack (?), and sky have such large budgets they can lock in domestiques who'd be pushed as gc candidates on other squads. something which might be at root for the boring nature of these late issue tours. very little chance to compete when you are riding against three of the better riders as evans did last year.
i certainly don't think that the above mentioned teams bear the full weight of blame, but uefa/uci should have been aware of the coming storm before now. even i recognise that the red bastards used mostly home grown talent, but they had a leg up on most premiership squads when it came to bidding for the foreign talent.
by the bye, so long bobby robson. sir robert, you were a honourable football man.
If you’re a Dennis Tuart fan, you’re of a certain vintage : not far of my own it has to be said!
I remember my father bringing me and my brother to Maine Road to see Man United play
Man.City in the 1970’s.
City ‘s line up included Frannie Lee, Rod Marsh, Colin Bell (now there was a player), and I think
a very young Joe Corrigan keeping goal (great keeper).
Man Utd had Charlton, Law, Stepney, playing for them.
Great days : in that era the game was much better (in my view) or maybe I’m just getting old!
My father was a Utd supporter.
But getting back to the main topic : I think you’re going to see cycling go the way of the premiership
where effectively only a few times have a realistic chance of their rider winning the GT’s and other
other races.
Which is a pity...............but sport, all sport, seems to be weighted toward the individual/team who can
attract the most investment in terms of money.