Is Walsh on the Sky bandwagon?

[thehog]

7DS is an ok book, but it could have been an excellent book. David had one shot at putting together his masterprice. A couple of months spent editing, revising, correcting, updating could have turned it into Walsh's finest piece of writing. Instead we are left questioning his financial motives rather than his journalistic ones.

Best line in the review. Very true of our David

I should attribute the review to Dim at Velorooms: http://velorooms.com/index.php?topic=5445.0

He did a good job with it.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Well that certainly looks pwnt.

 

[fmk_RoI]

He did a good job with it.

"I do admit to skipping large sections of the book. I didnt really need to read virtually the entire transcript of the SCA deposition, or all of Floyds emails to USADA, or entire chapters lifted directly from LA Confidentiel."

 

[thehog]

He did a good job with it.

"I do admit to skipping large sections of the book. I didnt really need to read virtually the entire transcript of the SCA deposition, or all of Floyds emails to USADA, or entire chapters lifted directly from LA Confidentiel."

Errrr, thanks for proving my point?

You missed "...or entire Chapters lifted directly from LA Confidential" ?

You get it now? It was not a new book but s reshape of previous work with Ballester. Very straight forward, not sure why you're even attempting to fight this one.

 

[JimmyFingers]

I read it. It comes across as a Walsh vanity project. And so does the film by the sounds of it, Ballaster written out of it entirely.

 

[Digger]

I read all three - you can't possibly separate the last one from the first two - they shaped the final one.
Ballester was a big part of the first two- I rarely, if ever, see Walsh admitting as such.

On Off the Ball this summer he did admit Ballester did all the technical stuff such as power but that was more to do with him not wanting to address the froome power issue - so he pleaded ignorance.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Re:

I read all three - you can't possibly separate the last one from the first two - they shaped the final one.

And I would not disagree with this (all three being LA Confidentiel, From Lance to Landis and Seven Deadly Sins, few having bothered to read LA Officiel or Le Sale Tour). However, shaping a part of the story does not make you a co-author. Walsh gives credit to Ballester within the pages of Seven Deadly Sins but that does not entitle him to a writing credit. Whether Studio Canal should have given Ballester more credit within The Program, let's see how far that goes and whether - like the British with U-571 - it ends up with François Hollande taking up arms with Ballester and denouncing the film in parliament.

 

[jens_attacks]

The guy has no shame...

 

[thehog]

Re:

I read all three - you can't possibly separate the last one from the first two - they shaped the final one.
Ballester was a big part of the first two- I rarely, if ever, see Walsh admitting as such.

On Off the Ball this summer he did admit Ballester did all the technical stuff such as power but that was more to do with him not wanting to address the froome power issue - so he pleaded ignorance.

The irony that Walsh will be sued for plagiarism, hopefully he'll do the right thing and pay Ballester for his part in the books.

David Walsh, the ball is in your court?

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Re: Re:

I read all three - you can't possibly separate the last one from the first two - they shaped the final one.
Ballester was a big part of the first two- I rarely, if ever, see Walsh admitting as such.

On Off the Ball this summer he did admit Ballester did all the technical stuff such as power but that was more to do with him not wanting to address the froome power issue - so he pleaded ignorance.

The irony that Walsh will be sued for plagiarism, hopefully he'll do the right thing and pay Ballester for his part in the books.

David Walsh, the ball is in your court?

The irony of the "ball" is hilarious. Nice post.

 

[Benotti69]

Re: fessing

Walsh did not take anything from LA Confidential and use it in SDS?

7DS was based on the previous books which Ballester conducted the research and was co-author. Walsh hasn't provided credit where credit was due.

The book appeared shortly after the Lance confession, it didn't just appear from nowhere because Walsh conducted the research in 3 weeks.

I am among the many blocked by Walsh on Twitter, for God knows what reason. But if we're going to criticise the man it would help to get the critisicm correct.

Yes. Hence the '?'........

 

[heart_attack_man]

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Funny how Walsh called Geert Leinders "a poster boy". He said that this now banned for life doctor was in tune with their policies and keen to make a contribution. OUCH!!!

It cannot be a coincidence that Leinders arrival at the same time as Sky become a GT winning team. Things like that do not happen in pro cycling.

If I've said it once, I've said it several times - I stopped believing in coincidences in Pro-cycling years ago. Might as well believe in Santa Claus.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

 

[heart_attack_man]

Re:

Beautiful!

 

[Benotti69]

No Walsh piece today on Paula Radcliffe. Walsh not got the bottle anymore for doping...........

 

[thehog]

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No Walsh piece today on Paula Radcliffe. Walsh not got the bottle anymore for doping...........

Looks like Walsh is whoring himself for speaking engagements. He truely has become Armstrong.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

No offence Hog but whoring yourself is not the same as being asked to speak.

 

[thehog]

Re:

No offence Hog but whoring yourself is not the same as being asked to speak.

Soliciting?

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Re: Re:

No offence Hog but whoring yourself is not the same as being asked to speak.

Soliciting?

The tweet you posted shows someone asking him -- soliciting would be Walsh asking someone.

 

[thehog]

Re: Re:

No offence Hog but whoring yourself is not the same as being asked to speak.

Soliciting?

The tweet you posted shows someone asking him -- soliciting would be Walsh asking someone.

Marketing?

 

[Benotti69]

Plenty of doping stories around to be written up, but why ignore the golden goose.......

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/more_sport/article1612629.ece

Armstrong’s $10m settlement over bonus payments

 

[thehog]

Re:

Plenty of doping stories around to be written up, but why ignore the golden goose.......

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/more_sport/article1612629.ece

Armstrong’s $10m settlement over bonus payments

Walsh! Love him!

 

[gooner]

Re:

Plenty of doping stories around to be written up, but why ignore the golden goose.......

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/more_sport/article1612629.ece

Armstrong’s $10m settlement over bonus payments

Lol, but saw it as big enough news yourself to post it in the Armstrong thread.

 

[Puckfiend]

Re: Re:

Plenty of doping stories around to be written up, but why ignore the golden goose.......

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/more_sport/article1612629.ece

Armstrong’s $10m settlement over bonus payments

Walsh! Love him!

It's a win-win-win for our Froome biographer. He gets to twist the blade in his old nemesis, he gets to continue the myth of David Walsh; anti-doping crusader, and it adds to the entire illusion that all those dirty dopers are long gone out of our new, clean peloton.

 

[Benotti69]

Re: Re:

Plenty of doping stories around to be written up, but why ignore the golden goose.......

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/more_sport/article1612629.ece

Armstrong’s $10m settlement over bonus payments

Lol, but saw it as big enough news yourself to post it in the Armstrong thread.

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