thehog said:I think Phil is suffering from a "loss of earnings". He knows he score.
LOL, This. I definitely think you're right. His $$$ tree has been cut down.
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thehog said:I think Phil is suffering from a "loss of earnings". He knows he score.
What do I think? Everybody else did it. So I find it very difficult not to think that Lance did it.
AcademyCC said:I could swear I just heard Phil Liggett say "now that drugs are a no no, it's not possible to win the Giro/tour double".
fat and frantic said:Liggett on UK Talksport radio admitting that Walsh and Kimmages pursuit of Lance was ultimately good for the sport!
Nearly fell of the sofa.
The Hitch said:Did they ask him any tough questions, such as, i dont know - Mr ligget you said you would resign if it turned out Lance doped, does that mean well never have to hear your stupidity on the airwaves ever again.
fat and frantic said:Liggett on UK Talksport radio admitting that Walsh and Kimmages pursuit of Lance was ultimately good for the sport!
Nearly fell of the sofa.
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86TDFWinner said:Sorry Im a little late to the party here, but how can Phil honestly claim Cadel is clean? I'm not saying he is or isn't, but there is still some doubt from folks about Cadel I'm sure. I hope he was. Phil keeps shooting himself in the foot too, he knew what was going on, dont think for one moment he didn't, he's just trying to save face now.
Holy jebus is Phil just clueless.
Supposedly, it went like this: Phil Liggett says Cadel Evans swore to his face he didn't dope...86TDFWinner said:Sorry Im a little late to the party here, but how can Phil honestly claim Cadel is clean? I'm not saying he is or isn't, but there is still some doubt from folks about Cadel I'm sure. I hope he was. Phil keeps shooting himself in the foot too, he knew what was going on, dont think for one moment he didn't, he's just trying to save face now.
Holy jebus is Phil just clueless.
martinvickers said:Steve Backley, javelin great, was on radio 5live in UK a few days ago talking about how he can't really bear to think about armstrong, because as an athlete he had always put faith in the testing, and Armstrong-gate blew that apart.
proffate said:Don't know who Backley is and I'm not accusing him, but this is the reaction a lot of dopers seem to have have.
They rely on the idea that if they don't fail tests, they won't get caught, and now Armstrong-gate has ruined their peace of mind, so they react with anger.
On the other hand if you're a sportsman who's never heard of a non-analytical ruling before Armstrong, you must have had your head about 10 feet deep in the sand.
therealtimshady said:I still think phil is great
therealtimshady said:I still think phil is a great fool
Phil is the non-pedo version of Jimmy Saville. He goes groupies like Rochelle Gilmore. *may, nor may not, be apocryphal.martinvickers said:Actually, I think Phil was greatat one time - but only at one thing, commentating.
We know now he was full of sh!t, and the races he was describing were full of doped-up sh!t. We know what a small little man he was, now.
But the truth was, many of us grew up hearing him describe the 'modern' greats, Hinault, lemond, roche (i know, i know) and doing it in a fashion that hooked us on the sport.
It's easy to be a revisionist about that now, to say we always saw through him - but that's boll*cks for most of us, if we were honest. He WAS the voice of cycling for years, and a damn fine voice in his day. It's what makes the whole shambles, the inability of Liggitt to realise how low it's all gotten, so much sadder.
For my part, I still remember his commentary on La Plagne in '87. It still gives me goosebumps, even though I know how full of sh!t it all was.
What is they call a cynic? A romantic who has been disappointed by life?
martinvickers said:For my part, I still remember his commentary on La Plagne in '87.
martinvickers said:You might want to check it out then before just casting about allegations.