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Also sometimes I have a feeling he doesn't really talks about what he's thinking, but just about what he knows will score. Bashing foreigners will score, for example at the start of the season he was already crying about Ferrandis his riding style because it was too aggressive.
Oh by the way, I met Josh Hill. To irritate him you need to be very "special".
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1. Matthes and the Pulp brand he has built is the best thing that has happened to the moto media in the past decade. Previously, nearly every podcast, show, broadcast, or written interview took the approach of telling the rider how amazing they were etc regardless of their results and/or talent. Have you ever listened to DMXS? Izer literally praises every rider on their show as if they all walk on water and how big of a fan he has always been. Emig was on there recently saying Tomac wasn't holding the field up in Vegas and those riders just magically found another gear.....and he just agreed with him. What the hell?? Some of these riders are wasting away their career due to poor work ethic and poor choices, yet because they went fast at Lorettas for 20 minutes one time, they are just amazing. Yes, Matthes takes it a bit far sometimes, but would you rather have that or more cookie cutter, ball gargling interviews that bring no value? Think about riders and the controversy. Would you rather have rehearsed interviews, or have the riders say how they actually feel? Barcia won't talk to him because he has said Barcia is paid top 3-5 in the pits, yet consistently doesn't deliver results consistent with the pay. Why is that wrong to say/ask? His interviews with Tony Alessi/Reed/RV/Weege/JT/Keefer/ to name a few and all the privateers are awesome, even if you don't agree with everything he says. I am guessing those calling him out in this thread listen to all of his content.
2. Pourcel is an amazing talent, but nobody can argue his lack of effort over and over again. He would set the fastest lap and then fade to 15th in the main? Same thing outdoors. What about the Teams that have hired him in the past only to wish they hadn't with the drama filled excuses and quitting?
MX Matti, I am enjoying this covfefe like everyone else. but this is a truly off-the-mark characterization of Matthes. He doesn't actually care about the Monster after-party -- he doesn't even drink and was headed home anyway -- nor does he care to be popular or well-liked. He's sort of an agent provocateur who people read and either like or dislike, but admire for his consistently honest (if not always agreeable) personal take on things. He knows moto, not after-parties, and you can tell by looking at him that pretenses and appearances are not core values (sorry Steve). He's a pundit, and an opinionated one at that, and I think he adds something to the fabric of this sport. I do cringe at some of his barbs and takes -- personally, I am a big fan of Christophe, and I know that CP377 wrote his own stuff here, not his wife Samantha -- but that comes with taking risks in your opinions and you kind of have to now to get a reader's attention.
He's the ultimate insider, as well as the ultimate outsider, because he's not in this to be accepted or invited to the after-party (and it just isn't an after-party until Matthes gets thrown out). Enjoy his stuff, or don't -- he's okay either way. He's as critical of me as anyone, and I get it because his points are built on knowledge and experience, and worthy of a look in the mirror... And then and only then a giant "Go @$%! yourself" if its merited, Because he knows moto enough to be critical, if not always completely informed of what's really going on in one truck or another. That's a sports reporter/journalist's role: to offer perspective on what the fans have already seen, and why the score is what it is, and why their favorites either won or lost, because they aren't always going to tell you why the scoreboard reads the way it does....
Now someone show him the door(s) please. Let's get this after-party started!!!
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Hope CP lasts until my 2 local national races.
He's a dick, but he's our dick. So if don't like the fact he's got a hard on for everything maybe you should hang with the other pussies.
Same for Thomas, a certified contrarian dick but what would we do without him?
Can't say anything bad about Pourcel. Love anything he does on a bike and he even posts on Vital.
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