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I would not have been dissapointed if Metcalfe had been chosen over Gibbs, he rode great toward the end of the year, had a lot of mechanical early on, but he was racing and doing well...he deserved it more than Reed who expected to be chosen based on a performance record that has had nothing to grow about in the last 3 or 4 years.
Probably, Mettcalfe wasn't chosen because there was not much chance of getting him goid equipment over there...probably zero budget to ship his own penrite Honda over there..
They needed a clutch ride in the last moto and Gibbs was never going to deliver.
Chad Reed would of made it happen !
Much was said of Reed's overall finish in the mud at the iron man national..
He was 1min 23sec behind moto 1 winner Barcia in moto 1 and 2min 28 seconds behind him in moto 2..he very nearly go lapped! Barcia didn't set the world on fire this weekend in the mud. Would Reed have beaten Barcia in the mud this weekend when he was nowhere near him in the mud at Iron man? I dont know..do you?
I kind of fail to see your point? I think it's silly to say Gibbs was never going to deliver, Ferris was expected to last year but didn't...it was a nasty mud race, shit happened to a lot of riders, ruining the chances of a lot of teams...would Reed have done better than Gibbs? You think you know, but who really knows...?
What was confirmed was that the top gp guys, Lawrence included, shine in the slop!
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Even though he hadn't raced motocross at the time, for over 3 years, he said publicly that he is faster than anyone out of Australia...A lot of peopl e disagree...
between the 3, they have more experience then any other riders from Australia put together.
It was a chance for the 3 big names in motocross Australia to represent and give them a final send off, As well as Reed mentioned.. theirs sentimental value as well with the passing of sharky a few years ago and have the big 3 together to show respects at an amazing race would of been the icing on the cake.
They believed they deserved to represent there country one more time on the US soil where they created there careers.
I honestly think it was kinda wrong to have them two left out of this years des nations. honestly would of been amazing to have Metcalf, Byrner and Reed showing young Lawrence the ropes before he takes off where all 3 of them guys left off.
And between metcalf and reed... both are so unpredictable when racing.. they can show up and run dead last.. or they flick a switch and have amazing races.
Can never count them out.
But as you say it would've cool it may have been epic but my problem was the way he handled it after he wasn't picked! Cause the only reason he could've been picked was for sentimental reasons.. Ya can't do zero races and just say nah I'm in cause I'm goin fast trust me.. And as soon as he said he was faster than every other rider except Ferris it just put a shitty vibe into it.. From then it had the Reed fanboys (I'm a massive fan but I can see his negatives haha) all calling out the Aussie riders that were picked and prob just waiting for them to fail so they could hit us with the told ya so's!
I just wish Reed handled the rejection better
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