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And as much as I'm not a fan of Anderson, he's deserved this championship. I hope he can get the job done.
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“Yeah I had team orders to let Dungey by. He would have done the same for me. That’s what my team who pays me millions wanted me to do and I was out of championship contention. KTM has paid big money to have two top tier riders which gives them this major advantage. I would understand if Eli were upset about it. I was when Webb moved over for Martin a couple years ago. But that’s part of the sport and you’ve got to deal with it.”
“The win was on the line for a 450 SX main event on the final lap and three valuable points to keep me in contention for an outside shot at the championship. I went hard into that turn with the full intention of block passing him. He went wide and left the door open and then cut down hard and fast in the far inside rut. The ensuing result was a collision much harder than anticipated, but I did get in front of him to block him. It wasn’t a straight t-bone or anything and I’d have still safely made the corner with my line had he not been there. I know he’s upset, and I would be too. I just hope he can see my side of it.”
Those two responses would have given him a ton of respect. Just own it. Instead he said he made a mistake and got out of the rut in the former one and on the latter one tried to say Eli wasn’t in a racing line. Then unnecessarily brought up Vegas the year before.
Wrong. The majority of spectators in attendance have never ridden a motorcycle.
Maybe your expectations are just a tad bit high...his job is to win races...
not make us feel good about the state of humankind.
Do I dislike him for being French? No. I don’t like him because I never liked his cross jumping and I really don’t like the fact that he won’t own up to last weekend and letting Dungey by.
OK...lets stipulate...he f*cked up. We were all lied too. It feels awful...I feel dirty like some piece of cheap trash. This guy needs to be taught a lesson....you dont lie to us Frenchie. We know this game...maybe even better that you do Pro.
We will keep on booing you and flaming you on all forums...you can count on it, till the next rider that assaults our tender sensibilities....
We are real fans bro...dont forget that. To heck with your fast lap times and competitiveness....we want the whole package...not just someone who wins...and then has some crappy lie to foist upon us like we dont know whats up.
Marv got blasted with boos during rider intros, but folks sure seemed (to me) a lot kinder after the race.
I may lay out a boo for Marvin if he did something wrong, but he didn’t,
So I’m sure not going to boo him because of where he was born
Bunch of hillbilly’s....no offense hillbilly
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Then don't f'ing whine about getting boo'd.
I didn't like Marvin's pass, but he's not a bad guy, and doesn't deserve to be treated like trash by the drunks in the crowd.
Time to move on folks.
He'll come to terms with it pretty quickly and probably just feel sad for state of MX fandom in the U.S.
Expect nothing less than a fully honest, character filled recap of the on-purpose take out.
If he hadn’t tried to say it was Eli’s fault that they came together and owned the fact that he made a very aggressive move for a win I’d have less of a problem with it.
There’s no arguing that it was dirty, however, in certain situations, last lap of a 450 main event being one of them. Dirty riding is acceptable. But damn man. Own that shit, you did it, anyone with eyes could see it.
I’m an Eli fan, I know he’s no angel sometimes, but when he puts someone down and gets asked about it he lays it all out, like Coop at Daytona. “He was cross jumping me so I went for the takeout”
Simple, to the point and people understand. Marvin should have done the same.
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