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Online dave.woodhall

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Press-ure's off
« on: July 23, 2012, 02:03:28 PM »
I've handed over to a guest columnist this week.

www.thebirminghampress.com/2012/07/23/now-thats-what-i-call-an-athlete/
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2012, 05:17:52 PM »
What a ridiculous statement to say we've seen better than Usain Bolt, before.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2012, 06:17:56 PM »
Quote from: TRO on July 23, 2012, 05:17:52 PM
What a ridiculous statement to say we've seen better than Usain Bolt, before.

Why is it?
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2012, 07:42:45 PM »
Don Bradman. Almost twice as good as every other person to play his sport. For Bolt to be considered as good he would have to run a hundred yards in five seconds.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2012, 07:45:20 PM »
Quote from: TRO on July 23, 2012, 05:17:52 PM
What a ridiculous statement to say we've seen better than Usain Bolt, before.

We have seen better.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2012, 10:10:58 PM »
Hmmmm not sure about ,"true blue Brummie". Inferring something you may read on KRO.

Interesting piece ,mind.
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Offline TRO

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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2012, 12:07:45 PM »
Quote from: dave.woodhall on July 23, 2012, 06:17:56 PM
Quote from: TRO on July 23, 2012, 05:17:52 PM
What a ridiculous statement to say we've seen better than Usain Bolt, before.

Why is it?

Because he is without equal to date.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2012, 12:15:42 PM »
He's the quickest, but not the best.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2012, 01:33:27 PM »
Good story. I liked this too.

http://www.thebirminghampress.com/2011/08/30/the-birmingham-council-myth-machine/

Just about sums up BCC. Exactly why Birmingham is such a hopeless backwater and mishmash of a city.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2012, 01:56:37 PM »
If Bolt breaks the world record by 17 seconds then than he can claim to be the equal of Albert.
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Offline Ger Regan

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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2012, 08:13:45 PM »
Am I the only one who thinks it's utterly pointless to try and compare sportsmen from different eras? There are too many differences to make it worthwhile.
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Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2012, 11:01:20 PM »
I think that in sports where the statistics are consistent you can compare players of different eras.

 In cricket, for example, the averages of the best payers are remarkably consistent.

 A good test match batsman from any era will average around the 40 mark. A great batsman will average over fifty.

 A batsman who averages 99 (only one, Don Bradman), proving himself to be approximately twice as good as anybody who ever played, can without doubt be called the greatest.

 Bradman, IMO, is not just the greatest batsman of all time, but the greatest sportsman.
« Last Edit: July 24, 2012, 11:05:04 PM by Percy McCarthy »
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2012, 10:00:30 PM »
Come on then ......now deny Bolt isn't the best.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2012, 10:41:51 PM »
Quote from: TRO on August 05, 2012, 10:00:30 PM
Come on then ......now deny Bolt isn't the best.

The best 100 meter runner at the moment, yes.
The best sportsman ever? Up for debate.
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Re: Press-ure's off
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2012, 10:44:25 PM »
Brian Little is the best sportsman ever. Case closed.
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