New Posts For Thread: Oh, just let Michael Johnson do it all...https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-allBest by miles.Jonathan Edwards, looking at the Olympic Stadium: "Not much you can do to prepare for this, is there?"MJ: "Well actually, I believe there is..." (followed by erudite explanation of exactly what).Meanwhile the increasingly nuts Denise LeMichael Johnson is a pretty good commentator but still a little overrated in my book. He's only perceived as being an excellent commentator because he sits amidst a very boring and biased bunch of co-commentators and compared to them it's not hard tohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522610941#522610941Michael Johnson is a pretty good commentator but still a little overrated in my book. He's only perceived as being an excellent commentator because he sits amidst a very boring and biased bunch of co-commentators and compared to them it's not hard toSat, 04 Aug 2012 12:54:35 -0500had a seat behind her on a flight from tampa a few years ago, a miserable, moaning, rude, fussy cowColin Jackson?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522597301#522597301had a seat behind her on a flight from tampa a few years ago, a miserable, moaning, rude, fussy cowColin Jackson?Sat, 04 Aug 2012 04:43:49 -0500he looks like he could still run, yet he's about 44 years oldthere was something during daegu when all of the studio ponced around without tackling the issue because it was a brit, johnson just came out and said what everyone was thinking and he washttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522596819#522596819he looks like he could still run, yet he's about 44 years oldthere was something during daegu when all of the studio ponced around without tackling the issue because it was a brit, johnson just came out and said what everyone was thinking and he wasSat, 04 Aug 2012 04:08:00 -0500Understands and explains 'incremental gains' i.e the minutiae that goes into winning medals.Someone has already posted that Jonathan Edwards said in commentary that an athlete could not prepare to face a crowd of 80,000 people - and Johnson then wenthttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522596761#522596761Understands and explains 'incremental gains' i.e the minutiae that goes into winning medals.Someone has already posted that Jonathan Edwards said in commentary that an athlete could not prepare to face a crowd of 80,000 people - and Johnson then wentSat, 04 Aug 2012 04:03:27 -0500MJ was the commensurate athlete. Great pundit now too.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522588547#522588547MJ was the commensurate athlete. Great pundit now too.Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:23:14 -0500That 10,000m grated on me tonight. Ignoring a superb victory to concentrate on two Brits battling it out for lower positions.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522585649#522585649That 10,000m grated on me tonight. Ignoring a superb victory to concentrate on two Brits battling it out for lower positions.Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:36:45 -0500He is great, but he must be sick to death of sitting with a bunch of buffoons who only want to talk about the British entrants. By the end of the games, he will be hoping that they all fail, so that he gets the chance to talk about world class athlethttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522584873#522584873He is great, but he must be sick to death of sitting with a bunch of buffoons who only want to talk about the British entrants. By the end of the games, he will be hoping that they all fail, so that he gets the chance to talk about world class athletFri, 03 Aug 2012 17:16:51 -0500spot on Eeternaloptimist. Shame he has to work with a few jack ****https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522583833#522583833spot on Eeternaloptimist. Shame he has to work with a few jack ****Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:54:34 -0500You've got your answer. Track and field or athletics as we know it is one of our bigger sports in a country where many sports have a sizeable following. It is nowhere in America. I think Johnson also genuinely appreciates the level of understanding ohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522583563#522583563You've got your answer. Track and field or athletics as we know it is one of our bigger sports in a country where many sports have a sizeable following. It is nowhere in America. I think Johnson also genuinely appreciates the level of understanding oFri, 03 Aug 2012 16:48:23 -0500yeah Darlo and more knowledgeable. He is a multi millionaire to be fair and his passion for Athetics is unimpairedhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29267181/oh-just-let-michael-johnson-do-it-all?post_id=522583045#522583045yeah Darlo and more knowledgeable. He is a multi millionaire to be fair and his passion for Athetics is unimpairedFri, 03 Aug 2012 16:37:02 -0500