New Posts For Thread: Injured Brit Athleteshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletesHow many has there been last 2 days, fickin selfish when others who are fit could have taken part?Ah well, nonsense right back at you too then, because coaches / managers expect a degree of honesty from their charges when it comes to their fitness.Idowu is an experienced enough atlete not to have to guess at his level of fitness.Anyway, this is mhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522725607#522725607Ah well, nonsense right back at you too then, because coaches / managers expect a degree of honesty from their charges when it comes to their fitness.Idowu is an experienced enough atlete not to have to guess at his level of fitness.Anyway, this is mTue, 07 Aug 2012 08:14:51 -0500Nonsense, athlete's in every sport maintain they are fit when they aren't. He said he had a nerve issue and wanted his physio on hand to try and sort it on a daily basis so stuck in the UK. Sometimes you don't know how fit you are until the day, obhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522724951#522724951Nonsense, athlete's in every sport maintain they are fit when they aren't. He said he had a nerve issue and wanted his physio on hand to try and sort it on a daily basis so stuck in the UK. Sometimes you don't know how fit you are until the day, obTue, 07 Aug 2012 07:57:55 -0500DonNo1 Joined: 11 Nov 10Replies: 3298 07 Aug 12 12:45 'incredibly badly advised'How so? Top line...By allowing himself to be backed into a corner by adopting - to a world run on spin and PR - a non-concilliatory attitude towards GB Athletics. Okayhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522723059#522723059DonNo1 Joined: 11 Nov 10Replies: 3298 07 Aug 12 12:45 'incredibly badly advised'How so? Top line...By allowing himself to be backed into a corner by adopting - to a world run on spin and PR - a non-concilliatory attitude towards GB Athletics. OkayTue, 07 Aug 2012 07:12:18 -0500This is from the UK Athletics website listing the athletes that are lottery funded.2011 World champions Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) and Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) retain their places on Podium funding, while Daegu medallists Phillips Idowu (Ashttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522722159#522722159This is from the UK Athletics website listing the athletes that are lottery funded.2011 World champions Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) and Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) retain their places on Podium funding, while Daegu medallists Phillips Idowu (AsTue, 07 Aug 2012 06:51:09 -0500'incredibly badly advised'How so?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522721923#522721923'incredibly badly advised'How so?Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:45:18 -0500I've acknowleged his past achievements.He has an outsize ego and / or is incredibly badly advised.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522721855#522721855I've acknowleged his past achievements.He has an outsize ego and / or is incredibly badly advised.Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:43:16 -0500You're talking about the bloke who broke down because he only got silver in Beijing here. You honestly think he did this for an ego trip? He made a decision that he believed it would get him in the best possible condition to compete. He hasn't perhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522721727#522721727You're talking about the bloke who broke down because he only got silver in Beijing here. You honestly think he did this for an ego trip? He made a decision that he believed it would get him in the best possible condition to compete. He hasn't perTue, 07 Aug 2012 06:39:31 -0500You're right of course - it really all comes down to whether (Athletics)Team GB should have been put in this situation by one high-profile athlete and if so, how well both parties handled it.In the age of Twitter, 24 hour news and an insatiable publihttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522721489#522721489You're right of course - it really all comes down to whether (Athletics)Team GB should have been put in this situation by one high-profile athlete and if so, how well both parties handled it.In the age of Twitter, 24 hour news and an insatiable publiTue, 07 Aug 2012 06:30:21 -0500He's said he hasn't been lottery funded for 3 years now fwiwhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522721351#522721351He's said he hasn't been lottery funded for 3 years now fwiwTue, 07 Aug 2012 06:26:27 -0500And disruption of the ethos was caused by Team GB, this could all have been dealt with behind closed doors but for some reason they wanted to make a deal out of it. Idowu would have done what he felt was going to put him in the best condition to comhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29288595/injured-brit-athletes?post_id=522721159#522721159And disruption of the ethos was caused by Team GB, this could all have been dealt with behind closed doors but for some reason they wanted to make a deal out of it. Idowu would have done what he felt was going to put him in the best condition to comTue, 07 Aug 2012 06:20:00 -0500