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John McCririck.
John McCririck.
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Get a grip of yourselves. Some of you appear to be a little bit upset or emotionally destabilised by the guy. Go and get some perspective. It's the same old English arty farty attitude of getting upset over the most insignifacantly trivial of things. If you think Jonjo made a good post when he states that we're all labelled as right wing nuts because of McRirick, then does that mean you're a botty basher if you Watch Graham Norton ?
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It's all very well saying that McRirick shouldn't be on the air as he dosen't represent racing in the 21st century, but does that mean you think the likes of Tanya, Tom, Leslie Graham, Emma Spencer, Alistair Down, Alice Plunkett, Mike Cattermole, Richi Parsad, Tommo, Dave Nevison, Matt Chapman etc, etc, etc do represent where racing is today - if so we are in seriously big trouble
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None of the above purport to be "The punters pal"
When in fact, they are the exact opposite.. |
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By: This user is offline. Graeme83
Date Joined: 21 Sep 07 Add contact | Send message When: 07 Jun 11 13:18 Joined: Date Joined: 21 Sep 07 | Topic/replies: 6,870 | Blogger: Graeme83's blog Get a grip of yourselves. Some of you appear to be a little bit upset or emotionally destabilised by the guy. Go and get some perspective. It's the same old English arty farty attitude of getting upset over the most insignifacantly trivial of things. If you think Jonjo made a good post when he states that we're all labelled as right wing nuts because of McRirick, then does that mean you're a botty basher if you Watch Graham Norton ? You mean, like, suggesting the Queens trainer is running an unfit horse ? Or that connections of horse are putting themselves before the horses Welfare ? And do you agree with your pal Big Mac about the horses participation or not ? |
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It was favourite both an tepost and on the day so therefore must have been the best horse in the race, yet it got beat - the only conclusion is that the horse was not 100% and under normal cirumstances the trainer would not have run it
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I can think for myself. If i cared i'd probably come to the conclusion that he is wrong about Carlton House. I don't care about people making comments that may not be factual at that sort of level. Carson does it all the time and it makes me laugh sometimes. Media figures don't upset or annoy me, i'm not that fragile.
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So your not really a racing fan Graeme.
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Christ Sintonian, you're like the Bill o'Reilly of racing forums. Oh you got me. I'm not much of a racing fan, and you're the biggest super dooper fan who makes bigger bets. Now that we've established that fact, i'd imagine many are not as big as fans of racing as they think if you stopped them from betting.
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I am just trying to understand why you are a staunch suppport of McCririck. You said you dont care about what he says or ''people at that level''.
I get it now though, your just rambling, like Big Mac does ! |
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Gosh i'm a 'staunch supporter' of the guy now. The things we learn about ourselves on here. Cheers Bill.
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FWIW in a homogenous world, an archaic dinosaur such as McCririck offers welcome shades of colour, be they wise and prescient or buffoon-like and prejudiced.
At least he's not afraid to offer an opinion. |
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"does that mean you're a botty basher if you Watch Graham Norton ? "
No, it just means you're a f'in idiot....... |
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At least he's not afraid to offer an opinion
The only opinion he offers are ones that suit his own agenda.. |
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By: This user is offline. Graeme83
Date Joined: 21 Sep 07 Add contact | Send message When: 05 Jun 11 23:52 Joined: Date Joined: 21 Sep 07 | Topic/replies: 6,873 | Blogger: Graeme83's blog The people who have a problem with Big Mac are the same people who would have a brown nose if they joined the media. The same boring farts who get up at 8am to watch morning line to pick faults. Mac is a face for us who are not rich enough to love the illerati, or bookmakers. He is the man that those of us without waiters, shoe polishers or chummy executives can relate to. In a world of 'ism's', the worst example is ageism. Mac is probably the unisputed heavyweight(no pun intended) champion of punter to racing communication. It pisses me off not a little, as far as the racing world goes, that they cut his hours and replace him with bookie lapdogs. Looks like you are upsetting people again sint  That has to be the funniest post I've ever read on this forum.If the poster can 'relate' to Big Mac I fear for his sanity. His style of journalism/TV appearances is to make-up an angle to a story which isn't there,scream that he is right, and then hide behind a mask of claiming he is championing the protection of the punters. To be fair,he has made a good living out of this for years,so who is the stupid ones? |
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"Looks like you are upsetting people again sint"
Hmmm unlikely. I think i said i'd had a few when i made that post. Not that it matters, carry on. |
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"does that mean you're a botty basher if you Watch Graham Norton ? "
No, it just means you're a f'in idiot....... What if you're only watching him to see a guest ? |
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Still an idiot, anyone going on there as a guest aint worth watching
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Watching Mac here in Australia and he drops the f..k word twice and they put it on air as he has a go at Ladbrokes then backs down when challenged about them laying So You Think.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zO6NMqgYyk
...and this guy is put forward as the voice of racing by the media !! |
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Big Mac has been really irritating this week at R.Ascot. Keeps repeating himself over and over again on his little pet subjects. Fame & Glory MUST run in future GCs and not run over 12f, Dettori not riding on last 2 days of R.Ascot a disgrace etc etc.
He is boring and allowed far too much of a platform to spout his views. |
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agreed. wtf should dettori be allowed to ride? if theyre only banned from the crap meetings its hardly much of a discouragement for not riding to the line.
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Dettori has got off lightly. 24 whacks of the whip on Rewilding in the space of 2 furlongs!! And he dropped his hands on the favourite in a classic which resulted in the horse being unplaced!!
Should have got a 3 month ban for that lot, and then you have idiots like Mcrricik sticking up for him simply because he's one of the top boys. |
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I agreed with Graham Cunnigham when he said most of the whips by Dettori wouldn't have taken the skin off a banana. I think that was the fruit he use as an example. It might have been an apple. I agree with him anyway. It wasn't 24 whips in theory.
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If RFC had a clue what they were doing, the very first job, on the very first day, is to find a way to marginalise him, because he's doing untold damage to the public image of this sport, every single time he appears representing it.
At a time when thousands upon thousands of pounds are being spent trying to improve the public's perception of racing, quite how a self-serving, sexist, misogynist, right-wing freak show - recently seen on national TV cage fighting in his under pants - continues to be indulged by the racing establishment as he tramples all over the public image of the sport, is totally beyond all reasoning, imo... |
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^ excellent post
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Quite agree millhouse. If I was on the BHA I would recommend warning him off for bringing the sport into disrepute. If a jockey or trainer said the same things they could lose their license.
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agreed, if horse-racing keeps going like it is, indulging idiots like mccririck it wont be long before its a novelty sport as popular as dwarf-throwing.
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must say his honesty RE: his surprise when cecil said frankel was bored in front in the SJP, saying 'surely u dont believe that sir henry'.
he is v annoying but at least this time he was honest to his own opinion(and any other sane person imo) as frankel ran a final 14sec furlong, he was tired. no other presenter wouldve questioned the great sir henrys opinion. i admired him for that. 90% of the time his antics are annoying and charactureish, hard to watch in truth! |
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He was a very good, thorough campaigning journalist and actually has a VERY sharp mind and is unafraid of confrontation.
Unfortunately, all this is lost behind the Big Mac image - which McCririck plays up to (does anyone know what he charges for an appearance at a corporate hospitality box at a racecourse or for after dinner work?) |
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VERY sharp mind ??.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zO6NMqgYyk ....really ? Certainly no dignity,self respect or professionalism. Vile creature |
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Whatever he was, or pretended to be, has long since gone..
Now he's just a detriment to Racing, and himself.. |
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Oh agreed with everything above.
At some point he has seen the £'s that 'Big Mac' (the image) could make, to the detriment of John McCririck (campaigning journalist). I hope he thinks the loss of dignity was worth it, but this does not mean he never 'had it'. ...and racing should absolutely not be in thrall to this oaf. |
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Ghastly, just bloody ghastly. Oh i kneowwwwwwwwwwwwww. I would never tabogan with McRirick or that ghastly right wing thug that is Cliff Richard(® Jonjo & co). Oh i kneowwwwwwwwwwwww. They should send him in to the bloody tower of London, and take away his voting rights. He should be given a torch and a sharpened stick to hunt for rats, as money on good food shouldn't be wasted on someone like that fellow. Anyone who doesn't act like a pointy nosed poof is obviously not one of us.
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been drinking again Graeme ?
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Nope, which is even more worrying.
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