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Originally Posted by robfromsc
Didn't toseland talk a bunch of smack about up'n Spies?
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i wouldnt call it smack as much as talked down. He felt that what Ben had done on the M1 wasnt so spectacular, specially since he went faster than Ben when he tested the M1..... James fastest time during testing was faster than Bens RACE pace THAT weekend....whioch is lame IMO to compare your test times to Bens race pace, specially on race 2.
but he didnt really talk smack... i saw most of his comments more as dismissing Ben, whatever. I lost all respect for Toseland a long time ago.
I do see how James might feel a bit defensive and pressured by the whole Ben thing. i wouldnt expect him to praise Ben or anything of the sorts after he took his job. one, and now has to ride Bens bike in which anything less than a WSBK world title in 2010 would be considered a total failure.