Mo Farah at the airport

[anonymous-user]

Countdown said:

Same here. He comes across as a bit of a plank at times but overall I think he’s far more positive than negative.

Oh, to damn with faint praise!!

That doesn’t sound like greatness to me; most people I know are ‘far more positive than negative’.

[smifffymoto]

I think even less of him now.

Sir Mo printed on his running vest.....tt!

[Gameface]

I cringed at that this morning.

[Countdown]

REALIST123 said:

Countdown said:

Same here. He comes across as a bit of a plank at times but overall I think he’s far more positive than negative.

Oh, to damn with faint praise!!

That doesn’t sound like greatness to me; most people I know are ‘far more positive than negative’.

I don’t think I ever implied that he was “Great” as a person in general. I think he could be called a great runner. As a person i think he’s probably ok.

[Randy Winkman]

Gameface said:

I cringed at that this morning.

Be careful you two. When I raised this issue on page 14 of this thread and suggested some people might not like it, I was told I was being "snide".

[funkyrobot]

smifffymoto said:

I think even less of him now.

Sir Mo printed on his running vest.....tt!

Saw that. Jeez. What a throbber.

It should have said Slo Mo.

[johnwilliams77]

funkyrobot said:

Saw that. Jeez. What a throbber.

It should have said Slo Mo.

What's your marathon PB?

[funkyrobot]

johnwilliams77 said:

funkyrobot said:

Saw that. Jeez. What a throbber.

It should have said Slo Mo.

What's your marathon PB?

Sorry Mo.

At least I know I've never doped.

[Randy Winkman]

johnwilliams77 said:

Randy Winkman said:

Sir Mo "fans" might enjoy seeing him in the Great North Run on BBC1 at the moment. He's easy to pick out with his "name" shown clearly on his vest.

Any need for this snide post?

Clearly some PHers have an issue with his shirt today.

[Gameface]

No annoyance, just cringe.

[Henners]

Gameface said:

No annoyance, just cringe.

Just a tad cringy ain’t it

[Gameface]

I was channel hopping this morning when I saw the "Sir Mo" thing as he was being interviewed by Gabby Logan.

He didn't actually run today did he?

[GTI16V]

I used to be a fan, but he now comes across as a completely narcissistic , so he can jolly well fk off.

[Stan the Bat]

GTI16V said:

I used to be a fan, but he now comes across as a completely narcissistic , so he can jolly well fk off.

Same thoughts here.

[Gameface]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Thanks.

[Randy Winkman]

Gameface said:

No annoyance, just cringe.

Cringe, throbber and fk off aren't exactly positive responses. Exactly as I suggested a few pages ago.

[Jim the Sunderer]

5th place? He may as well have been sat on his arse eating parmo & chips like me.

[mcelliott]

So the prat finished 5th thus saving us from the Mobot, small mercies.

[FazerBoy]

Gameface said:

I was channel hopping this morning when I saw the "Sir Mo" thing as he was being interviewed by Gabby Logan.

He didn't actually run today did he?

No. He jogged round the course...

[yellowjack]

mcelliott said:

So the prat finished 5th thus saving us from the Mobot, small mercies.

...not a fan then?

I've never found him particularly likeable, but this latest spat over the "robbery" at his hotel has been an eyeopener to say the least. When you dig down into the detail (or at least the detail as it has been presented in some segments of the print media) it turns out that about 15 people had access to his room as part of his "entourage", and he wanted a coach/doctor/somesuch who is wanted for doping offences to have access to the hotel too, which Haile Gebrselassie quite rightly wanted nothing to do with on his premises. So it sounds like "Sir Mo" might well have invented and/or embellished the "robbery" in a fit of pique to get back at someone who he perceived had "wronged" him.

Whatever the truth of it, I find him even less likeable now than ever I did, and a lot of it stems from the way he talks to/about others in interviews, etc, not so much the content as the tone he uses. Oh, and the "Mobot" of course. There is something cringeworthy about that, like Peter Crouch's robot dance. Yet Usain Bolt looks effortlessly cool when he pops his "trademark" celebration.

I don't hate him, nor really actively dislike him, as that would be far too much effort, but I doubt I'll ever warm to him...