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Listed below are comments made by Rico-le-Reddo between Wednesday, 28th May 2008 and Tuesday, 25th November 2008.

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How smart does your phone need to be? 11:01am on 25 Nov 2008 mine is a phone and a walkman - it does ok for me
Liverpool facing test of strength 1:31pm on 24 Oct 2008 well done Phil - an inbiased article, usually i hate the drivel you write
What's the most impressive sport? 1:29pm on 21 Aug 2008 Gymnastics without a doubt, no ball, no machine to help them - put an obstacle in the way - like a horizontal pole, and watch them go!
How do you spot a future Olympic star? 1:20pm on 19 Aug 2008 As a teenager I was north of england champion at long jump, used to beat our current record holder, chris tomlinson, regularly (when he was competing in the north), and won senior county and regional titals as a teenager and representated my country. Unfortunately, coming from a relatively poor background, I couldn't pay for all the latest equipment, could barely afford the 2 hour round trip to the track 4 times per week, and suffered some injuries such as a slipped dics, ligament problems, torn muscles etc. I was injury prone from time to time, but my club did not have the physio facilities at the time, and there wasn't really anything set up in the northwest to help me with my injuries, NHS was inadequate and I couldn't afford private care. All of this forced me to quit no matter how much I didn't want to

I'm 28 now and I now see atheletes who I competed against and with for many years - often successfully, competing in world and olympic championships (never really competed that well with phillips Idowu though!) and I am receiving NHS physio on my back after being refused it for over a decade resulting in it getting worse, and am now unable to run and am even temporaily under orders not to exercise at all. I have tried to play some sports but recurring injuries which the NHS dealt with inadequately mean that I have only managed low level sport for about 3 of the last 10 years

I'm not saying I would have made it to the olympics, but I think I just missed out on all the support that other athletes benefitted from, eg lottery etc. I'm a bit resentful that it wasn't available to me, but more resentful that nothing was ever done by our government to help me progress as I'd liked…
From my era and my personal experience, little was done to spot young talent, even when they were spotted, they were on their own a lot. Not like America who had academies, cholarships etc...
Gamers are social too 12:58pm on 28 May 2008 games are no longer an activity for geeks. I took rock band to a friends over the weekend and people who'd never even seen an xbox couldn't get off it. It's a great way to have fun and relax

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