He was ballsy to pick London for his marathon, I give him that. But one failed attempt at a race he had never run does not excuse him from every other time he has taken on a weak fields in his career.[/quote]
He does not have to double though and its not his fault the entire is stupid enough to let the race go to his strengths
His is in weak domestic fields but that is largely down to the race organisers and TV. One of my favourite all time races was watching Bekele beat him in the GNR and that is race is an example of where Farah has not ducked competion. If Bekele was not invited you would just say its an easy field - its not down to Farah who is invited. Another example is the 1500m against Kiprop. Farah is a long distance runner taking on a middle distance runner. El G was a middle distance runner who would not even run an 800m for fear of getting beaten
I agree that apart from Lagat the field is weak but that is down to the organisers and TV. Look at all those American runners going for soft indoor records .Come the World xc where are they - and that is not down to the race organisers
As for the twitter row looks like they are at least half joking. But Vernon started it - don't start what you can't finish. He did the same last year as well. Also even though Stewart was a twat I could not understand why Vernon did not just tell him to feck off back or decked him like a man instead of grassing him up to the managers. Still the twitter row is really storm in a tea cup