[sumo] asashoryu and lynn matsuoka

["JOHN GUNNING" <gunningjohn@hotmail.com>]

i was just watching a dvd of the sept 2001 tournament day 10. lynn matsuoka 
was the guest commentator and they were reviewing asashoryu's win over 
wakanosato the previous day. asashoryu gave a whack to wakanosato after he 
had hit the dohyo. lynn was very scathing in her criticism of asashoryu and 
his style. one comment she made in reply to murray johnsons discussions of 
future ozeki was "i don't think thats ever going to be a concern for 
asashoryu......i'm sure he'll never be considered for ozeki in my lifetime". 
of course i'm sitting here now with hindsight so its easy to laugh at how 
off that prediction was, but what i wonder what lynns opinion of asashoryu 
is these days? do you think he has developed as a person as well as a 
rikishi or would you still think he lacks the essence of sumo compared to 
tochinonada (an example you gave in that same broadcast).

by the way i remember when david beckham was a young teenager coming through 
the ranks of man utd. i had the chance to meet him several times. i thought 
he was a nice friendly guy but i do remember saying to my friend "he's not 
good enough to get a regular starting place in the first team.....he'll 
probably fade away to some smaller club" of course he went on to win 
everything with united, now plays with real madrid as a "galactico", and is 
captain of england. guess my prediction skills weren't so hot either


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