"Although he [Farah] is reputed to have a kick, his loping style and his closing 400/200 pace is probably not good enough to medal in a global major at 5K...given that there's 3 years to London should he make the move to 10K next season, consolidate in 2011 and be ready in 2012?...Perhaps [Farah is] believing too much in the UKA endurance hype about how fast he could go..."
-'Old Scottie'. 24th August 2009
"As for Mo....altho [sic] he can run 3;34 off a strong pace he doesn't have a good enough kick over the last lap to medal globally over 5k but it's enough over 10K...he has 2 years to make the transition which is eminently do-able [sic]"
-'Old Scottie', again highlighting Mo Farah's inability to 'kick'. 4th March 2010
"Spot on Mo, British record, and ran the race just as I predicted"
-'Old Scottie', in response to Farah's sub-57 second last lap to set a new British record over 5,000m. 19th August 2010.