folk starting to take the p--- now

[pitternator]

You dont know rossi, so its supposition. If you relook at the race, rossi was pretty much caught up with the other ducatis by the end  , so I still think its the bike not suiting what he wants as a rider . Rossis skills are so extreme he has to have machinery to do the job, to match stoner ( who is probably the best current rider in the world)  on a slower bike is a big ask.. The only way I would start to think it is his mind which is the drawback is if stoner , lorenzo and pedrosa could race at their current pace on the duke., or conversely if rossi was faster on the yam or honda.
Trouble is , no such comparison is really possible as all these bikes are designed around the rider so they are not interchangeable.
I also would look at formula 1 as an analogy ...by your reasoning that must mean Vettel is a has been this season !