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  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Christ alive, what is it with us Brits that instead of lauding our top sportsman we have to slag them off or find fault with their  personality.
    Murray is a proud Scot. Fine. Hope he wins.

    I used to feel sorry for Henman. 
    Instead of being lauded for being our best tennis player and number 4 in the world no less; he was called a knob or useless because he never won Wimbledon.
    This despite several semi final appearances; which would equate with his ranking, and often going out to Sampras, a tennis legend.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Here's the disturbing thing about Murray.  Look at his girlfriend, imagine her in a couple of decades, then look at his mum.  Extremely worrying imo.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Who exactly gives a shit who is "supporting" who?  People shouting at a TV screen hoping that one participant or another win have no significance.  Always cracks me up when someone announces that they hope such and such beats Murray or Man United or somesuch.   They might as well piss in the sea for all the effect they're having.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    edited June 2011
    Christ alive, what is it with us Brits that instead of lauding our top sportsman we have to slag them off or find fault with their  personality.
    Murray is a proud Scot. Fine. Hope he wins.

    I used to feel sorry for Henman. 
    Instead of being lauded for being our best tennis player and number 4 in the world no less; he was called a knob or useless because he never won Wimbledon.
    This despite several semi final appearances; which would equate with his ranking, and often going out to Sampras, a tennis legend.
    I take issue with one part of that post. Tim Henman was called a knob because, basically, he's a knob. He clearly wasn't useless - you don't get to number 4 in the world by being useless. But, equally clearly, he is a knob - an absolute one.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    LOL
    In fact that's almost a compliment by your standards, Leroy ;-)
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    I've met Henman several times, and he at least had the good grace to keep his ill-informed opinions of others he may not like, to himself.
    If only others would keep a lid on their pointless negative name-calling.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    Saw Andy Murray's mother today in Wimbledon, walking some dogs. Was tempted to go up and say 'the whole of England is rooting for whoever Andy's playing next' and tell her the sentiment came from CL. I didn't though - I think the sun must have affected me.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,141

    murray thru comfortably to 1/4 finals

    and princess katie looked tastey in the crowd

  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Is He British or scottish at the moment ?
  • les_says
    les_says Posts: 934
    Is He British or scottish at the moment ?
    he bowed to the royals so perhaps he's british today...
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  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    He won so he's British today.
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,430
    I find it refreshing that Murray knows his own mind and doesn't feed the media with what they want. Yes he has attitude but backed up by world-class talent and why not wind up anyone deluded enough to think England has a serious football team.
    Well, if you're, for example, Spanish, German or Brazilian you can wind us up for our football team but let us not forget he's Scottish. You know, that lot who are ranked 66th in the world!
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,181
    Well done - don't care if he is Scots first and British second - he is a fantastic player when he's on top of his game. 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    edited June 2011
    I like Murray , i don't care that he supposedly hates the English or not , which has been blown out of propotion as usual by the press , his trainer is a Charlton fan , i saw Murray watching a match at the valley a few seasons back when we were in a purple patch of form under Pardew (Bad purple).

    I don't care that he's a jock, i want him to do well , i don't think the love would be reciprocated north of the border if boot was on other foot , ie he was an Englishman, but i guess we've got to set an example, theirs enough bigotry north of the border already.

    I'll be amazed if he's wins Wimbledon , as i don't think its his best surface , i think he's got more chance of winning the US Open.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,218
    Day off so watching. The Williams sisters are having bad day. Serena out and Venus just lost first set badly.

    Murray played well but was switching between Serena game.

  • clivey_hero
    clivey_hero Posts: 328
    he is a good tennis player simple rather cheer on Andy than Tim Henman
    Tim Henman is not in it is he simples ?
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    come on Andy .. never mind Tim (language Timothy)
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    Don't know why, I've got a feeling Tsonga might beat Fed today. In theory Murray should defeat Lopez, but it's never as easy as it seems.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    That predictions not looking great now !
  • clivey_hero
    clivey_hero Posts: 328
    come on Lopez
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  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,116
    I've met Henman several times, and he at least had the good grace to keep his ill-informed opinions of others he may not like, to himself.
    If only others would keep a lid on their pointless negative name-calling.

    Ye I bet he's never said a bad word about anyone, ever.
  • Kiely#1
    Kiely#1 Posts: 258

    He's a winner. OK he is in the mix with two better winners, but what he is like as a person is what has made him a winner.

     

    He could not give a stuff what you think of him, and I think its because he is a tennis player first and foremost, not got his eye on sponsorship, media career etc. Good luck to him, I hope he wins it.

     

    Now we just need to find the Centre Back equivalent of him.

  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,970
    or hit tennis balls at 16 year old girls cos he lost.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,970
    federer out after being 2 sets up
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,796
    C'mon Tim Andy
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,435
    That predictions not looking great now !
    You were saying...? :)
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952

    I heard a quote about Murray recently, he said that he had never read a book in his life. Can you believe that? He's never had the desire to pick up a book and while away some of the many hours he must spend in airports, hotels or hanging around after training.

     

    Actually it wasn't Murray who said he'd never read a book in his life, but nice, safe sensible Tiger Tim, middle England's poster boy.

  • thecrazyaddick
    thecrazyaddick Posts: 607
    Big upset there... come on Andy, could be your year now.
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,408
    Would love for Lopez to win obviously, but I'm hoping that Murray wins so Tsonga can get some revenge on him.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Would love for Lopez to win obviously, but I'm hoping that Murray wins so Tsonga can get some revenge on him.


    They are in different halves of the draw.

    Murray has to get past Lopez today and then (probably) Nadal and Tsonga has to get past Djocovic (?spelling) before they play each other.

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