Well done Andy Murray

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:39 pm

It is great for English tennis!

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:42 pm

Grave wrote:

It is great for English tennis!

Mister Ed · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:44 pm

apparently he has just said that if ...... he wins this year he expects to defend his title at ...murrayfield?????

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:46 pm

if he wins this year will he be worth a mint

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36398

A Murray mint?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36398

Mister Ed wrote:

apparently he has just said that if ...... he wins this year he expects to defend his title at ...murrayfield?????

I'd prefer Culloden.

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:03 pm

Andy Murray is a piece of c u n t

RAY52 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:36 pm **Posts:** 932

Andy Murray only wanted to be BRITISH when he needed the BRITISH support at Wimbledon. When the World cup comes around next year he will revert back to being a Jock with anti ENGLISH attitude. Don't forget his purchase of the Paraguay shirt. The cameras didn't dwell on the couple of people with the 3 lions on their shirts, they were probably winding him up anyway.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22568

Oh do give over FFS. The level of pure bottle the lad displayed tonight was amazing. The England World Cup comment a couple of years was a fooking joke. Get over yourselves.

Frodraff · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:49 pm

I watched it with the sound turned off (Rad & Mac on the radio) it's a good way to form your own opinion about the action you're seeing. Murray was very ordinary with no serve and loads of mistakes. If he comes up against anyone who can play tennis and he will, he's a dead sock.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22568

I agree he wasn't at his best but most of that was down to his opponent's performance. However he did win and that was down to bottle.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:17 am

Did anyone else find it tedious?
Mind you, in that respect it's just like all tennis matches.

Cornelius Atweasle · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:09 am

ANd he also survived the Dunblane school massacre.

Nobodys Hero · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:42 am

Mr I wrote:

Oh do give over FFS. The level of pure bottle the lad displayed tonight was amazing. The England World Cup comment a couple of years was a fooking joke. Get over yourselves.

Concurring.

Only a foookin englishman could complain about a scot wanting england to lose a footy match anyway. :laugh:

I am sure all of us want scotland to win when they play footy. rolfl

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:44 am

I was as worn out as he was at the end of that match.

LeicesterPoolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:48 pm **Posts:** 1278

he'll only win, if Federer slips up against someone in his half of the draw !
but I can't see that happening.

WestParkPoolie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:42 am

Why did the BBC feel it necessary to shove a microphone in front of his face, seconds after the match finished? Wouldn't have dared do that to Federer.

Wish someone would smack that Garry Richardson... :evil:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:45 am

Mr I wrote:

I agree he wasn't at his best but most of that was down to his opponent's performance. However he did win and that was down to bottle.

It makes you laugh, that bloke Troicki he played in the last round didn't really give him that much of a match, he was 2 sets up very quickly and then we get a match like yesterday and the latest ever finish at Wimbledon - it just had to be a British bloke that was there 'til 10:40, didn't it? :laugh:

Nobodys Hero · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:49 am

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Mr I wrote:

I agree he wasn't at his best but most of that was down to his opponent's performance. However he did win and that was down to bottle.

It makes you laugh, that bloke Troicki he played in the last round didn't really give him that much of a match, he was 2 sets up very quickly and then we get a match like yesterday and the latest ever finish at Wimbledon - it just had to be a British bloke that was there 'til 10:40, didn't it? :laugh:

But there was no british player there. stpid

One was from Switzerland, and the one is Scottish.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:50 am

ADG wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Mr I wrote:

I agree he wasn't at his best but most of that was down to his opponent's performance. However he did win and that was down to bottle.

It makes you laugh, that bloke Troicki he played in the last round didn't really give him that much of a match, he was 2 sets up very quickly and then we get a match like yesterday and the latest ever finish at Wimbledon - it just had to be a British bloke that was there 'til 10:40, didn't it? :laugh:

But there was no british player there. stpid

One was from Switzerland, and the one is Scottish.

This is tennis, not football.

People were still waving British flags last night.

Nobodys Hero · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:56 am

Poolie of Kent wrote:

This is tennis, not football.

People were still waving British flags last night.

Racists.

norgepoolie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:26 am

Got to admit I couldn't care less if Murray wins.

For me he's Scottish. After working up there for two years you can keep the lot of them. Most of them hate us with a passion, don't let them fool you with "It's only in Football" or "It's only the English media" or "it's only a bit of fun", I've been in pubs in Aberdeen when England have been playing and it's not pretty.

Just to prove how fooked up it is, I've watched an England match in Glasgow in a pub full of Rangers fans who supported England and Britain to the hilt.

They're almost independent now. Time to let the union go. Cheer on your neighbour by all means, but it means nothing to me whether he wins or loses.

Compo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:30 am

Poolie of Kent wrote:

This is tennis, not football.

People were still waving British flags last night.

People wave British flags at the queen and prince philip, she is german and he is greek

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:32 am

Nah. I still wouldn't like him.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:38 am

The great thing about Wimbledon is as soon as it's finished people forget all about it. They don't harp on about this or that passing shot for years on end like they do with Maradonna goals or Azerbaijani linesmen's decisions.

So if you never watched it in the first place it's as if it never existed. :coool:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:44 am

Compo wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

This is tennis, not football.

People were still waving British flags last night.

People wave British flags at the queen and prince philip, she is german and he is greek

That's what Britain's all about - multi-cultural. :wink:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:47 am

Montpoolier wrote:

The great thing about Wimbledon is as soon as it's finished people forget all about it. They don't harp on about this or that passing shot for years on end like they do with Maradonna goals or Azerbaijani linesmen's decisions.

So if you never watched it in the first place it's as if it never existed. :coool:

I think the nature of the sport is different from football in that that can't happen. But, if Murray should lose on Wednesday, we'll remember last night's game because it went on so late under the new roof - it was a very historic day yesterday where Wimbledon was concerned.

They will also remember watching 4 hours and 48 mins of Nadal vs. Federer in that epic 2008 final as well.

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:52 am

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Montpoolier wrote:

The great thing about Wimbledon is as soon as it's finished people forget all about it. They don't harp on about this or that passing shot for years on end like they do with Maradonna goals or Azerbaijani linesmen's decisions.

So if you never watched it in the first place it's as if it never existed. :coool:

I think the nature of the sport is different from football in that that can't happen.

I don't think it's in the nature of the sport, more in the nature of the fans. Many football fans seem to have total recall for every kick in every match they ever saw. Meself, I can rarely remember who we played last week!

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

You may remember it as that, i will remember it as the day i went to work till 8, came home, done our lass, had a bath then went to bed.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:54 am

Grabec wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Montpoolier wrote:

The great thing about Wimbledon is as soon as it's finished people forget all about it. They don't harp on about this or that passing shot for years on end like they do with Maradonna goals or Azerbaijani linesmen's decisions.

So if you never watched it in the first place it's as if it never existed. :coool:

I think the nature of the sport is different from football in that that can't happen.

I don't think it's in the nature of the sport, more in the nature of the fans. Many football fans seem to have total recall for every kick in every match they ever saw. Meself, I can rarely remember who we played last week!

I know what you mean. I think I can only do that because I believe that I have a very good and quite long memory - I can still remember things from when I was very young etc.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Can you remember breast feeding?

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:55 am

Yubep wrote:

You may remember it as that, i will remember it as the day i went to work till 8, came home, done our lass, had a bath then went to bed.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

It was a pretty historic night for me as she rarely lets me :grin:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:57 am

Yubep wrote:

It was a pretty historic night for me as she rarely lets me :grin:

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

MadJohn wrote:

Yubep wrote:

It was a pretty historic night for me as she rarely lets me :grin:

Especially not before you've had a bath :laugh:

She likes it dirty

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:00 pm

Yubep wrote:

You may remember it as that, i will remember it as the day i went to work till 8, came home, done our lass, had a bath then went to bed.

She chucked me out at half six saying you'd be home by seven.

She must have needed time for it to contract so that you could touch the sides.

Compo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:17 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

I know what you mean. I think I can only do that because I believe that I have a very good and quite long memory - I can still remember things from when I was very young etc.

yeah all mainly bollocks

RAY52 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:36 pm **Posts:** 932

norgepoolie wrote:

Got to admit I couldn't care less if Murray wins.

For me he's Scottish. After working up there for two years you can keep the lot of them. Most of them hate us with a passion, don't let them fool you with "It's only in Football" or "It's only the English media" or "it's only a bit of fun", I've been in pubs in Aberdeen when England have been playing and it's not pretty.

Just to prove how fooked up it is, I've watched an England match in Glasgow in a pub full of Rangers fans who supported England and Britain to the hilt.

They're almost independent now. Time to let the union go. Cheer on your neighbour by all means, but it means nothing to me whether he wins or loses.

You are spot on Norge!!! I was working up in Aberdeen the last time in 2002 during the World Cup, I thought I would watch our game with Denmark in one of the local pubs which boasted a big screen, when I drove past it on my way from work it had a large noticeboard outside which boldly stated 'If you HATE the English sound your horn' and do you know what just about everyone was. I had to sit in my hotel room, watching a 15" TV, with my England shirt on and the door locked as I was told by a colleague that some English lads up in Union Street had been beaten quite badly for what? Being English and supporting England!! Incidentally there were probably more Denmark and later, Brazil shirts worn by Scots than Danes and Brazillians.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:41 pm

I knew posting such a thread would get some interest :laugh:

I felt the bunker had gone a bit stale lately.

Frodraff · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:05 pm

chip fireball wrote:

Frodraff wrote:

I watched it with the sound turned off (Rad & Mac on the radio) it's a good way to form your own opinion about the action you're seeing. Murray was very ordinary with no serve and loads of mistakes. If he comes up against anyone who can play tennis and he will, he's a dead sock.

[ ] bloke who knows a lot about tennis
[ ] bloke who has played a lot of tennis
[x] bloke who spent 4 hours of his life watching something "very ordinary" and probably needs to get out more

Not an expert in that as well are you Chippy.

And as for getting out, well, you do seem to spend as much time as PoK pounding the keyboard. How do you fit all that tennis and footy and everything in. A human dyanamo no doubt.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:26 pm

Frodraff wrote:

chip fireball wrote:

Frodraff wrote:

I watched it with the sound turned off (Rad & Mac on the radio) it's a good way to form your own opinion about the action you're seeing. Murray was very ordinary with no serve and loads of mistakes. If he comes up against anyone who can play tennis and he will, he's a dead sock.

[ ] bloke who knows a lot about tennis
[ ] bloke who has played a lot of tennis
[x] bloke who spent 4 hours of his life watching something "very ordinary" and probably needs to get out more

Not an expert in that as well are you Chippy.

And as for getting out, well, you do seem to spend as much time as PoK pounding the keyboard. How do you fit all that tennis and footy and everything in. A human dyanamo no doubt.

Chip plays his game on the central estates tennis courts

Keeps one fit avoiding all that dog $hite, broken glass ansd used syringes

And no doubt he had £20 @ 12/1 Bar with £15 layed off on the result of Iraq vs St Kitts 2nd 11, which was shown on ESPN

Frodraff · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:35 pm

Ditto about my knowledge of tennis. I just watched it with the sound turned off.

I wouldn't have watched it normally but I was partly referring to an earlier thread where some one said that they couldn't watch footy with the sound turned off because of lack of atmosphere.

When you don't have the distraction of expert commentators you can actually pick out where individual players are influencing games, where superior speed etc in passing movements etc are giving teams an advantage. I've often been surprised at the verdicts given by the 'experts' when the sounds gone back on.

It was the same last night with Murray.The intensity the top players have was missing. You didn't have to be an expert it was there to see. A lot of the points he dropped were when Murray didn't pounce on the shot with the killer instinct that you would've seen from McEnroe for instance.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:35 pm

chip fireball wrote:

i know very little about tennis.

but the bloke who murray beat last night beat federer on clay last month, which suggests he can play tennis.

and murray won.

his next opponent is a former world number one. which suggests he can also play tennis.

The only problem is it took 3 hours and 57 minutes to beat another Swiss bloke who could play.

How long could it take Andy Murray to beat a former number one? :laugh:

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:38 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

chip fireball wrote:

i know very little about tennis.

but the bloke who murray beat last night beat federer on clay last month, which suggests he can play tennis.

and murray won.

his next opponent is a former world number one. which suggests he can also play tennis.

The only problem is it took 3 hours and 57 minutes to beat another Swiss bloke who could play.

How long could it take Andy Murray to beat a former number one? :laugh:

3 hours and 56 minutes.

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:58 pm

The last three matches Murray's played in, especially Troicki, he was just too good for them.

Compo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:00 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

The last three matches Murray's played him, especially Troicki, he was just too good for them.

Yeah we all know thats why he eventually won

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:35 pm

Has anybody noticed this this year by the way?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8126223.stm

I would argue partially that it's all to do with social change etc and also to help make the names of the players stick out in the modern world, when just calling them like they did in the past could make them seem as if they were just an ordinary person, when now they could be thought as someone.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:39 pm

Never mind that. What's all this Durham Dynamos rubbish all about? Do the ice hockey team play cricket now?

Compo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:40 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Has anybody noticed this this year by the way?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8126223.stm

I would argue partially that it's all to do with social change etc and also to help make the names of the players stick out in the modern world, when just calling them like they did in the past could make them seem as if they were just an ordinary person, when now they could be thought as someone.

Oh please go and boil your head

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:15 pm

chip fireball wrote:

Frodraff wrote:

for the record tablot, i had 80 quid on him after he dropped the first set at 1.42, and laid 60 quid of it off at 1.05 during the fourth.

In the words of Partridge

'That was just a noise'

Well done Andy Murray

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