reports that andy murray scottish tennis player

What a waist.

Too much wear and tear for the leg end.

That was the reason he was in tears the other night.  He knows himself that he cannot go on like this

dont like him much but certainly breaks up the big 3 from time to time

dont like him much but certainly breaks up the big 3 from time to time

He's had a decent career and shouldn't be ashamed

I will always rank his US Open win as his best, to come back from so many set backs in finals, not to mention having a 2 set lead and being pegged back, took some guts and determination

He will never be ranked alongside the other 3 though, but he's had a successful career none the less, he was probably Scotlands Andy Roddick, just bumped into a ridiculously good era.

Roddick only having 1 slam is frightening, should have have won 5+ imo, but kept bumping into Federer

The greatest ever scottish Sportsman ?

Where is this being reported?

Been a lot of speculation but other than the odd 'Is Murray finished' question being asked by the media I've read nothing concret

There were some quotes the other day from him about how he considered it during his rehab and has had a lot
of time to consider his future after he does quit.
It's definitely possible as he was certainly  limping toward the end of his last match & then had his wee meltdown
so can understand speculation after but still early days after a year out.

I really feel for him, I'm obviously not a pro athelete but I've a sports injury that just will NOT heal properly. It's so frustrating.
My mind is there but the ****ing body won't obey. I totally get it for the guy.

Maybe you should go to your local shopping centre and have a public crying session might help Andy seems to think so anyway.

Why mock him Denzil? Guys a great sportsman and sometimes gets emotional. So what?

When over 100 people die every minute who gives a fcuk about a multi millionaire Tennis player crying because he has a bad hip not me certainly,attention seekers shouldn't be applauded imo.

avantage

denzil

Attention seeker? You know nothing of the man, that's not in his make-up.
Seeing as you mentioned people dying did you know he was at Dunblane on the day of the massacre and that his class was on the way to the gym where it happened when the first shots were fired?
He rarely ever comments on it and certainly in no great detail. Who knows what that did to him but heh you don't care because he's made money.

deuce

Sports betting forum has someone speaking about important sports event and another try to take moral high ground about the pointlessness of sports.

I think I've read it all now :)

Deuce on a chest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4heHLbchPKk

Aug 5, 2018 -- 1:15AM, akabula wrote:

Attention seeker? You know nothing of the man, that's not in his make-up.Seeing as you mentioned people dying did you know he was at Dunblane on the day of the massacre and that his class was on the way to the gym where it happened when the first shots were fired?He rarely ever comments on it and certainly in no great detail. Who knows what that did to him but heh you don't care because he's made money.

If you say you know him I'll take your word and your replies are not a typical patriotic based response.

Aug 4, 2018 -- 11:24PM, northanlite wrote:

Where is this being reported?

Appears to be an exclusive for Chit Chat

https://www.theguardian.com/.../judy-murray-dunblane-massacre-just-left-car-and-ran

You can read the story there. He was 8 and his brother, who was also there, was 10.
A horrible event for anyone to be caught up in I'm sure you'll agree.

I know but what's that got to do with public crying because of a bad hip?
If anything after what he's been through you'd think he'd be above that sort of thing.
I like Andy's views on drugs in sport and TUE's he's had plenty published views over the years shame there weren't more like him just don't like the public crying thing too in keeping with modern life for me.

I don't think it was the hip injury in itself but the possibility of his career coming to an end.
Tennis is all he's known from an early age. Again I ask what's the problem with the guy becoming emotional?

As regards Dunblane nobody knows what mental scars that's left him with.
As regards If anything after what he's been through you'd think he'd be above that sort of thing.
He was 8 years old when it happened and only spoke about it for the first time a few years back.
He's obviously bottled it up for years. I think it explains a lot.

yea, just retire. good career, clearly overachieved for his genetics. hang up the racket

Again I ask what's the problem with the guy becoming emotional?

Could he not have waited til he was out of public gaze?
These people are in the public eye their whole lives and constantly control their perceived actions why cry in public?
We've all had bad times in life public displays of 'woe is me' are attention seeking in line with toddler tantrums or any person who loses their mobile phone #sympathy.

Aug 5, 2018 -- 2:58AM, betting_masta wrote:

yea, just retire. good career, clearly overachieved for his genetics. hang up the racket

Agree 100% if he'd took more srugs he could've been a world beater.

*drugs

Aug 4, 2018 -- 11:24PM, northanlite wrote:

Where is this being reported?

In a Shakira song

It's a load of balls, imo.

its not trilby22

Ridiculous to assume he's attention seeking FFS.  He's not a wannabee reality tv star desperate for five minutes of fame.  He's a sportsman who has achived incredible things with great talent and great determination.  It's the media and the public reporting the story who are the attention seekers

Aug 5, 2018 -- 7:33PM, CLYDEBANK29 wrote:

Ridiculous to assume he's attention seeking FFS.

Patriotic Scotsman signing in ^^^^

Murray put the towel over his head so nobody could see him bawl, during his year out he didn't appear on an endless array of low brow TV shows trying to be popular, he generally stays out of the limelight and one thing he doesn't do is look to be the centre of attention, very seldom argues with umpires or smashes racquets either. He's a huge credit to British sport and it's a crying shame he found himself in the golden era of Tennis with the 3 other Greatest Tennis players of all time - at the same time, otherwise he'd have well over 10 slams by now, I think those 3 between them must have Knocked him out of slams close to 20 times or there abouts, still he's managed to win 3 slams, 2 Gold medals, 1 Davis Cup and World number 1 as well as winning more masters events than Sampras whilst reaching all 4 Slam finals, something not even Sampras did.

atm he's feeling his way back, you can't just get back into the full swing of things in terms of match fitness and form, his goal really should be to use the rest of this year in preparation for next season which starts in January and if that means missing US Open he should do if bo3 what his body can handle atm, by Australia he should be fully prepared to play bo5.

I get casuals not getting Murray because in soundbites he appears dull, dreary with brattish mannerisms on court because he's so intense and has such an urge to win, but the more avid, hardcore fans will tell a different story, if you watch the tour all year round and see the thousand more interviews he gives off a completely different impression, very funny, dry sense of humour who's very thoughtful and articulate in his analysis of the game.

I'm not Scottish by the way

nae botha

Attention seeker?
Guys a world class tennis player the likes of what this country has not seen for a long long time and Denzil calls him an attention seeker.

Another of Scotland's finest with a nerve touched ^^^^

Reminds me of Only Fools And Horses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93VbNiVpAXw

well said darren disco sports

Such a shame we have this tendency to knock our best men, on any objective measure Murray has been one of the top British sportsmen of the 21st century, and it's arguable he has been the best given the truly global nature of his chosen sport and his career coinciding with those of RF, RN and ND.

My own admiration of Murray stems of course from the sublime brilliance and artistry of his game, but more - for me at least - from his Stakhanovite work ethic and hunger for self-improvement. He always had the skills to compete at the top level, but his acquisition of the fitness and stamina required when he is not in any way a natural athlete has stood out.

^ I agree with a lot of that but not sure about not being "a natural athlete" as he was very good at most
sports he tried as a kid. You can't teach hand eye coordination and you can improve speed and agility
but it has to be there to start with.

I meant bodily, rather than hand-eye wise. He does not have the body of a natural athlete, he has had to hone it to the nth degree.

He has certainly worked hard on conditioning but he was a bit unusual in that he didn't stop growing until 19 or 20.
I'm sure I read that he was 6ft 1" at 18 and 6ft 3" sometime after his 19th birthday so he was a late developer.
They could not get him doing serious gym work until he had finally stopped growing whereas someone like
Nadal was pretty much a grown adult by 17.
If you see him at 14 you would would never guess he would end up that height. He was still a very good junior
though.

plenty of spare time on his hands no doubt getting a season ticket for all paraguay,s games

I thought the real reason, is to spend more time as Dan's Data Self!

Murray at his peak was one of the top 10 sportsmen on the planet. Unfortunately for him 3 of the top 5 were tennis players.