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Andy Murray - Greatest British Sportsman of all Time
Andy Murray - Greatest British Sportsman of all Time
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You'll never convince me darts is a sport.
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...while tennis is predominantly a sport reserved for the privileged.
The logic was that people said darts is a hobby and not a sport, the money won by beating people in comps wouldn’t have been taxable if it wasn’t a profession. |
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Who's Adam Peaty?
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It’s as much a sport as snooker
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I have a feeling we are going to end up hearing about everything British people ever did. We've already heard of greatest writer and TV invention. ALl this to support the assumption that Murray is the greatest British sportsman(British only!)
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dustybin Australia didn’t invent the tv , britain did
And kamskisee hasn’t said thankyou |
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He isn’t
He might be the most successful ginger |
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Never mentioned tv
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just saying
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Snooker isn't a sport either. Games played in pubs while drinking pints can't be sports. I'm surprised I have to explain this. When you did P.E at school did the teacher ever take you down to the local and get the drinks in and split the class into darts and pool?
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I think my post has started a different debate. My point was:
If you ask me who was the greatest german sportsperson, I could say Graf or Schumacher. At the same time, both these players could claim to be the greatest in their individual sport as well. And when its asked who's the greatest British sportsman, we are torn between Andy Murray and if Darts is a sport or not. This was the thing that was surprising for me. I was expecting some names to pop up which would easily have been the best in their sport overall, not just in Britain. No such name popped up that I knew. That's all I was surprised about. That Murray, with 3 slams, 2 olympics and a davis, is considered the best britain has ever produced! |
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Why have I got to say thank you? I must've missed that bit!
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detraveller - what he said.
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I dare not ask who's the second best British sportsman!
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School PE was about fitness
Not about carving out a career. What % of all kids who did PE turned it into a profession? Very very few. Come to think of it Murray wasn’t the most successful ginger either, Steve Davis was. |
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Next time I run into Yvonne Goolagong at Woolworths I'll tell her that she's priviliged
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You’d do well bumping into anyone in Woolworths.
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I'm thinking sport naturally involves some physical exertion?
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I have a great talent for bumping into things. And falling over. Pity it's not a sport!
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The greatest motorcyclist ever ? That’s Mike Hailwood
The point is also you could name other great British motorcyclists, any Germans Formula 1 ? Shumacker has 7 , Hamilton has 5 and still going Then we have Clark and Surtees and Jackie Stewart and grame hill and mansell and other world champions It’s the same across the board |
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Grame Hill really was the best.
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Not taking the bait lfc. I already told you all you need to know. Read again.
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Britain dominates world motorsport
Football ? Yes Britain is the most successful football country in club football in the world , more than any other nation Including Germany or Italy or France etc ( never mind Australia ) |
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I'm not taking the bait. Not with that Football post either but that's really tempting.
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go ahead : )
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I can assure you Britain is the most successful football nation in the world
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The logic was that people said darts is a hobby and not a sport, the money won by beating people in comps wouldn’t have been taxable if it wasn’t a profession.
In that case the logic is flawed. Football ? Yes Britain is the most successful football country in club football in the world , more than any other nation Including Germany or Italy or France etc ( never mind Australia ) I can assure you Britain is the most successful football nation in the world Totally lost the plot---don't you ever stop to think before posting? |
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Oh, but football is such a complicated game that obviously only foreigners can make English teams succesful. It's just not a sport made for the English. The first English coach in points per game appears at like the 20th position.
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in the EPL
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edy don't take the bait. Its a trap.
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I love taking his traps and trashtalking with him.
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A tennis player with 3 GS wins. Actually the more I think about the more I realise what incredible under achievers the British have been at sport.
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If it was anyone but LFC it might be a trap----this is the man who said he could name
100 GREAT British snooker players. |
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If chit chatting was a sport, lfc would be the greatest british sportsman ever.
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edy British teams were more successful in Europe before they had any foreign players
They won more European trophies than any other country And they had more different teams that won them than any other nation Much greater strength in depth you see, like all sports |
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Yes JML
The logic that darts was a hobby was indeed flawed. |
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You see that was with No foreign players
ok we had bert trautman , but we captured him during the war |
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I suppose they must have the most number of World Cup wins since they're the best in the world. I'll go and check that since I don't follow that girlie game.
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You could argue no sportsman is professional
No sportsman provide a good nor a service, they undertake in competition provided by others They are more akin to gamblers, and the activity of gambling isn’t taxable. |