Rafa is now value for the Aussie open

haha Seriously not at all ,. i do miss seeing Rafa out on the court and i dont get the same buzz when its murray vs Joker

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vamos baby vamos

vamos

pollybournemouth
10 Dec 12 09:18
the return of the King...
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That "King" has sore knees.

YYYY Yes he did have very sore knees but if you saw him last week you would know his knees will now be ok and his retiring date is not for 4 years!! He thinks he can win the late December  tournament on his return so for me the AO is on

Backing Nadal would be a dangerous bet, you don't know how he'll play after such a long lay off,...
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That's a no brainer to me. Just look at how he played last AO. That also was after long absence. Had he played anyone but Novak, he would've won it.

The same now: if he didn't meet No1e before final, he'll play finals for sure. Who's gonna stop him? Rosol?

YYYY Yes yes yes lots of people are going to kick the cat for missing these prices

NADAL = GOAT

I can't say Nadal is worth a back at this stage, who knows if his knees will hold up under scrutiny, a 5 month lay off is along time in tennis, but what I would say is, Novak is worth a lay

Mes i agree about Joker he had his unbeatable year and his odds are now shocking ! Rafa might get beat but not because of his Knees or FEET ( he has Plantar Fasciitis )

Andy murray 4.9 NO reason at all for him being double the price of Joker

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polly, some might say you got a decent price for Rafa and now want his price to come down so as to lay off,

What ??? You get around 10s still - My problem is i dont think like a betfair person ,i love the sport the gambling the lot ,.It matters not what i say because some will believe i'm a layer i suppose ,.Ok Ok i like to share thats all

Mes i thought about what you said and realise these forums are very cut throat and not what i thought - not for me so i will say goodbye and goodluck and by the way i never thought of laying off Rafa its not my kick my kick is winning not stocks and shares buying

if he flopped it out on your dinner plate, how long would it take you to gobble up that juicy goodness:

a) less than half a second;
b) 0.5 - 1 second or
c) 1-2 seconds?

fecking hilarious. don't let the buggers get you down polly b, the lot are longtime Rafa seethers ask bb66 about his lifetime p&l on him sometime..   best just consider this place a zoo or a pub or better yet a pub at the zoo. -sometimes a bit like a schoolyard ^ with little wonkers only tough enough to act when they is shielded by anonymity and other little wonkers- (this becoming a christmas message nicely beats the queens')
so have a merry christmas!, if that's what you celebrate, do stay around as there's already plenty of the anti-tennis aficionados here and some are just a bit gay for djokovix. nothing wrong with off course. really liked your artwork on the GOAT. there's a dedicated thread caramba made for that even you might like; here's a little sample from it; 4 more days until the King's return; vamos babyyyy!  




HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

pass me the sick bucket

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ur not embracing the christmas

Happy holidays

Bad news ! Rafa is now ill and his comeback knocked backed which cant help his chances at the AO

expected nothing else

only stomach problem not the knees thank fu ck

Yes i knew what it was " said to be "  but if one player needed practice it was Rafa

hope that rules out mugs saying 6 month dope ban

more than 6 months obviously

mug

bb66
more than 6 months obviously
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A year??

Rafa is a value for the AO?/

is Nadull sh!tting his pants?

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

this tournament doesnt matter if he needs he will get enough quality sparing partners

"I need to see how it improves and how it reacts to the intensity and demands of playing with tennis players of such a high level," Nadal said in an interview with Spanish daily ABC.
After a shock defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon in June, Nadal was diagnosed with a partial tear of the patella tendon and inflammation in his left knee and was unable to defend his Olympic title at the London Games.
The 11-times grand-slam singles champion also missed the US Open and the season-ending World Tour championships before returning to the practice court on November 20.
Nadal said the knee was "still not 100 percent" and he was planning to ease back in slowly.
"I am not thinking long term, I am just focused on the knee, seeing how it responds and then we'll see later on.
"I want to be sure that it's completely ready to start competing in anger again, without any doubts.
"If I feel good in Abu Dhabi we'll continue but if not I'll take it calmly."
The first grand-slam event of 2013, the Australian Open, starts on January 14.
The 26-year-old Nadal, who won a record seventh French Open crown in May on his favoured clay, said winning matches was not his priority over the coming weeks and he was totally focused on making sure the knee had healed properly.
"My goal is not this week, nor even Doha (from December 31) or Australia," he said.
"My goal is to be in shape, get back to feeling completely fine and feeling completely prepared.
"My season, my real objective, is to be in perfect condition for Indian Wells and Miami (in March) and get to Monte Carlo (in April) with good feelings, to tackle the clay season in good shape.
"The last tournament I played in good shape was Roland Garros and I won it.
"The end of February or March is when I will feel good. That's when my season starts, that's when I'll tell myself that I am ready to win."
Nadal's athletic, aggressive playing style places huge demands on his muscles and joints and he has been sidelined several times by injuries during his 11-year career.
He said he had not considered the possibility he might be forced to retire because of the latest setback.
"No, no, no. I have not thought about that," he told ABC.
"Tennis is a sport that does not last forever," he added. "It's not like golf which you can play for 20 or 25 years without any problems.
"In tennis time is limited, that's the way it is. I am an optimistic type and I don't believe that I have forgotten how to play tennis during these past months."

Polly, I'm sure you had good intentions by highlighting what you saw as value but to be honest with you, I wouldn't even back Nadal for the French in 2013 I honestly think his knees have had it, and you could see that coming for years with his style of chasing down every single point.

He could change his style of play, maybe a bit more like Federer, but then again you're taking away his biggest strength.

Good luck with your bet you never know, miracles do happen

Darren thanks and maybe i do go over the top about people i like I have missed Rafa and found the mens a bit boring since Wimbledon as i cant get enthusiastic about murray Maybe i'm more wishful thinking than sense

A-Rock i knew all that but thanks and its all interesting - Dont you think Rafa would be doing what most do these days Talk everything down !!

I agree, it was a bit boring without worshippers seething when Nadull was humilated away from clay

Well he might be playing a clever game by lulling the other players into a false sense of security come to think of it, but if he enters the aus open, it can only be because he thinks he has a chance of winning it, otherwise he'll skip it and prepare for the first masters.

And ignore bb66 - he has probably lost alot of money on Nadal

well,i dont think his knees have had it. he was in okish form until rosol match and he could easily continue,but wise decision was to take break still with sight on longer career ,and also seeing rest of season on hard courts ,decided to heal this minor problem,which is not his usual chronic issues. so if he could win RG without full comfort why he can not  compete on highest level after having problem sorted out?
still his only formidable opponent is djokovic, rest are too weak even when  nadal had a 6 months break(which probably do him more good than bad,will be fresh and hungry)

i like this quote of Ayersrock

" ...I am an optimistic type and I don't believe that I have forgotten how to play tennis during these past months."

me too

just doesn't want to show his hand
cracking price in Oz, trade at semi whatever

if nadal wins the AO it will be one of the greatest sporting achievements of all time!!thats why i give him no chance!! the way fed plays just shows how great he actually is!! rafa, joker or murray wont have a career as long as feds had

I can only think the bitter people that clearly have a grudge against Rafa and knock him at every opportunity must be talking thro major bank losses over the years

Who didn't figure out what buttpicker is doing so far, he is a MUG! 10 months without single title Dejavu! A pattern that repeats for years, and years...

Yes what a mug , great lovely Girlfriend , lovely family ,has millions , does what he loves ,Famous , loved by Tennis fans worldwide , lices where the paps dont go  , yep you must be right YYYY a TOTAL MUG

he's just pulled out

Pulled out because of a stomach virus??? It doesn't start for 2 weeks. I don't believe that. Is he secretly serving a drugs ban perhaps?

ffs

poor rafa, couldnt put drugs aside

junkies and their promises

BBC: "Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next month's Australian Open because his recovery from a persistent knee injury has been hampered by a stomach virus."

Biggest load of BS I've ever heard.

he's out, I was right first time round, his knees really are bad, missing two slams in a row plus the Olympics and WTF.

is either knee isnt healed yet, some setback in recovery


or he doesnt want to play feeling not in form to get good result

Well it was all over when he pulled out last week with the "illness" Anyone going to give me a price for the French

He was told last week that his Knee was fine to play by his Doctors but he wasnt happy as he said i dont think its right

1.62 for the French The layers are brave

you think? i wouldn't back that with Francs tbh

that bastard for lying about his career threatening injury huh
afraid that's it for the golden era. welcome to the era of mugz

"My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well as predicted by the doctors, but this virus didn't allow me to practise this past week," Nadal, 26, said.
"Therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open, as we had initially scheduled."
The Spanish number one and world number four has not played competitive tennis since his surprise second-round Wimbledon exit to Lukas Rosol in June.
He was since diagnosed with a partial tear of the patella tendon and inflammation in his left knee and was unable to defend his Olympic title at the London Games.
The 11-times Grand-Slam champion also missed the US Open and season-ending World Tour Finals before returning to the practice court on November 20.
But he withdrew from the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi this week, citing illness, having earlier admitted he would be short of full fitness until the start of the clay-court season in the Spring.
There has been ongoing speculation that the world number four's career may be in decline due to impact-related knee injuries suffered as a result of his all-action game.
He is expected to attempt to play at the 2013 French Open, the only clay-court Major. But the harder courts of Melbourne, Flushing Meadows and even Wimbledon could prove too damaging for the Majorcan.





If his knee is much better - which it clear isn't, why would a virus stop him playing in three weeks?, it's clearly a red herring he's been in training for a while now, must be serious, infact Ii wouldn't be surprised if he announced his retirement sometime next month from the game. That may sound like an overreaction but the signs are there, the experts here and elsewhere said Soderling would be back soon, but he's still out albeit for different reasons. Personally I hope he is back , otherwise it;s just gonner be a Murray-Novak battle for the next 5 years.

wel we all guessing all the time, not like there is his doctor posting in this forum so, it was nice romantic and melodramatic to get involved on this thread with bit of a hope words fo9r rafa but overall nothing to talk about with very limited information about the case. about betting would have a go but as said at the beginning would do it when absolutely sure that he would play.
anyways time will tell 

good luck for nadal with recovery

Not value any more !

value for US Open 2014. Wozzy boyfriend trembling in fear shortly

mayas feckin knew it huh, it's just the tour part in World Tour that got lost in translation. oh ffs it's not even funny

drug ban not ended 

makes you wish those mugs were telling the truth huh

kind of*

haha Jeeps Farki You are a ******** and sooo clever !! No its not value now but i hate Shi*s like you who say nothing then come out from under the rock when the result is known

lol polly there is no way ur a real women ,u must be a man pretending to be a girl with that temper, htehb?

well done layers (including myself), he still might be value for Rio 2016 Paralympics wheelchair tennis competition though

Lovely day

as many of you will know I am a Physical Therapist by profession and I just wanted to say that I had a client with a similar history of knee pain (although this was I.T. Band related not patella tendon). This is guy is in the top 40 in the world in Iron Man Triathlon and he could not compete for two full years (this was mainly due to worsening the condition by competing on painkilling injections and so on which just aggravated the tissue) but has made a full recovery and is now training and competing at full capacity

just thought I would post something with a positive outlook

maybe he's performing this comedy for retaining his sponsorship deals noe more year

dont be a d1ck mate

apparently he said week ago in the interview he isnt fully fit with his knee yet, but within all this jolly comeback cloud it was somehow overlooked in media and us

POKER ADDICT - 1.01

these injuries need lots of time to heal first of all but then lots more time to rehab so that the healed tissue will stand up to the rigours of training and competing

somewhere on this board I posted that he would need a year to get back on court, after wimbledon that was and I still think he might not be back til at least the start of the clay season

some people are nice on here

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Play a bit of poker, have a few drinks and just see where the night takes us.

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Rafa to retire by June = NAP

bb66
28 Dec 12 17:35

maybe he's performing this comedy for retaining his sponsorship deals noe more
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Positive. Why would throw tens of $M away just like that. A little lie always works.


HE is a Value for AO??

HE is playing poker now...golf's next...then children...then memoars with Agassi like statement!!

and i know the annoying ass licking gobshyte commentators like petchey im gonna mute this year

All Bets Stand Run Or Not. Some punters must be hurting big time.

thanks for nothing polly!
Do you do refunds

it wasn't 1.01 shot right?
noy the best bet,rushed, but at least there was a point for discussion

all you infallible let give us some tips right?

Sick, uhm?

When HE misses FO - then I'll believe him.

Good evening all

I am starting to suspect the ban theories too.

I CAN accept we never landed on the moon but NOT a ban ! Wouldn't it have got out !!!

no ban. It's a stomach virus. My Uncle had one of those, and he never played tennis for his entire life!

He's just having his hair loss treated. Can be distressing when playing a sport where the camera's directly above your head. Just ask Agassi or Jimmy White

He was out on Clay yesterday practicing