Toonpack 6826 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) eh? you couldn't watch the US open in the US???? i suppose there were no yanks in it, maybe that's why. my brother lives in california and he said they didn't show any olympic event that didn't feature a yank Think it was because it got shunted to the Monday and they wouldn't change their schedules and it was first Monday night football of the year as well. still couldn't believe it wasn't on anywhere mind !!!! Was in Houston during the Olympics and your brother is just about right, they did show both Mo Farrahs races and had big build up for him, probably because he trained out here and his best pal/training partner is the American guy who came second in the 10,000 They also showed Murrays gold medal match in full to be fair Edited September 11, 2012 by Toonpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneColdStephenIreland 74 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 The air got a canny beating last night, cant remember how many times I punched it after every point he won. Glad for him though, he does get a load of unwarranted stick and this will hopefully shut the ignorant shits up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Winning a grand slam ( there are 4 to win,as in 4 golf majors ) is nowhere near as hard as winning the Tour de France,so stop getting carried away.He faced neebody to get to the final remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Winning a grand slam ( there are 4 to win,as in 4 golf majors ) is nowhere near as hard as winning the Tour de France,so stop getting carried away.He faced neebody to get to the final remember. Is that what they put in brackets next to his name on the trophy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26250 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Aye, he's getting zero respect from me until he wins the TDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17726 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Murray reached three finals and one semi as well this year didn't he? Tennis is more high profile than cycling imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I agree,it is more high profile .He had 4 chances to win a grand slam this year.You get one chance a year to win the Tour de France.I agree he failed to win any of the other grand slams by being runner up and reaching a semi final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26250 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 You agree with basic facts then? Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4203 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 You agree with basic facts then? Well done. well...hes better than wolfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) I respect what Murray has done,but i don't feel his achievement of winning one grand slam out of four is more of an achievement than winning the Tour de France.Are you asking me or telling me i agree with basic facts ? Edited September 12, 2012 by essembeeofsunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12452 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This Had to "watch" it via. BBC text thingy, am in Florida on hols 500+ cable channels and it wasn't on any of them !!!! Odd we got it on CBS or NBC (can't remember which) up here in New Jersey, the Monday night American football was put on ESPN here. I know yank TV is wildly different in each state, shite it wasn't on down there like. Agree with Gloom's brother as well the Olympic coverage over here was pathetic, I was excited to watch the men's decathlon and since it had 2 yanks going for gold I thought it'd be on but got in from work each day to be met by a pathetic movie trailer esque montage of both them performing then 5 hours of them 2 beach volleyball players . Watched the final 2 sets as I got home late, cracking finish Djokovic was really struggling towards the end and tbh Murray was finding it tough too as anyone would 5 hours into a tennis game. Big congratulations to Murray chuffed for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjquick 0 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Winning a grand slam ( there are 4 to win,as in 4 golf majors ) is nowhere near as hard as winning the Tour de France,so stop getting carried away.He faced neebody to get to the final remember. I don't know how you can compare the two. Winning TDF and winning a major in tennis are no mean feats and are both the top honours in their respective sports but its chalk and cheese. And he faced neebody? Fuck that he beat everyone he needed too and deserves all the credit he's getting. Its obvious how hard he trains and he had the legs in the 5th while joker died on his ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3187 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I agree,it is more high profile .He had 4 chances to win a grand slam this year.You get one chance a year to win the Tour de France.I agree he failed to win any of the other grand slams by being runner up and reaching a semi final. And he had that team of other players all trying their best to let him win. Oh wait I got that the wrong way round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I love how essembee bigs up cycling achievement whilst completely snubbing the other major cycling races . The Vuelta and Giro make it 3, one less than tennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I was reading his back story today and I never realised that Judy Murray walked out on the family when he was 10 and left the dad to raise him and his brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I was reading his back story today and I never realised that Judy Murray walked out on the family when he was 10 and left the dad to raise him and his brother. Never knew that either, especially as you always see her on camera but never his dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2406 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 She does look like a right bitch. Came back to ride some coattails. How womanly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 The Tour de France is THE race to win. The US Open is a grand slam.There are 4 grand slams to win,with none bigger than the other.There are 4 majors to win at golf.No one major is bigger than the other. Well done Murray for winning one of the 4 grand slams . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14030 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Plus tennis players don't have such lovely, strapping, lycra-clad thighs. One can only dream there were four Tours de France a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14574 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 The Tour de France is THE race to win. The US Open is a grand slam.There are 4 grand slams to win,with none bigger than the other.There are 4 majors to win at golf.No one major is bigger than the other. Well done Murray for winning one of the 4 grand slams . Wimbledon is the tdf for tennis, oroginal and best. the term "grand slam" is misused all the time. A "grand slam" used to be the term for winning all 4 major tennis tournaments in one year, and I think only Rod Laver has done it, although am not entirely sure on that.Lazy journo's use the word "slam" when they mean "major tournamnet" the equivalent in cycling is the tdf,vuelta, giro and whatever the next most prsetigious one is in one season....anyone ever done that? The thing about Murray's and Wiggins's acheivements outside of the Olympics this year is no Brit has ever done what Wiggins has done, and the last Brit to have done what Murray has done was so long ago that its pretty much irrelevent (30 odd years before the "open" era in tennis began). So both are equal on that score iyam. Both won Olympic gold this summer. So its tricky to judge whos done better this summer. If Wiggins and his mates hadnt fucked the road race up he'd be top dog. Neither of the wins outside of the Olympics were on the BBC either, so theres no advantage there. Gonna be tight for SPOTY between them. Thing is, you just know they'll be a huge internet campaign north of the border to vote for Murray. Wiggins will have the support of serious cyclists and birds who fancy him, so I think a nation of 5 million sports' fans will shade it v veiwers of a popular yet still minority sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26250 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 If Wiggins and his mates hadnt fucked the road race up he'd be top dog. They were setting up for Cavendish to take the gold, weren't they? It isn't a team event iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14574 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 They were setting up for Cavendish to take the gold, weren't they? It isn't a team event iirc. True. Cycling isnt my strong point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6826 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 They were setting up for Cavendish to take the gold, weren't they? It isn't a team event iirc. It's not a pure team sport, but they race in teams and it is very tactical within the race with the team riding as a unit to support the primary rider, setting pace etc it's a million miles away from everyone just jumping on their bikes and seeing who can go the fastest. The TDF is a series of races over weeks, you can win the thing without actually winning any of the individual races/stages, it's futile comparing sporting achievements across different sports, each should be admired on it's own merits. The only thinng I would add is the achievements of Murray and Wiggins put the efforts of the so called athlete footballers, who get tired after two games a week, to shame. The Murray djocovic first set lasted as all but 3 minutes as long as a football match and they played four more, at an astonishing level, straight after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjquick 0 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 it's futile comparing sporting achievements across different sports, each should be admired on it's own merits. This exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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