Christmas Tree 4003 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Perfectly logical point Ant makes. Can't see the fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 It always tickles me when professional sportsmen in non team sports events get cheered by crowds because of their nationality. He wasn't representing anyone bar himself and good luck to him. I suppose that goes some way to explaining the occasional plummy Home Counties voice shouting "Come on, Knowvak!" from the Centre Court stands today (that and the desperate need to be different, obviously). Still, though, I don't feel like Murray is any less "mine" than 11 footballing mercenaries effectively representing themselves, even if they happen to be wearing the same national team shirt while doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 Well, it's close to home for him insofar as they're treating one of his best mates. I'd say that's close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13913 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Enjoyed that game. Some great tennis played. Remarkable achievement for Scottish/Spanish sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 7, 2013 Author Share Posted July 7, 2013 There's the reason then fair enough! Jesus people need to wind their necks in on here a bit, if it's this bad for some shitey sport and a scottish lad winning something in it, what's it going be like in the footy section when we sign fuck all and Kinnear has force fed Hatem a sausage roll You'll jump straight in without knowing anything about it then too? Mind the whole thing is doubly ridiculous given he hasn't actually donated the money (this time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Apparently he's donating some of it from this win and he donated all of his Queens winnings a few weeks ago which was £70k The Royal Marsden are treating/have treated his best mate Ross Hutchins for Hodgkin's lymphoma recently and he had his last chemotherapy 2 weeks ago. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/412604/My-friend-Andy-Murray-helped-me-fight-cancer-says-Ross-Hutchins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18017 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Whatever, I'd say Murray is a top bloke getting that particular monkey of our backs. Ant, funding in clinical trials is massively complex, not something I could discuss here. I don't agree with your strange assertion that large charities are less worthy of donations than small ones though, infact quite the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3271 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Also beingthe first Brit to win wimbledon in years could make him one of the highest paid British sportspeople of the next years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35387 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Aye he's gonna make even more money now, but he's already minted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20121 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 i'll echo renton's sentiments. murray's win rounded off a feel good weekend for me. my sister in law got hitched on friday, the whole weekend was spent drenched drinking fine wine, catching up with friends and family all the while drenched in sunshine. murray's win rounded it all off. a superb performance and one of those sporting events that you'll remember where you were when watching it. still buzzing today from it, and reading all the post match commentary. how can anyone not enjoy such a momentous achievement? i think i'd be buzzing for him even if i wasn't british. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Aye, that's the thing. As much as anything it felt like a relief, like when Ivanisevic won in 2001 - someone getting their reward for years of hard slog. Obviously if you don't like the sport in the first place then that'll mean nothing to you, but if you do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35387 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 It was a class weekend of sport. The Lions winning on Saturday (not usually a rugby fan but have watched and enjoyed this series), Froome knacking the field in the TdF later that day and then Murray yesterday. The weather being brilliant helped it all along too. You'd never need to leave this country if we got more weekends like this one. And the ashes to come this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 He won 7 matches in a tournament which is seeded and played on home turf,A grand slam win doesn't compare with winning a golf major where you have to be better than every other competitor.To all you Murray/tennis fans,without checking,where is your hero playing his next tournament ? G....O....O....G...L...E...............If i had to spray with acid any sporting crowd at an event of my choice it would be Wimbledon Centre Court on mens final day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4263 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Mackems, the police, Tennis fans. I'm missing one from somewhere I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 He won 7 matches in a tournament which is seeded and played on home turf,A grand slam win doesn't compare with winning a golf major where you have to be better than every other competitor.To all you Murray/tennis fans,without checking,where is your hero playing his next tournament ? G....O....O....G...L...E...............If i had to spray with acid any sporting crowd at an event of my choice it would be Wimbledon Centre Court on mens final day. Fuck me some people are miserable twats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Bandwaggon jumpers.You've had your two weeks of acting like knakkas,you've drank your Pimms,now get yourself down to Sports Direct for your tennis racket and tennis balls ,which you'll be sick of in a fortnight,and get it out your system for another year. `Go go Murray,Go Go'. Get a grip you knakkas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13913 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 You are broken my friend, broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3271 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 You are broken my friend, broken. I agree apart from the friend bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27476 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 He won 7 matches in a tournament which is seeded and played on home turf,A grand slam win doesn't compare with winning a golf major where you have to be better than every other competitor.To all you Murray/tennis fans,without checking,where is your hero playing his next tournament ? G....O....O....G...L...E...............If i had to spray with acid any sporting crowd at an event of my choice it would be Wimbledon Centre Court on mens final day. Obviously wouldn't spray the crowd with acid, like, but, err........I see where he's coming from regarding the crowd......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Whatever, I'd say Murray is a top bloke getting that particular monkey of our backs. Ant, funding in clinical trials is massively complex, not something I could discuss here. I don't agree with your strange assertion that large charities are less worthy of donations than small ones though, infact quite the opposite. http://www.charitynavigator.org/ what do you reckon to that? I wish they had something more euro-centric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20121 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I've been to centre court a few times. It's bloody brilliant. Obviously not a game of football is it? Still a mint day out. Tennis, champers, pimms, strawberries and cream. What's not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 He won 7 matches in a tournament which is seeded and played on home turf,A grand slam win doesn't compare with winning a golf major where you have to be better than every other competitor.To all you Murray/tennis fans,without checking,where is your hero playing his next tournament ? G....O....O....G...L...E...............If i had to spray with acid any sporting crowd at an event of my choice it would be Wimbledon Centre Court on mens final day. He almost certainly won't have decided yet, but Hamburg usually isn't long after Wimbledon, so maybe that? (It used to be in May, which is why I was able to go and see several days of it on my university year abroad.) I do take your point about gloryhunters and toffs, but I love the game. Off work today with the deadly man-flu so I've been reading all about the wacky world of Bruno Rebeuh - as well as YouTube surfing for clips like this, which might put a few people's minds at ease when it comes to goalline technology in football. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edlWAOZTBnQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Paul Lawrie won the open in 1999 by beating every other competitor.If i'm not mistaken,Murray beat one top 20 seed to win Wimbledon.Lets put this `Sir Andrew Murray' crap to bed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Paul Lawrie won the open in 1999 by beating every other competitor.If i'm not mistaken,Murray beat one top 20 seed to win Wimbledon.Lets put this `Sir Andrew Murray' crap to bed . You are, but it's only the third worst mistake in your post. The second is dismissing knockout formats as a valid sporting construct, and the first is thinking golf is a sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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