Good luck Murray - in memory of Sprocket.

[Justin Credible]

The press love to build them up so they can take great pleasure in killing them when they fail. Always been the same.

I remember when Irealnd got to the quarter finals in the 1990 world cup only losing out by that scabby goal to schilacci for italy.The english team got to the semi, yet the irish fans were treated as bigger heroes as the press in ireland celebrated each irish win and back the team while the british press slated each performance and treated the campaign like a failure for england.

Ok we were not expected like england to do well but england are and always has been just an average to good side, never a great side but carried the expection to deliver more than what they were capable of.

[M H]

Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Holland to name a few. Ireland have applied for test status as well.

Cricket is the UK's national summer game and has been for many years.

They won the Ashes Knots against the best team of this era, that deserves a gong. What has the English football team won of note despite the hype

[hang the dj]

Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Holland to name a few. Ireland have applied for test status as well.

Cricket is the UK's national summer game and has been for many years.

It may be England's but trust me MH, no bugger in Scotland plays cricket. I don't even know of any cricket pitches/parks (whatever you call what they play cricket on) in the west of Scotland

[Justin Credible]

Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Holland to name a few. Ireland have applied for test status as well.

Cricket is the UK's national summer game and has been for many years.

They won the Ashes Knots against the best team of this era, that deserves a gong. What has the English football team won of note despite the hype

I think there has been some change in the mentality of english soccer in that they have moved from this shit assumption that england should be managed by an englishman.OK it has not worked but at leat they have opened up a little.
This policy of playing certain players from the big clubs does not mean they are better for the "team" as a whole nor does it mean they are on form.
Irealnd for example has done well with championship players because they play with spirit, passion and team commitment, to many primmadonnas in the english side that need beheading

[Knots & crosses]

Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Holland to name a few. Ireland have applied for test status as well.

Cricket is the UK's national summer game and has been for many years.

They won the Ashes Knots against the best team of this era, that deserves a gong. What has the English football team won of note despite the hype

blah. Not worth a gong. They got medals.

Or should we knight everyone that wins the johnstones paint trophy?

[D & B]

Henman got a CBE for his Olympic silver medal.

[DrZoidberg]

Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Holland to name a few. Ireland have applied for test status as well.

Cricket is the UK's national summer game and has been for many years.

It may be England's but trust me MH, no bugger in Scotland plays cricket. I don't even know of any cricket pitches/parks (whatever you call what they play cricket on) in the west of Scotland

i live not far from the west of scotland cricket ground.

which is most famous for holding the first ever international football game between scotland and the guffs.

[gazman]

Noticed Federer was spanked once again by Nadal. Hard to argue that Feds the best ever when hes not even the best in his era, even though he is now 30.

[D & B]

1 set down, but 4 -2 up in the second.

[gonk]

Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Holland to name a few. Ireland have applied for test status as well.

Cricket is the UK's national summer game and has been for many years.

It may be England's but trust me MH, no bugger in Scotland plays cricket. I don't even know of any cricket pitches/parks (whatever you call what they play cricket on) in the west of Scotland

I played from the age of 7 and up until I joined the RAF at 17 and have continued to do so on and off my whole career, culminating in not tasting defeat against the australian air force whilst on detachment, and winning the Al Udeid ashes for the Brits

[D & B]

Murray 2 sets to 1 up.

[shane180]

thrown the 4th set away though by looks of it

[D & B]

thrown the 4th set away though by looks of it

Bottle job.

[DrZoidberg]

great match.

[D & B]

Yep cracking game.

Another almost in the Murray column.

[DrZoidberg]

Yep cracking game.

Another almost in the Murray column.

aye, wasnt a collapse, though. just wasnt his day.

[D & B]

Yep cracking game.

Another almost in the Murray column.

aye, wasnt a collapse, though. just wasnt his day.

Glad to see very little headshaking and the absence of his sour faced mother from my screen.

[Justin Credible]

lets all laugh at murray...........


another jobber of british tennis

[The Ginge Reaper]

lets all laugh at murray...........


another jobber of british tennis

Of course he is

[Randall]

so near and yet so far again for murray it seems. hopefully employing lendl who was an obdurate sod as a player will rub off on him.

promises to be a classic on sunday.