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17/09/2008, 12:37 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Andy Murray Anyone who watched Andy Murray in the recent US Open will acknowledge that he played some stunning tennis on the way to the final, and he is undoubtedly one of Britain's most talented young sportsmen. So why don't the public like him? Is it because he's a bit grumpy? Better that than the personality-less Tim Henman, who people adored. Are we so jingoistic that we won't warm to him because he's Scottish, rather than English? Being Canadian didn't stop people liking Greg Rusedski. I just don't get it. He may be a tad sullen, but he's destined for great things... we Brits should get behind him...    Report

17/09/2008, 1:03 PM Sun Tzu Joined on 07/08/2008 Posts 161 Re: Andy Murray It's because he's a chippy little Scottish idiot.  I support England, he says he doesn't like England, therefore, I don't like him. It would be the same if he was Welsh or Irish.  The other home nations hate England is sport, so why should we like them?  We're too polite. P.S.  I didn't really like Henman or Rusedski either.    Report

17/09/2008, 3:06 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray But after a generation where our top sports performers have been taken in by their own publicity - Beckham, Flintoff, Hamed, O'Sullivan, all top performers in their sport yet big-headed morons - it's nice to have a newer generation who concentrate on their sport instead of the headlines. Murray - like Stuart Broad in cricket, like Theo Walcott in football - is a talented performer who doesn't feel the need to court celebrity too. I admire that.    Report

25/09/2008, 5:09 PM Sun Tzu Joined on 07/08/2008 Posts 161 Re: Andy Murray I would disagree that Beckham was a big-headed moron.    Report

26/09/2008, 10:17 AM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray No you wouldn't, not really.    Report

07/04/2009, 10:06 AM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray Well, he's still some way off being charismatic and humble, but I really can't fault Andy Murray's start to the new tennis season. He's been in imperious form, and really does look like a world beater. I'm gonna stick my neck out early and predict - at last - a British triumph at Wimbledon in June...    Report

03/06/2009, 3:47 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray So... another Grand Slam tourament where Andy Murray flatters to deceive in the early rounds, sees the draw open up in front of him with the exit of Rafael Nadal... and then he turns in an abject performance in the quarter finals to lose to an opponent who's decent enough, but who Murray really should be dispatching comfortably. Which I think begs the question: Is Andy Murray in danger of becoming the new Tim Henman?    Report

03/06/2009, 4:07 PM Sean Miller Joined on 02/10/2008 Weston-super-Mare Posts 671 Re: Andy Murray  AllMouthNoTrousers wrote: So... another Grand Slam tourament where Andy Murray flatters to deceive in the early rounds, sees the draw open up in front of him with the exit of Rafael Nadal... and then he turns in an abject performance in the quarter finals to lose to an opponent who's decent enough, but who Murray really should be dispatching comfortably. Which I think begs the question: Is Andy Murray in danger of becoming the new Tim Henman? If he consistently gets to the semi-finals at Wimbledon and then takes the eventual champion to 5-sets only to be defeated (which was what happened to Tim with Sampras and Goran) then I'd say "Well done Andy" if he did become the new Tim Henman. We're so awful to our tennis players. Sampras beat Tim in the 5th set one year, very exciting, and then on the Sunday he proceeded to completely blitz the other "finalist" and won in straight sets. Had Tim been in the other half of the draw each time perhaps we'd have had a double Wimbledon Champion. And Andy's doing okay - this fella was a Clay Court Specialist (Gonzales) - it's no crime to lose.  Sport's like that. Even Manchester Utd. lose sometimes, you know? Sean    Report

03/06/2009, 4:11 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray I'm not saying he's useless. He's clearly a very talented young player. For my money, he's already better than Henman or Rusedski ever were. That said, Britain is crying out for a Grand Slam winner and has been for years. Murray has made one final and lost, so did Rusedksi. Henman made a number of semi-finals, but never got beyond. Did he bottle it? Was he just not quite good enough compared to the other top players of the day? Either way, it's clear he finished his career with a gaping hole in his sporting CV, and a label as something of a 'nearly man'. All I'm asking is: As talented as Murray is, is he destined to always come up that little bit short in the way that Henman always did?    Report

26/01/2010, 2:22 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray I don't want to be a prophet of doom here, but I think Andy Murray could be coming home next week with the Australian Open title in his kitbag. I think he played superbly to batter Nadal today, and really don't think he should be frightened of anyone if he can maintain that form.    Report

26/01/2010, 6:05 PM Howard JG Joined on 06/07/2008 Kettering Northants Posts 115 Re: Andy Murray There is something about all British tennis players that I find obnoxious,and I just don't know why.From Virginnia Wade to Henman and now Murray. The only one I have ever liked was Sue Barker.I will visit my psychiatrist soon!    Report

02/02/2010, 3:21 PM AllMouthNoTrousers Joined on 21/02/2008 Weston Posts 906 Re: Andy Murray Well, tempting though it is to say it was my fault Murray fell in the final for my kiss-of-death prediction, it's clear he still has a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way to go to compete with Federer... the man's just awesome.    Report

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