So you're gonna ignore his Ryder cup record ?

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On 8 Jul 2013, at 16:54, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote:

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> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 08/07/2013, at 23:52, "Alan Edgar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Goran was a better grass court player than Henman - by beating him he 
>> reached his 3rd final.
>> 
>> Just as the roof closing changed the final last year, the weather in 2001 
>> saved Goran - half an hour more and Henman would have won. Coming back the 
>> following day was a whole new ball game.
>> 
>> On a similar tack - Monty never won a golf major ... Is he a bottler ?
> In a word: yes
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>> On 8 Jul 2013, at 16:29, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yeah they gathered to watch Henman, so fair enough 'Herman Hill'. But they 
>>> gathered to watch Murray all fortnight, so Murray mound. Yeah - if they are 
>>> there to watch Robson it's Robson ridge. It's a nickname. You make some 
>>> good points but this is total bobbins.
>>> 
>>> He did bottle it. The year ivanesivic won he should have - but he bottled 
>>> it. He could win tour titles but he never had the mental strength to win a 
>>> slam - he was a choker and a bottler and that's just a plain fact mate.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 08/07/2013, at 23:17, "Alan Edgar" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Henman was the first player people gathered there to see - just because he 
>>>> was a lesser player than Murray doesn't mean the name changes.
>>>> 
>>>> If Laura robson wins more titles than Murray is it suddenly robson ridge ?
>>>> 
>>>> Henman didn't bottle it - he played according to his level, maximising his 
>>>> talent. It wasn't quite enough, doesn't make him a loser.
>>>> 
>>>> Any pro sportsman who gets to be top 5 has bags more bottle than you, me 
>>>> or anyone else on this list - they couldn't get there without it.
>>>> 
>>>> Both Henman & Murray have managed a decade or so each of totally 
>>>> unreasonable pressure re Wimbledon magnificently.
>>>> Without them you'd have had 20 more years of media weeping and wailing 
>>>> about GB tennis for a fortnight before reverting to total indifference for 
>>>> the other 50 weeks of the year.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On 8 Jul 2013, at 15:54, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 08/07/2013, at 22:42, "Alan Edgar" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On the contrary - disrespectful to Henman to change it.
>>>>> Nonsense. Was the hill there before Henman and has it been officially 
>>>>> called 'Herman hill'? 
>>>>>> If Grayson had won more than Revie would you accept Revie Rd becoming 
>>>>>> Grayson Grove ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Not if it had been officially called that - but that's completely 
>>>>> different to a media nickname.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Didn't think so.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Henman was the best since Perry - 60+ years. Murray wasn't around then.
>>>>> 
>>>>> He's been playing in wombledon for nearly 10 years hasn't he? I
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Murray is the best since Perry - 70+ years ... Didn't think the maths 
>>>>>> would be so challenging.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If your definition of a loser is someone who doesn't win a slam then 
>>>>>> more than 99% of all pro tennis players are losers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'd say someone who was talented enough to win a slam but doesn't is a 
>>>>> loser, yes. He undoubtedly could have won wombledon but he bottled it 
>>>>> every time.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's a(nother) ridiculous assertion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't think it is.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 8 Jul 2013, at 14:54, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 08/07/2013, at 21:29, "Alan Edgar" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Bollocks! He is a miserable uncouth yob who lost to a true sportsman.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> What on earth is your rationale for that ? !! 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Murray is a charming and witty interviewee, equally gracious in defeat 
>>>>>>>> as in victory.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The stupendous Djoko- Del potro SF should have been the Final.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The final was exactly what the seeding dictated it should have been - 
>>>>>>>> 1 v 2 in the world.
>>>>>>>> DP did play great and made it a quality semi.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Must grudgingly admit that The Git did play well today, though.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Big of you.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I wouldnt see this as a british victory if I was scottish, why would 
>>>>>>>>> I? but
>>>>>>>> then again I wouldnt see it as a scottish victory when the english man 
>>>>>>>> won
>>>>>>>> tour de france.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> If you'd written:
>>>>>>>> "I wouldnt see this as a british victory if I was scottish, why would 
>>>>>>>> I? but
>>>>>>>> then again I wouldnt see it as a british victory when the english man 
>>>>>>>> won
>>>>>>>> tour de france.'
>>>>>>>> then it would have made sense - even though I would 100% disagree with 
>>>>>>>> you.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You're not comparing like with like.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It's a Brit win when Wiggins wins the Tour, a Brit win when Murray 
>>>>>>>> wins Wimbledon and a Brit win when they both (while wearing Brit kit) 
>>>>>>>> win gold in London 2012.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Let's hope all the Scots see this as a British victory - bet they 
>>>>>>>>> will not.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Only the bitter ones will not - the others will see it a win for both 
>>>>>>>> Scotland & Britain.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Exactly. I think the real miserable bastards are the ones who want 
>>>>>>>>> him to lose.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Couldn't agree more.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I couldn't believe it when Sue effing Barker referred to 'henman 
>>>>>>>>> hill' when she interviewed him after.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Why ? It's been know as that ever sinbce the last century - the name 
>>>>>>>> doesn't change just cos Murray won the tournament.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Because it was known as Henman Hill when everyone there was there to 
>>>>>>> support Henman. He is retired. It is disrespectful to Murray. Murray 
>>>>>>> Mound.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Now he WAS a loser.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Lost 4 Wimbledon semis - 3 to the world number 1s (Hewitt, Sampras) 
>>>>>>>> and one to an inspired Goran who was saved by the weather.
>>>>>>>> 2 other Slam semis - ranked 4 in the world.
>>>>>>>> Gave us a decade of hope and excitement after previously having to 
>>>>>>>> pray that Bates would maybe get to round 3 one year.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> He never won a slam. Yeah he won some tour titles but he was a loser.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Best Brit player for 60+ years - wish I was that sort of loser ...
>>>>>>> Murray is.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Al 
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