Spurs in Turmoil, the Dutch Are On Life Support -- The Other Teams Thread (R)

Thanks m8, high praise indeed from a man of your stature. No sarcasms...

I think that because Rafa's game is most centered on his physical abilities, that he will probably have the worst decline of the big three unfortunately. His shot placement is amazing but he relies a lot on his ability to out-run and out-work his opponents, which is a very punishing style in the long run (also why I think Andy Murray's window for winning a major is not particularly large).

It might be Roger who has the most graceful decline, seeing as how he relies least on physical abilities--or at least was the most physically deficient of the three.

Andy Roddick's an interesting player because in many ways he's a throwback to the old serve and volleyers, but he doesn't have as good of a net game as they do. I don't like watching him play because he's that worst combination (for me) of big serve, not much volleying. There isn't much to his game--big serve, run around backhands to use the big forehand.

Having said that, he did reach quite a few finals and won a major, so credit to him. But he accomplished most of what he did while the rest of men's tennis was still in flux, post-Sampras, and was still dominated by the boring big servers like him, Phillipousis and Marat Safin. But again, credit to him because he has continued to have decent success for a decade after his major win.

And all credit and praise goes to any man who comes home to Brooklyn Decker.

 

safin was my favourite player, he could've dominated but was insane lol

huge amounts of power, won 2 majors though....

roddick has such a horrible backhand, aethetically and when i played, i love single handed backhands....it's one of the reasons i like roger fed and had a soft spot for sampras/rafter back in the day as well as henman

 

off-topic forum is right up there.... be clever and create a thread for it.

 

Unfortunately, modern coaching is phasing it out. But, you're right, it's a thing of beauty. But, there's nothing wrong with slicing your backhands deep, as longs as they're angled properly and you capitalize on your opponent's trouble with them (which Roddick doesn't do).

 

Blame me for starting it.

 

Murray is just unlucky to be playing in the Federer, Nadal, Djokovic era.
Djokovic may become the best player ever but for now it belongs to Federer. When in form, like he was the last couple of days, the Swiss is simply irresistible. He has so much variety in his game. the dude is a joy to watch.

 

thanks

 

Coming back to topic..... Chelsea shopping spree is still going on. They have already added Hazard and Marin and are chasing Modric and Hulk. They may spend north of £ 100 M on players this offseason. Just insane.

" Chelsea appear to have beaten Tottenham Hotspur to sign the highly-rated Brazilian midfielder Oscar in a deal understood to be worth more than £22 million."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...spur-in-race-for-Brazilian-prodigy-Oscar.html

 

Holy shit. They're just itching to spend whatever they can, now.

Was the Hulk signing ever confirmed?

 

I see that Suarez is playing in the Olympics. Good - I hope he tuckers himself out.

 

No, not confirmed yet. Apparently they will meet with Porto this week. £40 M fee asking price.

 

loved Rafter, Santoro, Michael Chang and Hingis

nowadays back Gasquet, Federer

thanks, ya'll for posting about the changes in technology. I always wondered what happened to those gunners

edit: can't front I thought Henin was a genius

 

She has to be in the conversation of most talented player ever. What she was able to do in the era when women's tennis was taken over by Amazon women was credit to her ridiculous skill. Funny though, I never liked her on a personal level, but her game was brilliant.

 

Are all the mods on holiday ?

 

she is a cheater. I dont care for her at all. She cost Serena that 2003 french open by cheating, and those French pricks cheered her on.

 

Sent you a PM

 

though I am assured he is a fine gentleman of good breeding, I don't believe I've had the pleasure of Mr Decker's acquaintance and neither has Arsenal Football Club ;-)

 

If you wanna talk about football so bad, say something about football.

And Henin seems to be the Sergio Busquets of tennis.

 

she put her hand up and u think she cheated? u can't blame the loss for that, what a terrible scapegoat lol

she had the best female single handed backhand i have ever seen too

quality player

serena williams isn't exactly perfect herself



henin was much more talented but injuries killed her career sadly, same as hingis

 

that was Serena's first serve, the ump missed Henin putting her hand up and Serena hit it into the net because she didnt want to hit a player who called time.

The ump asked Henin if she put her hand up, and Henin stayed quiet to say that she didnt put her hand up.

Serena was up 4-2 and serving to go 5-2 up and that threw her off completely, along with the crowd being over the top for Henin.

and Henin admitted to cheating that day in an interview last year. So yes, Henin is a cheater and she had many other incidents of this too.

she had the best female single handed backhand i have ever seen too

Henin was more talented than Serena? nah, that crazy talk. Serena is the most talented tennis player ever. I stand by that statement.

Henin was a great competitor but she was a very dirty player. Comparing Serena abusing an ump (which isnt good) to Henin actually cheating is not a good comparison either.


and Hingis failed a drug test, iirc.

 

In football news, Mario Gotze seemed very excited during his recent vacation.

 

Rangers application to the Scottish 1st Divi needs a majority vote. It stands as 2 yes, 13 no, 14 undecided -2 abstentions. First to 15 wins.

UEFA has warned Wilshere for tweeting he had bet on a teammate to score. Wilshere said he was joking and had not placed the bet for the game. It was back in December.

 

Screw the tournaments. This looks like a winner to me.