Clearly rubbish?
He's number 3 in the world for fuck's sake, only behind the two greatest players of all time.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:20, archived)

He is a great player already
I really resent the way the press pile pressure on him to win though, he is still really young.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:22, archived)

He's not Tim Henman.
He's much, much more consistent. Grass isn't even his best surface (he's much better on hardcourts).

He doesn't mind the pressure, and as they've said on the punditry plenty of times, we always hoped Tim Henman would win but we never actually believed he would, where as Andy Murray we believe he should rather than just hope.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:24, archived)

I'm not sure it's them piling on the pressure
they just talk about his ability and previous performance. You may get headlines such as "Come on Murray" etc but isn't that just showing support (which if they didn't they'd get letters to the editor)
( magnum, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:24, archived)

Perhaps Murray was a bad example,
I don't like the way the media like to build people up just to tear them down again.

But it sells, so we are stuck with it.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:26, archived)

I think it's because the British almost feels slighted if someone we've been nice to doesn't deliver.

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:29, archived)

I wasn't talking about murray specifically
Or at all really. He's doing very well. More about the team sports.
( crazyjude is very happy with happytoast and his skill, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:23, archived)

We're very good at paralympic sports (like the wheelchair basketball and blind football)
as well as emerging women's sports.

We're not exactly bad at football, rugby or hockey.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:25, archived)

Emerging women's sports sounds exciting
"Over there, near the hedge."
"Two points to Mr Magnum. Spotted the lady emerging from the hedge. Pulling up knickers bonus. Magnum leads 9 points to 3, second round"
( magnum, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:27, archived)

I believe indeed we won the womens cricket
and the 20 20.
( crazyjude is very happy with happytoast and his skill, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:29, archived)