Welshmen yesterday, a Scotsman today, a Kenyan in the cycling and now for South Africa to win the Ashes.
All celebrated by the English - it's like the Empire never ended.
Welshmen yesterday, a Scotsman today, a Kenyan in the cycling and now for South Africa to win the Ashes.
All celebrated by the English - it's like the Empire never ended.
Welshmen yesterday, a Scotsman today, a Kenyan in the cycling and now for South Africa to win the Ashes.
All celebrated by the English - it's like the Empire never ended.
Salmond too. I'm sure it was pure coincidence that he did this behind Cameron!Cameron using Murray as a political tool.
Cameron is a political tool.
Salmond too.
Adrian Durham thinks it's the greatest ever sporting achievement by a Brit.
Possibly as a one off, but others have had better careers. Murray could change that.Adrian Durham thinks it's the greatest ever sporting achievement by a Brit.
Salmond too. I'm sure it was pure coincidence that he did this behind Cameron!
It's a problem throughout all sports DT, not just tennis. Despite the level of grassroots funding increasing since the Olympics for the vsast majority of sports, the effects of this are not being seen to filter through to encourage more involvement in sports. It's a huge, huge gripe of mine (seeing as I witness first hand the same issues in table tennis coaching) and a major flaw in the grassroots coaching of all sports. There is not enough funding available to fund dedicated coaches for every reasonably large club. Funding a child in sport, buying equipment and coaching hours etc, is unbelievably expensive and the state of sport in this country will not change if coaching is not subsidised.What I like is that he went to Spain to get the coaching. The L.T.A. is a disgrace. It's like Andy won in and has stuck two fingers up, he won it despite them. This is now the time to get coaches into schools and have more public tennis courts, but the L.T.A. won't do that. Why don't they make it easier for kids to play tennis not more elitist.
Wiggins was knighted for his achievement. Seems absurd though. Especially when they are still competing in their sports.Aye, well done for winning it, but shit like being knighted? Massive overreaction. No-one will care when the footy season starts.
Ok, I'll bite. Independence campaigner, Scottish flag, British PM. Pure coincidence!Scottish man wins Wimbledon and First Minister of Scotland waves Scotland flag. I for one am outraged.
I can't believe their pushing for knighthood already. Oh well good luck to him.
I'm not even sure about CBE/OBE. He won 2 titles I think so he's the same as Hoy or Redgrave? he is not even close to Giggs! Today's scene and the PM's crib is too much you'd think he one the war .I know, its too much too soon, he's only 26 ffs, but people tend to be living in the now. Realistically he should get a CBE/OBE or something, and save the knighthood for when his career ends to celebrate his whole career. At this rate he'll end up as King Andy Murray.
I'm not even sure about CBE/OBE. He won 2 titles I think so he's the same as Hoy or Redgrave? he is not even close to Giggs! Today's scene and the PM's crib is too much you'd think he one the war .
Pressure is due to the media so that's not the other athletes fault. I'm not belittling his achievements - I'm only saying not yet.
Being in a team sport is not a main condition I think. He is still performing at the highest level so that too is an inspiration.It's a completely different situation though. Britain has been starved of success in tennis for generation upon generation now, despite it being a world renowned sport with it's most prestigious event being held in Britain.
Hoy and Wiggins have been successful but they're two of many different successful British cyclists and it's a sport where Britain haven't really been properly starved of success.
The Giggs comparison is ridiculous too. Giggs has won more titles, but he's in a team sport. Take him out of our team and we'd still have won most of the trophies we have in Fergie's era, despite his undoubted ability as a player. Murray's been on his own for top British players in tennis and winning a GS on your own in a competitive era is a much more difficult task than being in a winning side. The impact Murray will have on the future of British tennis cannot be underestimated either.
OK pressure by whom? Personal pressure is expected from any person who wants to achieve something. What's happens to the next british kid who wins Wimbledon? Oh sorry mate you got to wait X amount of time.what's that got to do with anything? The pressure is on him, more so than others, that's what matters.
Being in a team sport is not a main condition I think. He is still performing at the highest level so that too is an inspiration.
And he's not really on his own though is he. He plays on his own but he's got a whole team to condition him and a hot babe to get his mojo going when he needs it. You want to impress me solo... do what Ellen MacArthur did for example.
Like I said I'm not denying him any accolades but a knighthood is a big jump imo.
That made me laugh with youAye, well done for winning it, but shit like being knighted? Massive overreaction. No-one will care when the footy season starts.
Not sure of the conspiracy there.Ok, I'll bite. Independence campaigner, Scottish flag, British PM. Pure coincidence!
Great user name, Waldner. Now there was a player who should be given a knighthood.A knighthood is the pinnacle of recognition for anyone. They've been handed out to anyone and their dog recently - they should be reserved for only those most deserving of them. To hand one out to Andy Murray, as good as he is, just because he's won a tournament (because lets face it, that's all Wimbledon is) would be a total farce. There are so many people more deserving of both a knighthood and the PM's media interviews.
He's a hero in Sweden I think, I'd imagine he got the equivalent over there. Or will do in time.Great user name, Waldner. Now there was a player who should be given a knighthood.
Just my personal opinion of course. Tennis just seems like a 2 week summer hobby in the UK.That made me laugh with you
A knighthood is the pinnacle of recognition for anyone. They've been handed out to anyone and their dog recently - they should be reserved for only those most deserving of them. To hand one out to Andy Murray, as good as he is, just because he's won a tournament (because lets face it, that's all Wimbledon is) would be a total farce. There are so many people more deserving of both a knighthood and the PM's media interviews.
Why though? He's not the best in the world, he's literally won one tournament of note for the British public (ok, there's the Olympics too). Give him one at the end of his career, fine. Let him become the type of success you should be to receive a knighthood first! But for Cameron to come out with 'I can't think of anyone more deserving of a knighthood' is fecking abysmal. It's an insult to everyone who has dedicated their lives to helping others or their profession, and for that to come from the current PM... well, it's disgraceful.If knighthoods are to be given for sporting achievements, then I think Andy Murray deserves one as much as anyone else who's had one. People mention Giggs, but I think people are underestimating what Murray's Wimbledon win means for the majority of the country. Giggs's achievements are well recognised by football fans, but for lots of people, he is just some figure who they know to be revered for a decorated career they haven't followed. Where Murray is concerned, his victory was embraced by the whole of the country (or as close to it as you can get through sport). Winning Wimbledon after all this time is just about the biggest thing a British sportsperson could have done.