Andy Murray



Deano said:
Looks like he's announced the end of his career.

Greatest British sportsman ever? It's a yes from me.
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No. He'll be regarded as one of the best, but not the best ever.

What is extremely sad is that his career has been cut short by a seriously awful injury. You have to listen to your body, even when you want to carry on.
Lizzie Yarnold has wrecked her body for her country doing The Skeleton. She'll have wanted to carry on but you only get one body and if you want to enjoy your retirement, you need to be able to do so without being in constant pain.

Poor Andy is in chronic pain, even now. It's probably time to hang up the racket. As horribly hard as that will be.
 
Boot Cleaner said:
What he has achieved in arguably the greatest era of tennis is nothing short of phenomenal. We even won a Davis cup FFS. Greatest British tennis player ever.

I don't get the hate. Top bloke,survived Dunblane, does loads for charity's and doesn't take himself seriously.

Hopefully he can get through it to a Wimbledon farewell.
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Exactly this. Truly staggering what he has achieved up against arguably the three greatest tennis players of all time (including arguably the greatest sportsman of all time).
Phil Taylor? Lennox Lewis? People need to give their heads a shake.
 
Deano said:
Looks like he's announced the end of his career.

Greatest British sportsman ever? It's a yes from me.
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He is for me. Achieved so much, in a sport we're so historically shit at, having to make sacrifices as a kid (going abroad) as we didn't have the facilities.

Won three grand slams, two gold medals, David Cup, World Number 1. All in the era that probably the greatest player ever has played, and two others who are right there at the very top.

He'd be my number one, personally. Redgrave is up there, but he done it in a sport we are always class at. Murray was on his own and carried the sport in this country for 10 years or so.
 
Kent_Mackem said:
No from me too.


Difficult to choose who is though. Sort of people I'm thinking:

Steve Redgrave
Alastair Cook
Daley Thompson
Chris Hoy
Lee Cattermole
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Paula Radcliffe (if we're allowed sports women too)
Steve Cram
Sebastian Coe
Nick Faldo

I'm sure I'll have missed other obvious contenders.
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Billy Hardy
 
Jasper said:
I really like the bloke me. Relatively open and honest for a modern day athlete, cracking sense of humour and a brilliant tennis player.
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Me too, doesn't feel the need to 'turn it on' in front of the camera - just seems like a normal bloke who happens to be one of the best tennis players in the best era of tennis history.
 
Morny said:
He is for me. Achieved so much, in a sport we're so historically shit at, having to make sacrifices as a kid (going abroad) as we didn't have the facilities.

Won three grand slams, two gold medals, David Cup, World Number 1. All in the era that probably the greatest player ever has played, and two others who are right there at the very top.

He'd be my number one, personally. Redgrave is up there, but he done it in a sport we are always class at. Murray was on his own and carried the sport in this country for 10 years or so.
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If he'd won as many grand slams as say Nadal or Djokovic he'd be in with a shout........Murray doesn't even make the top 10 all time mens players.
 

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