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Sharpe
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| Labelling all his fans as being "rah-rah" is the same kind of ignorance which causes many people to label all England football fans as hooligans. |
Very true. Even if some are 'rah-rah' does it matter?
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AllModCons
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I couldn't care less if he was upper class, middle class or working class or whatever labels you wish to you use. The bottom line is I find him to be an overbearing, egotistical, dummy throwing fool. If he is the emodiment of what an athlete should be - scrawny, goofy and thoroughly devoid of personality then it is no wonder that tennis has been on the decline in this country.....
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catkin
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i do not particulaly like henman, nor do i dis like him. i do enjoy watching tennis if its on, and as i can see there is both english/british interest i may watch the game today if i find myself at a loose end.
btw, what time is it on? and what channel?
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yorkcity4eva
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gster
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| I couldn't care less if he was upper class, middle class or working class or whatever labels you wish to you use. The bottom line is I find him to be an overbearing, egotistical, dummy throwing fool. If he is the emodiment of what an athlete should be - scrawny, goofy and thoroughly devoid of personality then it is no wonder that tennis has been on the decline in this country..... |
Henman The Tosser?
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Herman the Tosser
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| I couldn't care less if he was upper class, middle class or working class or whatever labels you wish to you use. The bottom line is I find him to be an overbearing, egotistical, dummy throwing fool. If he is the emodiment of what an athlete should be - scrawny, goofy and thoroughly devoid of personality then it is no wonder that tennis has been on the decline in this country..... |
Henman The Tosser?
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Are YOU levelling all those accusations at Henman the Tosser?
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He is one of the more dangerous elements of our cultural malaise
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AcombDave
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Who said Henman was a bottler?
They was right
Henman lost 6-3, 4-6, 0-6,5-7
Tosser!
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yorkcity4eva
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He totally bottled it today:
6-3 played well
Then 4-2 up and lost 4-6
then played sh1t next and lost 0-6
was sh1t and went 0-3 down next.
Brought it back to 5-3 up and bottled it again and lost 7-5 |
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CTID
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| AcombDave wrote: |
Who said Henman was a bottler?
They was right
Henman lost 6-3, 4-6, 0-6,5-7
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Ah, but wait until Wimbledon. Then Darling Timothy will be splashed across the back pages once again and hailed as our nations Saviour who will once again attempt to battle to victory. Only the Independent will sagely point out that he's never won the damn thing (although still spend a few pages analysing what he has for breakfast etc).
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UkrainianPhil
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As I suspected, Henman is a loser.
Did you hear my hearty cheer when he lost?
It was loud enough!
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weareyork
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:34 am Post subject: |
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He totally bottled it today:
6-3 played well
Then 4-2 up and lost 4-6
then played sh1t next and lost 0-6
was sh1t and went 0-3 down next.
Brought it back to 5-3 up and bottled it again and lost 7-5 |
Or maybe he just lost to the best clay court player in the world. Coria has won 48 out of his last 50 clay court matches. That first set yesterday is the only set that Coria has lost all the way through the tournament. I don't think anybody has broke Coria's serve more times than Henman in this tournament. I'd say he did alright.
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He lost in four sets to the world number 3 who has lost only one of his last 50 games on clay. Bottler! 
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Pathetic Shark
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| He lost in four sets to the world number 3 who has lost only one of his last 50 games on clay. Bottler! |
As a one-off result you could say that he simply lost to the better player. However, his career history puts the result into the correct context. Bottler.
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AcombDave
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| He lost in four sets to the world number 3 who has lost only one of his last 50 games on clay. Bottler! |
Yes - HE LOST! VERY EASILY - I mean 6 - love in the Semi's of a grand slam event - that shows how far down the list he is.
But I still - as an Englishman - hope he wins Wimbledon (but will not be risking any money on him!)
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weareyork
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| HE LOST! VERY EASILY - I mean 6 - love in the Semi's of a grand slam event - that shows how far down the list he is. |
That means nothing. Germany lost 5-1 to England in their own back yard but they still did pretty well in the World Cup.
Just because you have ONE dodgy set against one of the best players in the world at the moment does not mean you are crap.
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yorkcity4eva
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ONE DODGY SET 
He lost 13 games in a row. |
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AcombDave
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| HE LOST! VERY EASILY - I mean 6 - love in the Semi's of a grand slam event - that shows how far down the list he is. |
That means nothing. Germany lost 5-1 to England in their own back yard but they still did pretty well in the World Cup.
Just because you have ONE dodgy set against one of the best players in the world at the moment does not mean you are crap.
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Don't put words in my mouth - show me where I said he was crap? I said it shows how far he is down the list - and as has been said by the previous poster 13 games in a row is a little bit more than one dodgy set.
And by your comparison re Germany, City beat Huddersfied at their gaff, but they went up and we went down -it is never wise to quote specifics because people will always disprove them (especially prats like me  )
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weareyork
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| HE LOST! VERY EASILY - I mean 6 - love in the Semi's of a grand slam event - that shows how far down the list he is. |
That means nothing. Germany lost 5-1 to England in their own back yard but they still did pretty well in the World Cup.
Just because you have ONE dodgy set against one of the best players in the world at the moment does not mean you are crap.
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Don't put words in my mouth - show me where I said he was crap? I said it shows how far he is down the list - and as has been said by the previous poster 13 games in a row is a little bit more than one dodgy set.
And by your comparison re Germany, City beat Huddersfied at their gaff, but they went up and we went down -it is never wise to quote specifics because people will always disprove them (especially prats like me )
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I suppose it depends how you look at it.
I prefer to look at it positively by noting that the score was 3-6 6-4 6-0 7-5. By looking at that he DID have one dodgy/shocking set and the other two he lost were quite close.
Re City Huddersfield, this may be some kind of Whooosh but surely this is the same as England Germany. One of the teams got beat and ended up proving that they aren't that bad after all.  
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AllModCons
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Henman's problem is the English obsession with glorious defeat, to quote Homer Simpson - it's loser talk. People see this performance as a success, sure he did well but is that all he's worth a few semi-finals, a would be champion? any sportsman worth his salt who plays at the top level has to strive to improve and never to be happy with second best. There is room for improvement everywhere. Henman's fans point to his Wimbledon record and the last French Open, do this cut any ice with the likes of Sampras, Agassi et al?
You may have noticed that I don't like the guy but he and his apologists seem to be happy with mediocrity, in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king........
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weareyork
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| People see this performance as a success......Henman's fans point to his Wimbledon record and the last French Open, do this cut any ice with the likes of Sampras, Agassi et al? |
I agree semi-finals, although good, should not be something that he and his fans should be content with. He should be more aggressive and really go for it rather than be happy with what he's achieved so far. This though, at the moment, only counts for Wimbledon because he has done well there and just can't get any further.
In the other Grand Slams he has struggled. But this year at the French, it was a huge improvement on his least favourite surface, and being knocked out by one of the greatest players on clay at the moment is nothing to be ashamed of.
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Kroy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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I think this thread should be renamed, 'Henman - Man or Wuss'.......
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Kroy
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:41 am Post subject: |
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Here's yer starter.
No matter what you think of the game of tennis, there are some fit birds.....with alot of 'love'!
Until Wimbledon, I shall mostly be drooling over:
Elena Dementieva
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CityTillIDie
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Back to normal then eh?!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3785429.stm
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DALEY MAYALL of YE PEST
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Until Wimbledon, I shall mostly be dribbling over:
Elena Dementieva |
Well I know you can't dribble at footy......Disgusting! 
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AcombDave
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Now who was it that beat Henman today?
Oh a certain chairman's wife (almost!)
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