Here's another convoluted, longwinded & pointless article from Bodo about Federer:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/36123274/ns/sports-tennis/
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/36123274/ns/sports-tennis/
Rodge was out on clay court practicing today. Not a day off. He was into clay before he played Berd.
He is going to win FO and doesnt even need to beat Rafa
This isn't that bad of an article and he may turn out right.However I still think Bozo writes like a TW poster or something not a real sportswriter but he's getting paid to do it so who cares.
Bodo translation = "Federer sucks but he'll be ready for the slams." Same old Bodo.
Bodo translation = "Federer sucks but he'll be ready for the slams." Same old Bodo.
Lol you're not serious right...?
What makes someone post an article for people to read if he thinks it's not worth reading?
I posted this article because I thought some of you would be interested in reading it and being amused by more half-baked, vintage Bodo.
It’s not that I have anything against Bodo, or expect him to write like David Foster Wallace (*see link*), but the article is both pointless and poorly-written for someone who is supposedly one of the premier tennis journalists in the world (see passage below). Bodo is the Ted Robinson of tennis writing, causing me to wonder, “How did he get that job?”
Here, Bodo has been predicting Federer’s demise for years now, so he has to have it both ways:
“When it comes to blown opportunities, players have memories like elephants, although the best ones, like Federer, are excellent at suppressing them. But there's no real remedy for history. Federer's best strategy will be to do what he's always done best: pull away from his opponent with an extra gear that's lately been unavailable.
Of course, Federer is aware of this. But his main concern of the moment is finding his form. He said of last night's error-prone performance: ‘I fought as much as I could. My game has issues at the moment, I'm definitely lacking timing. I don't know where that comes from.’ ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?pagewanted=all
Lol you're not serious right...?
Us 'TW' posters are allowed to write like that though. We don't get payed for it and most of the time the posters write to annoy others; called trolling.
I like Bodo. He brings something different to the fray. All the cookie cutter nonsense is annoying.
BOdo is a cookie cutter writer!!
applaud all for posting links to articles or quotes on this blog. it makes it more informative and interesting.I posted this article because I thought some of you would be interested in reading it and being amused by more half-baked, vintage Bodo.
It’s not that I have anything against Bodo, or expect him to write like David Foster Wallace (*see link*), but the article is both pointless and poorly-written for someone who is supposedly one of the premier tennis journalists in the world (see passage below). Bodo is the Ted Robinson of tennis writing, causing me to wonder, “How did he get that job?”
Here, Bodo has been predicting Federer’s demise for years now, so he has to have it both ways:
“When it comes to blown opportunities, players have memories like elephants, although the best ones, like Federer, are excellent at suppressing them. But there's no real remedy for history. Federer's best strategy will be to do what he's always done best: pull away from his opponent with an extra gear that's lately been unavailable.
Of course, Federer is aware of this. But his main concern of the moment is finding his form. He said of last night's error-prone performance: ‘I fought as much as I could. My game has issues at the moment, I'm definitely lacking timing. I don't know where that comes from.’ ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?pagewanted=all
applaud all for posting links to articles or quotes on this blog. it makes it more informative and interesting.
Is there something wrong with this writer? Maybe he really do not like Federer.
Thanks for sharing the article with us though.
No, he's not. He doesn't follow the crowd at all. He always offers something different. If he said what people wanted him to say all the time, he'd be ineffective. Nor, would he get people talking about him. That's why he gets paid. Writing is a creative process, you can't be effective following the crowd and spouting the same old regurgitated thoughts ad nauseum. Anyway, the more differences of opinions, the more people grow. At the least it allows them to strengthen their own argument. The everything has to go the same way, majority rule thing is dumb.
I've seen worse from this writer.
Its simply that 1) Fed doesn't put as much mental or physical investment into the Master's tournaments like he used to and, 2) his biggest strength is his ability to find his form in best of 5 and overcome a bad set or two, whereas there is less room for error in best of 3.
I disagree. I know enough about writing for columns to make my own judgement.
Good that you feel the way you feel. I dont share the same opinion. I dont find his writings to be any different from what i have seen from others.
Everybody is capable of making their own judgment, but people act like everybody has to like Fed. Bodo isn't that young, he's got a few years under his tennis belt. He's seen more players than Fed. If he's not overly impressed with what he's seen that's no reason for people to attack him. Fed is a good player, but he's not the god people want everyone to be in agreement with. I just think it would be a boring world if everyone followed the same program.