whats that supposed to meanMatthew said:Enlightening
Improve his serve for starters.
Are you a fortune teller?Phil said:In short, it ain't gonna happen.
its meant to be constructivePhil said:Get some guts, stop making excuses, acquire the will to win even when the chips are down, get a year free of injuries, somehow find a spine, get 8 or 10 years knocked off his age...etc. In short, it ain't gonna happen.
well done fedssKlippy said:Hello Henmainia
For a start, I reckon Henman is very unlucky. He has been so close to winning a slam so many times. Personally, I think he is also a very tough opponent for Federer. He is a great talent with a beautiful serve volley game and definitely deserves a slam. I think Henman should improve his mental toughness/ will to win.
Klippy,
Are you a fortune teller?
HeNmAiNiA said:its meant to be constructive
not rude
he has gutsPhil said:That WAS constructive. It's the hard truth, and if you can't accept it, Henmaheroworship, then tough luck, mate. His best opportunities to win Wimbledon are gone. He's had a nice career, but without a major, there'll always be questions about his guts.
Klippy said:Hello Henmainia
For a start, I reckon Henman is very unlucky. He has been so close to winning a slam so many times. Personally, I think he is also a very tough opponent for Federer. He is a great talent with a beautiful serve volley game and definitely deserves a slam. I think Henman should improve his mental toughness/ will to win.
Klippy,
Are you a fortune teller?
eyedropper said:As far as I can remember Tim has never made it to a Slam Final...
"So close many times" would apply to a lot of players who eventually won slams or never won one, but I would not put Henman in that category.
i agree totally.............Klippy said:Yes, but look. He has been VERY close to making a slam final. At the French, he made it to the s/f and had a very tough draw against Coria which he, by the way, lost in a five setter. Then there was the five setter against Fedz in the US 2004. He's had tough draws, but hell, he's a champ. His on-court demanour should be an example to everyone. He is a very polite and sweet guy and is a great tennis player. He has been a top ten player for very long and deserves a lot of credit.
Klippy said:Yes, but look. He has been VERY close to making a slam final. At the French, he made it to the s/f and had a very tough draw against Coria which he, by the way, lost in a five setter. Then there was the five setter against Fedz in the US 2004. He's had tough draws, but hell, he's a champ. His on-court demanour should be an example to everyone. He is a very polite and sweet guy and is a great tennis player. He has been a top ten player for very long and deserves a lot of credit.
Klippy said:Yes, but look. He has been VERY close to making a slam final. At the French, he made it to the s/f and had a very tough draw against Coria which he, by the way, lost in a five setter. Then there was the five setter against Fedz in the US 2004. He's had tough draws, but hell, he's a champ. His on-court demanour should be an example to everyone. He is a very polite and sweet guy and is a great tennis player. He has been a top ten player for very long and deserves a lot of credit.
um....excuse me. dude get the right stats mate. He accidently hit the ball kid in the head.Phil said:Wow, "close to making a slam final"-that ought to be worth something...maybe the AELTC should award him, like, HALF a Wimbledon title-but then, who they gonna take a half title AWAY from-all those players who have actually WON IT.
And this one cracks me up: "His on-court demanour (sic) should be an example to everyone." Does "Get off your arse and get me a coke!" ring a bell for you? How about being disqualified from Wimbledon for smacking a ball kid? His abuse of the poor little ball boys and girls is reprehensible. He's a phoney nice guy-and that LAME "fist pump" has got to go. And the nickname "Tiger"-at least SOME Brits have a sense of irony regarding their Tiger...
But I must say, I've stolen his "Get off your arse and get me a (fill in the blank)" line and used it any number of times. You wimpy Brits will go to any lengths to put this guy on a pedestool, 'cause he's all you've got, but you're REALLY grasping for straws here...Tim's done. I've always liked his game, but his lack of intestinal fortitude right when he needs it most has become an annual event.
HeNmAiNiA said:um....excuse me. dude get the right stats mate. He accidently hit the ball kid in the head.
and besides ur a lesbian and nonone likes u on this forum. im proud to be a brit unlike u your not proud of anything....loseerrrrrrr
Phil said:And with the amount of money he earns, you would think he'd have some dental work done...
Phil said:Wow, "close to making a slam final"-that ought to be worth something...maybe the AELTC should award him, like, HALF a Wimbledon title-but then, who they gonna take a half title AWAY from-all those players who have actually WON IT.
And this one cracks me up: "His on-court demanour (sic) should be an example to everyone." Does "Get off your arse and get me a coke!" ring a bell for you? How about being disqualified from Wimbledon for smacking a ball kid? His abuse of the poor little ball boys and girls is reprehensible. He's a phoney nice guy-and that LAME "fist pump" has got to go. And the nickname "Tiger"-at least SOME Brits have a sense of irony regarding their Tiger...
But I must say, I've stolen his "Get off your arse and get me a (fill in the blank)" line and used it any number of times. You wimpy Brits will go to any lengths to put this guy on a pedestool, 'cause he's all you've got, but you're REALLY grasping for straws here...Tim's done. I've always liked his game, but his lack of intestinal fortitude right when he needs it most has become an annual event.
i agree not with the first but where you said that phil dude is an underprivleged soul. You dont go saying stuff about people that is rude when u dont even know the guy. and you bagging off brits thats just sad.vantagepoint said:Henman has no problem with guts. His serve is a little thin. His backhand is not powerful enough or consistent enough. Injuries have come in to affect him. If anything, he has shown considerable tenacity in advancing to semis of Majors being as relatively fragile as he is - a condition that is probably not basically altered by weight training or, let's say, chest-thumping like that practised by Message Board freaks ('phreaks'?) like the one calling himself Phil. What an annoying underpriveledged soul, that....
Phil, please rip this guy apart like you used to do to me until i learnedHeNmAiNiA said:i agree not with the first but where you said that phil dude is an underprivleged soul. You dont go saying stuff about people that is rude when u dont even know the guy. and you bagging off brits thats just sad.
get a life