Stop trying to read between every line looking for hidden agendas like a boogie man behind every corner. The "Healthy Bull undefeated" is obviously taken too far by some, but if there's anyone in history who deserves the benefit of the doubt, it's Nadal being able to win RG if he's 100%.
It is funny, as I just said that that post of yours is actually an exception to the rule with you, so what you are protesting is the last thing that you need to do in that case.
The problem with that is that no one is 100% all the time, so a drop of form is a natural occurrence even without injuries. Talking about potential results when a player is "100%" is as good an apologetic approach as "undefeated when healthy". The very suggestion that that is even possible is enough.
That should be obvious, it doesn't make me a Nadal "appologet." That's not a "revealing concept" of my personality, it's a pretty logical opinion (which you're free to disagree with, feel free to explain why you think Stan and Novak win RG 15/16 anyway if you want, I'm happy to have that conversation).
It is, unless you can point me at the grave condition that prevented Nadal from winning for
two whole years.
If you really believe Rafa just had a random drop in form, then fine. Believe whatever you want to believe. Not like he had broken legs for 2 years, but it's pretty well established that he started having physical problems in 2014 that he couldn't shake and that's what lead to the drop in form in 2015. It looked like he was starting to get past them but then his wrist issues worsened in 2016.
So, his "condition" magically disappeared in 2017 right in time to take advantage of Djokovic's drop of form?
Do you think Federer's 2013 was simply a drop in form? Novak's 2017? Their drops in form stemmed from physical issues that they tried to play through but just couldn't gain any traction.
I would like you to quote yourself posting about Federer missing to win Majors due to his woes just like you did with Nadal in that case. I am sure you won't, as that goes against the reason you post the one and not the other. That is the gist of it, your explanation could have made sense at least in theory, if you were consistent. I don't make claims about players "winning" Majors (although I could if I really wanted to) when they have a period of bad form.
That is excluding the fact that there are also other explanations about why a player can have a drop of form. For example in 2015 he didn't have any really bad losses, but it is very easy to chalk all up with the "injury" explanation. Almost all (if not all) of his losses were in the hands of quality opponents or opponents whose game was very suitable for the conditions.
He had 4 losses to Djokovic
3 losses to Fognini
1 loss to Federer
1 loss to Murray
1 loss to Brown on grass
1 loss to Nishi on slow HC
1 loss to Feli Lopez in the fast conditions in Cincy
1 loss to Verdasco
1 loss to Tsonga
1 loss to Berdych
2 losses to Wawa
The only really questionable losses were to Dolgopolov in Queen's in his first match there, and to Berrer at the very first match of the year in an insignificant tournament. Not out of the question that he both played those tournaments only to collect an appearance fee.
All other losses were to pretty solid players which were in form or simply bad matchup in particular conditions (Brown would be one such extreme example and Lopez would be another)
