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Bionic Poster
He'll probably be the last remaining great player to play the game for quite some time. He could break the Slam record or not. The fact is that when Djokovic retires there will probably be nobody who could have a real shot at breaking the Slam record for a really long time (because of how prohibitive the record will be even if it stands at 17). Djokovic is the only player to have a legit shot at Federer now. That means that the next player who could even think about winning as many as 18 Slams (or more, depends on how many Djokovic ends his career with, unless Federer doesn't win more than 17 that is) will start from scratch and if Djokovic doesn't do it (personally I think he'll come close but he'll just run out of time) then nobody will for a very long time. It will take someone even more special than Federer combined with a weak field for an extended period of time for someone to even think about breaking the Slam record.
My point is - since this whole forum has an incredibly strong GOAT foundation (GOAT this, GOAT that, GOAT on slow hard court, who's the GOAT in Masters etc.) once the last contender in Djokovic retires what are people going to talk about here? By the time Djokovic retires there won't be any active GOAT contenders to talk about so how will this poor forum survive? I mean you can't go any higher/deeper than to discuss about who's the greatest of all time? Will this forum have to lower its "high standards"?
My point is - since this whole forum has an incredibly strong GOAT foundation (GOAT this, GOAT that, GOAT on slow hard court, who's the GOAT in Masters etc.) once the last contender in Djokovic retires what are people going to talk about here? By the time Djokovic retires there won't be any active GOAT contenders to talk about so how will this poor forum survive? I mean you can't go any higher/deeper than to discuss about who's the greatest of all time? Will this forum have to lower its "high standards"?
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