henman won the paris masters and loads of other titles

you may as well say holland and spain have always failed cos they've never won the only world tournament

may as well say they've been as successful as albania

Posted By: SCC 28 on June 24th 2010 at 13:19:26

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Why does Henman get to sit with the champions? (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:00:55
- he's on the wimbledon committee (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:01:31
  - Why? (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 24, 13:03:03
    - Not exactly "shit"... (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Jun 24, 13:04:17
      - I was being sarcastic - very, very good footballers are routinely (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 24, 13:09:56
      - a very good player imo (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:05:56
    - no actually (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:04:04
      - Who (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 24, 13:10:23
      - And was in the top 10 world rankings for years, and top 5 for a bit (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:07:44
        
        He reached 4 actually. (n/m) (Other Sports) - mike_the_sphinx, Jun 24, 13:16:24
        
        Which would appear to be within the top 5 (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:28:40
        
        Not only does it appear to, it is actually. (Other Sports) - mike_the_sphinx, Jun 24, 13:36:50
        
        I'll take that! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:38:47
        
        greatest achievement imo was making the semis of the french (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:12:17
        
        That really annoyed me (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jun 24, 13:24:25
        
        i didn't see a lot of that tbh (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:25:44
        
        For me he should have won Wimbledon when he lost to that Croat bloke who won (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:13:35
        
        yeah a pity no roof in those days (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:14:36
  - Aha, I thought success had been downgraded to making the semis (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:02:47
    - that is success for british tennis (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:05:06
      - We've not been good but I'm not sure we should recognise a level as being successful when (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:08:07
        
        you are telling me it's failure to be the top 10 (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:13:50
        
        No, but to be a fully fledged 'success' I think you need to win a major tournament in your (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:16:23
        
        henman won the paris masters and loads of other titles (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:19:26
        
        He never won one of the big four though (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:22:18
        
        who was getting carried away? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:24:36
        
        No I didn't (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:27:12
        
        shouldn't be rewarded how?! (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:29:25
        
        If Murray doesn't win a major then he shouldn't recieve anything higher than an MBE (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:31:14
        
        i'm sure he's really bothered about that! (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:32:57
        
        I've not said he's bothered about it, it just seems like some people would rush to give (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:34:58
        
        yeah was epic (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:35:32
        
        Frank Bruno got one for being shit. (n/m) (Other Sports) - tudders, Jun 24, 13:32:47
        
        wasn't he world champion? (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:33:31
        
        I'm not sure that we should treat top 5 ranked players the same as players ranked 2,547th (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:09:33
        
        Agreed, but the objective is to have players winning major tournaments (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:11:11
        
        no it isn't! (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:16:17
        
        I'm not saying that we should have 3 or 4 players capable of winning major tournaments (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:18:51
        
        in the last 5 years only 4 players have won a slam (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:21:47
        
        That's not what I'm saying if you care to read my posts (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:24:10
        
        you've said a lot of shit (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:27:41
        
        Calm down soft lad (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:29:50
        
        No, I've voiced my opinion which you happen to have disagreed with (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:29:44
        
        just informing you you're talking shit (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:31:50
        
        Except he's not... (Other Sports) - Fierce Panda, Jun 24, 13:37:36
        
        not at all (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:41:18
        
        Sprinkling the odd "lol" in doesn't hide the fact that you're seething (n/m) (Other Sports) - Fierce Panda, Jun 24, 13:42:48
        
        yes i'm the one going on and on and on (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:45:51
        
        *grunt* *bang* *serve* *ace* (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:48:21
        
        Which does not mean that you treat regular semi-finalists as if they had never got beyond (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:14:11
        
        and losing to federer, sampras and hewitt (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:17:11
        
        I'm not saying group them all together as failures (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:20:46
        
        you talk shit (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:22:16
        
        It's just an opinion, sorry that we have differing views on success (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:23:21
        
        which is probably why we don't win enough in sport (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:26:45
        
        Not at all, I just believe in fair recognition and reward (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:28:32
        
        what reward? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:30:17
        
        MBE's, courts named after them etc (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:32:20
        
        MBEs get dished out to people who've achieved far, far less than Henman (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 24, 13:39:51
    - Yebut that is success for "plucky Brits" (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Jun 24, 13:03:55
      - I guess, on that basis Murray will be knighted by the time he's 30 (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:05:19
        
        no (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:07:01
        
        Not yet, when he wins a big one (which he will) yes but not yet (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jun 24, 13:08:50
        
        no definite he'll win a slam (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:23:43

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