thankyou for that incorrect definition of also ran

here's a correct one so you can get it right in the future

al?so-ran
[awl-soh-ran] Show IPA
?noun
1.
Sports .
a.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
b.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on June 24th 2011 at 22:34:28

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Great. Can we go straight to the bit where he (Other Sports) - Higher Wrather, Jun 24, 21:53:58
- Just curious why (Other Sports) - loz, Jun 24, 21:55:49
  - Dont hate him, but he's pretty average and doesnt justify (Other Sports) - Higher Wrather, Jun 24, 22:03:23
    - Not sure being consistently in the top 4 in the World at something deserves 'average'... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jun 24, 22:05:45
    - average wtf?! (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:05:45
    - he's 4th in the world! that's a bit better than average (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:05:22
  - i dont hate him at all (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 21:57:59
    - He is just a tad too tentative at times (Other Sports) - loz, Jun 24, 22:00:09
      - not fussed what nationality wins it really (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 22:04:01
      - we do? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:02:15
        
        I'm not sure I care what nationality the winner is (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:02:56
        
        i wasnt bothered when timmy was rocking the tennis world (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 22:06:58
        
        when did he do that? (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:08:35
        
        in all my born days i have never knowingly met a tennis fan (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 22:14:20
        
        fuck me, a F1 fan approached me to talk about British racetracks (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:19:14
        
        just the 6 grand slam semis (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:10:14
        
        Greg was better, with 15 titles and a Slam Final (n/m) (Other Sports) - Vivid Data Shark, Jun 24, 22:51:15
        
        i'd disagree as he only had 1 good season (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:58:50
        
        so no wins in Grand slams then? (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:10:58
        
        how can a top seed not play a tournament lol (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:14:16
        
        *top ranked then (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:17:57
        
        also rans aren't consistent slam semi finalists (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:22:09
        
        Holland are also-rans yes (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:25:15
        
        no (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:25:43
        
        6 semi finals in a 10+ year career isn't really consistency is it? (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:25:00
        
        of course it's consistency (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:28:49
        
        He had a good career but just wasn't good enough to beat the best when it mattered. (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:33:26
        
        can't disagree with much of that (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:36:57
        
        no one said he was shit, just that he was an also ran. Which he was (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:30:25
        
        also ran (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:31:58
        
        Depends how you judge success. He was successful in makin the most of his also-ran ability (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:34:40
        
        talentless ability wtf? (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:35:17
        
        "Talentless ability"? Don't think I said that! (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:36:49
        
        an also ran has little talent (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:38:57
        
        I know where he was ranked. Winning 1 tournament per year is a bit of an also ran (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:41:14
        
        no he was a top 10 player (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:44:03
        
        not even that - 11 in a 16-year career (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:42:34
        
        16 ROLF (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:44:45
        
        well early to mids (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:46:44
        
        "Not challenging" = also-ran. Case closed. (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:46:27
        
        agreed, end of debate. Good to see we're all agreed on this now (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:47:51
        
        if he didn't challange he wouldn't have won 11 titles (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:47:38
        
        He was a one-trick serve-volley pony. (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:49:12
        
        yeah that's why he made the last 4 of the french (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:50:39
        
        That was a one=off fluke and he probably did it serve-volleying! (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:54:18
        
        here you are (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:40:42
        
        thankyou for that incorrect definition of also ran (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:34:28
        
        well he won or nearly won very often (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:36:23
        
        11 tourney wins in a 12-year career is "rarely winning" hope this helps (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:40:53
        
        i said winning or nearly winning (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:43:19
        
        Very up and down rankings-wise during his best seasons. Erratic. (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:47:42
        
        no he wasn't (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:52:27
        
        i think i'll become a tennis pro (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:33:24
        
        What do you do? Are you a professional wrather?! (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:35:49
        
        yep pro wrather (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:37:19
        
        you should definitely consider the tennis route then. Sounds conc lucrative. (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:39:03
        
        too old now (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:40:59
        
        Fed's still doing alright! (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 24, 22:48:09
        
        he's still 29 (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 23:03:32
        
        you need to learn how to whack the fucker hard though (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 22:34:53
        
        i should step in here.... (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 22:21:53
        
        it's true, but outside the UK he created no interest at all (n/m) (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:24:00
        
        what sort of interest? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 22:31:01
        
        it does irk me somewhat (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 22:28:17
        
        here is is doing what he did best (Other Sports) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 24, 22:28:14
- when he retires he could work for tefal (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jun 24, 21:55:38

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