Wimbledon WC's

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Wimbledon WC's

DJ · County player

Doubt if anyone else was confused, Count.

wolf · Tennis legend

I can see Kasiri getting one. I wonder if Jonny Marray will be fit enough and firing by Wimbledon?

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

I'm going to stick up for Count here, natch is not a word I've ever come across and taken out of context I would've thought it was negative in meaning. However, I knew that Steven couldn't possibly say Baker doesn't deserve a wildcard so guessed that it was in fact a word with a positive meaning.

You learn something new everyday as they say and today I've learnt a new word. Hopefully 've learnt a couple of other more uni related things as well but I'll bet tis is the one that sticks in my mind longest!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Good point about Marray, Wolf, if he is fit again and has done well in his first few tournaments back then surely the lta can have no reason not to give him a wildcard, in fact isn't his situation one of the very reasons for wildcards in the first place?!

DJ · County player

Yes, I agree with imoen - good point, Wolf.

DJ · County player

imoen wrote:

I'm going to stick up for Count here, natch is not a word I've ever come across

It's obviously an old folk's word, which is why Count and you don't know it, natch - we should poll the other youngsters and see! Referring to yesterday's conversation, I'm quite surprised it's not a textese word; it seems such a natch for that.

-- Edited by DJ at 16:17, 2008-02-21

Count Zero · Tennis legend

a quick search seems to suggest it was used in a lot of comics from the 50's or so, which is well before my time.

i dont really use proper text speak, more just forum laziness on my part and bad typing skills.

i am glad i still count as a young'un, although as sheddie is normally quick to point out in tennis i would be regarded as a vet :)

oh and thanks Imo

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

Baker is a definate!

No to Bloomers and Boggo! they've had more than enough opportunities in the past!

I'd see how Goodall is performing nearer the time

My choices would be from Ward, Eaton, Seator, Slabba, Kasiri and Skupski. All very Hungry players that would do us proud im sure of it!

jezzauk · Lower Club Player

I think it'd do Boggo a lot of good to have to qualify, but then that means he definitely wont be at wimbledon the week before. Still an outside chance of him reaching the cut anyway wink

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Never heard of "Natch".

(26 years old by the way for the polls!)

Baker. Ward. Morgan Phillips. Smethurst. The Skupster.

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

It depends on their form between now and then but I think Bloomers and Boggo should be given another one as they can both win at this level. I know they have had WCs before, but I think it is important that young players in the UK see British players performing at Wimbledon. I'd much rather the majority of WCs used on players such as Bloomers and Boggo rather than Dent, Scud and Fish as long as the British WCs have a fair chance of winning a round or two or are up & coming youngsters.

On the Henman front wow.....to see Tim play another Wimbledon....not going to happen, but a dream. Maybe doubles, or mixed doubles would be great. Never gonna happen but hey.

steven · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:
however i think it would have been much easier for steven to have written 'yes' which takes far less effort and wouldnt have cause all this general confusion, perhaps he could bear that in mind ofr the future

Point taken! Though if I'd done that, you wouldn't all have had so much fun.

I never use it when speaking, and I don't think I've written it before, but I think it was probably used in one of the 2p (at the time) comics, like the Beano, that got bought for me in the '70s - probably a Dennis the Menace catchphrase (catchword?) or something like that.

I was just thinking the other day how annoying it is the way people seem to have resurrected it and started using it as if it is street-speak ... then I went and did it myself.

More evidence that my mind wasn't really on my post this morning is me missing Jonny M out of the list - as Bethan said, that's one of the reasons for having a WC system in the first place.

I also agree with Montana Doug, I'd rather see WCs given to Brits who would have a chance if they get a good draw, so I'd include Bloomers and Boggo if they're showing reasonable form by then.

jezzauk · Lower Club Player

jezzauk wrote:

I think it'd do Boggo a lot of good to have to qualify, but then that means he definitely wont be at wimbledon the week before. Still an outside chance of him reaching the cut anyway

Nottingham, i meant not at Nottingham the week before.

only injury will stop baker getting a wc and that would be awful.
Slabincky should have a good shot at getting one. Seator probably deserves one, i just hope he hasn't played abroad so much that no-one apart from us has heard of him!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

jezzauk wrote:

jezzauk wrote:

I think it'd do Boggo a lot of good to have to qualify, but then that means he definitely wont be at wimbledon the week before. Still an outside chance of him reaching the cut anyway

Nottingham, i meant not at Nottingham the week before.

only injury will stop baker getting a wc and that would be awful.
Slabincky should have a good shot at getting one. Seator probably deserves one, i just hope he hasn't played abroad so much that no-one apart from us has heard of him!

i figured you ment notts.

as for seator, i wouldnt worry about home or abroad. the coverage tennis gets here means that it doesnt matter where you play. i think the the majority of people wouldnt have heard of baker untill the dc tie, possibly the ao this year. and maybe they will just about recognise the name come wimby.
boggo got a bit more benefit of an unsual name and a lot more next henman stuff, when that didnt pan out, he became the lta bad boy :)