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Post Info TOPIC: Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone I - GBR v Ukraine 6-8 March 2009


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RE: Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone I - GBR v Ukraine 6-8 March 2009


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steven wrote:

Stakh says again that he's very happy that neither Boggo nor Bloomers are in the team.



There's an element on truth in that I guess, but it what he has to say really to try and make the team that has been selected feel worse about themselves.

 



I don't know, I think it would be more likely to fire them up to try and wipe the smirk off his face.

 



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Bloody typical of Murray, he demanded that the tie take place in Jockland and he then pulls out with a virus!!

The venue wasn't even half full and the majority of spectators were young kids on a freebie and German footballers (Gerryhatricks) The Scottish public were too bloody tight to pay £25 for a ticket, bring it back down to England.

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Oh dear....it was a sellout today...ie no tickets left....some chose not to come for whatever reason. Tomorrow is also a sellout.

Maybe Shush should Shush-up and get your facts right...the arena was very full.

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While we didn't win, sadly, I very much enjoyed both matches. Especially watching Josh play as we seldom get a chance to see him unless we can travel to the challenger events. Both him and Chris gave it a good shot and didn't embarass themselves at all.

I know you have to win matches, but I still had an enjoyable afternoons tennis.

Josh seems to get so close, but can't quite manage to be consistent enough. Chris does rise to the big occasions, but I wonder why him can't do better in the Futures and Challenger events.

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Yes, it was good to see Josh in action properly and we can't really complain about the effort the two of them put in. Chris got about as much as could be expected out of his match with Stakh, i.e. a set, and Josh played with a lot of fight at times, especially on the first few match points.

The problem with Josh is that he let himself get behind early in two of the sets - as someone on TV said, he only really seemed to play well when he was a long way behind, which even he said was odd for him. The less said about the end of 2nd set t/b horror show (the one time when he really was in front) the better, of course.

What yesterday did show was how unfairly Boggo has been treated over the years - he's got closer in DC matches Josh did yesterday against players ranked far higher, yet Josh is lauded for putting in a good effort (and fair enough, it was), while Alex is always thrown to the wolves when he loses even when he's played much better.

Of course, Josh did give a much. much better presser than Boggo ever has by the sounds of it, and hopefully his ability to analyse what went wrong means he'll come out and give a more effective display against Stakh, though of course Stakh is too good for that to be enough, and it might be a dead rubber by then anyway. One glimmer of hope - if we can somehow edge the doubles, Stakh's going to be aware that it's not impossible that Eaton could beat Marchenko and the pressure's all going to be on him.

What's really annoying (and it's certainly not Josh or Chris's fault) is that we have at least two players who could realistically have taken out Marchenko and they weren't even allowed to have a go in the playoffs.

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Drew, calm down and dont be a silly boy.

I could have purchased tickets on the day if I required but would prefer not to travel too Jockland, my choice, ok daft lad.

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Im calm...and can also spell its 'Scotland' not jockland and try and be positive and back team gb. Negative posters should stick to bbc 606.

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Commentators: "John Lloyd couldn't have done more."

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Belgium are 2-0 up on Poland. If they win then we will play Poland at home.

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Hey Drew, were you competing at Tipton in the Futures qualies?

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Jamie's thoughts on being left out off the DC squad!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/26/jamie-andy-murray-davis-cup-britain-omission-john-lloyd

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Poor old JL, even getting criticised for the one good decision he made!

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i like Jamie's confidence on the team tho - 'well as soon as andy was out i was glad i wasn't in it as we would have lost anyway' cheers Jamie.



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steven wrote:

Poor old JL, even getting criticised for the one good decision he made!



True, i actually think the recent poor form was also coupled with the way Jamie played against Austria, he was abysmal

 Not that id say that on AM.com - i'd get lynched!



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Count Zero wrote:
i like Jamie's confidence on the team tho - 'well as soon as andy was out i was glad i wasn't in it as we would have lost anyway' cheers Jamie.


You weren't the only one who noticed that comment ...

 



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