Re James, and RJA's point about the level of LTA support (and I don't know the actual answer), in the match I saw there were two NTC guys sitting to one side who clapped James from time to time but they were also watching Alex Jhun's match on the court behind, and clapping Alex as much if not more than James (coz there was more to clap ?).

There was one man who was sitting separately and was 100% for James, who I took at first to be James' father (about the right age) but, on reflection, he didn't look anything like him and spoke with a (Spanish?) accent and I then thought maybe it's his coach from Spain.

So I'm not sure but I'd agree that the NTC didn't seem too bothered.

I'm not sure if he's been injured, lost confidence, how he used to play, how he's playing now in comparison and definitely no idea as to what should be done - but, net net, it was the most disappointing of all the performances I saw, just extremely average. He seemed a nice kid and was trying hard and you couldn't fault him in that regard but there was just nothing to be really positive about (certainly not for someone ranked about WR 500).

Re Marcus, ktttt, I don;t agree that people shouldn't crticise because he's had such a good year. In fact, it's precisely because we all recognise that he's had an amazing year that people make the remarks. If he looked like that AND had had poor results, no one would bother commenting.
He's got great talent, hits a beautiful ball but (rather in the Dan Evans mould) people want him to up the ante and take his tennis really seriously to make the most of his talent before it's too late (which he's obviously doing to some extent but there's a LONG way to go).
And, yes, as I said before, he is a big-boned bloke (huge knees and calves) and, yes, better 'fat and fit' (to coin the phrase) than skinny and out of shape. But physique is a relatively easy thing to address and top level sport is very unforgiving.

Add: this post crossed with those above but there seems to be a consensus !