Nico, of course we disagree, and people often criticise both each other's posts and positions taken by the authorities on various issues. All permissible and often very illuminating. And it's quite a lot of fun, sometimes, seeing how positions change over time!

But as philwrig has said above, I think people are generally quite averse to statements like "there really are no excuses," made without full awareness of circumstances and with a tone that implies that we, who are, let's face it, generally just tennis fans, can somehow sit in judgement on a player who has accomplished as much as Ms Robson.

That's before we get to the content of the supposition, which is that a player returning from such a long lay-off "should" improve markedly and rapidly. We clearly disagree on that. There are points to debate, and you're entitled to your opinion, too - and to express it! But if we're going to debate, it helps if we all keep the tone respectful, whatever the content.