Kieran
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federberg said:Broken_Shoelace said:federberg said:I took a mature approach. I was going to wait until after the French. Clearly we all have to go with the decline theory now. Does that mean it's over for him no. Frankly my caution was based on respect of Nadal as an all time great champion. For you to try to use that against me, or as a sign of bias doesn't make much sense to me.
But as to the question of whether he's been unlucky... I take the same view as I would a wealthy man who doesn't win the lottery. I don't see him as unlucky. We are what we are and do, he has been extremely successful doing what he does. If the flipside is that he gets injured more than his rivals, it's just the cost of doing business to me. Luck has very little to do with it. Certainly not with the dearth of specific facts we have to hand.
Actually, it's flat out disrespectful to one of the greatest tennis players of all time to deny his decline when his results had been so piss poor, and he's physically depreciated so much. You flat out said there is NO EVIDENCE. Sugar coat it all you want, that was a flat out asinine claim. It's one thing if you'd said his declining results were not enough evidence, but to say "no evidence" is nothing short of intelligence-insulting. The guy was getting injured more, moving like crap, and having super crappy results in which he couldn't buy a win in the second half of last year. You think it's respectful to say THAT was no evidence of a decline?
But please, keep trying to justify the indefensible. It's quite hilarious.
I'm sure you didn't think he was unlucky to freakishly hurt his back early in a slam final. Honestly, your posts about Nadal are an insult to any person with brain cells.
It shocks me that genuinely intelligent people agree with your take, too. It's becoming contagious.
Well then.. at least I'm not insulting you :lolz:
Rafa never comes back from layoffs and hits the ground running. He has clearly had enough time to get back to speed, something we've seen before. I'm not going to claim I watch Rafa closely enough and divine at what angle he picks his behind to figure out if he's still the same Rafa. Instead of wasting my time watching him (something I don't particularly enjoy doing), I let the results speak. They've spoken, I have conceded he is not playing at the same level as before, as I believe I mentioned somewhere after he lost for a 2nd time to Fog or Almagro I forget who, I said the evidence was building up, but I would still wait. It would only take one good match to spark him. Clearly it didn't happen, although I would add that it wasn't so much the loss to Novak, but the manner of the loss which decided it for me. Why would I waste my time sugar coating to you anyway? :nono
Gimme a break. You're still the same dishonest halfwit who, when Rafa had only been back a single week in 2013, said that he looked fine and couldn't use the layoff as an excuse. I usually try steer clear of personal insults here, but you lie so routinely, I'd be surprised if you ever stand up...