[sawan66278]

I think a little perspective is necessary here. Rafa IS an all-court player. What makes an all-court player? A player who is successful on all surfaces. If we define being an all-court player as having won a slam on a particular surface, than Roger Federer himself would not be an all-court player. Preposterous.

Rafa, like MANY champions before him, has yet to win a slam on hard courts. Does this mean he never will? Not necessarily. Take Boris Becker. The man made the finals of the U.S. Open all of one time. And he won the title. He suffered MANY early defeats, and yet, is still seen as an excellent all court player. Agassi entered exactly how many slams? And exactly how many first round defeats did he suffer? He has eight slams, and suffered many first round defeats.

Rafa just happens to be competing, at the age of 21 no less, with the most dominant force in the history of the men's game. Expectations are unrealistically raised...he is not the Captain of the U.S.S. Egoprise...but what he is a three-time French Champion, a two-time Wimbledon finalist, and a player who has reached at least the quarters of both hard court slams...including two semis at the indoor Masters Cup. If these results (along with titles on hard court and indoor surfaces...not just clay) do not make an all-court player, I don't know what does.

Rafa will be fine. He will tweak his game...and he will have shots to win slams on other surfaces. Oh yea of little faith, begone. His real fans were there at the beginning, will enjoy the ups and downs of the middle, and be there at the end.

Rafa is Don Clayhote...the dragons he faces is the non-clay court slam...we Rafa fans are his loyal sidekicks, his Sanchos...and we shall continue to sing:

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

 

[Byrd]

Difference with Rafa and Becker/Agassi is their games are more atuned to faster surfaces and are more likely to win a US open/Oz. Nadal won't makes the changes, otherwise he would of already done that instead of standing 3m behind the baseline.

The twat that wrote the article will be singing until she/he is laid to rest, grade A douche.

 

[l_mac]

I think a little perspective is necessary here. Rafa IS an all-court player. What makes an all-court player? A player who is successful on all surfaces. If we define being an all-court player as having won a slam on a particular surface, than Roger Federer himself would not be an all-court player. Preposterous.

Rafa, like MANY champions before him, has yet to win a slam on hard courts. Does this mean he never will? Not necessarily. Take Boris Becker. The man made the finals of the U.S. Open all of one time. And he won the title. He suffered MANY early defeats, and yet, is still seen as an excellent all court player. Agassi entered exactly how many slams? And exactly how many first round defeats did he suffer? He has eight slams, and suffered many first round defeats.

Rafa just happens to be competing, at the age of 21 no less, with the most dominant force in the history of the men's game. Expectations are unrealistically raised...he is not the Captain of the U.S.S. Egoprise...but what he is a three-time French Champion, a two-time Wimbledon finalist, and a player who has reached at least the quarters of both hard court slams...including two semis at the indoor Masters Cup. If these results (along with titles on hard court and indoor surfaces...not just clay) do not make an all-court player, I don't know what does.

Rafa will be fine. He will tweak his game...and he will have shots to win slams on other surfaces. Oh yea of little faith, begone. His real fans were there at the beginning, will enjoy the ups and downs of the middle, and be there at the end.

Rafa is Don Clayhote...the dragons he faces is the non-clay court slam...we Rafa fans are his loyal sidekicks, his Sanchos...and we shall continue to sing:

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

If this is really a post aimed at Rafa fans, it might be better posted in his forum here. :shrug: I don't see any Rafa fans jumping ship.

But this will be a great thread for the haters to jump in on and proclaim him a moonballing, cheating pig They're kind of short on those threads today.

 

[FitDave]

He sucks

 

[Rogiman]

Congrats, Sawan, I see you made it to Wertheim's mailbag

Sohaib Awan of Philadelphia writes: "We know Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bears an uncanny resemblance to Muhammad Ali. So, I thought I would help Jo with a poem who can use, in Ali style:

Onto the finals, and who shall I meet?
00 Ego or the Master of Cheat?
If it's Roger, the one the fans all adore, I'll crush that slice backhand, and show him the door.
Mirka will text all her friends the truth, Tsonga is here; Roger's dominance went "poof".
And that record of Pete's you wanted to tame?
Jo Will's now the master, it is mine now to gain.
And what of the Serbian sensation, so young?
Ball bouncing and fake injuries only get you so far, my son.
As I raise the trophy for the world to see, A new order is established: away with the three.
I am a just ruler, I'll give you some tourneys.
But when it comes to the slams, only Jo Will shall be earnin'

 

[The Pro]

god i hate poetry

 

[sawan66278]

Congrats, Sawan, I see you made it to Wertheim's mailbag

Thanks, Rogiman...but I actually didn't submit it...methinks it was my wife. Anyway, I thought your ability to restrain yourself from running naked at work was funnier.

 

[alelysafina]

:lol: :lol: Do you even know what a sancho is??

 

[JediFed]

Why'd that other thread get locked?

It was amazing.

 

[sawan66278]

Jedifed, I didn't get to congratulate on the changes to the poem. I guess mine could be seen as version 1, and yours version 2 (and your use of language was superlative). And you'll appreciate this: mine is like Star Wars circa 1976 and your is like Star Wars: the Special Edition.

 

[calvinhobbes]

:lol: :lol: Do you even know what a sancho is??

Good question. Rafatards can´t be called Sanchos. When Don Quichote (or clayhote, for that matter) was preparing himself to attack the windmills, Sancho´s role was to warn him of the great risk he was about to take, and by all means he tried to discourage his Señor from that fool adventure.Rafatards are bandwagoning his Señor Don Nadal and encourage him to every fool attempt to win points at no matter what physical and psychological cost . . . . . . :devil::devil:

 

[JediFed]

Mate, it was fun to work on. Thank you sawan.

Do what you will with the 'revised' version. It's your poem.

 

[Fed=ATPTourkilla]

The guy is just mediocre on hardcourts and no more. He needs to sort his serve out and think up a new tactic. "Always serve to the backhand, then moonball to the backhand" just isn't going to get the job done. You saw Fat Dave mince up those ridiculous cross-court moonballs and the rest of the tour has him figured out as well.

 

[Corey Feldman]

sAWAN :worship:

what a legend :lol: