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OK, nobody interested in the tennis then, I'll start my own thread. Wimbers already started, rain and roof already deployed and Murray through his first test after a jittery start, but once he opened up Daniel was punished to the full. Murray on again today, rain allowances, hopefully another safe passage through to next round. If he keeps the heid maybe he can take out Nadal in the semi's, plenty of tennis before then though. Strawberry and cream.......yummy yummy.

Fantastic performance by Rory, broke plenty of records doing this, no, smashed plenty of records. He is too good a player and person to let that Masters meltdown get to him.

I'll take my same three shares please. I'm for Shane as our number one choice, localish lad comes good. I will pay the local debt collector when he/she makes themselves known to us.

What's with all the Duff bashing. I doubt he is as bad as some are making out. Yes he was taken to the cleaners a couple of times last season at RB, but he was not alone there as that wee Honduran sprinter tore him a new one. I beieve he is a better midfielder, more composed than some and less wasteful, unfortunately not always, but he does seem to get singled out for unfair criticism at times. Should we not be getting behind our players until we have sufficient evidence to shout them down. I'm thinking of the likes of Stratford who it became increasingly obvious that he was not the type of player we required in the engine room. We can all have off days, even weeks, but he deserves better than this from some of his own supporters surely. Duff is going to be one of the players that you either love or hate, no middle ground, a sort of balder Russell Duncan, it's going to be a long season for him, I hope he does well. Still, each to their own.

Looking good so far for young Rory. 10 shots clear after five holes, it could be a golfing masterclass.

Black and white and read all over.................

Young Rory making a great bid for the US Open after his disaster at Augusta, good on you loon. He has made a terrific start and is going well in the second round so far, -4 for today after thirteen holes, which puts him at -10 so far. Keep it going young man, and maybe this time there will be no

Good story scarlet.

Aye, in an ideal world that would be the bees knees ICT Paisley, unfortunately it's not always about us and other persons/clubs/fans come into play as well. What was that saying............You can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not please all of the people all of the time.

The contract is a two way deal, the players or more importantly the players agent have some input in this. A lot of players only do 1 year contracts with clubs of our ilk, it offers them the chance to move on when the time comes, or stay should that option be offered to them. We should be thankful that we get them signed at all on whatever contract. We are never going to be the big draw that some clubs are, we will always have to make the most of what we get and so far we seem to be doing ok on that. I get cheesed off every time I see someone post that why did we not offer more than one/two year deals etc. It's a big world out there and life is not always that simple, live with it or jump ship.

or 6ft 1in depending on which website you look at.

1.88m

So what happened

And he could possibly start at Annan or Dunfermline Athletic, where he could earn a move on to Rapid Vienna with his fast growing reputation...............

What's the EPL, is that the Elgin Pub League

Interesting signing, he has played well against us before.

Well, he managed to squeeze through, just, but he will have to up his game to continue in the tournament and keep his childish tantrums in check.

The whole thing

I watched it when I got home from 5-0 down in the first set. Murray will never win a slam with that attitude he displayed for half of this match. As soon as he focused on the tennis he was on top again. He is a pain in the arse when he shows his petulance and It's about time the commentators stopped making excuses for him and told is as it is. He needs a good slap round the head from Judy to straighten him out, what a dummy spitter he must have been when he was young, were the toys ever in the pram? However, it was an enthralling match with the game so finely balanced that mistakes were punished by both players. Both players played some marvellous strokes but Murray certainly had the edge once he got over himself. The problem for Murray now is that he is a known slow starter and Troicki looked tired at the end of the fourth set. With Murray easing his ankle in, it may be Troicki that now has the better chance to progress, we'll see. The more aggressive style adopted by Murray could bail him out if he goes for it and looks for winners, but if he waits for it to happen with his typically passive play then he will be on his way home methinks. Still, he did well to control his temper after smashing two racquet's, what a dick, he should have lost the second set for that. The semi-final is looming for either player as Chela is not fancied to trouble either player so focus on the tennis Murray and give yer gob a break, oh, and send me some racquets instead of smashing them in public.

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Nasty looking ankle job for Murray but he managed to run it off. He will be sore today though. At least he has a legitimate excuse if he falls short again. It actually improved his game when he wanted to make the rallies shorter, he fairly bashed away some big winners and playing like that was more entertaining than watching him play cat and mouse tennis.

Thought I had entered the quote, cut'n paste world championships for a second. OK guys call it a draw and lets get back on track, point scoring has finished.

Andy Murray in action just now against Bolelli, just started and one game all in first set. Murray not got to grips with the Italian yet. All these big games are live on BBC sport website, uk only I guess. Baltacha also playing just now, she is one break up, leading 4-3 in first set.

Well done donald, you're through to the next round 100% of me said aye.

Here we go again, clay court season is upon us. Nadal would have to be one of the big favourites, but Djokovic is the man on form just now, he is playing the best tennis of his life at the mo, although Andy Murray ran him close in Madrid. 37 straight wins and 7 titles for Djokovic is good practice for this tournament. Muray on court sometime today................or maybe tomorrow?