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2nd LET Invite for Spiranac

murphthemog said:
I cant watch Serena Williams either, whilst Venus, whilst playing worse tennis is just more watchable from not being a fat lump. It is probably me!

And i am no fan of Westwood or Daly either. It is hard to justify golf as a sport if the athletes involved look like darts players.

Oops, foot in mouth time again. Apparently darts is a sport now, rather than a pub game.
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Do you watch rugby? The front row forwards must drive you mad...

Can't believe you've compared Westwood to a darts player.
 
This is possibly one of the worst videos I have ever watched. No wonder comments are disabled on it...

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londonlewis said:
You're honest, I'll give you that!

There are quite a few on the PGA and European tours who don't fit into the 'fit' / 'good looking' categories though. Does it spoil your golf viewing?

Big Phil, Westwood, John Daly, Aphibarnrat (already covered in here) etc... And plenty of golfers that aren't exactly lookers but I won't mention them.

Or in football;
Tevez and Suarez aren't exactly handsome chaps but they are phenomenal players. I'm not sure why they need to be attractive to boost your enjoyment of the sport.

The record books don't have an asterix for looks!
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Peter Crouch once said that he wouldn't be married to Abbey Clancy if he had had to rely on his looks. :)

...it was cos of his caring, sharing, good humour...I think
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Peter Crouch once said that he wouldn't be married to Abbey Clancy if he had had to rely on his looks. :)

...it was cos of his caring, sharing, good humour...I think
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Maybe you censored it for the forum folk, but the question was actually "what would you be if you weren't a footballer?", and his answer was "a virgin".
 
FairwayDodger said:
Glad the LET can invite pretty gals for sad gits to perv over. Can't blame her for taking up invites but I wish she'd concentrate on earning a tour card on merit rather than depriving more deserving players a place in these events.
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Yeah, come on guys, you know it's not PC to notice a girl's looks nowadays. And you know that finding a girl attractive is now known as perving, especially if you are a bloke over 30, which is also a crime these days.
Hopefully the PC police will eventually stop us finding anyone remotely attractive and the human race will die out, which will have the added benefit of saving the planet. So it's win/win!
 
Sweep said:
Yeah, come on guys, you know it's not PC to notice a girl's looks nowadays. And you know that finding a girl attractive is now known as perving, especially if you are a bloke over 30, which is also a crime these days.
Hopefully the PC police will eventually stop us finding anyone remotely attractive and the human race will die out, which will have the added benefit of saving the planet. So it's win/win!
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Pathetic even by your dismal standards.
 
Sweep said:
Yeah, come on guys, you know it's not PC to notice a girl's looks nowadays. And you know that finding a girl attractive is now known as perving, especially if you are a bloke over 30, which is also a crime these days.
Hopefully the PC police will eventually stop us finding anyone remotely attractive and the human race will die out, which will have the added benefit of saving the planet. So it's win/win!
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😂 Brilliant.
Obviously we should just look at everyone the same regardless of looks & gender & then the world will be fine dandy & we can all live as one.
 
snell said:
She isn't a fat Lump at all

She is arguably the greatest athlete of all time

Just cos she isn't rail thin doesn't mean she is a fat Lump.
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I think she's a great tennis superstar.

But, if there can be any discussion of woods being now better than current players due to poor opposition Then im afraid the same can be levelled and Serena. Finals lasting an hour show how poor her competition has been at times. Or how good she is depending on perspective.
 
My wife has been to Wimbledon on quite a few occasions. Federer is a God there, Nadal brutal, ocd but excellent, Djokovik is just efficient. She hasn't seen Murray. In comparison the level of women's tennis is currently poor. Serena wins through sheer brutality and by others making mistakes. Most points are won through the opponent making a mistake, not a winner. Serena herself makes a large number of unforced errors,she just makes fewer than the opposition. It's a poor era in the women's game.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
My wife has been to Wimbledon on quite a few occasions. Federer is a God there, Nadal brutal, ocd but excellent, Djokovik is just efficient. She hasn't seen Murray. In comparison the level of women's tennis is currently poor. Serena wins through sheer brutality and by others making mistakes. Most points are won through the opponent making a mistake, not a winner. Serena herself makes a large number of unforced errors,she just makes fewer than the opposition. It's a poor era in the women's game.
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True as that may be, she has been winning for ages now tho so not every grand slam win is due to the opponent being poor
 
Lord Tyrion said:
My wife has been to Wimbledon on quite a few occasions. Federer is a God there, Nadal brutal, ocd but excellent, Djokovik is just efficient. She hasn't seen Murray. In comparison the level of women's tennis is currently poor. Serena wins through sheer brutality and by others making mistakes. Most points are won through the opponent making a mistake, not a winner. Serena herself makes a large number of unforced errors,she just makes fewer than the opposition. It's a poor era in the women's game.
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To her credit, when there were a few decent players she usually toppled them. Her touch is better than she gets credit for (think peter crouch). But I agree the overall quality is poor, henin used to be able to control her with skill.
 
snell said:
True as that may be, she has been winning for ages now tho so not every grand slam win is due to the opponent being poor
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Almost half her wins have been at the expense of her sister. I think that speaks volumes. That the two of them have generally simply over powered the women's game and then serena is the better of the two.
 
I think it is hard to judge how good she is, not entirely her fault. She can only beat those in front of her. Federer, Nadal, Murray, Djokovik for example have stretched each other, having regular 5 set thrillers. Plenty of others in the men's game can stretch the top players. Who is constantly stretching Serena? How many 3 set thrillers? How many 50 minute walkovers?
 
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