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Happy days.
Strawberries and cream anyone?
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pokerjoke
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Totally I've never known a top sportsman quit so easily.He has been saying all week his hip is OK and not effecting his tennis today when the pressure was ramped up he folded like a pack of cards.
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Because Murray lost ? Bit harsh
His injury clearly caught up with and he just had nothing left and could hardly walk towards the end
Guess GB will now look towards the Australian/Hungarian
Pin-seeker
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Does this mean that he's back to being Scottish again for another 12 months?
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Pin-seeker
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I'm sorry but Konta isn't British.
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Bit harsh that someone doesn't like Murray but it's ok to make a comment on Konta's parents and birthplace, she's a British citizen and has been since 2012.
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Deleted member 16999
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Of course she is, same as you, me and any other British citizen.
Not for me.
does she and others such as KP and Farah bring pride and good feeling to the uk, certainly.
For me though, sports people should represent their country of birth or that of their parents.
Doesnt make her any less a citizen. I'd rather watch England continually fail at world cups than go down Germanys route for example.
sawtooth
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Irrelevant how you and me or anyone else thinks about it, she's British, end of.
Sports people are the ones in the media we here about, thousands become British Citizens every year, to say they are not British is bordering on racism and is the attitude that causes some of the issues in our society today.
what a difference a word makes. My response was meant to start with "she's".
I fully accept she and the others I mentioned are British by law and accept that rule without precudice.
But just like most of us (football fans) love a local lad come good. I don't think it's wrong or racist at all to prefer home grown talent over people that have gained citizenship.
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Didn't say prefering one over the other is racist, saying they are not British is bordering on it and an awful attitude, (didn't say you were racist), I'm not commenting again on this thread as it deflects from the Tennis,
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Pin-seeker
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No it's not bordering on being racist at all Paul.
I just think it makes a mockery of it.
She arrived here when she was only 14 (2005), OK she was born in Australia but she's been here since she was a child and as such received British Citizenship 7 years later (2012), as such she's British.
I think she's earned her stripes by now, it's hardly a 5 minute decision like some you read about.
Im not doubting her right to be considered a Brit. But by the time I was 14 I was already well into sport and had chosen my allegiances. My opinion of sport stars who swap nationalities is that it's done as much for convenience and career prospects as it is a devotion to the country they represent.
I still want her her to do well as she is a Brit. But I'd always have preferred henman to win over Rusedski.
Rooter
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I read she swapped as Tennis Australia stopped her funding..
Who cares though, she is a Brit now and i hope she goes on and wins it!!
Pin-seeker
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Personally I just don't see how she is British.
It's the system thats wrong imo.
But good luck to her.
As for someone to start saying it's borderline racism is just pathetic.
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Slab
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Not worth stressing about guys, I didn't think any of the players were representing their countries at Wimbledon, first and foremost they are there for themselves, their families and their 'team'. Representing a country might make top 5
I would doubt that lad yesterday sat in the dressing room afterwards saying to himself "I'm the first (male) player from the US to do xyz" its just a common media angle to sell their press
I would doubt that lad yesterday sat in the dressing room afterwards saying to himself "I'm the first (male) player from the US to do xyz" its just a common media angle to sell their press
PhilTheFragger
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She is British, end of discussion, can we please also stop the banding around of words like racist and racism as they are really not necessary on this thread
Thank you
She is British, end of discussion, can we please also stop the banding around of words like racist and racism as they are really not necessary on this thread
Thank you
