And so another unassuming thread goes south
Orikoru
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As if we're going to believe that drip Henman. Obviously told to stick up for him. Also he doesn't even deny that he said it??
Dan2501
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Obviously it does happen yeah. I just mean generally I think you should have a connection to the country to play for them. As in being born there, or have a parent (or maybe grandparent) from there. Or if you going to do it on citizenship grounds I think you need to have moved here as a very young child, i.e. you have grown up in the country and spent the vast majority of your life there. Konta's claim having moved here at 14 is very tenuous to me. Just like Diego Costa's claim for Spain which I thought was a joke when it happened really.
The rules were a bit different back in Puskas and Di Stefano times to be fair. They basically played for Spain purely because they were at Madrid I think.That was before the rules about having played competitive internationals meaning you can't switch.
Oh yeah I don't disagree, I'm not keen on people just arbitrarily deciding to represent a country they have no ties to, but I was just disputing your point that it doesn't happen in football when it quite clearly does
Orikoru
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Yeah I mean, I was being tongue in cheek because of how people relate everything to football. But there are at least rules to it, like not having played a competitive game for your original country. Rather than tennis, cricket etc where you can seemingly just move somewhere and start playing for them before very long.Oh yeah I don't disagree, I'm not keen on people just arbitrarily deciding to represent a country they have no ties to, but I was just disputing your point that it doesn't happen in football when it quite clearly does
Not sure football has much to do in terms of comparison but on the back of the Aljaz Bedene case it can be a minefield
https://lastwordontennis.com/2018/01/13/aljaz-bedene-forced-switch-nationality/
https://lastwordontennis.com/2018/01/13/aljaz-bedene-forced-switch-nationality/
Dan2501
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As much as people like to talk about it, most of the England cricketers born in another country (most notably South Africa) have pretty strong ties to England, not many examples without. Guys like Trott, Pietersen, Prior, and more recently Eoin Morgan and Jofra Archer all have an English parent and British passports.
pokerjoke
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Someone has got to beat Serena Williams she doesn’t even move
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Oh 10/10 for that one!
My wife was at Wimbledon on Saturday on Court 1. She said it was comical how Williams doesn't move. She pretty much stands in one place and drills the ball. She places it well but if anyone returns the ball out of arms reach she is done for. Unfortunately the quality of the opposition is so poor that she can get away with it. Womens tennis is in a poor state right now.
MegaSteve
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Serena showing all of her multi multi championship winning form this evening... The absolute class of those on court... Even a good deal of her athleticism to be seen...
I am not a big fan of hers but can't deny she is hugely talented...
Slime
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Agreed, I just wish someone would put a gag on her, it's just ridiculous.
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USER1999
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She is also huge. The larger athlete shall we say.
Slime
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I don't know whether you're allowed to call her huge, in this day and age ................................ I know I don't.
I just call her easy to see.
AmandaJR
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I was just saying today how difficult can it be to just get the ball over the net a few paces away from her and she's done. It can only be they can't cope with the weight of her shot but just dab it back, hit a defensive lob...make her run and she's out of breath and cheating to get it back - like suddenly needing to change raquet. I don't get it but they must all know and still can't beat her.
Crazyface
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Agreed
Crazyface
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Spend as much as possible in the first set getting her to run into the net with drop shots to sap her obviously non existent energy levels and she'll be done. Unfortunately most of the women now clout the ball back like the men and the subtleties of the tennis game have long gone. Serena will win again this year having not played for ages. Sad.
MegaSteve
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Seeing the obvious is the easy bit...
Executing it often proves a tad more difficult...
Big_G
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Didn't think the guy was picking on her, I thought he was confronting the elephant in the room in a very polite manner
Should he have just asked her if she thought she had choked again under pressure like she did in Paris?
Konta looked like a rabbit in the headlights, against a lower ranked player again.
Should journalists not be allowed to ask probing questions?
Wolf
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Completely agree, I actually think Konta has had a shocker there in the interview like in the match. The guy asked her a very valid question in a polite manner to address the issue she has when it comes to the big matches.
Then just like in big matches instead of being able to stand up to pressure she crumbled and let the emotion of it get to her.
Those are the questions I want to hear and should be asked
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