Ask Stan the Man how to be a .... Man?

Haha. Okay maybe that's enough for today.
just you wait until nadal gets hold of him in rome.

See, I am perfectly willing to give Nadal credit where credit is due. And I am still sure Nadal is the man to beat on clay regardless. 
nadal took home everything last year. he is also ranked #1.
I cant see this any other emma darlig: the guy is just not working hard enough.
this is his earliest exit from monte carlo in 11 years. he was not this bad even as a kid.
he let everything go after winning as much as he did. and then the damn back went out.
now he is behind the curve. he still had about 15 days on his hands after losing early in indian wells. he chose to
**** around for those 15 days instead of going home to get on the clay.
net result of that was he had to stand on the street outside today and watch 2 guys that he owns fight for the title.
and did i mention that both stan and fed are also older than him.
I know nadal was having some back issues still in indian wells. that is all the reason he needed to go home and get on the soft clay.
he did not need the few cheap points in miami and he also did not need to be decimated by nole in the final.
that does not help his confidence any going into the most important part of his season.
at the rate nadal is going and with the way he is going about this, it wont be long before he loses his rank anyway.
nadal's ground game is in absolute shambles. 44 unforced errors in just 2 short sets against ferru tells the real story. he is playing this game from about 200 miles behind the baseline from his forehand corner like he is scared or something.
scared of hitting backhands. scared to going after the ball.
well your entire game is disrupted if you choose to play that way.
nadal is still going to win RG because he is very hard to beat in a best of 5 sets match but he might end up losing a lot of points if he does not capture Barcelona, rome, and Madrid.
I know he will eventually get going but this senseless bloodshed could have been avoided. he needed to show them very early on that he was still the man to beat on the red clay.
this was a perfect opportunity to beat ferru, wawrinka, and fed in succession.
his 2013 should have been the springboard for more success in 2014.