CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Clay Death on November 11, 2014, 01:08:26 pm

the news is not good. I am worried to death.


his back continues to cause problems. I don't think he will be really ready until the clay season.


he also will not stop playing and practicing on the bloody hard courts.



I would have cut back a little by now anyway.

I agree. I don't see him being ready in Australia. There's just not enough time, but he can't just play the clay court season, so what's he supposed to do? It's just messed up if you ask me.

This year was a horrible tennis year for me. It started in Oz when the back went out in the final. Wimbledon, and missing the entire US hard court season. It's amazing that he was able to win The French, but I am eternally grateful for that.

The bad thing is that if he plays the hard court season, does he still win The French? I'm don't know.

My view of 2014 is a dismal one at best. The entire season was beset with weirdness.

Although Stan is a good player, he lacks consistency and believe. He also is showing himself to be an iffy winner.

Novak was distracted the middle part of the year with the baby and the wedding, but he sure came back good.

Andy? I'm starting to scratch my head on him. I'm hoping it was the tiredness, doubt, and emotional pressure. I'll wait to see what 2015 holds for him.

Dmitrov made a breakthrough, but some of the young guns such as Coric, Kyrgios, and Thiem looked hungrier and more confident. Raonic did his best, but outside of the serve, there's a lot of holes in his game.

I have to give the Shining Star to Federer for putting 2013 out of his mind, but don't think it was wise to play as much as he did. What a sad end to the year. I'm glad it's over.

right now what is happening is what I predicted would happen over 5 years ago and you can ask general masterclass.


as a matter of fact I predicted this longer than 5 years ago.


for the sake of trying his hand for greater dominance on the hard courts, he would ultimately lose his effectiveness and his domination of the sport.

and he would lose his game. that has happened.


yes we can blame the injuries and the bad luck but he is running 1/2 way to make them happen.

100% of his injuries have happened on the hard courts. he and uncle tony have said countless times that they would cut back a little bit from the hard courts and make some adjustments but they never do.

I can tell you this now lady TT and general masterclass would agree with me:


if he doesn't cut back from the hard court activity now, his career is over. it wont be long that he will drop out of top 10 at the height of his prime.

I am not happy with him. he, not uncle tony, makes most of the decisions. rafa is his own man and does things his own way.


he is an all time great and one of the greatest to ever lift the racquet. his records cannot even be approached, let alone broken.

but he could have been far greater with some adjustments and better focus on his game and his fitness.

he let some of his fitness go which dropped his physicality.

hard courts did the rest. now his game is not as effective. he is even more terrified than ever to go to the net. he is afraid to hit his backhands.

his return has nearly vanished as you saw at Wimbledon.

he has a lot of work to do and now the damn back issue is resurfacing.

I don't know why he had to go to china with an ailing wrist that was not 100%. and then he failed to return promptly to Mallorca to seek treatment for his latest issue.

they have 34-40 year old players out there who are more fit than rafa now and they are also winning titles.

rafa did not need to let this happen in his prime.

I am his greatest fan ever so that is never going to change but I am not happy with him.