CAMELOT FANTASIES

I don't care how many spins others put on this.


it is NOT a crises of confidence. you are 1 of the 2-3 greatest players ever lived and you have a winning record against 100% of the top 30 players. and you are in your prime.

and you have owned some players for a decade. like ferru, almagro, and verdasco for example.

they could not beat him in the past even when he was limping around.



and now you are going to believe that he has confidence issues against these players.


horse ****. nobody who knows and understands the sport will buy that.


he is not consistent and he is not fit. and he continues to make terrible decisions. for one thing he simply refuses to put in the very hard yards required to dominate the sport. both on the practice courts and on the fitness front.

that is why the dramatic drop in rankings which is about to get worse.

this is not rocket science. tony himself said that rafa is not consistent anymore.


his other coach---roig--- said that rafa has always won in the past even with the injuries. and now he has none and he is not winning.


uncle tony really cant say publicly or even privately that rafa is not working hard enough.

rafa calls all the shots. rafa is going to do things his way.


he lost some drive and his relentless hunger to win a while back. and then 3 other factors took away some more focus:


1. he has too many outside interests which take away his valuable time. the tennis academy and golf could have waited 2 years. soon he will have $400 million and 50 years to do nothing but mess around on the golf courses and tennis academies. there was no need for all that poker either. precious time thrown away for the sake of money. slams are worth far more money and also bring him closer to the record. he has a contract with poker stars.

2. he is a global superstar of the highest order so there is immense demand for his time and he almost always gives in

3. injuries further slowed him down


but the good news is that he is now 100% healthy.



so now he is faced with a decision which he has still not made. he has to completely rededicate himself to the sport or face the prospects of dropping out of top 20 at the current rate.

can he turn this around in the short run? I doubt it but there is such a thing as luck in the sport.

he needs matches. he should have taken a wild card to Casablanca but chose instead to continue with fairly relaxed practice sessions with his close friend monaco.

that was a bad decision. he should have never gone to Miami and taken a wild card to Casablanca.

and practiced with 3-4 hitting partners 6 hours a day on the red clay prior to Casablanca.


rafa said it was too short a turnaround from Miami to monte carlo.


he never should have never gone to Miami with RG about to slip away from him.

and he risked injury on those hard courts prior to the single most important clay season of his career.



I am not happy with him but he is my player in this life and the next.



and with that said, only he has the right to decide what he wants.


it is his life and his career.

he could look to roger and serena for motivation. I hope that can re-ignite his fire from within.

Quote from: thetruth on April 11, 2015, 07:50:30 pm

Rafa Nadal Draw In ‪#‎Monte_Carlo‬ !!
R1_ Bye
R2_ Dominic Thiem
R3_ John Isner
QF_ David Ferrer
SF_ Novak Djocovic
F_ Roger Federer
‪#‎Good_Luck_Our_Rafa‬ !

this is a tough draw for Rafa. he needs a title to restore some confidence and some momentum.

if we don't get this then we will just have to go after Barcelona title. and then perhaps with a little bit of luck we can snag the rome title.


we will just have to see. a lot has to go right and we need a little bit of luck.


and certainly no more injuries this season. he has had enough of them to last several lifetimes.




and once this clay season and grass season is over he needs to make a decision to practice a little more on clay bring that ground game back.


clay is the wellspring from which he flows. clay is the only thing that can revive him and his game.


and he has to start doing more with fitness. there is a reason why djokovic and Federer are doing so well and why they never get hurt.


ferru is 33 now and fitter than he has ever been. he is working on his fitness 7 days a week.

General, Lady TT, if an athlete stays very fit, enjoys the sport, and has burning desire to excel, they can play into their 40's. It's been proven many times, even in some of the world's toughest sports.

Darrell Green - Washington's Hall of Fame cornerback, kickoff & punt returns, one of the fastest football players to play in the NFL:

Green catches the quick Tony Dorsett


17 years later, Darrell Green still the fastest man on the team at 40 years old.


Respectfully,
masterclass