Topic: Ye Olde Castle - Vol.8 - Without Music, Life Would Be A Mistake...

[Freak3yman84]

Suicide Tennis looks interesting and doesn't take too much time, I'll give it a try
FITD, hmm, I'll respond to Sir Dylan.

Respectfully,
masterclass

I'm here 

[masterclass]

John played 1 FITD tournament. Can I have your feedback, John? 

Hi Sir Dylan.  I have mixed feelings about FITD.
You have to spend quite a bit of time up front, but then you don't worry about it afterwards, so a minus and a plus.
Problem is if one of your key players goes out earlier than expected, you are pretty much out of it.

I think I would like it better if it would be modified to a round by round selection or maybe every other round to allow one to regroup in case of upsets or whatever.  But I realize it doesn't work like that.  Oh well.   I'll give it another shot I guess.

Respectfully,
masterclass

[EnriqueIG8]

Greetings Sir Javier!  Thanks, still struggling a bit but doing what I can.
Which games are you talking about Javi?

Respectfully,
masterclass

you'll get better eventually John!

Suicide Tennis & Fill in the Draw, it only takes away 1 or 2 minutes of your time every week.


Suicide Tennis, you have to pick a player every day. If the player you pick loses, you are out (you can only pick a particulair player once during the tournament)
http://www.tennis4you.com/forum/index.php?board=53.0

Fill In The Draw, you have to make a draw for the tournament and hope you have the most right picks.
http://www.tennis4you.com/forum/index.php?board=51.0

it will test your knowledge John, and it's good fun too. CD, Dunc and all others are playing as well!

Suicide Tennis looks interesting and doesn't take too much time, I'll give it a try
FITD, hmm, I'll respond to Sir Dylan.

Respectfully,
masterclass

thanks mate, we will kick off on monday. make sure to read the rules before you start! you don't want to pick Nadal on tuesday already 

as for your comments about FITD, yeah that's the charm of the game. you can either pick a surprise winner and if he indeed wins it's almost guarenteed that you win. but if he loses it's almost certain that you will lose too.
I don't think this game works if you get to pick the players round by round. that will make it way too close between other contestants. it's all about predicting a draw, Sir John. And that's a thing where you normally are pretty good at.

[Freak3yman84]

Hi Sir Dylan.  I have mixed feelings about FITD.
You have to spend quite a bit of time up front, but then you don't worry about it afterwards, so a minus and a plus.
Problem is if one of your key players goes out earlier than expected, you are pretty much out of it.

I think I would like it better if it would be modified to a round by round selection or maybe every other round to allow one to regroup in case of upsets or whatever.  But I realize it doesn't work like that.  Oh well.   I'll give it another shot I guess.

Respectfully,
masterclass

I see where you're coming from... My thinking is that, sometimes we are all busy at least 1 day of the week. SO if you're really busy one day, you might not have time for a game where you have to make a pick every day. For FITD, if you have an extra 5 minutes, you can just play and be done with it. It may seem like more, but it isn't.

If you played, it'd mean a lot! 

[masterclass]

general mc i think the knee is becoming a dangerous issue for him because he refuses to listen to his own body and also refuses to learn.
 
he should have figured this out in 2009 when he got his ass handed to him by a nobody at RG and then also had to pull out of wimbledon.
 
he played and won more matches on hard courts than anybody alive on the tour in 2008 like a damn fool. all the while doing untold damage to his knees.
and then he gave his all for that 2009 australian open title.
 
that was the time to stop right there and give the knees a break. like greedy lunatic he ran to rotterdam and had to finish the final against muray on 1 leg. you will recall that he lost the last set 6-0.
 
as a matter of fact that was his 5th time that his body was telling him start minimizing match play and practice on hard courts.
 
he went on to have his people install him an indoor hard court in mallorca.
 
so who the hell is going to feel sorry for him. i think he is damn fool.

Not to make excuses for him, but I think maybe there was a lot of pressure on him to play when he was not even 75%.  I'm not entirely sure about  the Uncle Toni relationship.  But sometimes it looks like Rafa would rather be doing something else than tennis.  Seems like the joy he once had playing is not all there.   

One has to wonder what may have happened to Nadal if in 2009 he had hired Gebhard Phil-Gritsch, Thomas Muster's old trainer/fitness coach instead of Novak Djokovic hiring him in April of 2009.  I have to think it might have been a different story from Toni Nadal's handling of Rafa.  But it didn't happen, and instead Novak Djokovic has Gebhard in his corner, and Nole appears to be the fittest player on the planet now, while Rafa is struggling to return to the game.

Respectfully,
masterclass

[masterclass]

Hi Sir Dylan.  I have mixed feelings about FITD.
You have to spend quite a bit of time up front, but then you don't worry about it afterwards, so a minus and a plus.
Problem is if one of your key players goes out earlier than expected, you are pretty much out of it.

I think I would like it better if it would be modified to a round by round selection or maybe every other round to allow one to regroup in case of upsets or whatever.  But I realize it doesn't work like that.  Oh well.   I'll give it another shot I guess.

Respectfully,
masterclass

I see where you're coming from... My thinking is that, sometimes we are all busy at least 1 day of the week. SO if you're really busy one day, you might not have time for a game where you have to make a pick every day. For FITD, if you have an extra 5 minutes, you can just play and be done with it. It may seem like more, but it isn't.

If you played, it'd mean a lot! 

You have a point...    I'll try some more...

Respectfully,
masterclass

[Freak3yman84]

You have a point...    I'll try some more...

Respectfully,
masterclass

Vamos! Thanks so much man 

[Clay Death]

muster was the fittest player on the tour in his day.
 
general mc you make some excellent points.
 
nadal and his camp is too cheap to go hire some expert help. and furthermore they absolutely say NO to improvement or changing anything at all.
 
well soon they wont have to worry about a damn thing. they can say  "NO" to improvement and "NO" to any changes all they like while fishing in mallorca because he wont be able to get on the court for another 8-10 months after this next RG.
 
and that is if he even makes it to paris.

[Clay Death]

can djokovic catch roger?
 
who will take a stab at this?

[FedFanForever]

The point is Nadal wanted to prove to the world he wasn't just a clay court specialist. He wanted to achieve more on hardcourts then any Spanish player ever did and he did so, winning an AO/USO along with 5 Masters.

[mimi]

sorry friends, I am as busy as hell, so I just say hi and I gonna lieave, see you later 

[Clay Death]

hola mimi.

[lurker]

Hi y'all!  Ipad is acting weird again, it is getting harder for me to find ways to post.  Anyways...I am so eager to see Rafa play again that I am watching old RG matches from 2011!!!!  I hope his game has improved since then, since we all know Murray and Nole and Fed have gone light years ahead of him in the last 10 months or so.

[Clay Death]

hola lurker. we missed you.
 
clay warrior will play 3 events in that golden swing deal: chile, brazil, and mexico.
 
its about damn time. if he had been doing this since 2008 he would be healthy and he would have 3 more slams in his back pocket.
 
take a look at the "suicide tennis" thread when you have a moment. that game is going to be a blast.
 
see if it appeals to you.
 
how are you feeling?

[lurker]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nadal-keeping-expectations-low-comeback-chile-144903956--ten.html

You've all probably seen this, but    I think Rafa's best days are behind him! 

[Clay Death]

he did it to himself lurker.
 
i am not going to feel sorry for that fool.
 
you already know that i am not happy with him.

[lurker]

Yes, well, but seeing the superiority of his fearsome forehand and movement, you only wish he had taken care of his physique better.  But thatis the beauty of sport and medicine...you watch, learn and improve it by seeing the mistake of others.  While my Nole has benefitted from the preventive sport medicine aspect and physical conditioning aspect of the game, he never had nor ever will possess that awesome attack on clay. 

[Clay Death]

he still refuses to make all the right changes. he is scheduled to play indian wells and miami. i bet any money that he plays both singles and doubles there.
 
you saw what happened to him at those 2 events last year. he was in a lot of pain and still he could not help himself. he just had to play doubles there and then also in indian wells.
 
well roger ran over him like he was just standing there in indian wells bailed against murray in miami.
 
so nobody is feeling sorry for this fool anymore. they are actually laughing at him.
 
he took his great career right in his prime and killed it. and he keeps killing it.
 
he had absolutely no business jumping on the hard courts after not being able to play for 6 months. the knee was still pretty bad.
 
he boasts about his damn indoor hard court. he proudly displays his indoor clay court on his facebook cover picture.
 
muster reinvented himself and hit #1 with the clay route. at least he got to play and compete. he was not on the sidelines crying and weeping about his knee every few months.
 
nadal refuses to change a single thing. that is why he is going to watch others take home slams and all the other titles home now.
 
hell maybe he wants to kill his career as fast as he can. he has lost about 40% of his fitness.
 
bad knee or no bad knee. you dont lose that much fitness. there are other ways to maintain and even improve your fitness.
 
bottom line: i dont think he is going to make it to paris.

[Clay Death]

lurker this image is for you:
 

[lurker]

I wish we could see an unprecedented 8th RG go to Rafa this year.  Since we all know it's not going to happen with his lack of preparation this year, who do you think will snatch RG 2013?  Nole with his superior movement of death?  Fed, the second best clay courter of the past 8 or so years?  Murray with his new found confidence and clay court training in his formative years?  Will Ferru finally get some long due glory?  Will Nico surprise all?  Or is someone else, Delpo, Berdych...destined to get some Grand Slam glory in Paris?