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85-2 after 19...it's not looking good

Over 200 and heading for 210+. Scotland will be all out for 90.

Pushing on towards 200. Scotland are fecked

Cue a Scotland collapse when chasing 150

Do you mean Scotland or Stirling County 2nd XI ?

Indeed. Murray seems to have come through at the same time as a stack of other talented youngsters like Joko, Nadal and Gasquet. I have a horrible feeling Joko and Nadal in particular could become frequent obstacles to Murray winning a slam. For whatever reason he seems to be able to beat Federer but has so far failed to get a win against the "other two". However, if he can get a more consistent service action he can still muscle in on the top 5.

Ok I'll have a go. I was always a big Henman fan. I am now a big Murray fan. When Murray/Henman careers overlapped I wanted Murray to win as he was the big white hope. However, Henman did a great job for British tennis and those who belittle his achievements now are bang out of order. I think the reason people got miffed with Timbo was because you could almost see the end of a tournament before it came. For example at Wimbledon you knew he would never get past Sampras or Hewitt. On top of that his one big chance was when he blew it against Goran. 2 sets to 1 up with the beatable Pat Rafter in the final it could and should have been Tim's year. The fact that he made an erse of it put some people off him and perhaps the belief in him waned from that point. Yes, Tim was world no 4 but for me this was down to consistency rather than brilliance. Someone like Tommy Robredo seems to have been in the top 10 forever but I think he's won less (or perhaps) the same amount of tournaments as Andy Murray. I see Andy as being a much more explosive player than Henman with the potential to actually win a slam and several Masters series events. Week in week out he may never be as consistent as Tim but I see him having more memorable highs. There is no doubt Andy is a better player at this stage of his career and if he continues to progress he will be the best we have had for many years. PaulC

It was a disgraceful act of extreme gamesmanship and to keep making excuses for him by referring to some other incident simply doesn't wash. Collingwood should be sacked and that is the end of the matter.

Totally agree but it won't happen. For many years I have followed the fortunes of Yorkshire and the word amongst most Yorkie fans is that Collingwood is renowned for his lack of class and unnecessary levels of gamesmanship. It's not the first time he's been "at it" and it won't be the last.

Cheating (also called gulling) is an act of lying, deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition. Cheating characteristically is employed to create an unfair advantage, usually in one's own interest, and often at the expense of others CHEATS !!

He should be forced to hand back his MBE....cheating cnut. Using some other incident does not in anyway lessen his shameful cheatingness. Don't forget the cheating twats were at it a couple of games ago when their go slow robbed NZ of a win at Edgbaston. England are a disgrace and Captain Cheat should be punted....shocking

Cheatingwood and his bunch of cheating cnuts are a disgrace to the spirit of cricket

Just got a ticket for da Smashing Pumpkins at the SEC on 12/02/08 B)

Being going to gigs on a regular basis for 20 years and my hearing was still fuzzy the morning after Biffy...yes I am an old fart but I still say it was louder than normal. I was very close to the speakers so this probably didn't help

Andy has told the LTA that he want's to "pay his own way"

Just back from Biffy and in all my years of concert going I don't think I've ever heard a louder gig. My ears are positively bleeding and will likely take days to get back on track Thought the first support band were mince but the second sounded more promising. Biffy were as usual superb and if any band deserves the pay off their latest album has given them it's the Clyro.

As a long time Carlisle fan I was delighted to see them hump Leeds to stay clear at the top of League 1. The Cumbrians have a record in recent years of making an arse of these big top of the table games and so it was extra sweet to get it right against Leeds B)

Biffy Clyro at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Friday....Mon The Biffy !!

Murray just won his 2nd ATP title of the season and 3rd in all with a 6/2,6/3 demolition of the hapless Fernando Verdasco in St Petersburg. Murray is now only a handful of points outside the race for the season ending Masters Cup....a good week in the Paris Masters could see him squeeze into the top 8, which would be amazing considering he missed half the season

The artist's sketches show a man with dark, greasy collar-length hair and wearing a purple or maroon top I would have said Paul Hartley but he's left Hearts so I'm stumped

Fantastic game of tennis...a couple of points here and there were the only difference. On another day it could have been the same score but for Murray. Andy's serve still lets him down and once he sorts that out he is definite top 6/7 material. On the day though Nadal just came up with some unbelievable shots to dig out the win. Best match of the tournament and one of the best I've see this year B)

Agree with that....his serve lets him down too many times

He did...0/6,6/2,6/3 Apparently he lost the plot at the start of the second set and never found it again. To be fair Robredo is world No 6 and top seed for this tournament but Murray should never lose a 3 set match after winning the first 6/0

Why is what BTW if you mean why do I think she sticks out like a sore thumb then I've already said why in my original post. She is out of context with everybody else in the picture.

Aye but the difference is this picture shows a small blonde child in an "out of context" situation ie nobody in the picture looked like a possible parent and so she sticks out like a sore thumb.