Quote Originally Posted by Nangle View Post
Id definitely say Murray is still a top 4 player.He's miles ahead of the 4 you have mentioned. He was poor last season, but that was due to his operation and he then spent the remainder of the season finding his game again.

I've watched Murray grow as player since his Wimbledon debut when he was 17 and if one thing is apparent, its that Murray's problem doesn't lie with lack of skill or conviction, but in his sporting mentality. He's in a constant battle with himself on court, particularly when he's losing or having a bad set. He lets this get to him too easily and becomes overcome by his emotions. Plenty of players do this, but Murray openly displays it and your opponent can see this and use it to their advantage. I think and hope well see a lot more from him this season.
That is his major problem, I agree. The Australian Open final is just a clear evidence of that. Djokovic rarely even made a sound (I remember him yelling only once), but Andy was screaming in the third and fourth set ("So many times! How do you do it to yourself?! How?!", "So unhelpful, so unhelpful!", "Don't worry about him, he does it all the time!" and I caught him screaming something like: "It's not your fault, it's nobody's fault!"). Anyone can just feed on that. When I play FIFA with my friend, and when I lose/concede stupid goals, I kick my radiator with my foot and/or just scream random sounds while my friend mimics cumming onto my face and kicks my ass in the game even more. Simple as that. If you make your rival feel superior, it's done for you.

In the past year, when Andy's been losing the set/match, he'd just start laughing, and that's not good either. There's no perfect solution, you can only unleash your anger with hitting the ball. Though I understand how being almost powerless can make you feel, I can only imagine how it is if you play it for big money.