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Autonomy Jan 23rd 2018 5:40 pm

Oh thank god there is....
 
... an Englishman that's good at tennis.

It's taken a while.

Only the sixth British man to play in a grand slam semi-final. And now with the chance to be the first British man to win the Australian Open since Fred Perry 84 years ago.

Thank fuuk he's no dour....

PS Yeah I just come here to belittle you, talk tennis and fuuk off again.

PPS I actually think it's brilliant that he's doing great. So shush.

DXBtoDOH Jan 23rd 2018 6:01 pm

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 
Oh god there is you......

Autonomy Jan 23rd 2018 7:46 pm

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH (Post 12425809)
Oh god there is you......

'tis the region for epiphanies

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 24th 2018 3:29 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 
Good for him, nice to see young Brits doing well in sport.

Has he played some good people?
Could he make the final?

I played tennis in Al Ain the other week and was nearly dead at the end.

littlejimmy Jan 24th 2018 4:00 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by Autonomy (Post 12425791)
... an Englishman that's good at tennis.

It's taken a while.

Only the sixth British man to play in a grand slam semi-final. And now with the chance to be the first British man to win the Australian Open since Fred Perry 84 years ago.

Thank fuuk he's no dour....

PS Yeah I just come here to belittle you, talk tennis and fuuk off again.

PPS I actually think it's brilliant that he's doing great. So shush.


Hey you! Listened to any Crowded House lately? :eek:

Autonomy Jan 24th 2018 5:22 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 12426155)
Good for him, nice to see young Brits doing well in sport.

Has he played some good people?
Could he make the final?

I played tennis in Al Ain the other week and was nearly dead at the end.

The quarter final was against Dimitrov current rank 3 in world, so yes he is beating top players.

He's against Cillic in the semifinal which you'd ordinarily think would be a Cillic win, but Edmund is playing the tennis of his life this week - so yes he's got a good chance for sure.

Autonomy Jan 24th 2018 5:23 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by littlejimmy (Post 12426163)
Hey you! Listened to any Crowded House lately? :eek:

Ha! Funnily enough I've come more round to appreciating them. Especially the song craft and the lyrics. I even went to see Neil Finn at the Irish Village a while back...

See - things do change :eek:

Pongo Jan 24th 2018 6:14 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by Autonomy (Post 12425791)
... an Englishman that's good at tennis.

It's taken a while.

Only the sixth British man to play in a grand slam semi-final. And now with the chance to be the first British man to win the Australian Open since Fred Perry 84 years ago.

Thank fuuk he's no dour....

PS Yeah I just come here to belittle you, talk tennis and fuuk off again.

PPS I actually think it's brilliant that he's doing great. So shush.

English?

Born in SA, lives in the Bahamas and his parents are Welsh and South African...

weasel decentral Jan 24th 2018 6:51 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by Pongo (Post 12426193)
English?

Born in SA, lives in the Bahamas and his parents are Welsh and South African...

Wait til he starts losing then he will become South African ;)

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 24th 2018 7:24 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by Autonomy (Post 12426175)
The quarter final was against Dimitrov current rank 3 in world, so yes he is beating top players.

He's against Cillic in the semifinal which you'd ordinarily think would be a Cillic win, but Edmund is playing the tennis of his life this week - so yes he's got a good chance for sure.

Good on him.

littlejimmy Jan 24th 2018 7:50 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by Autonomy (Post 12426176)
Ha! Funnily enough I've come more round to appreciating them. Especially the song craft and the lyrics. I even went to see Neil Finn at the Irish Village a while back...

See - things do change :eek:


:eek: Well there you go. It's an age thing, I guess. :rofl: Saw NF at Newcastle City Hall years ago, it was great, but never got to see the full band in their pomp.

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 24th 2018 7:51 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 

Originally Posted by weasel decentral (Post 12426197)
Wait til he starts losing then he will become South African ;)

Don't question our privilege.

littlejimmy Jan 24th 2018 8:01 am

Re: Oh thank god there is....
 
Just gone back to the earliest page of threads on here. Early 2007. MataHari, Confucius, the original JammyDodgers, my God, what happened to them all? We were going to form a band, Auto, and you'd already done an NME style-review. Oh, the memories... :lol:


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