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Kubica really is the one who got away for F1. Such a talented driver, could well have been on a par with Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, or if not would at least have been at the top end of the Rosberg, Webber, Button, Ricciardo group.

Nishikori shits the bed and loses the tiebreak 7-0. #LETSGO

Stan has battered Cilic 6-3 6-3 6-1. Andy has just broken Nishikori and is serving for the third set, on course to set up a rematch of last year's semi-final against Stan.

I'd have him at sensible money.

A loss of form that has become a crisis. It seems to happen with players when they lose a bit of motivation. Last year, Djokovic finally won the French Open, then he lost early at Wimbledon and in the first round of the Olympics (to Del Potro to be fair to him). He got back into it a bit more later in the year when Murray was chasing him down for the #1 ranking but he still didn't get back to top form and eventually lost top spot and hasn't got a realistic chance of getting it back until at least after Wimbledon. He dumped Boris Becker as coach at the end of 2016, and the rest of his team earlier this year when form wasn't improving, don't know if that's set him back even more or whether it has just had no effect.

Don't rule out Novak yet. Lost count of the amount of times people (including me) have said that Federer and Nadal are finished winning slams yet here we are at the second slam of the year and Roger has one with Rafa odds-on to win the other. Djokovic still has a lot to give.

If it takes Nadal or a red hot Stan to knock out Murray that's a decent tournament from him given some of his other recent losses. Be disappointing if he loses this one to Nishikori though.

Read it'll be 2-3 months recovery which would see him miss the start of the season.

Fognini could do himself a favour and get his head sorted then he could easily be consistently on the same level as the likes of Nishikori in my opinion.

I don't mind Stan but him having more slams than Murray would be wrong on so many levels.

Murray looks back in some form this week and this one is in the bag. Edmund and Anderson look to be on their way to a fifth set to decide their match. Gwan lads.

A reliable "ITK" apparently...

Are buyouts compulsory in Spain? Seems a pretty massively obvious no-no unless you don't want to be able to demand big money for players who are worth more than when you signed them through the time and energy spent by the club to develop them.

Is it common for Spanish clubs to get less than what they should do for players because of buyout clauses agreed 2-3 years earlier? I know we're linked with this Sandro that has a similar €5m ish clause in his contract.

Forgot to post this at the weekend, <3 JB

Whether it's Gordon Ramsay himself or the people who edit his shows in order to market him that way, it's the absolute lowest form of 'entertainment'. Engineered yelling and swearing in situations that absolutely don't require it, can't believe enough people continue to watch it to enable him to make a career out of it.

So what's wrong with City doing that? Why don't they spend £10-15m trying to find and develop the next Dele Alli or the next John Stones instead of paying six times that for players who are established but never in a million years worth that money.

Man City will literally pay £50m for a rotation player and it's their own fault for spending that much on players that aren't worth it in the past. Don't tell me that "today's market" is responsible for prices like this. The value is still out there, I've made this argument in other threads about Spurs (who finished ahead of City this season lest we forget) signing most of their first team for less than £20m. It's not the market, it's a question of whether clubs are stupid enough to pay triple the actual necessary fee because they can and or they're too lazy to find a viable alternative who might just need slightly longer to develop into a top class player for £20m instead of £60m. Absolute embarrassment the lengths City and similar clubs will go to to get their man.

Hamou what a daft twat. Hoping for a miracle from Muzza to win the French but if he plays well it's not out of the question. Been six months since he's been at his best though.

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I must be a madman because I actually love steak however it comes barring the extremes. Can't handle it burnt black or bathing in blood.

Nobody can prove whether or not Ferrari did it on purpose but if you know anything about F1 and particularly Ferrari's history with team orders, it's the absolute height of naivety to treat the possibility as if its laughable or some sort of media conspiracy. It's not like the race has given us much else to talk about. Some absolute duds so far this season unfortunately.

Alonso's Honda engine blows up in the Indy 500 when he's in contention for victory, unbelievable.

I've put a little bet on both Nadal and Muguruza to win the singles. Dominic Thiem is the real one to watch and could have a big tournament if Murray and Djokovic carry on as poor as they have.