Reply to: When do Scottish sports stars become British?

[Incognito]

Keep it up, lads. I've always said that the Scots will only be prodded into breaking the united kingdom by the offensiveness of English prats, so we need more like you.

WHS + 1

Freeeeeeeeeeeedom

[expat]

They dont! Murray can **** off for all I care and take his inbred scottish ***** with him.

My mate's wife, a scot, claims in all seriousness that the English deliberately make scotland look smaller on maps than it really is!

Have the scots never hear of satellite images then that shows their poxy little country in its true size?

Keep it up, lads. I've always said that the Scots will only be prodded into breaking the united kingdom by the offensiveness of English prats, so we need more like you.

[Doggy Styles]

There's surlier adults on this board than Murray.

There's nothing wrong with him.

[snaw]

3) Gets even more obnoxious

oh errr...

What's he done recently that's obnoxious?

[bogeyman]

I'm sure he will get more popular as:

1) He gets older
2) He wins more

Not sure what either of those things say about the media & the public.

3) Gets even more obnoxious

oh errr...

[Moscow Mule]

I'm sure he will get more popular as:

1) He gets older
2) He wins more

Not sure what either of those things say about the media & the public.

[snaw]

Nothing other than the inability of the media to call him Scottish. England has been so tulip at tennis for so long we have taken to pretending Andy Murray is English.

Here's me thinking he was being called British. Though to be honest from what I've seen he seems to get called Scottish more often than not.

But either way is it a problem? He's Scottish, he lives in Britain - he competes, and quite passionately it seems, for Britain in the Davis cup.

His sin appears to be, to me, not having a big media personality and making some 'supporting anyone but England' comments a few years back (Apparently jokes) - like most Scots wouldn't do the same, and lets be honest - most English these days as well. At work it's friendly banter, but somehow if a media figure makes it it's a cardinal sin.

I like him, I hope he wins and I'll be happy to call him British but if you don't want him that's cool with us jocks that aren't so parochial.

[Bagpuss]

Nothing other than the inability of the media to call him Scottish. England has been so sh1t at tennis for so long we have taken to pretending Andy Murray is English.

[bogeyman]

If I were Scottish I'd be a bit p1ssed about the attempt to make him appear not Scottish.

Well that would be an enterprise doomed to failure.

He is without doubt, very, very Scottish, indeed. That's the problem.

[snaw]

I have noting against Scottish people, see avatar. Just the constant Tim Henmanifying of Andy Murray, and the expectation (by Sue Barker at al) that we should be getting Murray mania now. If I were Scottish I'd be a bit p1ssed about the attempt to make him appear not Scottish.

Fine. So you don't like him, I can see why many wouldn't warm to him. But why get into the Scottish/English thing then?

What was the purpose of starting this thread exactly?

[Bagpuss]

I have noting against Scottish people, see avatar. Just the constant Tim Henmanifying of Andy Murray, and the expectation (by Sue Barker at al) that we should be getting Murray mania now. If I were Scottish I'd be a bit p1ssed about the attempt to make him appear not Scottish.

[Drewster]

She could keep a few spare balls down there!

I think she has a few spares.... plus a folding bed.... a settee.... a weeks supply of marshmallow..... and a couple of pets....

[Moscow Mule]

And as us English Brits have contributed overwhelmingly to his upbringing via the Barnet formula we are rightfully entitled to take a large slice of the credit for his success.

Cyberman should be on your ignore list because he's a dickhead.

[Cyberman]

Murray just won so today he is British.

And as us English Brits have contributed overwhelmingly to his upbringing via the Barnet formula we are rightfully entitled to take a large slice of the credit for his success.

[bogeyman]

Do you reckon Andy Murray is as interesting to watch as Simona Halep?

She could keep a few spare balls down there!