to be cheering for Andy Murray to loose..

[HappyJoyful]

a set down and I'm beaming...

Thank you Bisto. I think that it is sometimes difficult to explain how strong the Scottish national identity is to someone who isn't familiar with Scotland or Scots.

By the way I meant to say earlier that I happen to know that Judy Murray is well respected in her local area and isn't considered 'hard' or 'pushy' be those who meet her in real life.

Quite frankly if either of my children should ever play in Wimbledon I'll be screaming support from the sidelines!

Well done Andy Murray :)

He played well.

Boris

OP see you in the next round!

Ha! Ha! Ha!
Sickened, OP?

I think it's awful that his mum gets such a slagging. She's clearly over the moon that her son is so successful - I think it's great she's so enthusiastic.

His mums attitude hasn't done him any harm has it?!

Oh come on give his mum a break, I dislike him and would rather see Roger win, as for the parents, there won't be 1 player at Wimbledon that didn't have a pushy parent.

Yellow, maybe you're right. I could be viewing this too simplistically. There is a lot of history that needs to be taken into account.

I have to admit I've only ever really heard about the ABE in reference to some Scottish people wrt the English football team, I never knew that Andy Murray had even said it.

FWIW the Scottish people I know are all lovely.

Oh, and I do think it's wrong of the media to brand someone as British when winning but Scottish when losing when they don't do it to English sports people.

"Remember when that saintly Tim deliberately hit a ball at a ball girl at Wimbledon and was disqualified?"

ClareBunting - I doubt very much he deliberately hit the girl. He hit a ball and accidentally it hit her.

When's he playing again? I'm just wondering how long the poor OP has got before she has to break out that unpleasantness again?

I think it is very silly/naive to have a strong opinion about someone you have only seen in Tv and in the media. Murray is a tennis player, and while some tennis players clearly set themselves up for media careers after, or just naturally come across well on TV, he doesn't. So what?

I saw him at an airport a couple of years ago, checking in for a flight. A big group of middle aged women spotted him and ran over and he waited and posed for pics with them all. He had lost a match a few hours before. He could easily have just said sorry and walked through security, he didn't. So I think he is quite nice actually. All top sports people have to be quite single minded, that doesn't necessarily mean they are nasty.

Friday 2nd on centre court .

Playing a Frenchman.

Sickened is hardly a word I'd use to describe how I feel about someone winning (or losing) a tennis match.
And whoever suggested he is 'everything I have never achieved in my life' what the fuck? How on earth do you have a clue as to what I haven't or have achieved in my?
Interesting comment lentillyfart because clearly you are such a pleasant person yourself. I laughed alot at your thoughts that by getting a flaming for an incorrect spelling warrents someone never does it again..not a teaching method I've seen as effective, surely kinder as others did to just laugh and politely point out errors. I do hope you do it to all posters? Glad to know if I was in the midst of a crisis or wanting some serious advice in life you'd be there to flame me on my spelling.
Hey ho, Murray won, however, I am now truely grateful to some of you ladies for those opening my eyes to the side of Mumsnet that truely does deserve its bad press and negative comments.

The op might get her way on Friday, I don't fancy his chances against tsonga

Wow, OP, I find it amazing that you'd call OTHERS on their negativity!

Vj32 I couldn't agree more- it is silly to have strong dislike or likes of sports people but surely it gives some reason to watching a sport and thinking oh I hope he wins

He's not the Pub Landlord, is he?

That's a tennis match I would bother to watch.

Not sure where I refer to someone elses negativity?
Anyone would think I had suggested or commented something truely 'controversial' by these reactions! All I did was to not wish Murray to win and to express fairly standard comments on why I didn't wish him to win - oh and make a spelling mistake. Hardly that bloody negative surely ? Oh yes a do think people commenting on my own achievements etc aren't justified in that context.

Yes, it is silly, isn't it?

But you're not in the midst of a crisis are you? Gawd - talk about drama llama! You came to AIBU and made a highly unreasonable post with a lazy spelling error - funnily enough for someone with such a huge spelling problem the only one you've made! @ that! And I still can't see why you would wish anyone 'not to win'. To me that smacks of a snidey attitude that you really shouldn't be proud of. Anyway - you've occupied enough of my time today so goodbye, good luck and have a nice life!

Blah, blah, blah you don't agree with me so you're mean and evil...nest of vipers...

Get over it, you got flamed and rightly so. I wouldn't have batted an eye if you'd have expressed a keeness for Raffer to win.

Maybe you should think about the negativity and nastiness in your initial and subsequent posts and determine if they should be judged as deserving of bad press and negative comments... You might just fall on your own sword.

Glad he won. He is a good tennis player with the misfortune to be playing when there are 3 stunning players above him. In another era he most probably would have managed to win a Major by now. I would much prefer him to be dour and really focussed on his sport than Mr Media. His mother may have been pushy but it is likely that her pushiness has contributed to the success he has enjoyed.

So yes, you were unreasonable in my opinion.

I can find nothing likeable about Andy Murray, so I too will be happy when he loses to (the much more likeable) Tsonga.

HappyJoyful I'm astounded by your last posts!

No one on this thread has disagreed with you because you said you liked Roger Federer but because you said you wanted Andy Murray to win because you disliked him and him Mum.

I really don't see that anyone has been that nasty to you but I accept that I may have missed a post somewhere. There is no reason yo start the "this is what gives MN a bad name stuff". What is likely to give MN a bad name if it has one is if someone starts a mean thread and remains unchallenged by the community.

But you were challenged so I think that we can squeak on for another day.

BTW it's AIBU whatever were you expecting?

Tsonga's lovely-lookin, nice smile and he was v sweet to that poor woman that got battered in the face.