Carlton Supporters Club

If we applied the "Stosur has done more in tennis than anyone on here" argument to the CFC, a site like this would not even exist. Any one of the more maligned CFC players has played more senior games than any of us ever will.

The disappointment with Stosur is that she is perceived as an underachiever, someone who has potential for far better results than what she is actually achieving - whether this is true, or whether she is in fact an average player who had some good form or good luck etc. a few years back, I guess only time will tell.

Here you go Sheik.

For what it is worth, Stosur seems to be on a distinct decline. She isn't young for tennis, although some, like the Williams sisters, have shown that a good enough tennis player an go if the hunger is there and the fitness is there. I'd say that Stosur is showing signs of neither of those things being true.

Yes, I’d say her playing career isn’t a long term proposition at this stage.  Of course, I’d rather watch Sam than Tomic or Kyrgios. In fact, I’d find something else to watch if either of those two was playing ?

I like watching Kyrgios play, I'm sure more Aussies would support him if his name was Clarke.

I like watching Kyrgios play, I'm sure more Aussies would support him if his name was Clarke.

For the first time, I feel like there is a reason for me to be doing what I’m doing. Tennis is a great life – we’re well paid and the perks are pretty good – but it can feel empty if you’re just doing it for the money.

 

I know what it’s all for now. You’ve probably heard me say a few times over the years that I don’t want tennis badly enough. But when I’m working on the NK Foundation and our Melbourne facility, I cast my mind forward to all the disadvantaged kids I’ll be helping. I’m playing for them now.

 

For the first time, I feel like there is a reason for me to be doing what I’m doing. Tennis is a great life – we’re well paid and the perks are pretty good – but it can feel empty if you’re just doing it for the money.

 

I love kids. I get more happiness from helping kids out and watching them succeed than I do from my own wins on the tennis tour. It’s always been that way.

 

I remember Piotr with happiness and sadness. He was a little guy with terminal brain cancer. The We The People organisation put us in touch.

 

I had a hit-up with Piotr instead of a practice session before my match at the Australian Open this year.

 

Piotr said it was one of the best days of his life but, honestly, I’m not sure which of us had the better day! It was awesome.

 

Piotr passed away a few months later. I will never forget him.

Read more at https://www.playersvoice.com.au/nick-kyrgios-ive-found-my-purpose/#m0PLQVVYfK4fk5Mf.99

I reckon that it has nothing to do with his name (or ethnicity).  It is his personality, public comments, behaviour, occasional lack of effort and waste of talent that turns me off and I suspect that applies to many tennis fans, not just Aussies.

I reckon it has a hell of a lot to do with it TBH. Don't you find it a little odd that the media go after those who's names happen to be Kyrgios, Kokkinakis and Tomic? I for one certainly think its "odd" as opposed to coincidence. Tomic has issues, lets just say he doesnt come across as the sharpest tool in the shed. He says inappropriate things at inappropriate times, isn't managed or mentored properly and his actions and words sell papers. NK just gets pounded no matter what he does, he reacts  and it sells papers. TK doesnt say much but gets injured alot so they right negative stuff about him...to sell papers. The media have now created this group of three outcasts all tarred with same brush. It sells papers.
Lets face it, Hewitt was a DH when he was young. But he tried his guts out so he was given a "leave pass".
Good lord I'm sounding like LP

I really don't think so G2C, particularly with the way the supporters get behind de Minaur and I reckon Kokkinakis has a fair bit of support (not to mention the almost rabid Aussie support for Bagdatis in days gone by). I agree that Hewitt was a pain in the ask for much of his career but his redeeming feature was that he kept trying to be his best and actually enjoyed more success than his ability and body should have achieved.
 
Tomic and Kyrgios got a good run when they were younger but they have become flogs, particularly the former.  Of course, they haven't got to that point entirely on their own.

I'd like to see both of them pursue another career for 12 months, then decide if tennis really is their preferred career.

Tomic is fortunate he can hit a tennis ball, don't know that he could manage much more than a labouring job.
I don't think NK is a flog at all. He is just a different beast he does things his way. He is comfortable in his own skin, perhaps people need to ignore the media and just accept him the way he is. Tennis isnt the end all be all for him, get over it.

Tomic is fortunate he can hit a tennis ball, don't know that he could manage much more than a labouring job.
I don't think NK is a flog at all. He is just a different beast he does things his way. He is comfortable in his own skin, perhaps people need to ignore the media and just accept him the way he is. Tennis isnt the end all be all for him, get over it.