janie48 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 That has always been the case.In reality my bet is that he does not care if he gets knighted or not He is an excellent competitor and won a hard fought match, in the end, rather easily. I watched the match the whole way through. I saw Cameron paying lip service to the match. Murray is a man who fought his way to the top. I expect you are right.His main goal since childhood was to win the final at Wimbledon, with sheer hard work that at times was a struggle, he had the drive and determination to achieve that dream. He's had to put up with a lot of insults and unpopularity on the way up too. I think he deserves an honour of some kind, if that is to be a knighthood I wouldn't have any objection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 i think andy murray should be exiled to somewhere like rockall for at least 30 years------so that we don 't have our media swamped by 'news' from wimbledon, repeated ad nauseum until we feel like throwing ourselves under a tennis ball. The bbc in particular seem to go completely gaga about sport-----hour after hour, day after day, week after week of mind-numbing sport. They even had the cheek to say that the nation would be watching the wimbledon men 's final ! Well, a few thousand were actually at wimbledon and i suppose a few million couch idlers watched it too but millions more were perhaps actually doing something ?? On top of all that andy murray must be the most charmless champion of any sport, ever ! he makes gordon brown look like max miller. lmso.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 If there is a Sir Bradley Wiggens, Sir Nick Faldo, Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave et al, it follows that there is a very strong argument for a Sir Andy Murray. ......and if Tony (Baldrick) Robinson is worth one then Wallace and Grommit may as well get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think Andy Murray should be exiled to somewhere like Rockall for at least 30 years------so that we don 't have our media swamped by 'news' from Wimbledon, repeated ad nauseum until we feel like throwing ourselves under a tennis ball. The BBC in particular seem to go completely gaga about sport-----hour after hour, day after day, week after week of mind-numbing sport. They even had the cheek to say that the nation would be watching the Wimbledon Men 's Final ! Well, a few thousand were actually at Wimbledon and I suppose a few million Couch Idlers watched it too but millions more were perhaps actually DOING something ?? On top of all that Andy Murray must be the most charmless champion of any sport, ever ! He makes Gordon Brown look like Max Miller. I have had a radio and tv free day just to avoid all the Murray crap, my morning paper even had a souvenir pullout,thats been cut into squares and is now in the bog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 ......and if Tony (Baldrick) Robinson is worth one then Wallace and Grommit may as well get one. But hasn't Tony Robinson done a lot of work for charity as well as services to tv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 But hasn't Tony Robinson done a lot of work for charity as well as services to tv? Not as much as john burkill [the pram man] has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 And she didn't even get a damehood ... Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE (born 10 July 1945) is a British former tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, and was the last British tennis player to have won a Grand Slam singles tournament until Andy Murray won the US Open in 2013. Just saying ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaw Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Any sportsman earning large amounts of money should not get any gongs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I thought Boris Becker said it first, of course it's not like Cameron to try and take credit for someone else's work is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I see Cameron is calling for Andy Murray to receive a knighthood. Personally I think that MBE's, OBE's etc. are given out too freely, a knighthood for doing something you are extremely well paid for that you enjoy. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5003279/Cameron-calls-for-knighthood-for-Murray.html Whilst I agree with you, the bar has been set by previous Governements and by those standards Murray would be deserving of a knighthood. I personally think these sorts of honours should go to the likes of Jane Tomlinson or an inventor/scientist who discovers a cure for a serious illness. If Murray is to get a knighthood, at least wait until near the end of his career. It's just a case of Cameron wanting to jump on the bandwagon to score brownie points.....Honours shouldn't be about political gain for politicians. Regards Doom ---------- Post added 09-07-2013 at 08:17 ---------- But hasn't Tony Robinson done a lot of work for charity as well as services to tv? I read this and initially thought you meant the leader of the EDL. Regards Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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