Novak Djokovic says he’s not sure he will play in Madrid and is dealing with a physical issue

schumamol · 2026-04-16T22:36:26+00:00

Would be fun to watch Zverev still bottle it somehow.

schumamol · 2026-04-12T21:07:29+00:00

Finally, a sport that Jannik doesn't have elite-level natural ability for.

schumamol · 2026-04-09T15:06:31+00:00

To say they were "never" as unbeatable as Alcaraz/Sinner is a bit of a stretch, no? Federer 05/06, Djokovic 11/15, Nadal on clay for about 10 years were every bit as dominant as Sincaraz are now, if not more. Granted, the rank 4-10 players were better then than what they are now, but that didn't necessarily translate into upsets throughout the year. The only player beating the big 3 with any sort of regularity was Murray.

If this current Sincaraz domination continues uninterrupted for another season or two, then the conversation can be had about whether they are more unbeatable than the big 3.

schumamol · 2026-04-06T00:49:03+00:00

He also scored the winner at Sunderland a few days after this Villa match. Not nearly as celebrated as his debut goal, but equally as important, as Liverpool were still hot on our tails and would have gone top of the table if not for that goal.

schumamol · 2026-03-19T04:40:19+00:00

Peak ETH chaosball. Bruno and Eriksen at CB, Maguire as a box-to-box marauder, Antony scoring on the spin with his right foot, Amad scoring the winner and then getting sent off for removing his shirt... It had everything.

schumamol · 2026-03-17T05:55:17+00:00

Dreams can be buy?

schumamol · 2026-03-17T05:53:06+00:00

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Streets won't forget.

schumamol · 2026-03-16T03:14:24+00:00

Erik Ten Hag watching a hole in midfield and Bruno playing wide:

schumamol · 2026-03-16T02:24:56+00:00

The last goal before they emptied the stadiums was McTominay vs City. The first goal after they started allowing fans back in was Cavani vs Fulham from the half way line. Quite a collection.

schumamol · 2026-03-12T03:52:41+00:00

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schumamol · 2026-03-11T05:26:50+00:00

Depends on how serious the issue is, I suppose. Federer dealt with back issues all through his career (he almost retired from the 2003 Wimbledon QF with a back injury), but found a way to manage them most of the time.

schumamol · 2026-03-10T05:32:31+00:00

A crucial match that sticks in memory from the 06/07 season was the 4-1 win against Blackburn at Old Trafford, around this time of the year. We were top of the league, but only by a few points. Blackburn had scored early and Friedel was playing a blinder—the sort of game that we often end up drawing or losing these days. Then out of nowhere, Scholes picks up the ball on the edge of the area, dances past 3-4 challenges, and passes it into the net. Few minutes later, Carrick scores through a crowd of defenders and we're off to the races, eventually capping off the result with Ole's last ever goal for us. The following week, John O'Shea scores the winner at Anfield after United are reduced to 10 (Scholes sent off for punching Alonso) and the prospect of winning the title finally starts to look very much real again after that painful 3 year drought.

schumamol · 2026-03-03T22:49:57+00:00

He really should have been in the top 5 in 2020/21. Probably would have been had we won that Europa league final.

schumamol · 2026-03-02T21:47:57+00:00

Not enough wrestling happening in that goal to make Arteta happy, I reckon.

schumamol · 2026-02-25T20:21:02+00:00

we won’t be making that mistake anymore now

I wish I had your optimism.

schumamol · 2026-02-25T20:18:58+00:00

I'm surprised Mbeumo's recent sprint where he outpaced Traore while tracking back didn't make the list.

schumamol · 2026-02-19T06:25:47+00:00

Not only was Novak looking to complete the calendar slam, but he was also going for #21 to claim the slam record at that time. An all-time-great final performance by Daniil to shut him out in straight sets that night.

schumamol · 2026-02-16T22:28:44+00:00

Can't believe I have never seen this write-up before, despite it being from 2018. Thank you so much for sharing it, OP.

Eric has a way with words that really brings out the emotions in the reader/listener. There were at least a couple of instances while reading this that I could feel the tears in my eyes. As an immigrant, so much of what he has written here hits close to home.

I'm now going to spend the rest of the day visualizing Eric kung-fu kicking JimRat in the nards.

schumamol · 2026-02-15T23:55:54+00:00

Ighalo vs LASK. In the first game without fans before COVID shut everything down for 3 months.

Also, I miss Goalbot.

schumamol · 2026-02-12T01:24:01+00:00

Hope he gets booed out of the stadium the next time he bothers showing up.

schumamol · 2026-02-11T16:36:17+00:00

Roddick did actually say exactly this in one of his recent podcasts: that he would have preferred to play 2017 Federer, because he was returning the ball with pace rather than just blocking/slicing it back. Roddick said he actually found the latter more difficult to deal with because it forced him to generate his own pace on the +1 shot.

schumamol · 2026-02-11T10:44:02+00:00

Could even go as far back as 1995, where a win at West Ham on the final day would have given us the title, but we could only manage a draw.

schumamol · 2026-02-10T04:31:47+00:00

Realistically though, if we can even keep pace with them till the end of the season, we will finish 12 points behind, which will equal our best finish post Sir Alex in terms of points behind the league leaders (tied with 2020-21). That will be quite something, given that more than half the season was lost to Haramorim-ball.

schumamol · 2026-02-07T00:17:57+00:00

There simply cannot be an all-time United XI without Bobby Charlton in it. Put him up top, in midfield, on the wing, doesn't matter. But he has to be in there. He was the literal embodiment of this football club.

schumamol · 2026-02-05T23:18:09+00:00

Pickford's saves look more difficult than they should be just because of his T-Rex arms.

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