Two morons who should be locked up.

Need any more crap, to back my argument, of a need for a licence, before you can have kids?

What a freaking mess? Poor kids. The judge took them away from their mother and gave them to who? Oh, yeah, great job, you lunatic judge. That loser will surely take care of them, during his breaks from drugs and drinking.

Are you freaking kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Start getting locks for everything you value, because here comes a new wave of future criminals and gang members. And we need more police for that? It’s like cutting the branches and hoping the tree will fall off.

Go after the root, you morons. It’s called a family. Unless we find a way to keep that unit together, don’t expect the crime wave to abate in the near future. With divorce rate at almost 50 percent, the only other alternative is to neuter everyone after age 10.

At least, then we all don’t have to pay from our tax dollars, for their stupid mistakes. Go ahead, ruin your life. Just leave the innocent kids alone.

Just imagine how lucky you are to have the kind of parents you had. I know, most of you are from dysfunctional families as well, but what could be worse than this. Be grateful, you are not growing up in this modern world of BS.

Federer’s bagels and tie-breaks: This yr vs last yr.

 

Here are some numbers upto the US Open for the two years. Keep in mind, last year was his best year with 12 titles.

There is a huge drop in bagels dished so far. I have a feeling the tie-break numbers will be much higher also than last year, after he is done with this season. Although this is with one less event this year.

Is it time to shift to quality from quantity?

Year	Bagels	Tie-breaks	Tourn. played	Titles	Matches lost
’07	5	30	12	6	6
’06	15	36	13	8	5

Four goals for Federer, in order of priority, from now on.

 

1. Stay healthy. Duh!!!!!!!!!!

2. Grand Slam titles.

3. Weeks at No. 1.

4. No. of career titles.

Lesser goals should be placed on the chopping block, if required, to achieve the more important ones.

Health: I feel, Federer, has to be feeling something, more than just fatigue, to take himself out of the Tokyo event. After all, it was a gruelling patch there, starting from Montreal to the US Open. But, this scenario is likely to play more often, as he ages. Hence, it is on the top. Duh!!!!!!!!!

Grand Slams: There has to be a huge margin between the first two goals and the rest. Sampras experimented with it with flying colors. That is the gold standard in the tennis universe. Everything else falls on the wayside. Maybe that break he took after the FO, should be a permanent feature from now on, specially if you are reaching the final and losing it. That break may have won him that fifth Wimbledon title this year.

Weeks at No. 1: Extend the weeks at No. 1 as much as possible, without placing unnecessary burden on the fuel tank. Maybe limit yourself strictly to events, not called Grand Slams, to the minimum, just enough to sustain that run at the top.

Titles: As many titles as possible is a dicey one. It has to be the last priority. After all, how many times do you hear, Connors mentioned as the all time leader with 109 career titles. It is nice to have in the bag, but there is a much bigger fish to fry. Easily the first one to be sacrificed to attain anything over it.

How much dope do you have to take, to not see the benefits of losing weight, if you are Bartoli?

 

I mean, you reach the finals of the most prestigious tournament in the tennis world. You beat the world’s No. 1 and No. 3 players en route. You have reached the No. 11 ranking in the world from a virtual unknown. All that despite having a whacked out lunatic zombie as your father.

And you wouldn’t lose weight? You’ve got to be freaking kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You think you would’ve gone past the fourth round at the US Open, if you had lost some pounds after Wimbledon? Duh!!!!!!

If you are doing so well, with all that baggage around you, it is logical to conclude, that it can only get better, if the most obvious impediment is removed from the picture. Is this that big a mystery? 

How much more motivation do you need to get off that buffet? Talk about wasting time, money, energy and talent!!!!!!!!! And that lunatic father is a doctor? Give me a freaking break!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who gave him that licence? Aren’t we all safe, that he has decided to travel and train his daughter, instead of being a serial killer in a white coat? Or maybe he has already achieved that feat, and has no choice but to force his idiosyncrasies on his helpless daughter.

Get the apparent freaking elephant out of the room, and win some Grand Slams. Or just pound sand on the beach with your freaking calories.

Can Djokovic sustain this season’s performance next year?

 

He has won four of his six career titles this year. He reached the semifinals of two Grand Slams (Roland Garros and Wimbledon). He reached the finals at the US Open. He beat the top three players back to back. He has earned $3,057,150 of the career earnings $3,948,00, this year. He reached the No. 3 rank in the world. All these are career highs.

That’s a lot of work for one year. It will not be easy just duplicating this, next season. Talk about pressure. He will have to win at least one Grand Slam, next year, to convince the world that he has made ground.

If his recent comments are any indication, he seems to have moved his target down a notch, by going after Nadal’s No. 2 ranking. What do they say ‘Always shoot higher. Most often you will end up a little short’?

If he is really serious about improving on this season, he has to go after Roger and the throne. Although Nadal will have a lot to say about that, considering how fierce a competitor he is, Djokovic is better positioned, talent-wise, to challenge Federer all year, on all surfaces.

Of course, his fitness and conditioning woes have been thoroughly exposed this year. It appears, that will be the key, to how many titles he wins next season. If he makes the right adjustments, and takes professional help and advice, he may end up with at least one major.

But as with any 20 year-old, there is always the likelihood of the player turning into another Safin or more like Baghdatis. Like Baghdatis, he is coming from a relatively unknown country. The attention and the accolades you get from such a country, is vastly different from what you can expect, if you are from the big three of tennis.

That is a perfect recipe to entice a 20 year-old to lose track of the bigger goal and prize. Fast cars, money and girls are all perks, not easy to turn away from, at this age. Specially when you are from a small country like Serbia.

He has got Federer’s attention for sure. That may not be all good. Federer is known to relish destroying the latest challenge on the horizon. He enjoys the opportunity. Nalbandian, Hewitt, Roddick, Safin etc. can all testify to that. Except Nadal, no one has even come close.

Although the US Open final was close in the first two sets, it was still a straight set win. That could have been the ‘puzzle solve’ match for Federer, as he has shown with his previous adversaries. Once, he figures out the equation, you are history.

Djokovic’s camp has to be banking on, to some degree, on Federer slowing down next season. Without that, they have nowhere to go. All they can do is improve Djokovic’s game. But they know, even the best from Djokovic, cannot match the best from Federer.

But there is no doubt, Djokovic performance next season will be under very close scrutiny. Federer now sees him as the next clear threat on surfaces not called clay. What Djokovic is hoping, is that No. 26 may take away some sting from Federer’s arsenal, so he may not be able to dish out the punishment, he normally reserves for the upcoming threat to his throne.

From what has happened so far, there is no inkling of that happening any time soon. He appears to be like that battery bunny, with no end in sight. With history replete with players who extended their careers into the mid thirties and beyond, at 26 years, he may be just starting his second run. Not a good sign for Djokovic.

But Djokovic still has a lot to be proud about. To achieve what he has, when the landscape has been thoroughly dominated by two monsters for the past three to four years, is creditable. Like they say, it is relatively easy to get up there, the difficult part is staying there and sustaining it.

Will he crank it up a notch, or will the ghost of Safin revisit the tour next year?

This proves how smart I am, once and for all.

 

I went for a job interview once. They had layers and layers of interviews. Finally, I made it to the final interview. The panel of four jokers grilled me for about 20 freaking minutes. Then they said “Mr, we have this last question for you. But we will give you a choice. Do you want one difficult question or two easy ones”?

To impress them, I said “One difficult one”?

They said “OK, here it is. Who came first the chicken or the egg”?

I was freaking stumped. Is there even a right answer to this, I thought to myself. What the heck, I said “The chicken”.

They said “Why”?

Now, I am thinking “I am screwed. I blew it”. But then I turned around and said “That’s the second difficult question”.

And I got up and did the Federer fist pump, right in front of those knuckleheads.

Wonder why Federer is not hauled up and dumped in the street by security, when he does it? Life’s not fair.

Actually, I made this all up. Or maybe not!!!!!!!!!!