It’s an 80’s revival! Someone hire McEnroe.

December 27th, 2013 at 10:59 am

Looks like the Stefan Edberg Award is all wrapped up for fed till the end of his career. Well done fed!!

December 27th, 2013 at 11:16 am

Great idea Roger is a mature adult, what he needs is someone to talk to about his game and the ways he can cope with aging. Edberg fills that role just by being so respected by Roger, but he is also a great champion and a mature, intelligent guy. What he doesn’t need is a father figure who can deal with immaturity like Lendl/Mugray or a clown/media whore like Becker/Fakeric. No coach is gonna get Roger to win 3 slams per year again, but I could see the right motivation from Edberg getting one more.

December 27th, 2013 at 11:34 am

Allez Fed! Hope that 32 yr old body holds up well this year. Movement, movement, move those FEET!

December 27th, 2013 at 11:39 am

My feddy bear…ghosh I am posting after ages…;-) loved Edberg when he was playing..ofcourse love feddy bear more than anyone else…

good to c them coming together…still feel its only going to get tougher and tougher…especially now with one more kid…just don’t know how fed is going to manage such a large family…

the fact that fed is trying so many things out still beats me..what is this guy’s motivation? he still believes he can compete and win…some may call delusional…but unless you have that desire, you cant win…so that’s the first step…

lets see how feddy bear does this year…he has been doing quite a lot of talking…let him walk the talk…

anyways atleast hope 2014 is better than 2013…2013 was miserable for rog fans,…lost total interest towards the end…

I am there to support you always roger..atleast give me a chance to experience the crazy feeling and heart attacks that I get watching you play a grandslam final;-)
wishing all you tennis fans at tennis-x a very happy and prosperous new year

cheers c u at the aussie open…

Gannu

December 27th, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Gut reaction says it’s a good move skeezer. Do you think though their conversations will be too polite? Too much respect either way? One HAS to be “the daddy!”.

Good luck Roger! Can’t wait to watch you play again!

December 27th, 2013 at 12:02 pm

Well done Fed- great move!

I think this will help Fed deal with the other big boys much better for sure.

Rafa? That’s one riddle he’ll likely never solve with any coaches help. No offense meant just saying it like it is.

December 27th, 2013 at 12:02 pm

Looking forward to seeing how this works out. I also think the full schedule for Fed is a good move too, assuming his back really is better.

December 27th, 2013 at 12:03 pm

Someone hire McEnroe
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I hope the nose puncher Youzhny will hire Wise One. They can punch each other’s nose.

December 27th, 2013 at 12:08 pm

Madmax, fed already has a daddy but he’s still on tour.

December 27th, 2013 at 12:14 pm

Congrats to both Roger and Stefan. Good to see them together! Great pairing!

December 27th, 2013 at 1:04 pm

LOL at Andy’s tweet just a few minutes ago:

‏@andy_murray
How great is it to have all these legends of the game coaching?! Absolutely loving it.. #mycoachisbetterthanyoursnanananana

December 27th, 2013 at 2:50 pm

Players need change. Even Ferrer split with his coach after 14 years which is a really long time. Roger and Nole just wanted a change and maybe it will turn out great for them. Rafa turns 28 this year and it will be his last prime year. After turning 28, slams will become very hard for him to win and you have to expect in the upcoming years that Rafa’s grand slam title streak will come to an end and he and uncle toni are going to clash. They are both too competitive not to.

December 27th, 2013 at 3:07 pm

Honestly, after Anaconda left, there was no one to carry the babies. Nobody makes good nannies than Swedes. I am sure the Arrogant One got his good friend Tiger’s input on this.

December 27th, 2013 at 3:11 pm

Agassi won five majors from the year he turned 29 so great players buck the trends.

Fed going back to the larger stick for the Aussie swing.

December 27th, 2013 at 3:24 pm

U think fed is going to listen to anyone about changing his game??? …ha ha ha no great will help him. He is an old stubborn ox ;)

December 27th, 2013 at 7:18 pm

fed will play till his fourties …

December 27th, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Prime is until you are 29. Is when you are in your 30s when your decline begin. So, two more years to Rafa to win slams.

December 27th, 2013 at 7:51 pm

great news!! good luck for Roger team!! I love you Rog!

HumbleRafa
I regard a arrogant cheat as becoming McEnroe and a good couple.

At least, Probably, it is better than Toni with huge arrogant ego.

December 27th, 2013 at 11:58 pm

Ive said it before actually,i believe although people can correct me if im wrong that Rafa has the same amount of GS that Roger had when he was 27?and im not saying he will but it would not surprise me in the least if Rafa and Roger were to end their careers with the same number of GS,Rafa needs to win more to be considered the greater player though,having the same number would still make Roger the greater of the two,as Daniel said some months back you would have a sudden death situation ie weeks at number 1,WTFs etc,also Rafa has nothing left to prove on clay anymore,so he would need some more GS elsewhere.

December 28th, 2013 at 2:02 am

@the DA
I’ve heard Bernard Tomic’s dad is hiring Mac to help him with his PR….;)

December 28th, 2013 at 2:03 am

On the contrary, even if Rafa has 15 slams with a double career slam, he will be more likely considered the GOAT because of his h2h with Fed, playing in a tougher era, his record in Masters, his unprecedented domination of one surface etc
Remember most of Fed’s records were accumulated in the weak era.
Between 2008 and 2010 when both Rafa and Fed were in their prime, Rafa has more slams , more weeks at no. 1 and more year end no. 1s, more Masters and ATP titles than Fed.
Don’t let Fed fans fool you into thinking otherwise.
Remember, it is time and history which will decide the GOAT. Not Fed fans.
If Rafa gets 17 slams, no matter how many slams on one surface, then the matter would be beyond dispute.

December 28th, 2013 at 2:18 am

Hi folks!! :))

Great news to know that fed has hired a new coach….it really doesn’t matter (to me) that who he is working with, but I m so happy n ecstatic to learn that fed is still hungry for success n want to keep winning titles esp. slams….or else, he never wud hav taken this step IMO. And this is wat we fans want that he shud keep playing n bringing smiles to his fans faces :)

Love u roger….allez!!

December 28th, 2013 at 3:27 am

holdserve
yeah, Old Davydenko is better than heyday Nadal. Roddick is better than Djokovic.

Boris 25 – 10 Edberg. Who cares? Boris is greater than Edberg and has many fans?
The present surface has slow most. Clay. slow grass. A hard court is also slow. It is slow now even at US open which was the fastest surface. Moreover, the ball became heavy, etc.

It is a time too much advantageous to Nadal’s play style now. You should appreciate their luck for Nadal and a nadal team.

However, Nadal is arrogant criticism about the quick surface of the Sampras era?

ha?

December 28th, 2013 at 3:29 am

@ Margot: You are wrong! Bernard is hiring Ilija Nasatasie for PR…

December 28th, 2013 at 7:33 am

holdserve Says:
On the contrary, even if Rafa has 15 slams with a double career slam, he will be more likely considered the GOAT because of his h2h with Fed, playing in a tougher era, his record in Masters, his unprecedented domination of one surface etc
Remember most of Fed’s records were accumulated in the weak era.
Between 2008 and 2010 when both Rafa and Fed were in their prime, Rafa has more slams , more weeks at no. 1 and more year end no. 1s, more Masters and ATP titles than Fed.
Don’t let Fed fans fool you into thinking otherwise.
Remember, it is time and history which will decide the GOAT. Not Fed fans.

December 28th, 2013 at 2:18 am

Holdserve,

seriously, why is it that an agitated rafa fan starts to post more crap on a fed thread.

We are celebrating his (hopeful) union with Edberg. We already know who the GOAT is.

December 28th, 2013 at 8:32 am

Yes so do Andy and Novak.

December 28th, 2013 at 9:23 am

Just watched Novak battled against Ferru. There were hints of what Djokovic has in plan gamewise. He looked good.

December 28th, 2013 at 9:49 am

The gap between Djokovic and Ferrer is astounding.

December 28th, 2013 at 10:46 am

The worst part is that Ferrer played, overall, an excellent match, especially at the beginning. But in the second set, it seemed that Djokovic put simply too much power in his shots.

Djokovic has vastly improved his transition game, and he is quite decent at the net.

Ferrer, on the other side, plays strategically a very sound game, but just lacks power.

December 28th, 2013 at 11:17 am

My post was in relation to Steve 27s post @7.51pm and Dans @3.07pm,in hindsight though i shouldve posted it on the Rafa thread instead,too late now though.

December 28th, 2013 at 11:39 am

I believe the coaching will work out well for Roger,just a hunch but i think he will have a good year in 2014.

December 28th, 2013 at 11:46 am

About Novak i didnt actually see the game,but i was just wondering when has he not looked good against Ferrer?Ferrer is merely target practice for Novak,i was more surprised that Ferrer managed to keep the 1st set close going by the scoreline,i would say hes the one to beat at the AO,no disrespect but i hope the other top players can raise their game to push Novak next year at the AO.

December 28th, 2013 at 11:53 am

“Remember, it is time and history which will decide the GOAT. Not Fed fans.”

Lol. Keep waiting. In the meantime, enjoy the Fedness of it all.

December 28th, 2013 at 12:27 pm

Only Rafa can push Nole at the AO. Too soon for Muzza and, try as he might, Delpo can’t get it done.

December 28th, 2013 at 1:05 pm

Clearly Holdserve, your chestnuts have been roasting too long by an open fire.

December 28th, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Haha Purcell!

And let’s remember 70% of Rafa’s win’s against Roger can be attributed to clay.

December 28th, 2013 at 5:30 pm

No it is only 60%.

December 28th, 2013 at 6:47 pm

Humble going for 2nd grandslam year. Humble Nation is stronger than ever.

December 28th, 2013 at 9:41 pm

HR
Why does Roger have record of the sportsmanship prize which ATP players choose?

Nadal is nominated this year also, Why was Roger awarded?

Because Nadal is a Arrogant gamsmanship player?

December 29th, 2013 at 3:51 pm