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[ljsmall]

I think it's fair, now, to look back on the US Open and say that if he was carrying an injury that kept him out of a Masters more than a month later, the result cannot be blamed on his coaching staff. He played with an injury where many wouldn't and got slaughtered. Not a reflection on what he can do fit and healthy. Don't sack the coach quite yet!

[Philip]

I don't believe it is all down to luck.  Wrist injuries don't just happens.  Andy must have done something to cause (or increase the probability of) it to happen.  Maybe it is due to part of the training regime.  I am wondering about the overtraining comment made by Mcenroe.  Now that Andy has bulked up, does it make sense for him and his team to adapt the training regime ?

I would say the strongest block now is one of mental.  When Andy successful defensive strategy comes unstuck against an in form and focused opponent, it takes practise and strength of mind to switch to a slightly more agressive style to prevent the opponent from taking too much initiative.  The fear of making a mistake will weigh him down.  I would say that Andy needs more matchplay practise on playing the alternative more attacking style when he is leading or when he is receiving serve so that mentally he will know he can switch when the need arises.

I think the real problem is that the majority of time, Andy is playing ATP & MS matches where his defensive, wait for the error style is successful against not as fit or tired players, so it makes no sense for him to practise the alternative style which is only really useful in GS.

[scotsgeek28]

I think its all a bit of an over-reaction.  Murray lost in the SF of Wimbledon in a very tight match where Roddick held in there better than anyone could imagine.  He wins Montreal, gets to the SF in Cincinatti, and then loses to Cilic because he you could plainly see he could barely return the ball with any power, and Marin just swotted him away like a fly, which was painful to watch to be honest.  He shouldn't really have played DC but he felt obligated to, and you have to respect his committment on that.  All round he has had a good year.  The top of the mens game is very open, and Andy is right at that level. 

I expect to see great things in the last few tournaments of the year and then a nice break from Australia.  Given how open it is and the chance he now has to win a slam, I feel the time to discuss a new coach is this time next year if he still hasn't made that breakthrough.  He won't be short of people keen to take him on.

Let's see him get back in action....perhaps we over analyse things way too much.  I do feel though Andy played with a lot more flair when he first started on the tour.  He does play cautious, but hey so does Del Potro, he is basically a big tall strong grinder who whacks the ball pretty hard....

I think Andy has a lot riding on London....looking forward to it!  For now Team Andy must stay!