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[Mark]

Andy Murray will not sack his coach Miles Maclagan, according to The Scotsman.

A recent article in the Daily Mail, misleadingly labeled as 'exclusive' when in fact the article appears purely opinion based, said Murray was looking to replace Maclagan in his entourage.

However, The Scotsman newspaper cites sources close to the Murray camp in revealing there are no plans for Maclagan to be removed from his post.

No discussions have taken place within the Murray camp about a possible switch of coach, and, with Murray having gone on holiday following his semi-final defeat by Rafael Nadal, none are expected to take place within the near future.

In the longer, however, Murray is set to review every aspect of his set-up as he tries to determine how he can come closer to his goal of winning a Grand Slam, and that includes his working relationship with fellow-Scot Maclagan, who became his coach in late 2007.

On a related story, Greg Rusedski has said Murray must get Andre Agassi and Darren Cahill on his team if he is to win a Grand Slam.

In other news: Murray on ITV World Cup show tonight

Andy Murray has revealed via Twitter that he will be on the 'James Corden's World Cup Live' show on ITV 1 at 9:30PM tonight.

[Mark]

The Telegraph are quoting the Murray camp as saying it's "pure speculation" rather than denying it. Maybe it's about timing... right now Murray is on holiday and therefore has not reviewed this with his management, so maybe they don't want to deny it because it's still possible Murray may choose to remove him when he gets a chance to review things properly.

[Ellen]

Maybe if Andy lost the werewolf look and shaved his face and the back of his neck we could take him a little more serious.
He also needs to work on his temper which takes him out of many possible points.  If you look back on Andy Roddicks; career, the same thing went for him.  When he did some growing up, he was able to play his best tennis

[Ailene]

Sorry - forgot to log in.

Not familiar to many south of the border, but The Scotsman is a reputable newspaper on a par with the Telegraph.  However, I do wonder who these "sources close to the Murray camp" are, although the Telegraph claims to have got its information from the Murray camp itself.

I recall Andy saying a few weeks ago that Queens and Wimbledon would shape his tennis for the rest of this year.  The episode at Queens was frustrating enough but being knocked out of Wimbledon really hurt.  According to John McEnroe that loss was all due to Andy not having played enough matches, but I'm not entirely convinced by that.

However, given that "his camp" are themselves on holiday I'm not surprised that they're dismissing this as speculation.  Only when the dust of the grass court season has finally settled, and Andy cleared his head, can any serious reviews take place.  His game does need to improve, and Andy knows it himself, but has he finally woken up to the fact that it will only do so if he's prepared to listen to advice and actually take it on board?

I think getting rid of Maclagan would be too big a leap at this point in the season, but having the services of Cahill or Agassi working along with Miles, as Corretja did, would seem to be the best option for the foreseeable future.        

[Peter Dawson]

Andy,
Sacking Miles & co would be a mistake. Obviously you enjoy training with your team & it brings out the best in you.
And when it came to the crunch in the Nadal match you weren't out played, if your honest you bottled the big points.
Also nice dance moves on James Corden's world cup live.
Pete

[Sir Panda]

I agree, he needs to look at shortening his facial hair. This is the reason why he will never win a 'Slam.

[The Cosmic Entity]

On a related story, Greg Rusedski has said Murray must get Andre Agassi and Darren Cahill on his team if he is to win a Grand Slam..

Looks like Greg is right on the Cosmic Entity wavelength...

 

[rena]

Murray will never be a grand slam champion. Rafa will beat him to a pulp every time they meet.