Nope. Still no alert. You have to hit the "Reply With Quote" button and keep that main post with the person's name (which is a clickable link once posted) to generate the notification. I don't mean that as a snide remark or anything. You just expressed some uncertainty on how to quote people before.
As for the delayed response, I was pretty much working from six this morning until just a couple of hours ago, so I didn't take too much time to scour through threads.
Your points:
The general mood around Murray is not negative. Some folks might be hating on him, but that's more shtick-fueled than anything. As I said before, his SL performance was a wet blanket, whether you dismiss it or not. I'm not keen to get into that debate again, as I think we both know where the other stands but in the very least, it killed off hype to see him suck it up. People are more cautious about how quickly he's going to play consistently, and as you've admitted we still don't know and won't until at least the pre-season.
You're correct that I did mention evidence that he put in the work, and so you bringing up said evidence is relevant and important. I did mean it more in terms of that work translating into performance, but it's entirely possible for him to have practiced a ton and still not be appreciably better, as terrible as that would be.
I legit don't give out predictions very often. I think it's useless. That doesn't mean my feelings aren't made clear. I don't like to speculate on what will happen, but I do like to discuss what something happening would look like and what factors would cause that thing to happen in the first place. In this case, I have no idea how Murray will develop. I can try to think about what he can do now and what he can needs to be able to do to succeed, but I don't see a point in speculating on whether he does those things. It's completely out of my control.
As for me being a "target", it's just a silly thing that some posters are doing because it's the off-season and they're bored. We have some back and forths, a couple of legit discussions and then we move on.