Andy Murray recently split with coach Brad Gilbert

The 20-year-old split with coach Brad Gilbert last month and now hopes to have a support team that will join him on tour at different times of the year.

This unusual move has raised eyebrows throughout tennis - but is it a good or bad move by the Scot?

Here, 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash and former Great Britain Davis Cup captain Jeremy Bates take time out from competing at the BlackRock Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall to give their thoughts on the issue.

Pat Cash: "Only time will tell if it's a good idea or not.

"I think what he has learnt is that one coach hasn't really worked out for him. He keeps having coaches coming and going so maybe this system will be better for him.

"Tennis is similar to many other sports in that one coach cannot do everything.

"I've always been a believer that a coach is almost like a manager and then you have specific trainers and technical people completing the team.

"Some players, like Roger Federer, decide they don't need any coaching, but some players feel like they need a lot and often."

Jeremy Bates: "I don't think it is quite what it is being portrayed as.

"I doubt that Andy will have more than one coach. I interpret his team of people to be his coach, his family and possibly a physio and a trainer travelling with him.

"A small, intimate group of people that he trusts implicitly and will provide all the aspects he needs for his professional career.

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"I don't think he is going to have one coach for clay and one for grass and one for this and one for that. Maybe he is, maybe he is going to revolutionise the way coaching is done, but I would be surprised if that's what happens.

"With Andy, the thing that matters to him, to my knowledge, is he is not necessarily someone who is looking for profile, profile, profile. He is looking for someone he gets on with.

"Someone who is implicitly trusting and has his best interests at heart all of the time.

"That's the most important thing for him. Obviously you have to have tennis knowledge and all the rest of it, but I don't think he is necessarily going to look for a top name person.

"He will have someone who he likes and he wants to be with. Let's face it, you are together in tournaments for 20-30 weeks of the year so you've got to like someone a lot if you are together every week."

Pat Cash: "I wasn't really surprised, they are both strong personalities and clashes do happen.

"In a way I am surprised as Brad is a very good coach and it's a pity to let somebody like that go.

"It's tough to constantly live with someone with a strong personality such as Brad's. If you are having clashes, it is better to move on."

Jeremy Bates: "I heard all sorts of stories that it was heading in that direction over the last few months.

"Andy is his own man and he makes his own decisions.

"I don't think there is anything unusual about them splitting after 18 months, it's quite common on the tour to see people split up.

"The situation we used to see in the old days of having 10 years on the road together is not so common any more.

"It ran its course and obviously there are some personality issues between them. Brad is very high profile and likes to be as such, whereas Andy will make his own decisions."

Pat Cash: "It can hinder you if you are really closed-minded and stubborn - I'm not sure if he is that as I don't know him well enough to say.

"I was certainly very determined, but I also used to listen.

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"That's the most crucial part - you have to be willing to listen and learn and I'm constantly learning even now every time I go out on the court or meet a new trainer. I've always got this passion for learning things and listening.

"If you think you know it all at the age of 20/21, then you've got another thing coming."

Jeremy Bates: "It depends if it's channelled in the right direction and clearly he is a completely different person to who he was 18 months ago.

"When he first burst on to the scene he was pretty young and brought his character and personality, and maybe some people weren't particularly turned on by it.

"But now he has won over an incredible amount of people and creates a completely different impression because he says it like it is.

"He doesn't try and gloss over things and I think people like that. He isn't afraid to call a spade a spade."

Pat Cash: "I think we will see him in the top five if he stays injury free.

If things go well, a semi-final of a Grand Slam and a top-five ranking would be what he'd be looking at. Anything else would be a disappointment."

Jeremy Bates: "I think for sure he will be in the top 10. If I had to put any money on it, I would say as high as six or seven."