*** Official Day Three Mosconi Cup Updates

watchez

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SJM said he was going to be unavailable today so here it the thread for updates. I will do my best to give updates when I am available as well.

Day 3 - like a golf tournament, today is moving day. Time for the USA to make a move. Every shot taken with the determination SVB showed his team in making that 4 ball (I would have played safe :eek:)

Shane described the 4 ball that he fired in with all his will as probably the best shot of his life.

Here is today's schedule - I'll fill it in when it is announced but you can probably figure out who will be placed where.

Also BEFORE people start saying why isn't Mark Wilson having this team play doubles or that guy play singles - take the time to read the rules and the matchups required. There are 10 possible double combinations - you have to use 7 of them and you cannot use the same pairing twice.

As this states, all players in matches 9-11 have to play once. Match 9 was Bergman. Match 10 was SVB & Corey. That leaves Schmidt/Hall as a must to play Match 11. Then Match 12 has to be a player that has not played singles in Matches 3 (Schmidt), 5 (SVB) ,7 (Corey), and 9 (Bergman) so that leaves Hall for Match 12.

Then everyone must play once in Matches 13 (doubles), Match 14 (singles) and Match 15 (singles) with the player that played in Match 12 not being allowed to play, which again was Hall.

It is not as confusing as it sounds, you just have to take the time to read it to understand it. It is a great format.


Wednesday December 3 – 19.00

Match 11 Boyes/Nikos v Schmidt/Hall- Doubles match(All players to have played once in match 9 - 11)

Match 12 Nikos v Hall -Singles match (Must be the player who did not play in Matches 3, 5, 7 & 9)

Match 13 Deuel/Schmidt vs Gray/Boyes
Match 14 Bergman vs Feijen
Match 15 SVB vs Appleton
(All players to have played once in matches 12 – 15)

Thursday December 4 – 19.00
Match 16 Singles match
Match 17 Singles match
Match 18 Singles match
Match 19 Single match
Match 20 Singles match
(All players to have played once in matches 16 – 20)
Match 21 Singles match (Captains pick)
Please note, the Captain may not use the same pair twice. There are seven doubles matches and a possible 10 pairings.
 
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Can't wait. 4-1 to the USA today! Ekonopopopolaus (much respect, just a Godzilla reference) is looking vulnerable to the pressure.
 
So making some assumptions, can deduce match 13 to 15 line up
9 singles will probably be split 4-3-2 for USA and 3-3-3 for Europe
SVB and JS will likely play 3 or 4 matches each so we can deduce from that that they both will play singles match 14 and 15
Europe has 2 top guns and exMVP Niels and Darren but Boyes has best MC performance record so he cannot be left out which likely means those 3 play 3 singles each. Darren with his strong home ground performance should nick Niels for final captains pick if it gets to hill hill But Darren/Gray and Niels/ Gray already played .That means match 14 and 15 will be Niels and Boyes
So my elementary guesswork leads to:

Match 13 Corey / Bergman v Boyes/Gray

Match 14 SVB or JS v Darren or Niels

Match 15 SVB or JS v Darren or Niels

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The US better bring the A game today down 4-6. Get out the gate quick and then ride the momentum...should be a good sweat!
 
spartan said:
So making some assumptions, can deduce match 13 to 15 line up
9 singles will probably be split 4-3-2 for USA and 3-3-3 for Europe
SVB and JS will likely play 3 or 4 matches each so we can deduce from that that they both will play singles match 14 and 15
Europe has 2 top guns and exMVP Niels and Darren but Boyes has best MC performance record so he cannot be left out which likely means those 3 play 3 singles each. Darren with his strong home ground performance should nick Niels for final captains pick if it gets to hill hill But Darren/Gray and Niels/ Gray already played .That means match 14 and 15 will be Niels and Boyes
So my elementary guesswork leads to:

Match 13 Corey / Bergman v Boyes/Gray

Match 14 SVB or JS v Darren or Niels

Match 15 SVB or JS v Darren or Niels

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What do you think about putting Corey and John together for match 13 and then have SVB and Bergman play singles? Have Corey and John played together yet?

With the way the lineup is set USA is more than capable of winning the first two matches of the day. Nikos has looked the weakest for the Euros. This could set up perfectly for us to tie things up at 6.
 
Looking forward to seeing how today unfolds. Hasn't gone quite as well for the US as I had hoped so far, but maybe today can be the turnaround. I decided to take a half-day of vacation so I can go home and devote my full attention to watching this afternoon instead of having a small screen up at work and trying to do two things at once. I love having a few unaccounted for vacation days at the end of the year!
 
lukemindish said:
Nikos has looked the weakest for the Euros. .
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Nikos is 3-0 at present and has, in my opinion, been Europe's best player. That's why Johann put him in the first two matches. Similarly, Justin Hall has been the best player on Team USA and he's also playing in the first two matches. These coaches are pushing all the right buttons and I think these first two matches will either firmly establish Team USA's contention for the cup or seal the deal for Europe.

Unfortunately, as Watchez noted, I'll miss these matches.
 
Full lineup today as announced by Matchroom on Twitter

Schmidt Hall vs Boyes Ekonomopoulos

Hall vs Ekonomopoulos

Deuel Schmidt vs Gray Boyes

Berman vs Feijen

SVB vs Appleton
 
lukemindish said:
What do you think about putting Corey and John together for match 13 and then have SVB and Bergman play singles? Have Corey and John played together yet?

With the way the lineup is set USA is more than capable of winning the first two matches of the day. Nikos has looked the weakest for the Euros. This could set up perfectly for us to tie things up at 6.
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Possible but risky
Actually tat is just what MW did- he put in Bergman in singles over John
And that resulted in rematch Niels v Bergman Wow

Here is Day 3 Lineup

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:)
 
sjm said:
Nikos is 3-0 at present and has, in my opinion, been Europe's best player. That's why Johann put him in the first two matches. Similarly, Justin Hall has been the best player on Team USA and he's also playing in the first two matches. These coaches are pushing all the right buttons and I think these first two matches will either firmly establish Team USA's contention for the cup or seal the deal for Europe.

Unfortunately, as Watchez noted, I'll miss these matches.
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He had no choice to pay Nikos in those matches today. By the rules (which I went thru earlier), Nikos has to play. It wasn't Johann being smart and putting him there. He had no idea prior that Nikos would be playing the best at this point.

Again, the coaches are not 'pushing any buttons'. The only choice they had today was MINUS Nikos and Hall, who on their team would play doubles and who would play singles. Both coaches put their best two players in the singles. There was nothing to push.
 
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Those ladies in Spartan's post need to put on some stockings or something. They're quite pretty, but the legs of it all! :eek:

Another look at today's menu. :grin-square:
 

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JAM said:
Those ladies in Spartan's post need to put on some stockings or something. They're quite pretty, but the legs of it all! :eek:

Another look at today's menu. :grin-square:
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The girl on the left looks severly photoshopped. Her face is not natural to her body.
 
watchez said:
The girl on the left looks severly photoshopped. Her face is not natural to her body.
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I was thinking the same thing. She is probably much more beautiful in person, but in these posters, she looks like she's related to Jay Leno, if you know what I mean. :p
 
watchez said:
He had no choice to pay Nikos in those matches today. By the rules (which I went thru earlier), Nikos has to play. It wasn't Johann being smart and putting him there. He had no idea prior that Nikos would be playing the best at this point.

Again, the coaches are not 'pushing any buttons'. The only choice they had today was MINUS Nikos and Hall, who on their team would play doubles and who would play singles. Both coaches put their best two players in the singles. There was nothing to push.
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Thanks, I didn't understand that. Glad, though, that Justin Hall and John Schmidt, will lead off today. They're the two guys playing the best for Team USA.
 
Repeat Matches?

spartan said:
Possible but risky
Actually tat is just what MW did- he put in Bergman in singles over John
And that resulted in rematch Niels v Bergman Wow

Here is Day 3 Lineup

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Interesting. I never realized you could have repeats of Singles Matches. So Justin Bergman and Shane get a chance at revenge against Feijen & Appleton......same matchups 2 days in a row......bring it on
 
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