Fedor Gorst nominated for Mosconi CUP Team USA!

[garczar]

AFAIK he's buying a farm or something in Indiana. He loves it here. Beats the shit out of dodgin' incoming Ukrainian artillery rounds for that asshole BadVlad.

 

[Badpenguin]

And now that the WPA is bringing down the ban hammer on Europe's best from MR events, looks like the US will be dominating the Mosconi Cup for a few years.

 

[garczar]

And now that the WPA is bringing down the ban hammer on Europe's best from MR events, looks like the US will be dominating the Mosconi Cup for a few years.

Seeing how Qatar is the home of Hamas i don't see the WPA getting much good press anytime soon. Doesn't look good when one of your 'marquee' events is played in the hometown of a bunch of jackoffs that slaughters innocents at a concert. 'Bad optics' would be a colossal understatement.

 

[JPB2]

Another immigrant taking a job from an American

Taking wins citizens refuse to take.

 

[Swighey]

maybe Shaw can switch sides and Bergman agrees to play and i will give USA the edge lol

Shaw has no reason to switch sides. Fedor does and the very best of luck to him.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I called it months ago!

Happy for Fedor!

 

[spartan]

obviously i'm a team europe fan but i don't begrudge this, one can really tell that fedor has his heart in america. and there's no doubt he wants to become an american citizen. any interview with the guy makes that very obvious. but what if he doesn't get citizenship?

Emily/MR is the decider (not God or the alphabet soup of govt agencies). Like WWE. Its Emily's product and she makes the rules.
Citizenship requirement can be waived with a wave of her wand. She can tweak the rules to say anyone based in US more than certain number of days can play and Roberto Gomez qualifies. She can ordain and deem that next door neighbors can qualify and voila, Alex and John Morra are coopted

 

[pt109]

Well, I’m a Canuck….but like most pool players up here, I always cheer for the USA every year.
So, I‘m delighted.

 

[jay helfert]

maybe Shaw can switch sides and Bergman agrees to play and i will give USA the edge lol

Shaw may well have permanent resident status by now. He's been living here long enough that's for sure.

 

[garczar]

Shaw may well have permanent resident status by now. He's been living here long enough that's for sure.

Yep. Think he could play for either side. Maybe he could just be an extra that gets called in if one team is getting roasted.

 

[BlueRaider]

Can we get Ruslan too?

Does he still play pool?

 

[skip100]

Awesome development. Good for Fedor, good for Team USA, and good for competitiveness of the Mosconi Cup.

 

[Justaneng]

Has anyone checked on Earl this morning? There’s a chance he just lost his Mosconi job to an immigrant.

 

[garczar]

Can we get Ruslan too?

Does he still play pool?

He's awol. I've asked this recently and no sightings.

 

[Positively Ralf]

This makes no sense, but hooray.

 

[fastone371]

Well, I’m a Canuck….but like most pool players up here, I always cheer for the USA every year.
So, I‘m delighted.

I have always felt that Canadians are just like from another state, not another country.

 

[Mich]

Now if Johann Ruijsink would only move to Kentucky..............

 

[BasementDweller]

I really like Fedor and make no mistake this is a bold and courageous move. He seems like a pretty smart guy too. I just hope he has all of his bases covered on this, as I'm sure the man in charge won't be too fond of this once he catches wind of it. Could be tough on his family

 

[axejunkie]

Happy he's playing for the US and he's a breath of fresh air in the game. Also have to wonder how much Matchroom influenced this to keep the event from being too lopsided again. But I'll be more interested in watching this year.

 

[garczar]

Happy he's playing for the US and he's a breath of fresh air in the game. Also have to wonder how much Matchroom influenced this to keep the event from being too lopsided again. But I'll be more interested in watching this year.

He lives here now. Working on being citizen. Bring on 'you-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-up'.