Based on the sheer number(and the tone/tenor) of your posts you are ALL-IN on ALL things MR. You gotta be MR's biggest fanboy, which is fine if that's your bag. If its a free stream with decent players i might watch but i don't pay to watch WNT pool, not that interested. I haven't watched a MC since about 2010ish, i find watching pros play races to 5 FAR from compelling.
Not sure why people are downplaying the "rookies" like they have an enormous weight on their shoulders. Filler and I believe Sky, we're MVPs in their rookie year. I'll take Pijus and Moritz over anyone in the USA team given how they are playing TODAY.While MC is probably one of the most entertaining event to watch, I had hoped team USA would throw in a rookie or two. Now the interest and focus is on Pijus and Moritz how they will handle the pressure. I just wish it the match will be an even one until the end, when the scoreline gets one-sided, the tension is gone.
I surely hope World Cup of Pool would return to the calendar, especially now that MR and WPA at least seemingly have buried the hatchet. Predator already introduced doubles events, probably MR will follow suit soon
This is a good point. As a Brit living in North America I actually want the Americans to win. Although that maybe just the underdog thing since I always want Europe to win the Ryder cup
They will be very hard pressed to sink to a lower level than what we got from US fans in Florida at the 2024 Mosconi, which included both vulgarity and profanity, sometimes even when a player was already over the shot. I should add that the referees did nothing to curb such behavior. As I have noted before, the days of Michaela Tabb and Nigel Rees demanding that the crowd conduct itself with civility are behind us.I know pretty much what to expect: obnoxious euro-weenies screaming their hammered heads off.
Agreed, although I'm more inclined to call it the most entertaining event, not the most compelling.
Why do you always feel the need to personally attack someone when they have a different opinion than yours?
Know where you are coming from. I don't think the "weight of the world" argument is valid when it comes to Mosconi rookies. I think what's hard for a Mosconi rookie is dealing, for the first time, with the crowd noise, that reaches a level not nearly found at any other event. Some get used to it, and some do not. Shaw seems to raise his level of play whenever the crowd noise is amped up, which is why he is the right captain for Team Europe.
He seems incapable of posting without making a personal attack. It’s like a Tourette’s tic.
