Johann will pick the 5 from this groupIs this the Mosconi Cup team?
Johann will pick the 5 from this groupIs this the Mosconi Cup team?
Johann will pick the 5 from this group
here's some food for thought... Have tony robles as captain and let him select 5 from 10 players he feel is worth to play. I mean matchroom gets to pick team europe yet we can't? We were held to mosconi cup point ranked events to determine our team? Therefore making our team merit based.
Well screw that if europe just gets to chose their team why cant we the people pick our players?
Svb
hatch
thorpe
skyward
shuff
... I mean Matchroom gets to pick Team Europe yet we can't? We were held to Mosconi Cup point ranked events to determine our team? Therefore making our team merit based. ...
That is worrisome considering his poor rookie picks.This year the Team USA coach (Ruijsink) is free to pick anyone he wants -- no automatic berths based on points events.
Well... Jeremy Jones's commentary is very good. That Russian guy that keeps asking dumb questions, interrupting Jeremy is getting on my nerves.Unfortunately so. ABN's FB page is it. Very good stream with good commentary.
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Very true Pal. Sometimes that adrenaline rush after a great shot also makes you do something completely ridiculous just because you have the Superman Complex.
The second hardest shot is the one right after you make a great shot!
On another note, we don't have five players in the USA who can match up with the five (ten, twenty?) best in Europe. Our only hope would be to add Canada and make our team North America. With Alex, Morra and Klatt we might have a slim chance.
hate to say it, but the argument about the US team has been played out in a dozen other threads...same argument, different thread.WOW!!! What a great coach!!!
If this is it we will get cooked. Plenty of other players that could have made this team stronger. Hatch, Shuff, Donny Mills, Danny Harriman. Believe me I heard from a couple people that its more about politics than building a winning team. I guess the real problem now is coaching where the problem before wasnt coaching.
I hate to sound like mr negative but if Team USA doesnt destroy this match up they are cooked.
And Mexico and S.America and probably Antarctica ans Australia too while we're at it,finally, a sober opinion on the team picks. this has got nothing to do with pool politics, matchroom sports (if anything barry hearn wants USA to win by now) or johann rusjink.
speaking from an european perspective i would say that our advantage lies in organization, treating pool as a sport, playing exclusively on 9-footers and being tournament hardened, as opposed to knowing the ins and outs of hustling. USA would have a hard time against many singular euro countries. since europe clearly has that edge, it would be more fair if canada was included
Here's some food for thought... Have Tony Robles as Captain and let him select 5 from 10 players he feel is worth to play. I mean Matchroom gets to pick Team Europe yet we can't? We were held to Mosconi Cup point ranked events to determine our team? Therefore making our team merit based.
Well screw that if Europe just gets to chose their team why cant we the people pick our players?
SVB
Hatch
Thorpe
Skyward
Shuff
Here's some food for thought... Have Tony Robles as Captain
I think "detached" is the word. I just don't think team play is his deal.Shane looks terribly bored or pissed off.