i noticed that as usual, after every won game/match, the entire EUR team & coach would jump up & high-five their player.
I think that's a culture thing but I could be wrong
i noticed that as usual, after every won game/match, the entire EUR team & coach would jump up & high-five their player.
Delighted Appleton defeated SVB (for the 8th straight time, apparently), Europe deserving the overnight lead.
C- is a pretty generous rating, considering his record.
Some fabulous pool played by both teams, really looking forward to the rest of this :thumbup:
I did a search for Shane Van Boening vs Darren Appleton and the first thing that came up was a 2014 match and Shane won it 7 to 3.
The next one that came up in 2014 had Shane beating Darren in the final of the Andy Mercer.
Maybe Darren was saying Shane won 8 straight.
I think Darren was kidding. FYI, Darren beat Shane at the Accu-stats Make it Happen event at Sandcastle a few weeks ago and Appleton/Boyes were victorious over Shane/Strickland at the World Cup of Pool.
In MC singles H2H record, Daz now ahead 3-1Unless Daz was BSing (which I doubt) I am shocked he beat SVB the last 8 times they matched up
Really bad days for Shane --- no question about it.
Racks played
Full team match 0-1
Teamed with Bergman 1-5
Against Appleton 3-5
Fifteen racks played and just 4 won for Shane.
Tomorrow is another day. Schmidt was the man of the day on Mosconi day one and special mention goes to Justin Hall, who also looked solid, and whose bank of the six ball after a Deuel mistake vs. World Cup of Pool champions Appleton and Boyes at 3-3 proved to be the match winner.
Grades for day one
John Schmidt A
Justin Hall B+
Corey Deuel C
Justin Bergman C-
Shane C-
Looking forward to seeing who brings it on day two.
Thanks for clarifying the small booth monitors Jay. It seemed they couldn't see what was obvious on my big screen, such as how the player was aligning to the shot. It's a shame they don't put a large monitor in the booth. Sure makes the com's job very difficult.The coverage by SkySports is first rate and the commentary is good, just the right amount of talking and being quiet. All four coms are pros. Yes Jerry miscalled a few but let me tell you it's hard to see the table from their booth and you must rely on small monitors. Jerry is an excellent commentator! Phil Yates has stepped it up a speed as well. He seems to be much better prepared than he was for the World Cup.
wow - i hate to say it, but my picks are:
round 1 - EUR
round 2 - EUR
round 3 - USA
round 4 - EUR
round 5 - EUR
hopefully i'm wrong
Not the best legs i ever saw on Models! Shop that next time will ya ?
If USA Lose narrowly (say 11-8 or 11-7), it would be considering a victory
Another year with more team building and experience and on US soil, and then USA will truly be ready to compete if they fall short this year
After an 0-3 start for Shane on Day 1, I think he'll be fired up today and I feel that matches 3 and 5 will be the critical matches today, and we need them! If we can also the two singles matches, a tall order, we'll catch Europe today.
Yes, 2 PM eastern.start time 2 pm est again?