I saw the whole thing, every match, being on vacation. They didn’t need three Fillers. Just one, the real one, would have helped immensely.
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Sorry, this is flat wrong. I saw the entire tournament. Team Asia showed tremendous unity. So much it actually surprised me. Yapp was lit up by his teammates - Carlo even hugged him. Duong was estatic. Ko and Johann cheered everybody on.
The crowd on the final day was reported at 2500. Panazzo said there were at least a thousand each day in the first three days. Day 4 had a large crowd and the event was arguably as noisy as any Mosconi, at least on TV, despite a cavernous stadium. Bob might think differently being there.
I don’t like to call people names or insult anyone. I am glad I am blissfully naive and not endlessly cynical like you. Would be impossible for me to live like that.
i think you are wrong, very, wrong, and I will leave it at that.
Krause wasn’t the reason Europe lost. Alcaide, Kaci and FSR were no better, and probably two of the three were worse.
Mickey is fine. He’s emerging as a a star.
I saw the entire tournament too. Asia played better and won without the need to show team unity. I agree, they showed tremendous unity. I actually said that. Which part of my post was flat wrong?
I think they are incredibly useful and that it's good television.
Uh, you wrote this.
i don’t think you need to show team "unity" to win, as you say, but I did see plenty of it. And the players iexpressed as much in MR interviews.
Yes I did. I include the inverted commas and then added some context. If you are being a tw@t please go away. If you are mistaken, I apologise for misunderstanding "flat wrong".
If you believe, as I do, that the Asian players showed unity, team spirit and enjoyment being around each other I have no disagreement.
They didn’t win because of that, but it certainly didn’t hurt.
At the end of the night, Chua said unprompted he hoped the whole team could be back together next year. Ko might differ because of his brother, but it was a fitting statement.
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You think that seeing a closeup of a cueball while the player shoots the critical shot of a match, so that you can't actually see whether the ball is made or whether position is gotten, is useful? Agree to disagree...
Aye, but it's all too easy for the finger pointers to talk about Europe not showing "team unity" while ignoring the fact that Asia "looked" anything but a team during the team games. Loada nonsense, both teams played to win and Asia got the job done. And they got it done quietly.
I didn't notice that particular problem, but what I did notice is that the director repeatedly cut away from the critical part of the shot. Often they would cut to something irrelevant just before the cue ball was struck. Or when position was critical and the cue ball was rolling to maybe a hook or maybe perfect position, they would switch to the opponent's reaction. My conclusion is that the director knew little about pool. Where is Helfert when you need him?
I think Europe showed plenty of unity. Kaci’s disagreements with Shaw got tongues wagging, but I saw nothing unhealthy in it.
i also think Asia was more vocal and emotional than I expected, but it was mainly Chua and Ko with a side of Biado.
Anything specific? I describe, not the changing world, but the paradigm in the big picture. The population is just tools in the grand scheme.
I don’t agree, and I see no reason to discuss it, unless it’s in a bar over a beer. We just see the world differently and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Almost forgot this is a Cup thread. I do love a domineering performance. Yay...
I go to bars for the one pool table and the chance at 5 minutes of actual pool. Don't drink either. Even in school and doing my scholarly intellectual phase, alcohol and pizza led only to hysteria.
About the world, as populations grow, so will the corporate wiggle room shrink. Forget opinions. Guess what happens then.