It's the same crap from the same America haters every year... Then when America wins, they're silent. It gets tiresome hearing the same crap year after year. America can win just as easily as Europe can. They're short races in the most stressful setting in billiards. Momentum holds a HUGE sway.
This year it could be as simple as feeling down about Bergman and not being able to get a good rhythm.
I think people drastically misunderstand the difference between the best players. The reality is that there is very little difference between the best players and different players are best under different situations. Shane is still the best player in the world by results overall statistically (fargo), but he obviously isn't the best under the conditions at Mosconi Cup.
Even if it was conceded that Europe is better under the conditions at Mosconi cup (I'm not BTW) To try and make the argument that they're better at pool because of that is absolutely ludicrous.
Jaden
This isn’t about American haters at all. I’m just trying to be realistic with the state of the level of play from Team USA members compared to players from other parts of the world. The sad reality is that Team USA is below Team Europe and would also be below teams from China, and Philippines if they had them. At the Mosconi Cup, it only takes one mistake or dry breaking from a team or player to lose your match, but as evidenced from this years cup, the most consistent players have been the Europeans. They’re better composed for these short races and they would be even stronger in the longer races as well.
Maybe in a short race like the ones at the cup its hard to see the difference in their skill level (although it’s been pretty evident in this one), but in a longer race you’ll really be able to see just how much stronger the Europeans are. At one point in the history of the Mosconi Cup, it was the other way around and the Americans were by far the stronger players, but that dominance is what motivated more people from Europe to take up playing pool. It’s that whole “hate losing to USA” thing! Doesn’t hurt that they have complete support from their countries, strong sponsorships and TV coverage, where as here in the USA, this country could give two shits about billiards, where are the sponsors and we see how much TV coverage there is.