peasy23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Of course, the difference is that the men’s curlers were widely acknowledged as one of the weaker teams in the bonspiel and even finishing 5th place of these 10 represents a surprisingly good olympics. Kind of reminds me of Eve Muirhead’s performance in 2010 in Vancouver, and I expect big things from this team in future olympics. That shot for 5 by Benny Schwartz was probably the best curling hammer shot I’ve ever seen, but to be honest it was quite poor from the GB guys to let the end develop like that. If you’re up by 1 in end 9 then you should be looking to just play a clean end twice over. The first would be blanked by the opposition and in the second they’d be forced to draw for one to force an extra. You then have the hammer and can just play a third clean end and leave your skip with a hammer draw for the game. I see Eve either getting gold or bronze. I fancy her to either beat Japan or Korea in whatever medal match they end up in, but the semi final with Sweden could go either way. Eve would love to get revenge on the swedes after the hog line incident. The men’s semis are Sweden v Switzerland and Canada v USA. I’d love to see Switzerland do it after that great shot by Schwartz, but as long as it’s not Canada I’m happy. It was a cracking shot tbf, but surely no team at this level should be allowing an end to build up against them in such a way that losing a 5 was even a possibility? There were quite a few times over the last week where I thought they were too slow to start clearing the opponents stones out when ends were clearly starting to build against them. I'm sure they will learn from the experience and be better prepared for the next time, if indeed they are still the rink that is selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I'm assuming the men's curlers will get the same abuse as Elise Christie given that this is at least the 3rd time this week they have completely shat the bed. She's bound to be thinking "Thank f**k!"[emoji29][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Looks like nothing at all of interest today. I might have to actually do some work to pass the time. [emoji21] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 When is Eve’s game being played? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 When is Eve’s game being played? 11am on Friday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 1 minute ago, lichtie23 said: When is Eve’s game being played? 1105 tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 That’s a pity, I’m stuck in work. Might have to record it and watch it when I get in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 If they lose, the bronze medal match is at 1105 on Saturday morning, and if they win the gold medal match is at 00.05 on Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 6 hours ago, peasy23 said: I'm assuming the men's curlers will get the same abuse as Elise Christie given that this is at least the 3rd time this week they have completely shat the bed. They have shat the bed. They probably won't come out and blame everyone else though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 If they lose, the bronze medal match is at 1105 on Saturday morning, and if they win the gold medal match is at 00.05 on Sunday morning. Il be on my way to Kirkcaldy on Saturday. Really need them to win today so I can watch them live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I'll be on my way to Hillsborough. Will have to baggsie my mate paying for Wi-Fi on the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Il be on my way to Kirkcaldy on Saturday. Really need them to win today so I can watch them live I'll be on my way to Hillsborough. Will have to baggsie my mate paying for Wi-Fi on the train. Similarly, I'll be heading for Meadow Park. Be good if they can win as sitting up with a few beers into the early hours of Sunday sounds like a good plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 No Canadian team in either of the two curling finals, which is quite the shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Wednesday - US Men's Ice hockey team lose in the QF to Czech Republic in a shootout, more than one US reporter moans that a shootout is no way to decide a hockey game. Today - US women's ice hockey team win gold, after a a shootout. No mention of a shootout being no way to decide a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 To finish off Elise Christie’s week her man’s just gone and bagged a gold medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 No Canadian team in either of the two curling finals, which is quite the shock. I'm guessing that will be viewed as an absolute disaster in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysart Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Only time I want the Yanks to win at anything is when the play Canada at ice hockey or curling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: 6 hours ago, Sooky said: No Canadian team in either of the two curling finals, which is quite the shock. I'm guessing that will be viewed as an absolute disaster in Canada. Not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Not really I’m assuming you haven’t been reading the curling zone forums then. More tears getting spilled all over the shop than there were on follow follow when Rangers died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Going by the footage it looks like her index finger contacts the lip Stopped here - more than enough for a morning rustle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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