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Post by cert. murse aphex on Feb 21, 2006 13:14:10 GMT -5
The Swiss only perform well when they are underdogs and play on the counterattack mostly.
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Post by Lee on Feb 21, 2006 13:47:14 GMT -5
The Swiss only perform well when they are underdogs and play on the counterattack mostly. So Sweden shouldn't pick that team to play  |
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Post by Lee on Feb 21, 2006 17:32:03 GMT -5
So Sweden gets the wish playing Switzerland.
It will be tough for Canada, facing the Russians.
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Post by Vera on Feb 22, 2006 1:41:50 GMT -5
So we didn't make it to the 2nd,  . Now, I think we have the toughest opponent in the QF. Oh well. I started watching a bit of the 2nd and the 3rd period when I woke up this morning, and the Czechs was pounding on us. Good thing we got 3 goals catching up half asleep in the first period  . |
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Post by Vera on Feb 22, 2006 2:08:55 GMT -5
If you say so, Lee  The Swedish coach actually put forth the idea of throwing the game against Slovakia as to get an easier opponent in the quarterfinals, ie Switzerland. That didn't go down very well amongst the Swedish public.  And IIHF is sending official to the Sweden/Slovakia match to ENSURE the Swedes are not throwing the game So they lost 0-3 to the Slovaks, what's the verdict . But who can blame them for choosing the Swiss over the Canadian  . It just the nature of any team to try hard to get the match up that they want, no? Lucky bastards . So the Swiss just turn back to a pumpkin, eh? |
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Post by cert. murse aphex on Feb 22, 2006 2:09:25 GMT -5
The Swiss only perform well when they are underdogs and play on the counterattack mostly. So Sweden shouldn't pick that team to play  The verdict is out on the Sweden-Slovakia match: TANK! And a not very good one as well.   at the Sw. TV4 reporter trying to get Mats Sundin to admit they tanked. If looks could kill... Sw. TV even had a poll running all through the match. The question was something like: Do you think the Swedish players are trying their best? 91% answered: no!  |
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Post by Vera on Feb 22, 2006 2:10:52 GMT -5
Well, good luck to the Canadians. I hope they play the way they should and expected so if we lose at the end, at least it would be a fun and exciting game to watch.
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Post by Vera on Feb 22, 2006 2:13:42 GMT -5
at the Sw, TV4 reporter trying to get Mats Sundin to admit they tanked. If looks could kill... So they really did! Good for them to sticking at the game plan the coach lay out ;D ;D ;D . Would be fun to see Mats face, I can imagine... |
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Post by cert. murse aphex on Feb 22, 2006 2:18:03 GMT -5
The attitude seems to be they do anything to get the gold. It's the last chance to win something big internationally for the so called "Golden generation" of Swedish ice-hockey, Forsberg, Sundin, Lidström et al. I still think it's weird Markus Näslund said no.  |
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Post by Vera on Feb 22, 2006 2:23:10 GMT -5
I still think it's weird Markus Näslund said no. Well, I can understand where you come from. But I watched Markus plays day in and day out, he just isn't himself bcos of the groin injury. It's not very often that you see him getting very frustrated during the game and threw some stupid penalties, but he did that pretty often in the past couple of months. He's frustrated that he wasn't able to catch up with the puck, and he can hardly score goals for a good 10-15 games. I know it's hard to convince the Swede fans. But just like Lee said, sometimes it's better to get someone healthy to play instead of getting an injuried one. Markus is running about 75% these days at most. |
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. Now, I think we have the toughest opponent in the QF. Oh well. I started watching a bit of the 2nd and the 3rd period when I woke up this morning, and the Czechs was pounding on us. Good thing we got 3 goals catching up half asleep in the first period 
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. It just the nature of any team to try hard to get the match up that they want, no? Lucky bastards 
