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Nedohin has more class in her left toe than you do in your body.

Grow up and stop being a d!ck.

Tremendous effort making playoffs.

Must be nice for Middaugh to choose $ and beating your own country rather than cheer for them.

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What ML needs is a "fact checker" to delete most of his idiotic ramblings.

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...Sweden's Anna Hasselborg ... silver medalist last time worlds were held in 2018.

Hasselborg lost the last worlds in a thrilling nail-biter vs Jennifer "Bad Rock Placement" Jones...

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Happy that they were able to qualify for the Olympics. In hindsight they should have passed on one of slams for mental and physical rest. Again, great to . Way to battle back.

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Must be nice for Middaugh to choose $ and beating your own country rather than cheer for them.

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Originally posted by alex

Didn't Swiss and Swedish team play in those slams? No reason for Canada to be tired. They just didn't seem to have the same desire Sweden had for whatever reason. Pretty sure Swiss will have same intensity, don't know if it will be matched by the non Russians or US.

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3 months away vs 3-4 weeks away...huge difference. Should have skipped mixed doubles or one of the slams. USA & Sweden didn’t do great in the slams either...but looks like that strategy worked out!

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by guido


Always has been a dick, presently a dick, and always will be a dick.

On Middaugh, don’t him blame at all.
Any Canadian team could have picked him up to coach. [/QUOTE

I'm surprised you can say that here, as true as it is. Funny.
Maybe we should be calling him "Richard" seeing as he likes nicknames so much.

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Great announcing, just top notch.

Russ: It's amazing how much power you can get with an extension, I hate to call it a push.
Cheryl: I think the key to it is doing it accurately.

Spoiler alert: an extension IS a push and yes, doing it accurately is fairly important Captain Obvious.

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Alina Kovaleva (RCF) takes a big bit of Sweden with a 4-ender in the 3rd.

Manitoba Oracle form chart says Anna Hasselborg is totally infuriated - and will ring up RCF for a 3-ender the next.

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RCF ran over the shell-shocked Swedes.
They have a bold strategy. Pile all rocks into the 4 foot, always, regardless of who has hammer.

This is the future of women's curling, and it's tough to counter, as SWE discovered.

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Also, RCF made Mike Harris look like a curling-imbecile, proving him laughably wrong with his condescending commentary end after end.

Like "RCF, without hammer, should keep this end clean to limit SWE " RCF piles a wall of granite on the 4 foot, leaving Hasselborg with nothing.

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Bottom line, Sweden, when faced with a lot of opponent rocks in the house, wilted under the pressure and tossed rather poor half shots in response.

I'm eager to see how the Swiss respond to this aggressive, seemingly reckless strategy.

Yeah, reckless like a fox.

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It reminded me of Shuster in his Olympic run. Someone makes a guard? Come around. Someone peels a guard? Come around. Someone makes a double? Come around. Someone angle raises from Edmonton and puts it on the button? Come around.

At the very least, even if rock placement isn’t perfect, these world class curlers constantly face situations they don’t face very often. At some point you just mentally take two throws off and boom, Kovaleva is sitting three buried and you’re struggling to keep the dam from breaking. It’s fun to watch.

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Good points. There were multiple ends where SWE needed to make 3 consecutive double takeouts or runbacks in order to clear the rock-jam and score multiple points. And there are very few women's teams in 2021 that have that consistent hitting capability.

I think the one Kryptonite for RCF- style would be Team Homan.

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Don't you mean Russ Howard?

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Also, RCF made Mike Harris look like a curling-imbecile, proving him laughably wrong with his condescending commentary end after end.

Like "RCF, without hammer, should keep this end clean to limit SWE " RCF piles a wall of granite on the 4 foot, leaving Hasselborg with nothing.

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Team Sweden is broken.

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Bingyu Wang introduced this "ratchet up the pressure, draw -draw -draw on all ends" game plan about a dozen years ago and rode it to a World Championship.
Fast forward to 2021 and the steely Russian curlers have adopted it as their own. The U.S, knowing a good thing when they see it, jumped on the bandwagon to claim the bronze.

It's such a welcome injection of excitement into the women's game as we were treated to two absolutely engaging matches last night and today.

Like I said, Team Homan may be the only Canadian team with the antidote.

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One little thing I've noticed in games watched.

No sponsorship or teams wearing Arthur Asham equipment.

At one point Asham was the preeminent supplier of sliders, shoes, sticks, slacks & other apparel.

Wonder if the pandemic took the steam out of Asham or not?

Also, Asham doesn't like to put big money on scoreboard advertising or even paying teams their fair share for sponsorship.

With little or no domestic curling going on in Canada I wonder what the future holds for Asham Curling. Especially when so many innovations being introduced by other manufacturers, inventors & suppliers!

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Congratulations to the Swiss team for the win.

They made fewer mistakes. Just better results for the Swiss rocks at every position.

RCF turned several 2-point ends into singles, and that was the difference between gold and silver.

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6 championships for the Swiss in the last 9 yrs. The world is no longer chasing Canada. Time Curl Canada sat up and take notice.

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Paetz getting into the GOAT conversation. Great shooter, got some swagger out there, 4 world championships. Get the Olympic gold and it might be hers.

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One little thing I've noticed in games watched.

No sponsorship or teams wearing Arthur Asham equipment.

At one point Asham was the preeminent supplier of sliders, shoes, sticks, slacks & other apparel.

Wonder if the pandemic took the steam out of Asham or not?

Also, Asham doesn't like to put big money on scoreboard advertising or even paying teams their fair share for sponsorship.

With little or no domestic curling going on in Canada I wonder what the future holds for Asham Curling. Especially when so many innovations being introduced by other manufacturers, inventors & suppliers!

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Also, RCF made Mike Harris look like a curling-imbecile, proving him laughably wrong with his condescending commentary end after end.

Like "RCF, without hammer, should keep this end clean to limit SWE " RCF piles a wall of granite on the 4 foot, leaving Hasselborg with nothing.

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