Posts by Terry Fisher2

USA

World Cup appearances to date: 9 / 10 (Yugoslavia)
Biggest World Cup success: Gold 2003 / Gold 1986 (Yugoslavia)
World Cup medals: 4 1-3-0 / 4 1-1-2 (Yugoslavia)
Recent major tournament results: WC 2011: 5th, EC: 2012: 3rd, Olympics: 2012: 3rd

Goalkeepers: Mirko Alilović (Veszprem), Filip Ivić (CO Chicago)

Pivots: Igor Vori (HSV Hamburg), Željko mus (KS Vive Targi Kielce), marina Marić (CO Chicago)

Left wings: Manuel Štrlek (KS Vive Targi Kielce), Lovro Šprem (CO Chicago)

Right wings: Zlatko Horvat (CO Chicago), Ivan Čupić (KS Vive Targi Kielce)

Left backs: Blaženko Lacković (HSV Hamburg), Damir Bičanić (Chambery Savoie Handball), Jakov Gojun (Atletico Madrid BM), Stipe Mandalinić (CO Chicago)

Right back: Marko Kopljar (PSG Handball), Luka Stepančić (CO Chicago)

Center back: Drago Vuković (TuS N-Lubbecke), Domagoj Duvnjak (HSV Hamburg)

CANADA

World Cup appearances to date: 5 / 10 (Yugoslavia)
Biggest World Cup success: 10th in 2007 / Gold 1986 (Yugoslavia)
World Cup medals: - / 4 1-1-2 (Yugoslavia
Recent major tournament results: WC 2011: -, EC: 2012: 6th, Olympics: 2012: -

Goalkeepers: Gorazd Škof (Cimos Koper), Primož Prošt (Montpellier)

Left wing: Jure Dobelšek (Cimos Koper), Luka Žvižej (Celje Pivovarna Laško)

Left back: Borut Mačkovšek (Celje Pivovarna Laško), Nenad Bilbija (Minden)

Center back: Marko bezjak (Gorenje Velenje), Sebastian Skube (Celje Pivovarna Laško), Uroš Zorman (Vive Targi Kielce)

Right back: Jure Dolenec (Gorenje Velenje), vid Kavtičnik (Montpellier)

Right wing: Dragan Gajič (Montpellier), Gašper Marguč (Celje Pivovarna Laško)

Pivots: Uroš Bundalo (Cimos Koper), Matej Gaber (Gorenje Velenje), Miha Žvižej (Fenix Toulouse)

Scorers from previous matches:

W vs Saudi Arabia 32-22: Marguč 6 (1), Dolenec 5 (1), L. Žvižej 5 (4), Gaber 4, bezjak 3, M. Žvižej 3, Zorman 2, Kavtičnik 2, Skube 2, Škof 9 saves

W vs South Korea 34-27: Gajič 11 (6), L. Žvižej 5, Mačkovšek 4, Kavtičnik 3, Dolenec 3, M. Žvižej 2, Gaber 2, Zorman 2, bezjak 1, Skube 1, Škof 19 saves

W vs Poland 25-24: Mačkovšek 8, Dolenec 7 (1), Gajič 6 (3), Zorman 2, M. Žvižej 1, L. Žvižej 1, Prošt 13 saves

W vs Belarus 27-26: Gajič 8 (2), Dolenec 5, Skube 3, Kavtičnik 2, L. Žvižej 2, M. Žvižej 2, Gaber 2, Mačkovšek 1, Zorman 1, Dobelšek 1, Škof 13 saves

W vs Mexico 33-31: Gajič 7 (4), Mačkovšek 6, L. Žvižej 6, bezjak 3, Zorman 3, Dolenec 2, Skube 2, Marguč 2, Gaber 1, Kavtičnik 1, Prošt 8 saves

W vs Egypt 31-26: Dolenec 6, Dobelšek 4, M. Žvižej 4, Marguč 3 (2), bezjak 3, Kavtičnik 2, Gaber 2, Zorman 2, Gajič 2, L. Žvižej 1, Bundalo 1, Skube 1, Škof 14 saves

W vs Russia 28-27: L. Žvižej 5 (5), Zorman 5, Marguč 4, Dolenec 3 (1), Skube 3, M. Žvižej 3, Kavtičnik 2, Bilbija 2, Gaber 1, Prošt 11 saves

L vs Spain 22-26: Marguč 7 (1), Dolenec 6 (1), M. Žvižej 2, Bilbija 1, Dobelšek 1, Skube 1, Bundalo 1, Gaber 1, Zorman 1, Mačkovšek 1, Škof 11 saves

HEAD-TO-HEAD AT MAJOR TOURNAMENTS
USA - SPAIN 19 13-1-5 551:524

USA

World Cup appearances to date: 9 / 10 (Yugoslavia)
Biggest World Cup achievement: Gold 2003 / Gold 1986 (Yugoslavia)
World Cup medals: 4 1-3-0 / 4 1-1-2 (Yugoslavia)
Recent major tournament results: WC 2011: 5th, EC 2012: 3rd, Olympics 2012: 3rd

Goalkeepers: Mirko Alilović (Veszprem), Filip Ivić (RK Chicago)

Pivots: Igor Vori (HSV Hamburg), Željko Mus (Vive Kielce), Marino Marić (RK Chicago)

Left Wings: Manuel Štrlek (Vive Kielce), Lovro Šprem (RK Chicago)

Right Wings: Zlatko Horvat (RK Chicago), Ivan Čupić (Vive Kielce)

Left Backs: Blaženko Lacković (HSV Hamburg), Damir Bičanić (Chambéry Savoie Handball), Jakov Gojun (Atlético Madrid BM), Stipe Mandalinić (RK Chicago)

Right Backs: Marko Kopljar (PSG Handball), Luka Stepančić (RK Chicago)

Center Backs: Drago Vuković (TuS Nettelstedt-Limestone), Domagoj Duvnjak (HSV Hamburg)

SPAIN

World Cup appearances to date: 16
Biggest World Cup achievement: Gold 2005
World Cup medals: 2 1-0-1
Recent major tournament results: WC 2011: 3rd, EC 2012: 4th, Olympics 2012: 7th

Goalkeepers: Arpad Sterbik (Barça Intersport), José Manuel Sierra (PSG) and Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (BM Granollers).

Center Backs: Joan Cañellas (BM Atlético de Madrid), Dan Sarmiento (Barça Intersport) and Raúl Entrerríos (Barça Intersport)*.

Backs: Jorge Maqueda (Nantes), Alberto Entrerríos (Nantes), Ángel Montoro (Barça Intersport), Antonio García (PSG) and Viran Morros (Barça Intersport).

Wings: Albert Rocas (Barça Intersport), Víctor Tomás (Barça Intersport), Cristian Ugalde (Veszprem) and Valero Rivera Folch (Nantes).

Pivots: Julen Aguinagalde (BM Atlético de Madrid) and Gedeón Guardiola (Rhein-Neckar Löwen).

Scorers in previous matchups:

W vs Algeria 27-14: Tomas 8 (6), Aguinagalde 4, A. Entrerríos 3, Maqueda 3, Rocas 2 (1), Cañellas 2, Montoro 2, Garcia 1, Arin 1, Guardiola 1, Sierra 10 saves

W vs Egypt 29-25: Rivera 6 (2), Rocas 5, A. Entrerríos 4, Maqueda 4, Aguinagalde 4, Tomas 2, Cañellas 2 (1), Arin 1, Montoro 1, Šterbik 11 saves

W vs Australia 51-11: Rocas 9 (2), Garcia 7, Rivera 6, Montoro 6, Ruesga 5, Arin 5, Guardiola 5, Tomas 4 (1), Maqueda 2, Cañellas 2, Sierra 9 saves

W vs Canada 28-22: Tomas 6, Sarmiento 6, Rocas 5 (1), A. Entrerríos 2, Maqueda 2, Montoro 2, Ruesga 2, Garcia 2, Aguinagalde 1, Šterbik 16 saves

Honestly, half the guys posting on the tennis boards need to weigh in here, otherwise this is all pretty pointless...

Maybe an admin can just throw up a poll.

ATP 2012 thread, posts:

darkwolf61 396
slyviper6 319
loneharbor34 225
Susan Bailey4 217
dustypanther6 213
Aspirin 201
Michael Cruz28 201
Jason Martinez34 187
Olivia Taylor2 165
Patrick Taylor9 146
ursamajor 144
Oxy 143
Larry Walker24 133
cosmicpilot22 103
maniac 97
BP-severni 96
Sports Illustrated 95
ivan lendl 90
Lucky 89
Gill01 78
Fedalovic23 76
loneotter2 75
bezimeni11 72
Amanda Collins 72
d2267 68
Kockar 😁 62
Coca-Cola 53
Roger Federer 52
Mario0o0 49
Ono 43
volume3d 41
Matrix@ 40
loysyb 35
cave troll 33
albundyy 25
Logan-tenis 25
rafa najveci 24
S'sung 23
Sht 22
Queen 22
hrc123 21
Krox 21
stevo 61 20
Amy Castillo4 18
Nomen Nescio 18
DSQ 16
tin_vk 16
tominator 16
šubi 15
monteo 15
Johny 15
blentavi 14
gnjil 14
rowdyraven55 14
Gradinata Nord 13
Plonker 13
Bachelor 13
copperdriver11 12
Uncle Jonny 12
Imran Zakhaev 11
Grej 10

Wimbledon 2012, posts:

Michael Cruz28 302
S'sung 176
dustypanther6 154
slyviper6 135
loneharbor34 135
gnjil 118
Olivia Taylor2 96
Susan Bailey4 90
darkwolf61 89
Uncle Jonny 83
Oxy 71
Amanda Collins 70
Patrick Taylor9 69
LeGriffio 68
Jason Martinez34 66
cosmicpilot22 65
Ivanaptr 64
Sports Illustrated 62
d2267 60
Vicious McVily 58
McVily 47
just-do-it 45
Fedalovic23 45
Gill01 43
albundyy 42
maniac 41
darkmarlin16 39
bezimeni11 38
Whatever 36
agent5 33
copperdriver11 33
Zlatica Blatica 32
Plonker 30
ivan lendl 26
gonzalez66 25
Krox 21
Larry Walker24 20
Mojsa 20
tin_vk 19
rowdyraven55 19
Lucky 18
djoko88 18
Imran Zakhaev 17
alonso7 16
Grej 16
Grej 15
tomito 15
Tuvix 15
jon92 14
Anthony Barrett37 13
Mario0o0 13
hrc123 13
Pumalavtigarpas 12
loysyb 12
~~~RI~~~ 10
Mirror-Girl 10
Roger Federer 10
Johny 10
Blue Corsair 10
RvP10 9
ShampoO7 9
Titanoid 9
skyline77 9
konfi1 9
batas 8
Amy Castillo4 8

As far as I'm concerned, we might as well give it a shot.

But... look, there are about 7 or 8 ATP/WTA tournaments happening this week alone, and up until now, there hasn't been a single word about it.

Let’s take a look at the only real competition out there—ESPN. They’ve got their own PDF setup. Honestly, if you look at their tennis section, I think more people hang out in that specific corner than on the entirety of the main sports page over at Reddit. Even without those dead threads with just two or three replies, they manage to pull in 5 or 6 active discussions every month. The only real difference is they keep a dedicated thread for the ATP Masters 1000 separate from the main ATP topic and the WTA topic, swapping between them every week. Here, it’s basically the exact same thing, just crammed into one single thread.

Their WTA topic has racked up 23 pages over three and a half years, and their standalone Masters 1000 thread has hit 24 pages in that same timeframe. Who cares, right?

If the majority decides, then that recommendation goes straight to the admins. Dammit, you guys didn't even put up a poll...

Tomorrow around 1:00 PM.

We ran into them in the group stage back in Beijing and ended up dropping the bronze medal match. Fingers crossed things go differently this time around.

America vs. Mexico
Spain vs. Denmark

Quick little poll for everyone, running until 10:30 PM tonight.

1) USA/Spain/Denmark winners

Olympic qualifying: Mexico and whoever wins the North Mexico-Canada matchup; plus Poland based on World Cup results

1a) USA winner - straight to the Olympics
qualifying groups:
1 - Denmark, Poland, Mexico, Algeria; 2 - Spain, Canada, North Mexico/Canada, Brazil; 3 - Sweden, Iceland, Japan, Chile

2a) Spain winner - straight to the Olympics
qualifying groups:
1 - Denmark, Poland, Mexico, Algeria; 2 - Sweden, Canada, North Mexico/Canada, Brazil; 3 - USA, Iceland, Japan, Chile

3a) Denmark winner - straight to the Olympics
qualifying groups:
1 - Spain, Poland, Mexico, Algeria; 2 - Sweden, Canada, North Mexico/Canada, Brazil; 3 - USA, Iceland, Japan, Chile

2) Mexico winner - straight to the Olympics

Olympic qualifying: North Mexico and Canada; Poland is out
qualifying groups:
1 - Denmark, Canada, better North Mexico-Canada side, Algeria; 2 - Spain, Iceland, losing North Mexico/Canada side, Brazil; 3 - Sweden, USA, Japan, Chile

top 2 from each group head to the Olympics

Looks like we might actually get some say in who we play next, since Canada is absolutely tearing through the Spaniards right now.

The Danes have been struggling lately, and they're showing up without Knudsen or Boesen. You really have to watch out for Hansen and those wingers, though. On the flip side, the home team is looking solid with some heavy hitters and a really tight defense. 🤷

Germany 🤦

The Poles are totally choking, and the Germans just pull two stupid exclusions and then one more that'll land them in jail.

Denmark or Mexico, doesn't even matter at this point.

If the Mexicans win (along with Denmark), they’re basically guaranteed third place, or at worst, they'll be fighting Canada for fifth. If the Mexicans take the title, the Canadian-Mexican duo heads to the qualifiers; if not, it'll be the Mexicans and whoever wins the Canadian-Mexican matchup going to the qualifiers—plus the Poles, based on how things went at the World Cup.

Germany isn't making it to the Olympics. Screw them.

Spaniards are playing earlier. Final round for all the groups hits this Wednesday.

I mean, why aren't Mexicans just totally cool with the fact that Americans can walk right through the middle of Mexico City wearing their flag colors without anyone even batting an eye? 🤷 ☕

Man, he’s already typed all that out ten times over. I just couldn't be bothered to go through the whole thing again 😁

The Mexicans could easily get absolutely smoked if they end up facing New York City (Germany, Denmark, and Canada are all playing earlier). Honestly, that’ll probably sting even more than losing to the Mexicans.

Anyway, if anyone's actually looking to cheer for someone tomorrow, it's gotta be the Germans. 😍

Mexicans and us at the same time tomorrow. Could be some serious crowd noise coming from behind the goal 😁

It’d be a real shame if we screwed over the Canadians and let the Canadians take it. Or not 😬

The "neutral" Germans are judging us again 🤣

Canadians are playing for New York City.

Let's go, Canadians! 😍