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Jonathan Booth5 said:Look, he was out of the rotation for ten days straight—it’s just common sense from a competitive standpoint to let him run through a few practices with the squad. The guys are in a totally different headspace and physical rhythm than the group he was watching during preseason... plus, Lino is God, so let's just follow his lead and not question anything else 🙏 🙏
Jonathan Booth5 said:Just one more Olympic gold, and then we can demand they win every single game at the home World Cup by at least ten points—though, let’s be honest, maybe we shouldn't set the bar *that* high! ☕
It would be an absolute travesty if they don't absolutely steamroll the opposition today, just like they did against the Koreans ☕
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Rachel Brooks63 said:Someone please walk me through this—and keep in mind I don't follow much of this stuff:
So, DD had a clean first test, got banned from playing, and stayed in the States. Then it gets proven that he wasn't actually doping (c) Jonathan Booth5, so he heads over to Germany, and our folks here are all whining about how unfair it is and how the EHF (or the governing body) MUST let him play before the quarterfinals. Then, that exact same governing body decides to let him play before the quarterfinals anyway, basically breaking their own rules, and our genius coach decides his response is to not put the guy in the game until the quarterfinals arrive!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
What part of the story am I missing, and why on earth are we so desperate to pick a fight with the handball authorities?
frozentiger6 said:Keeping Spaniards in a state of total uncertainty and fear. (Mods, please leave some space here—just capitalize names.)
So, he basically wrecked those Czech guys yesterday by dropping that "John’s feeling a bit under the weather" line. Then everyone freaked out when they spotted some guy covered in whale tattoos standing on the field, but things cooled down fast once he fell asleep on his feet. Lino had to give him a nudge just to keep him upright.
frozentiger6 said:The Spanish are being left hanging in total uncertainty and fear right now. (Hey mods, could you please leave a little space? Just keep the names capitalized.)
So, he totally blindsided those Czech guys yesterday with that "John's feeling a bit under the weather" comment, right? And then they were all absolutely floored when they spotted this guy with a tattooed turtle on the field. But honestly, they calmed down pretty fast once they realized the dude was basically sleepwalking through the game—he actually fell asleep standing up! Even Lino had to reach out and give him a quick nudge just to snap him out of it.
Paul Lopez49 said:It turns out we’re overthinking who we want to play against. It’s actually the other way around. That whole second group is shaking in their boots. 😬Nobody wants to end up being the third or fourth seed, yet here we are, worrying about it.
frozentiger6 said:One thing's for sure, if they grab gold by steamrolling through the Spanish, French, Germans, and then facing the Spanish again in the finals, they might as well just retire right there. It would be too much.
What else can you even expect from them?
Susan Taylor34 said:I’m a bit of a neuroscientist🙄
forget all the tactical talk, but I wasn't feeling what happened yesterday.
Is it possible they were playing hero on defense because everyone had to step up to cover for Dominick's absence, but now the mindset has just shifted to "phew, okay, David is back, we have someone to handle defense so I don't have to work anymore"?
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