07-04-2017, 23:38
Third time lucky with this post??? 
The game v Italy was a low-scoring affair with Scotland scoring in 3 consecutive ends to pull away for a 6-2 win. Equally low scoring, but much more convincing, was the win against Germany by 7-1. In their final game against bottom-of-the-table Russia, the Scots employed their usual tactics of trying their best to lose the game. However David Murdoch secured the 7-6 extra end victory with an inch perfect draw with the final stone.
Three wins out of three for Scotland, but no perfect ending as they only managed 6th place with 6 wins and 5 defeats. Canada secured top spot with 11 wins out of 11 games with Sweden finishing second with 9 wins. These two will play later tonight in the 1v2 game with the winner going straight to the Gold Medal game on Sunday. Switzerland and USA completed the last four on 8 wins and they play each other in the 3v4 game tomorrow afternoon.
What Scotland did manage to achieve was the 2018 Winter Olympics qualification for GBR, so there is a positive outcome from a disappointing week.
Just to prove that statistics mean nothing without equivalent game performance, Scotland were the 2nd best team, Michael Goodfellow was the 2nd best lead, Scott Andrews was the 3rd best second, Greg Drummond was the 4th best third and David Murdoch was the 2nd best skip. You'll probably have guessed that Canada were the best in every category - and also that they'll never tire of reminding us!
The game v Italy was a low-scoring affair with Scotland scoring in 3 consecutive ends to pull away for a 6-2 win. Equally low scoring, but much more convincing, was the win against Germany by 7-1. In their final game against bottom-of-the-table Russia, the Scots employed their usual tactics of trying their best to lose the game. However David Murdoch secured the 7-6 extra end victory with an inch perfect draw with the final stone.
Three wins out of three for Scotland, but no perfect ending as they only managed 6th place with 6 wins and 5 defeats. Canada secured top spot with 11 wins out of 11 games with Sweden finishing second with 9 wins. These two will play later tonight in the 1v2 game with the winner going straight to the Gold Medal game on Sunday. Switzerland and USA completed the last four on 8 wins and they play each other in the 3v4 game tomorrow afternoon.
What Scotland did manage to achieve was the 2018 Winter Olympics qualification for GBR, so there is a positive outcome from a disappointing week.
Just to prove that statistics mean nothing without equivalent game performance, Scotland were the 2nd best team, Michael Goodfellow was the 2nd best lead, Scott Andrews was the 3rd best second, Greg Drummond was the 4th best third and David Murdoch was the 2nd best skip. You'll probably have guessed that Canada were the best in every category - and also that they'll never tire of reminding us!
Cabbage is still good for you