05-05-2021, 22:59
In a day of contrasting fortunes and some slack play yet again, Scotland had one win and one defeat.
As predicted, Czech Republic fought all the way and limited Scotland to a 6-5 win, with Eve Muirhead saving the day with a last-stone draw to win for the Scots. After being in control of the scoreboard all game, Scotland allowed the Czech skip an easy shot to score 3 shots in the ninth end to tie the game going into the last end. To give a further indication of how fragile the Scots can be, the fourth end saw the Czechs lie 5 shots with only one stone to play. Thankfully Eve Muirhead played a perfect tap-back to gain a single shot.
Perhaps thanks to my dismissive comments yesterday, Canada have now struck a rich vein of form, winning their last 3 games. Scotland once again controlled the scoreboard for most of the game, but still got into a guddle with front stones to lose 3 shots once again, this time in the eighth end. Thankfully, they got themselves back into the game with two single shots to take it to an extra end. Unlike the Scots, the Canadians kept the path to the rings open by clearing away everything lying at the front, leaving an easy last stone win.
Scotland have just started their game against Switzerland and will play Estonia at 2am tomorrow morning. They then play RCF at 2am on Friday morning with Denmark their opponents at 4pm. The postponed game against China will now take place on Saturday morning and will possibly be make-or-break for the Scots. I would say we need 3 wins from these 5 games to be safe. 2 wins and we would be at the mercy of other results.
BBC Scotland trumpeted that the Scots were on their way to qualification in 5th place, but the truth is we are in a precarious position. Undefeated RCF lead the way with 9 wins, followed by Switzerland on 7 wins, Sweden and US on 6 wins, then Scotland and Canada on 5 wins. Canada are perhaps in a false position, as they have played 10 games with the other teams around them having only played 8. This includes China and Denmark on 4 wins.
As predicted, Czech Republic fought all the way and limited Scotland to a 6-5 win, with Eve Muirhead saving the day with a last-stone draw to win for the Scots. After being in control of the scoreboard all game, Scotland allowed the Czech skip an easy shot to score 3 shots in the ninth end to tie the game going into the last end. To give a further indication of how fragile the Scots can be, the fourth end saw the Czechs lie 5 shots with only one stone to play. Thankfully Eve Muirhead played a perfect tap-back to gain a single shot.
Perhaps thanks to my dismissive comments yesterday, Canada have now struck a rich vein of form, winning their last 3 games. Scotland once again controlled the scoreboard for most of the game, but still got into a guddle with front stones to lose 3 shots once again, this time in the eighth end. Thankfully, they got themselves back into the game with two single shots to take it to an extra end. Unlike the Scots, the Canadians kept the path to the rings open by clearing away everything lying at the front, leaving an easy last stone win.
Scotland have just started their game against Switzerland and will play Estonia at 2am tomorrow morning. They then play RCF at 2am on Friday morning with Denmark their opponents at 4pm. The postponed game against China will now take place on Saturday morning and will possibly be make-or-break for the Scots. I would say we need 3 wins from these 5 games to be safe. 2 wins and we would be at the mercy of other results.
BBC Scotland trumpeted that the Scots were on their way to qualification in 5th place, but the truth is we are in a precarious position. Undefeated RCF lead the way with 9 wins, followed by Switzerland on 7 wins, Sweden and US on 6 wins, then Scotland and Canada on 5 wins. Canada are perhaps in a false position, as they have played 10 games with the other teams around them having only played 8. This includes China and Denmark on 4 wins.
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