08-05-2021, 12:52
There's definitely a feeling of deja vu about my recent posts on the Scottish team's performances. In a nutshell, Scotland lost 6-7 to China after, guess what, losing 3 shots in the 8th end. It's all so familiar, except that this time Sophie Sinclair played at 2nd, instead of Jennifer Dodds, a change that perhaps should have been made earlier in the week. No matter, the Scots performances overall have been below expectations and they didn't deserve to go through.
Scotland's loss meant that they finished with 6 wins and 7 losses. Korea won and Germany lost, but that didn't matter in the end, as even with a Scotland win, the Scots still wouldn't have qualified, because of their defeats against Canada and Korea.
The final table shows Switzerland with 12 wins, RCF with 11, Sweden with 10, Denmark with 8, US and Canada with 7 wins. Korea also finished with 7 wins but lost out because of their losses to both US and Canada. Scotland finished 8th with 6 wins, just ahead of Germany and China, also on 6 wins.
To put the Scottish performances into perspective, Switzerland's lowest team percentage was 84 in 3 of their games. Scotland only exceeded that in 3 games (85, 85 and 86). Some teams can get away with that rating, but only if they play the big shots really well, which Scotland couldn't do. Just not good enough, I'm afraid.
Switzerland move into the first semi-final at 10pm tonight and await the winners of Denmark v US (at 4pm this afternoon). RCF are in the second semi-final at 2.30am tomorrow and await the winners of Canada v Sweden (at 4pm this afternoon). The Bronze Medal match will be played at 3.30pm with the Gold/Silver Medal match at 8pm, both tomorrow. These 6 teams have all qualified directly for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022,
Eurosport 2 have all these games on their live schedule.
Scotland's loss meant that they finished with 6 wins and 7 losses. Korea won and Germany lost, but that didn't matter in the end, as even with a Scotland win, the Scots still wouldn't have qualified, because of their defeats against Canada and Korea.
The final table shows Switzerland with 12 wins, RCF with 11, Sweden with 10, Denmark with 8, US and Canada with 7 wins. Korea also finished with 7 wins but lost out because of their losses to both US and Canada. Scotland finished 8th with 6 wins, just ahead of Germany and China, also on 6 wins.
To put the Scottish performances into perspective, Switzerland's lowest team percentage was 84 in 3 of their games. Scotland only exceeded that in 3 games (85, 85 and 86). Some teams can get away with that rating, but only if they play the big shots really well, which Scotland couldn't do. Just not good enough, I'm afraid.
Switzerland move into the first semi-final at 10pm tonight and await the winners of Denmark v US (at 4pm this afternoon). RCF are in the second semi-final at 2.30am tomorrow and await the winners of Canada v Sweden (at 4pm this afternoon). The Bronze Medal match will be played at 3.30pm with the Gold/Silver Medal match at 8pm, both tomorrow. These 6 teams have all qualified directly for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022,
Eurosport 2 have all these games on their live schedule.
Cabbage is still good for you