Be the real chongwei Indo opens is a good start 4 u Chongwei.If misbun is the best coach for U,stay with him.Iwill always support u.Perform the best,Be the best.We are in ur side
Misbun brings out the best in LCW LCW plays to his strength under Misbun. He plays more aggresive and offensive ( Get the shot fast by jumping and leaping). Under Li Mao, LCW plays in a more steady pace and fancy but this style doesn't seem to work for LCW. You can see LCW's confidence in Misbun especially after the game, he gave Misbun a big hug.
Misbun is the best coach for LCW then..No doubt...As for Hafiz he really needs to fix himself on the court and be more consistent...
I feel sorry for Lee Chong Wei.. there's such a huge gap between him & any other MS players in M'sia. This i believe is partly the reason why he cant reach his full potential. Theres just not enough competition at home to start with. Muhd Hafiz is a disappointment and the rest are near their expiry date. Lin Dan is very lucky to have the likes of Chen Jin, Chen Hong, BCL & CY to practice with. I wish BAM, KLRC & Nusa Mahsuri will be able to produce greater depth in MS in the future. I'd hate to see M'sia turning into a Denmark & Indonesia case. Anyways, its good to see some excellent young women players coming through the ranks!!!
yeah, the rankings would suggest that CHN MS seem to be better .If you look at their past triumphs before Super Series, you 'll realise that their victories have been mostly, if not all, based on wolf pack mentality,ie,as a group. With the SS draws, the group advantage has been dismantled right from R1;the upsets so far indicate that on an individual basis, CHN MS are absolutely vulnerable. Isn't it a coincidence that the 3 SS titles won by CHN MS happen because TH did not turn up? I have never considered CHN MS to be superior to LCW, PG, TH and now Boonsak in terms of skills. What CHN MS has been riding on is CONFIDENCE. So if the top 4 non-CHN MS can mix up their play right from the start to prevent or delay CHN MS from getting into cruise mode early, their confidence will slide. Once that happens, CHN MS would not be able to play their badminton.(That's why CJ lost to KL of Singapore.KL has improved but he won because he basically disrupted CJ's normal play to the point where CJ doubted himself.) The past records don't count anymore with the SS. 6 SS titles and CHN MS bagged only 3, when they hold 5 of the top 6 WR? That's way short of expectation based on WR. Maybe with 3 of the remaining 6 SS in home ground, the fortunes might change but I doubt so. I see CHN MS not only going downhill but disintegrating. Of course I may be wrong.We'll see.
Thank you Ants for the nice photo. LCW is now back and playing aggressively like a "Harimau" (tiger). Another thing that I noticed is that he wore his collar up just like Zhao Jianhua. Maybe Zhao JH is LCW's idol!
CHN badminton single players are not as good as other dominating sports (like table tennis) as world ranking suggests. LD won more titles than others just because team-mates helped him in "clearing paths". LD will sure win when both CHN players make to the final because LYB decides the winner. Can u name a tournament when LD beat a non-CHN player in the final? XXF, two-time World Champions and 3-time All England Gold Medallist, must thank ZN in "eliminating obstacles". I notice many occasions when one of them fell in early round, the other will follow. When one made it to final, so did the other. Either both or none of then made it to the finals. So coincident! For MAS, LCW can do much better if team-mates like Hafiz and KBH can catch up and be among the top players. Same to other countries like INA, DEN and even KOR.
you can't really say that Zhang Ning elimnates obstacles, as it's her and Xie who are almost always in the finals, so no, that's not how it goes. if you mean name a final when Lin Dan beat a none chinese player, easiest i can think of is 2006 All England. Bao lost in 2nd round to Persson from injured ankle. Chen Jin lost in 3rd round. Chen Hong lost in quarters. Lin Dan beat in succession, Wong Choong Hann, Kenneth Jonassen, Lee Chong Wei and then Leee Hyun Il in the finals. hard work. and the only people i can think of who didn't face Lin Dan was Peter Gade. Lin Dan faced almost the whole non-chinese arsenal.
Not when I wrote that post they hadn't... I meant glory supporters. For your sake, I hope you're not as dumb as your posts
i think I meant Chelsea fans aren't liked by any other team, and Chelsea are disliked for trying to vbuy the Prem, - a lot of Chelsea fans just jumped on the bandwagon with Abramovitch... that's what I was comparing OneToughBirdie's love for Chinese MS players to - supporting success.
does it matter who likes them? i don't think OneToughBirdie is jumping on the bandwagon. sometimes, it's better to watch badminton from a neutral PoV. it's this dislike for each other and wanting someone to win over someone else so fiercely which ruins badminton. of course, you can choose to support M'sia, but to take that to the next level and attack someone for supporting someone else?
Pls, LCW is his own man. LCW does not need to be like LD to win. LD is not the real gold standard. No MS is. LCW is No. 1 in speed;that's probably the most fearful badminton weapon if he knows how to use it well.And if LCW works to be No.1 in netplay,and together with his lethal smash, LCW may be the one to beat.(And if you haven't noticed, LD is not as young or strong as before.)
Diversify I definately support LCW but LD isnt getting weaker but he is diversifying his game, multiplying his arsenal... LCW still a one game plan player while LD, TH & PG got multiple style of play!
Again, this is natural for an older player Look how Taufik has become more defensive and plays a more containing game compared to eg how he played Arby in '99 LD is not going to be able to play a young man's game forever - all that smashing and diving takes its toll. Not a necessarily worse game - just different - his skills will get better as he gets older and his pace will drop off, but that's natural. Be interesting to see how he adapts LCW has a pace-based game - great. But again, he'll have to find other ways of playing when he gets a bit older... might actually be easier for him to adapt as he never had any real killing weapon and is more an all around player
Older Sad to acknowledge... LCW is a year older than LD!!! No wonder Missbun said Msia is 6yrs behind CHina & 3 yrs behind INA.. :crying:
