let's kick off the discussion early now we have the results from the group match. the schedule will be: 12pm - China vs. Korea 5pm - England vs. Indonesia congratulation for England to qualify the final for the first time. here are my predictions: CHN 5-0 KOR i am afraid to say i cannot see KOR winning in any of the 5 events. CHN is just too strong ENG 2-3 INA i see ENG taking MX and WS/WD are 50% each, so they may take one. INA will take MS/MD for sure. live score: http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=15280&day=122003
Have the rules been changed? Many are prediciting that China will win 5-0 or 4-1, but don't they stop the semi finals once a team have 3 victoires?
Right, so it will be 7pm in Mas time for the China vs Korea games. Just the right time for me. Finish work and watching it while having dinner. And I think i would stay with Ina for the late night game since it is weekend.
I guess I should put in my prediction as well Chn: Korea: 3:0 Eng: Ind: 3:2 <- I'm prediciting a upset. England seems to be stronger in XD, WS, and WD.
CHN bt KOR: 3-1 *Park Tae-Sang bts Lin Dan *CHN should rest LD & put CJ or BCL instead, LD is in a sorry state currently! ENG bt INA: 3-2 *Taufik sweeps MS *Tracey Hallam sweeps WS *XD in favor of ENG *MD can go either way *Brits have slight advantage in WD **plus Brits have home crowd support!!!
I think England has a fair chance of beating Indonesia 3-2 as well. Although Markis Kidho & Hendra Setiawan lost the two previous meetings against the English pairing of Anthony Clark & Robert Blair, I somehow feels that the English pair sometimes chokes when playing a strong MD pair. Someone (I think madbad) had suggested that Candra Wijaya & Alvent Yulianto might be better against the English pair and I strongly agree with that opinion. So Indonesia must win the MS & MD to have a fighting chance. For England, they must win WS & WD which is do-able since Indonesia's weakness is in the women's camp. It will ultimately boil down to the mixed game and I think England will field in Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms for that category. I wonder which mixed pair Indonesia will go with, Nova Widianto & Lilyana Natsir or Flandy (is it Flandy or Flandi?) Limpele & Vita Marissa. What do you guys think would be the best pair against Robertson & Emms?
will they play all 5 matches if the tie is already dead? the matches won't matter anymore, not like in the early rounds. in either case, i think it'd be hard to see KOR taking any of the matches. for the INA-ENG game, i think INA will take it 3-1.
Yes.. ..they did...they have more wins and less losses in comparison to Canada;...they've got their work cut out for them in Semis, though, as they'll be facing India, the winner of group 3B.. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=15280&draw=24
I have a feeling that LYB will save LD for the final. Expect CJ or BCL to get a start. Possibly XXF too.
ENG-INA MS goes to INA. the rest are quite close. Blair/Clark is very good when playing in Europe. WD, I think INA WD beat ENG WD a few times before WS, England has slight edge but possible upset. MX, the unpredictable one. So it could be 3-1 or 3-2 to ENG, posibly 3-0,3-1 or 3-2 to INA ENG would be riding on a good spirit having beaten the odds against Malaysia so ENG could win it. INA is always stronger in a team than individuals competition.
