New calibration criterion for LCW opponents

[nellute]

really pleased with what LCW has shown.

But anything can happen during OG. cannot be too confident.

I am sure LCW knows that as well.

 

[olympic]

I think it is done on purpose -- definitely a strategy to conserve energy as well test the opponent. He knows he can turn it on so why activate so early. Check out the opponent; lull him into attacking first and just defend, and then when the opponent thinks he has control, take him on. This way the opponent is totally surprised.

It is not good trying to attack right from the start as it drains you and if it does not work, there is not much you can do after that. Take the loss to LD in CO where LCW won the first game against LD comfortably - he expanded too much and LD took advantage in the 2nd and 3rd.

LCW now plays a controlled game. He will not go all out to attack but he will be quick to react when it is required. He will move the opponent and try to get him to expand his energy as much as possible in the 1st game. His strategy is to drain them coz he knows he can overcome them with his super fitness. It is brilliant if you ask me.

Thanks X Ball,for the explanation.

 

[Cheung]

Dunno how this helps us develop the criterion.

 

[eaglehelang]

LCW even looks abit "cocky" during the semis and finals.
Hopefully he wont get too overconfident in OG, must keep focus and remain his top form. If he can do that, i dont see anything less than a OG finals for him.

I dont mind him being cocky abit, it shows the confidence and desire to win. Just dont lose focus or being over confident.

It's got to do with being clinical on court, use the strategy & kill off opponents mercilessly. Misbun have mentioned a couple of times (since 2007 when LCW came back under him) that LCW needs to be clinical & NOT too nice guy. Means dont give chance at all.
In matches that LCW had lost (AE 2008, Swiss 2008), comments were that he was too passive, allowing opponents to control the game.

It's good to see this clinical side coming up during TC finals & SO finals with Simon S. Even though LCw was leading Simon by a wide margin, he didnt take it easy.

 

[olympic]

LCW even looks abit "cocky" during the semis and finals.
Hopefully he wont get too overconfident in OG, must keep focus and remain his top form. If he can do that, i dont see anything less than a OG finals for him.

The win does give him more confidence ahead of the Olympic Games.
Despite having won over SS in such a hugh margin,at the end of the match LCW was still smiling,pad and gave SS a word of encouragement(I suppose).That showed that he didn't look down to his opponent.Kudos to him.

 

[george@chongwei]

Some time back, to get a gauge of LCW's opponents, I used the duration that LCW needed to defeat them as the criterion. In light of the way LCW played in SO, a more useful indicator(imperfect but interesting) would be the total points achieved(TPA) by his opponents in their best two games, as follows:
Opponent TPA
Sho S 33
PG 31
WCH 30
Simon S 18
JP 16
Imperfect because LCW played with different intensity depending on how dangerous he perceives his opponents.For example if he played seriously against JP, JP may have scored below 10.
Interesting because it may indicate Sho>PG>WCH>Simon>JP should they meet.Will that indication bear out in IO next week?

u did have misbun`s hp number, dont u?
damn lucky.

 

[pjswift]

On reflection, I just realise it may not be easy to score more than 10 points each for 2 games against LCW. To compensate for the fact that LCW play less intense badminton against non-opponents,the criterion needs to be refined as follows:
Band A:10+ points each in at least 2 games
PG 31
Band B:10+ points in just 1 game
Sho S 33
WCH 30
Simon S 18
Band C: 10+ points in 0 game
JP 16
So indications now would be:
PG>Sho S>WCH>Simon S>JP

 

[limsy]

cant consider like this ler...it depend on how he thought about his opponent...if he start the engin start from the bigining of match and didnt underestimate his opponenets(sho s,wch)...he should play better...