GDT: Switzerland - Great Britain

[jonas2244]

With a win Switzerland most probably ends second.

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[Old Man Jags]

Britain has had a good tournament with some very decent performances. Respect! But unless something weird happens, Switzerland wins this one easily.

 

[jonas2244]

It's Hofmann - Corvi - Ambühl and Kurashev - Hischier - Herzog and Scherwey - Bertschy - Rod

Geisser gets a break, Müller is back and plays with Diaz. Berra gets the start, Nyffeler backup, so unless nothing special happens Genoni will play Thursday.

 

[Derbon99]

Cool to have the physical herzog with the artists

 

[ChaiTiefling]

Enjoying the Hofmann vs Kirk metagame.

 

[andy500]

Britain has had a good tournament with some very decent performances. Respect! But unless something weird happens, Switzerland wins this one easily.

I've seen this post in almost every GB thread. Only Czech and Russia can claim to have won easily.

Proud of our boys. Delighted for Liam Kirk. What a tournament.

 

[filip85]

In 2019. GBR scored nine goals, in 2021. Krik alone scored 7 (so far). Talk about improvement

 

[andy500]

I've seen this post in almost every GB thread. Only Czech and Russia can claim to have won easily.

Proud of our boys. Delighted for Liam Kirk. What a tournament.

Okay, you win this one

 

[Jon Riley]

Did Meier just board himself trying to avoid an offside?

 

[jonas2244]

Did Meier just board himself trying to avoid an offside?

Hehe, yes, I thought the same.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Please delete

 

[jonas2244]

The reason is quite simple. Italy beat Austria and GBR beat France two years ago

 

[andy500]

I'd imagine a lot of work went into the IIHF's World Ranking system.

But something doesn't survive the eye test when higher ranked teams like France and Austria and even improving countries like Slovenia and Hungary are not in the tournament yet Great Britain and Italy are.

And is Korea really the 18th best team?

All of these teams could have won the opportunity to be at this tournament on the ice. They failed against the teams that you say don't deserve to be here.

 

[Speyer]

Not sure how much it is due to the weaker competition but Hischier seems much improved offensively. Hopefully he can carry it over to the quarters and beyond.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

All of these teams could have won the opportunity to be at this tournament on the ice. They failed against the teams that you say don't deserve to be here.

You are correct. My mistake. I didn't realize that was how the field was selected.

 

[Old Man Jags]

I'd imagine a lot of work went into the IIHF's World Ranking system.

But something doesn't survive the eye test when higher ranked teams like France and Austria and even improving countries like Slovenia and Hungary are not in the tournament yet Great Britain and Italy are.

And is Korea really the 18th best team?

Great Britain have shown that they clearly deserve to be at this tournament. And Italy are only playing so diabolically because the team had a Coronavirus outbreak and tons of injuries. That has taken out a massive chunk of what was already a team of pretty modest ability. So yes, they are definitely playing like they don't belong here, but this is not the 'real' Italian team. They will have qualified fair and square under the same rules as everyone else.