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GDT: Group A - May 7 - Switzerland (2) vs Kazakhstan (3) SO

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According to finnish media, this was Kazakhstan's first win in the group stage since 2005 (was 2-1 against Germany).
 
torero said:
We miss Brunner.
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We surely do. On the other hand the swiss attack is already close to it's best. Maybe you could argue Moser out and one of Brunner/Bärtschi/Fiala/Vermin in... But it's a much more lateral move qualitywise now than it would have been a few years ago.

On Center it's Romy who we miss, and Richard/Corvi/ev. :eek::eek::eek::eek:i are more lateral as well.

It won't get much better than now. Walser had a good game.

Face-off remain a problem though.
 
swissexpert said:
They won't hit 5 posts every game. Bad luck and a very good performance from Kolesnik were the reasons they lost today. I wouldn't change one thing if I was Fischer.
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Close isn't close enough

We have been hearing that excuse for years now. For pretty much the entire post-Krueger era this has been a major issue, the exception being the fluke run in 2013.

Something has to be done at the developmental stage and on the coaching level.
 
TheNeutrality said:
Close isn't close enough

We have been hearing that excuse for years now. For pretty much the entire post-Krueger era this has been a major issue, the exception being the fluke run in 2013.

Something has to be done at the developmental stage and on the coaching level.
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That "excuse" was live on tv during the last 3 hours, it was a very good game and will bring them 3 points in 9/10 times.

It's a big difference if you dominate a team and don't score or if you constantly fail against smaller teams because you can't switch the gameplay on attacking mode.

The earlier Swiss teams were completely different in terms of playing style. They had troubles with Norway, Germany etc. almost everytime they played them. It wasn't just bad luck.

Today should've been a 5-1 win or something and no one would complain about their play even if it was the same.
Every team has those kind of games, even canada, russia etc.

I agree that winning against KAZ is a must, not a should, but if it takes a fluke goal, 50 saves and 5 posts to bring them to OT, it's not the world's end.
 
swissexpert said:
That "excuse" was live on tv during the last 3 hours, it was a very good game and will bring them 3 points in 9/10 times.

It's a big difference if you dominate a team and don't score or if you constantly fail against smaller teams because you can't switch the gameplay on attacking mode.

The earlier Swiss teams were completely different in terms of playing style. They had troubles with Norway, Germany etc. almost everytime they played them. It wasn't just bad luck.

Today should've been a 5-1 win or something and no one would complain about their play even if it was the same.
Every team has those kind of games, even canada, russia etc.

I agree that winning against KAZ is a must, not a should, but if it takes a fluke goal, 50 saves and 5 posts to bring them to OT, it's not the world's end.
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It is an excuse. It doesn't matter if a shot hits a post, the boards or a ref's face, it's a missed shot. And you can argue that they will start to fall in at some point. That's a fair assumption, but you also have to look at the reality:

2015: 6.02%, dead last
2014: 9.22%, 11th out of 16 teams
2013: 11.08%, 3rd out of 16 teams
2012: 6.90%, 11th out of 16 teams
2011: 7.65%, 14th out of 16 teams
2010: 6.28%, 12th out of 16 teams

Those are the facts. It's a trend with those teams, accept it.
 
That's what happens when you choose a coach just because he speaks "German".. The SIHF is so biassed. I still hope we make it to the quarter finals but should we fail, Fischer and his 2 buddies are gone so I would quite like that as well.
 
That's soo typical for swiss fans, everything is negative, always.

Former coach was horrible because he's Canadien and has no connection to Swiss hockey, now it was a bad decision to take Swiss coaches etc. Seems to be never right, no matter who is coaching.

And those low (average of 8% isn't even that bad) scoring percentages can be seen negative, which of course is the way you guys see it.
But it also could be seen as a positive that Swiss teams are shooting more than before.

2 goals with 20 shots gets you an awesome 10%, while 2 out of 50 is 4%.
I prefer the latter...

This team plays an entertaining, offensive style that saw them hitting 50 shots at the Kazachs, yes, posts are also missed shots but if you saw that game and your reaction is to blame Fischer for not having the lucky bounces I can't understand that at all.
 
I can perfectly understand what Fischer said. It's true Switzerland had a good game. We cannot say the same from Berra. He was not bad but this goal and the penalty shots ruin all the work.

Kolesnik stole the game for sure. Kudos to him.
 
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swissexpert said:
That "excuse" was live on tv during the last 3 hours, it was a very good game and will bring them 3 points in 9/10 times.

It's a big difference if you dominate a team and don't score or if you constantly fail against smaller teams because you can't switch the gameplay on attacking mode.

The earlier Swiss teams were completely different in terms of playing style. They had troubles with Norway, Germany etc. almost everytime they played them. It wasn't just bad luck.

Today should've been a 5-1 win or something and no one would complain about their play even if it was the same.
Every team has those kind of games, even canada, russia etc.

I agree that winning against KAZ is a must, not a should, but if it takes a fluke goal, 50 saves and 5 posts to bring them to OT, it's not the world's end.
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I agree with you. I was frustrated after the game and went out ... but in fact you are right ... today's loss is unluck. We deserved something in the range of what you say ... add on that a canceled goal that could have been counted. Unluck.
 
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