Art Vandelay
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Leo Naphta said:So, Sweden should go at full throttle while the other teams are taking the day off?
Didnt you get the memo?
Leo Naphta said:So, Sweden should go at full throttle while the other teams are taking the day off?
Caz said:Actually, if GER had had a chance to the QF by winning FIN today, do you think FIN had played like SWE today, just to avoid tougher opponent in the future games (meaning dropping CAN or CZE that way and letting GER advance)?
That would be a suitable comparison.
Caz said:SWE lost on purpose.
There's a difference.
And a real show of the Olympic spirit.
Caz said:The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet has received
hundreds of comments just a few minutes after the
SWE-SVK game. The fans feel cheated and ashamed
of team SWE.
Aftonbladet set up a poll immediately the game was
over. The question asked was:
"Do you believe SWE lost on purpose?"
In 1 hour they received over 24000 votes completely
crushing the SWE team.
(Attached pic from Aftonbladet's poll.)
Whaddaya say? Olympic spirit at it's best?
Caz said:SWE lost on purpose.
There's a difference.
And a real show of the Olympic spirit.
Happy Swedish fans after the game can
be found on http://www.aftonbladet.se/.
Click on "TV Fansen rasar" link.
Yeah, "Aftonbladet" surely is the right place to go for the "truth"Caz said:SWE lost on purpose.
There's a difference.
And a real show of the Olympic spirit.
Happy Swedish fans after the game can
be found on http://www.aftonbladet.se/.
Click on "TV Fansen rasar" link.
yarre said:Ohm no, Germany had no chance to go to the QF no matter what the result was against Finland since they were 2 points behind both Canada and Czech Republic, if they had tied them, it is head to head first and they have lost to both teams. I know you are a typical swede-hater, alot of finns are as we can see in these threads but you should try with facts instead of lies.
Chimp said:Yeah, "Aftonbladet" surely is the right place to go for the "truth"It was them who quoted Bengt-Ã…ke wrong in the first place and started this whole mess for cheap news that will sell.
Caz ->![]()
Chimp said:Yeah, "Aftonbladet" surely is the right place to go for the "truth"It was them who quoted Bengt-Ã…ke wrong in the first place and started this whole mess for cheap news that will sell.
Caz ->![]()
Doesn't "stuck to" imply that they've actually done so at some point in the past?freppa said:indeed.
None of this would have happened if aftonbladet would have stuck to real journalism.
Chimp said:You want truth we didn't lose intentionally? Could you find Ronnie Sundin in the lineup? No? He was scratched!![]()
End of obvious proof that Sweden didn't try to lose.
No, but the voters are obviously biased after reading AB:s headlines: "Scandal!" "B-Ã… wants to lose!" etc...Caz said:You have dbl standards, little friend.
As I remember, you were deeming Ruutu
straight to h*ll.
I'm not saying Aftonbladet is the absolute truth.
But the voters in the poll are hardly all working
for the paper.
Chimp said:Indeed. Stop your whining all of those who rant down on Sweden, while YOUR OWN TEAM have done exactly the same today. Any team somewhat not resting for the QF is a stupid team.
Switzerland didn't play to their capacity. Sweden didn't play to their capacity. Finland didn't. Russia didn't. ALL teams played their backup goalies and rightly so.
Sweden didn't intentionally lose, but neither did we give 100%, just as everybody else. The game was pointless and everybody knew it.
As for the ranting on B-Ã…, all he said was that he wanted the game to end 0-0 (draw). He didn't want to lose, but he didn't care that much about winning either, as the game was POINTLESS. B-Ã… thought it was ankward to probably tell his team not to care about winning tonight, but to be prepared for the game tomorrow.
All of you only whining on Sweden but no other team, you're just jelaous we apparently got the easiest QF, at least on paper.
Caz said:You have dbl standards, little friend.
As I remember, you were deeming Ruutu
straight to h*ll.
I'm not saying Aftonbladet is the absolute truth.
But the voters in the poll are hardly all working
for the paper.
Chimp said:No, but the voters are obviously biased after reading AB:s headlines: "Scandal!" "B-Ã… wants to lose!" etc...
Those polls are always showing what Aftonbladet want, because there's a ton of biased voters always voting there.
As for Ruutus tackle, that is history. He received his penalty. End of story.
mytor4 said:proud of them chickens@%ts for throwing a game. glad your not canadian.
Sher-Wood said:And what have the Canadian team been up to so far...?