Looks like Javi was indeed sick today ....

 

6 hours ago, freeyafanfan said:

keiji why fall out of nowhere 

fanbase might grow...

 

6 hours ago, axelnojutsu said:

first chiddy now javi, GPF is wide open

ACI FS should be included...Fist, second, now...I am glad it was in ACI...and I hope they all used their quota...no more following concerts...need Seimei now to heal

39 minutes ago, ralucutzagy said:

 

Looks like Javi was indeed sick today ....

 

javi 

2 hours ago, ralucutzagy said:

twitter.com/purplelove301 

lol boyang's face  it's okay kiddo there is still skate america! against nathan but who knows..

6 hours ago, Murieleirum said:

So, wait... basically if everything goes according to plan, GPF will be Yuzu vs. The Young Quadsters Gang...

I am not ready for this GPF... Without Patrick and Javi, the PCS gap might be closer...this is not good...

 

it is also funny that I just read the comment somewhere again about Yuzu only has quads and now he moves to the other category lol (same on the other side ) They should really categorize like this (Vincent, Shoma, Boyang, Nathan)  ((Jason, Mika, Keiji...) (Yuzu))  (Javi, Patrick)

 

6 hours ago, xeyra said:

I think we all need a prayer circle for Yuzu next week because the way things are going, I'm a little scared. Patrick and Javi out of the GPF. I can't even...

we are going to the next phase. CoR, SC, CoC (First GP phase ended) 

5 hours ago, kaeryth said:

 

Javi didn't qualify for gpf 13/14 either... the gpf comp before OWG in Sochi...

When the God is skating, everything follows his pattern/routine. No exception.

Be positive(why am I crying?)

10 minutes ago, SSS said:

I am not ready for this GPF... Without Patrick and Javi, the PCS gap might be closer...this is not good...

 

it is also funny that I just read the comment somewhere again about Yuzu only has quads and now he moves to the other category lol (same on the other side ) They should really categorize like this (Vincent, Shoma, Boyang, Nathan)  ((Jason, Mika, Kenji...) (Yuzu))  (Javi, Patrick)

 

Mmmh... PCS gap was still there at CoR between Yuzu and Nathan, although it was smaller than it should be. GPF Will be the first time Shoma and Yuzuru will skate together. I have the feeling the judges might leave a liiiittle bit of space between Yuzuru and Shoma - if it goes bad, less than 1 point. If it goes good (meaning, the PCS scoring is kinda fair), they will keep Shoma at more than 2 points distance. 

Maybe watching them skate one after the other will help them realize the differences in skating? The number of crossovers? The transitions? The depth of interpretation? The coreography? I don't know. 

I still feel like, unless Yuzuru bombs (and he won't bomb at GPF, of this I am sure), he will still hold a gap between him and the other 5 at GPF. 

14 minutes ago, Murieleirum said:

 

Mmmh... PCS gap was still there at CoR between Yuzu and Nathan, although it was smaller than it should be. GPF Will be the first time Shoma and Yuzuru will skate together. I have the feeling the judges might leave a liiiittle bit of space between Yuzuru and Shoma - if it goes bad, less than 1 point. If it goes good (meaning, the PCS scoring is kinda fair), they will keep Shoma at more than 2 points distance. 

Maybe watching them skate one after the other will help them realize the differences in skating? The number of crossovers? The transitions? The depth of interpretation? The coreography? I don't know. 

I still feel like, unless Yuzuru bombs (and he won't bomb at GPF, of this I am sure), he will still hold a gap between him and the other 5 at GPF. 

well...2 points is not good to me... let's say it is 2 points gap. If Javi and Patrick are there, they might make the gap bigger, they need to insert Javi and Patrick into the gap.

I think they know the difference pretty well, even better than us, but they don't want to give the score difference.

 

Just watched Javi and Vincent's FS..."those are my relatives" lol Vincent got a lot of support

Need CoR SEIMEI now to recover...bye

Here's Javi's skate with Tracy Wilson's commentary:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4UCWjxdBoE

 

Not a lot of insight as to why Javi had such a tough skate but she did say that the coach with him never works with him. So maybe Brian's absence did affect him.

 

FS Olympic Channel commentary with Tracy Wilson:

 

Javier Fernandez

Spoiler

 

 

Mikhail Kolyada

Spoiler

 

 

Boyang Jin

Spoiler

 

 

For more, check this channel.

1 hour ago, SSS said:

well...2 points is not good to me... let's say it is 2 points gap. If Javi and Patrick are there, they might make the gap bigger, they need to insert Javi and Patrick into the gap.

I think they know the difference pretty well, even better than us, but they don't want to give the score difference.

 

What if Javi's and Patrick's absence have the opposite result? When the 'high quality skating skills' are showcased by less athletes, shouldn't they be rewarded more? Tbh I don't think Yuzuru will be the ONLY one with decent skating skills... (Also because I think Jason Brown is going to GPF? I mean, if he does clean programs, he can easily be silver after Yuzu at NHK, and I do hope he goes to the Final! "The Forever Quadless Brown" vs. "The I-have-five-quads-in-my-FS" skaters )

 

But I think he will be the best, of course, and I think it might show. Because as much as judges can give candies to Shoma and Nathan, them both, plus Boyang, have a looooot of work to do with their Free (and their Short too, but it's more visible on the Free). My dream? Shin Amano for tech specialist at GPF. Oh yes, please. 

18 minutes ago, Murieleirum said:

 

What if Javi's and Patrick's absence have the opposite result? When the 'high quality skating skills' are showcased by less athletes, shouldn't they be rewarded more? Tbh I don't think Yuzuru will be the ONLY one with decent skating skills... (Also because I think Jason Brown is going to GPF? I mean, if he does clean programs, he can easily be silver after Yuzu at NHK, and I do hope he goes to the Final! "The Forever Quadless Brown" vs. "The I-have-five-quads-in-my-FS" skaters )

 

But I think he will be the best, of course, and I think it might show. Because as much as judges can give candies to Shoma and Nathan, them both, plus Boyang, have a looooot of work to do with their Free (and their Short too, but it's more visible on the Free). My dream? Shin Amano for tech specialist at GPF. Oh yes, please. 

I wish that will happen in GPF. but based on the trend...

Jason has decent skating skills, but I don't think ISU will behave...I lost trust to ISU.

Yes, Shin Amano for tech specialist at GPF!!!

3 hours ago, freeyafanfan said:

javi 

lol boyang's face  it's okay kiddo there is still skate america! against nathan but who knows..

 

yeah, skate america, against nathan, adam, and other strong competitors

good luck dude, he's gonna need it

especially with that

1 hour ago, Murieleirum said:

 

What if Javi's and Patrick's absence have the opposite result? When the 'high quality skating skills' are showcased by less athletes, shouldn't they be rewarded more? Tbh I don't think Yuzuru will be the ONLY one with decent skating skills... (Also because I think Jason Brown is going to GPF? I mean, if he does clean programs, he can easily be silver after Yuzu at NHK, and I do hope he goes to the Final! "The Forever Quadless Brown" vs. "The I-have-five-quads-in-my-FS" skaters )

 

But I think he will be the best, of course, and I think it might show. Because as much as judges can give candies to Shoma and Nathan, them both, plus Boyang, have a looooot of work to do with their Free (and their Short too, but it's more visible on the Free). My dream? Shin Amano for tech specialist at GPF. Oh yes, please. 

I am actually really interested in seeing Shoma and Nathan in the same competition. They are the two who are getting most of the love and I really want to know how they would be scored when facing each other. 

4 minutes ago, Neenah said:

I am actually really interested in seeing Shoma and Nathan in the same competition. They are the two who are getting most of the love and I really want to know how they would be scored when facing each other. 

They really getting a lot of love. I think I saw two to three ads on YouTube with Nathan already.   

16 minutes ago, Neenah said:

I am actually really interested in seeing Shoma and Nathan in the same competition. They are the two who are getting most of the love and I really want to know how they would be scored when facing each other. 

 

Yep. It will be curious if one of them will be rewarded more than the other. They both have weak points that the judges can exploit if they want to. Will it be a one vs. one between JSF and US Fed? xD If we get strict technical judging, Nathan would be the lucky one and Shoma would be in disadvantage. But if they act kind of stricter PCS wise, Nathan's PCS will have to fall behind Shoma. Which... I'm not really totally comfortable with, since Nathan gives me much more emotion with his SP than Shoma does. But ok. 

 

Both Shoma and Nathan have one gold in GPF so far, right? Shoma will probably win the second in France. Well, it's no doubt on who the candidates are for the GPF podium already... btw, the same from last year, right?  (secretely hoping for Boyang to kick one of them off the podium... possibly not Yuzuru. LOL who am I kidding, they will never physically part him from that fifth gold medal even if the whole ISU tries to)