Well.........LCW has only reached 2 major finals (namely OG08 and AE09) thus far ............. however, i feel that his current form is very impressive, so I would love him to win this year's WC to make badminton more interesting
The problem is, X beats Y, and Y beats Z, does not mean X will beat Z with his eyes closed. I remember in WC2003, ZN gave both Mia and CM a 11:0 on her way to the champion. If a joe doe plays against ZN, and lucky enough to win 1 point from her, can you say joe doe is better than Mia and/or CM, because the score is 1:0? Clearly not. Mia went on to win OG silver in 2004, which means she's not far from the best, and can still beat 99.9% of the joe doe.
Well so far it seems more BC members are of the opinion that LD is the overwhelming favourite to win. To be exact the scores at this point in time for the closest contenders are: LD - 84 for (51.85%) LCW - 33 (20.37%) TH - 19 (11.73%) LD has more than twice the number of votes as LCW and slightly more than 50% of all who voted thus far. I just wonder what X Ball has to say? Of course one must assume that LD's compatriots will not challenge him if they should meet so that LD will have a smooth passage to the final. Obviously LYB's orders must be obeyed. I haven't actually checked the Draw, but I assume LD and LCW are in different halves.
Yes.. ..for all the full draws & when they'll possibly meet, you should follow & read the link in the post, a few posts above your post, by drifit..
....Uncle Loh.........the draw link....http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=396051B5-CD7B-4E98-A111-5A927631C0C1
Oh thanks jasonmarc. The draw looks more interesting than I figured. So LCW and LD are in the same half and one of them will be eliminated by the SF stage at best because they will meet each other if they both succeeded in winning all their matches before then. LCW has a slightly more difficult task as he has to beat his recent Singapore Open conqueror NTM in R3 and NTM has just further boosted his confidence by taking the Thailand Open last week by surprisingly beating Boonsak convincingly on home ground. So LCW's dream might just end at R3 if NTM repeats his giant-killer form. Should LCW manage to take revenge on NTM, he is expected to face INA's SDK in the QF, who unfortunately has not shown good form recently and therefore LCW should have an easier task. Then in the SF, he has to face his arch-rival and nemesis LD to whom he lost more times and he won. LD is the favourite to win again, so says our BC poll. So LCW's journey will probably end here. :crying::crying::crying: On the other hand, LD should have a smooth passage to the QF where he will most likely meet DEN's veteran PG. In part, LD will likely be given a "walkover" by compatriot BCL in R3 on LYB's orders. LD should not have much problem disposing the much slower and off-form PG and will make that fateful date with LCW in the SF. The predicition has been made and LD will go on to become World Champion again when he meets another compatriot and second seed CJ in the final. CJ will have to fight hard in the SF against the talented old timer TH who will offer some resistance but unable to overcome the younger, faster but equally experienced CJ in the end, especially when the match stretches to a rubber. But CJ himself would have spent all his reserve energies on TH, having earlier expended some of these on WCH and SS in the R3 and QF respectively. CJ will offer only token resistance to big brother LD when they meet in the final and he would have similarly pleased LYB immensely, just as BCL has done so much earlier. That's the way to survive, consoles CJ. All for the sake of motherland China! And LD will probably be recorded in the Guiness Book of Records as the player having won the most number of World Championships!
But Uncle Loh, according to the votes in this thread............TH is the one voted to be in the final to face LD............TH has 11.83% of votes compared to CJ who only gathered 3.55%...........hehehe
Assuming you're correct, LD still has many more votes than TH, right? Actually, I'm sorry for CJ, seeded higher yet having to give away the crown to LD in the end!
No, uncle Loh,...IF LD Vs CJ in the final,...I think LYB wont 'fix' the match as the title already in Chn's hand,......It will be a true match between LD and CJ....... Or Maybe master Li would prefer to have more MS world champion in his team.................than he would 'fix' it again....
I thought I reminded that CHN also wants to have a Guinness World Record. CJ hasn't won before, but LD has, I think twice before to make it three times. Hard to beat that record isn't it?
Amazed for going the great length in your analysis. Thanks anyway. After reading your analysis, can't help to worry that LCW will be stopped even before he gets into the final. However if he does go all the way to win the crown, then in my opinion he will thoroughly and deservedly be called a true world champion regardless of whether he had defeated LD on his way to the championship.
Wow, X Ball is hot now and he joins the fray! What? Winter coming for Lee? A bit too early, isn't it?
Why change when it has been fairly accurate ? Come 16th of Aug, I guess I will be reading your fortune too coz you will be bugging me.