Well, Peter Gade was very exceptional in that regard. Not many singles olayers manage to keep their level that high in the fall and winter of their career, especially not over the age of 30, 32....and he didnt go 1 year longer or 2... I'm pretty curious to find out whether LD, with a markedly different natural play style, can copy (or better) that feat. I guess he already started going towards PG's style of play, at least he uses a lot more technical finesse around the net than he used to, and tries to deceive opponents more instead of upping the pace or just smashing through their defense.
fitness and recovery is key, theres a reason why taufik struggled in the later parts too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Then the same argument could be made for the 2012 OG and 2011&2013 WC finals. I also think a lot of the luck actually went LDs way...
yup luck is a factor too though hardly seen, but In rio that slip from lindan was a game changer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
theres a reason LD always quote LCW as his best rival, seemingly he would agree luck went to him more than to lcw Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
2013 worlds champs finals LCW suffered an cramp, i believe this was considered luck , I favoured LCW to win without that cramp but we all know we are not able to justify it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Even London Olympic 2012 LD seemed so invincible! Perfect combination of attack/defense balance and maturity.
Oh come on! I know this is a LD thread and I'm a fan myself but saying LD seemed invincible when he barely won against Chong Wei in the third set and was really challenged by Sasaki in the QF seems a little farfetched. No offense.
interestig notice ,i thought during when the shuttle is in play the coaches are not supposed to voice out whether the shuttle is landing where,LYB was shouting to ld it was out , is it not an violation?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I know this thing too brother but you would accept atleast one thing that the matchpoints he saved during the rio olympics against LCW no one could have done that. They were simply a show talent and strength that he has Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
but true LD fans should also admit that he had the luxury if quality sparring while LCW was playing against hardly high ranked players in msia back in the day Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I haven't noticed that tbh, but if he did, it sure was a violation. But it was not called by the umpire so this is all academic. Would not be the first time he did something like that, though.
haha you could see it at the last point of OG 2012 But i trust LD is good enough to judge it, which is why the umpire said nothing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
all i am trying to point out is , during the matches LD n LCW , luck is very very minimal yet changes the game dramatically Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Perhaps 2% worse than LCW that day in Rio but compared with himself, he was 10% worse than he ever was. The fact that he appeared to be playing better now in the CBSL than he did in Rio is telling. Of course, you may question my perception for saying that, it's subjective, I admit, but, well, to each his own. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, soon in a few months' time, provided he continues to be disciplined and determined enough as he seems to be at the moment, we will get the answer. We'll see.
Well,you can put it to luck playing a part when the matches were close, very tight, but how about those occasions where Lin Dan won outright by a clear margin ? And it's pushing it to attribute it largely to luck when it happened a few times which, bar the Rio incident, always turned out in Lin Dan's favour. Once or twice , maybe, but not every time, definitely.
And Lee Chong Wei played better against Chen Long at the Malaysia Open than he did at the Olympics. Quite telling. Maybe he would have won against CL if he had not played that slow paced 'lacklustre' game and battled it out with LD the day before. But he also would have to overcome his psychological issues then. I don't know if it's really his fault or the coaches fault for giving him the wrong tactic.
