hammerlockthree 1,547 Report post Posted September 17 Mostly because I am sick of boring people posting that we need to get behind our team, I need to ask if any of these people even exist. Who on the forum isn't hoping for 10 american golds in mens freestyle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbert 559 Report post Posted September 17 Im cheering for team Michigan 1 3 hammerlockthree, jon, nhs67 and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airmail 44 Report post Posted September 17 If I were one of the Journalists making pics from another country, I'd probably be like the guy who picked all 'Japan' for WFS Champs and pick all Russia in MFS, thinking I'd possibly get half right. That said I'm not an overseas journalist, but a midwestern middle aged guy who roots for our boys no matter who wins the spot, man bun or not. So I guess I'm not hoping for 10 golds, but for 10 guys coming home who know they wrestled their a$$es of for guys/gals like myself who are proud of em! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hammerlockthree 1,547 Report post Posted September 17 26 minutes ago, airmail said: If I were one of the Journalists making pics from another country, I'd probably be like the guy who picked all 'Japan' for WFS Champs and pick all Russia in MFS, thinking I'd possibly get half right. That said I'm not an overseas journalist, but a midwestern middle aged guy who roots for our boys no matter who wins the spot, man bun or not. So I guess I'm not hoping for 10 golds, but for 10 guys coming home who know they wrestled their a$$es of for guys/gals like myself who are proud of em! white noise Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 719 Report post Posted September 17 Maybe I'm a heathen sociopath, but the degree to which I root for a wrestler is entirely related to how entertaining I find their style, and less-so personality, regardless of their country affiliation. That said, the vast majority of this MFS team are great to watch. Definitely rooting for the japanese guys at the lower weights Love me some Aliyev/Khinche/Rashidov at 65. I will root for Green; he seems like a class act, and it would be great to see him put it all together I really like Sidakov, Burroughs, and Frankie, so I don't care who wins as long as they let it fly J'den, Dake, Y-Charati are all great to watch from a technical perspective, and I think they all walk though this year. Just want to see Sadulaev-Snyder again. Don't care who wins I'll be rooting for hometown Gwiz, although it unfortunately won't help him here 2 cjc007 and whaletail reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 178 Report post Posted September 17 I'm hoping for no more than 2 American golds. 3 1 qc8223, Plasmodium, scribe and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JBluegill133 237 Report post Posted September 17 im looking for that out of nowhere guy. The guy who just turns it on and throws a wrench into the entire bracket. Downey comes to mind and could be a guy like that, but it doesn't have to be just a US wrestler (although I really hope it is)...one of those memorable wins that everyone is talking about. 2 GoNotQuietly and whaletail reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,653 Report post Posted September 17 I never struggle to want our American to beat someone from another country. Particularly from the old Soviet bloc 1 Alwayswrestling reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasmodium 1,115 Report post Posted September 17 Go PD3!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sidakova4991 26 Report post Posted September 17 Me lol. I hope our Russian team will get the most golds and Sidakov beats Burroughs and Sadulaev over Snyder again. 1 scribe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ogalthorpe Haywood 206 Report post Posted September 17 5 hours ago, The Genius said: I'm hoping for no more than 2 American golds. I hope every Iranian has a first round match with Israel. 2 Erminio8 and Stl reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Genius 178 Report post Posted September 17 17 minutes ago, Ogalthorpe Haywood said: I hope every Iranian has a first round match with Israel. Give them some more of your American taxpayer money but to spend on sports and maybe they'll have a shot lol 1 Chet reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiraz123 503 Report post Posted September 17 I'm Iranian but if I don't like the guys style I will root for the other country to win. Bonne - Yakheshi is an example where I was pleased to see the Iranian lose. 1 GoNotQuietly reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whaletail 106 Report post Posted September 18 As both a JB and Dake fan, but much bigger Dake fan, I'm ambivalent about 74 kg. I don't think I could root against JB, but I really want Dake to make the team next year, and an unprotected JB is probably easier to beat. In the end, I suspect I'll end up cheering for JB, but if he happens to lose, the silver lining won't be a reach. I'm also a Micic fan, and if it comes to it, I'll root for him over Daton, but I hope both medal (unlikely as that may be). I'm American, but I'm much more interested in individual performances than the team as a whole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 612 Report post Posted September 18 (edited) I’ll root for all the wrestlers I like, American or not. Edited September 18 by Katie 1 GoNotQuietly reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steamboat_charlie v2 710 Report post Posted September 18 On 9/16/2019 at 9:30 PM, hammerlockthree said: Mostly because I am sick of boring people posting that we need to get behind our team, I need to ask if any of these people even exist. Who on the forum isn't hoping for 10 american golds in mens freestyle. 1 Chet reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 355 Report post Posted September 18 On 9/17/2019 at 7:57 AM, JBluegill133 said: im looking for that out of nowhere guy. The guy who just turns it on and throws a wrench into the entire bracket. Downey comes to mind and could be a guy like that, but it doesn't have to be just a US wrestler (although I really hope it is)...one of those memorable wins that everyone is talking about. Zain also does. Imagine him grinding his way to Gold 1 JBluegill133 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 355 Report post Posted September 18 57-I would be happy if Micic or Daton medal. Both would make me ecstatic. 61-I am just hoping to see a medal for the US here 65-I want Zain to win gold. That there would tell us we have the two best 65kg guys in the world. If he were to beat Bajrang for Gold. Damn it yes. I also want to see Amine win a match or two. 70-I want to see a crisp Green. That Green medals. 74-Burroughs and Gomez for me all the way. A perfect world sees Burroughs over Gomez for me. 79-Dake for gold or retire. I want him for our 74 next year but as previously stated-that makes it tougher if Burroughs gets a medal. 86-We have 5 Americans here(essentially. I want Downey to medal. I want Amine and Abounader to do better than Downey, due to my Michigan ties. 92-Anything other than Gold here would be a disappointment. Cox already beat the next best in the world at Final X. 97-I want Snyder to win. His penchant for losing non-worlds matches makes me worry he won't even make the finals. This being said... I believe Sad beats any wrestler alive on the planet. With ease. 125-The wonderful thing about Gwiz is that he has always outperformed at worlds. I expect him to again. So... 10 golds? No. 4-6? Yes please. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qc8223 327 Report post Posted September 18 (edited) 18 hours ago, whaletail said: As both a JB and Dake fan, but much bigger Dake fan, I'm ambivalent about 74 kg. I don't think I could root against JB, but I really want Dake to make the team next year, and an unprotected JB is probably easier to beat. In the end, I suspect I'll end up cheering for JB, but if he happens to lose, the silver lining won't be a reach. I'm also a Micic fan, and if it comes to it, I'll root for him over Daton, but I hope both medal (unlikely as that may be). I'm American, but I'm much more interested in individual performances than the team as a whole. This is actually an interesting conundrum a lot of fans are going to deal with this year because of the trials rules. As a Gilman/Lee fan who really wants to see one of them on the team next year, it's in my interest to hope that Fix places 5th, qualifying the weight, but not earning a bye to the finals. I don't think I've ever rooted for Fix before either, even before his Ok St days. Yet, I suspect when it comes down to it, I'll be happy to see him win. I do know that I won't take his losses nearly as hard as I would take a JB, Dake, or Cox loss. Same situation for a guy like Graff who I've always really respected a rooted for, but him medalling gets him a bye to the semis at 57. I don't think I could ever root against one of our guys while they're on the mat, but there will definitely be a few on the team this year whose losses won't upset me. The guy I'm really pulling for is Zain. I've always been a big fan of his and was bullish about him being capable of beating Yianni after his open loss. However, I found myself souring on him after the Final X debacle where Yianni got screwed, which obviously isn't his fault. Now I'm back on the bandwagon I guess. Hope he pulls out a miracle with his draw. Would be a great story. I'd also add, the messy part of my personality would love to see Downey medal somehow just to create chaos at 86kg next year. Would be wild for Cox, DT, Ringer, and Valencia to have to battle it out just to make it to...PD3. lol Edited September 18 by qc8223 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,653 Report post Posted September 18 The only upside to seeing zain lose is tbar in full panic mode. 1 BTC reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
red blades 130 Report post Posted September 19 22 hours ago, scribe said: The only upside to seeing zain lose is tbar in full panic mode. Has anyone checked on him today? I'm deeply concerned... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,653 Report post Posted September 22 Tbar obviously isn’t interested in cheering on team USA. You would need a restraining order to keep him away if psu guys were deep I’m brackets. 1 cjc007 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
