Nah. He eas more like "I am too big amd slow to win". Again, treating youth as mature adults is bad form. The kid lost a 10-6 lead, that stuff bites you when you are young and usually win with ease
And I’m sure absolutely nobody blasted LJK for being too big and slow. I’m sure he never improved his physique and movement at all during his career (skinny LJK came out at times and was a BEAST).
I've heard from more than one direct and reliable source that Sora is very conscious of his "idgaf I'll give up" attitude and is even somewhat boastful of it. Still just rumors to an extent but I'm not defending him on this one.
If such rumours are true Shinozuka is gonna get picked for a second Olympics in a row
Not so sure about that for the Olympics. But the "rumors" are still someone's interpretation of what Sora told them directly so who knows, but those someones are people who know Sora and speak to him directly so there is clearly some truth to what we are all seeing.
Noted. The reason I believed in his chance is simple.
There is a reason LJK is often referred as 'come back king'. Not only he has the mental toughness, his spin game is the main reason as well.
Lol all jokes about the Olympics thing but yeah rumours are just rumours. One clear thing that no one can deny though is Sora's mentality is bad, even though a certain few people seem to try.
I would chalk it up to immaturity too, until I heard some of the Sora stories that I've heard from people I trust.
My point is that many such players manage these things as they get better. It is okay to not like the attitude but what I dont get is people writing him off for it. People don't beat Wang Chuqin regardless of attitude.
Let me get this straight. A guy with a record of struggling to play touhh matches beats the World's best player in a tough match and then loses a tough match after blowing 4 game points to get a 2-0 lead in the second and he is 18 years old and the narrative you want to pull is that he has shown no real progress and still needs a lot of work?
Well I didn't write him off or see comments on the thread that did, maybe another thread I haven't read is being referenced. But there is a big difference between folding under the pressure unintentionally versus intentionally. Unfixable, of course not, but legitimate cause for concern especially when it's coming out of his own camp, definitely.
It has always been a cause for concern. But in today's match, his natural body's language issue was completely understandable and his regression completely justifiable given how he felt about games 2 and 4. Its like saying you have an alcoholic whose wife just died and he relapses after 2 years sober and you go "No way he should have done that". He messed up and will continue to work.
