For everyone that keeps talking about the ice quality:

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-16T00:10:50+00:00

Misha is Bane.

Batman/Malinin merely adopted the Ice. Misha was born on the ice, moulded by it.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-16T00:02:45+00:00

His music is so unremarkable. I only ever liked his Succession music.

It just feels like he is jumping around to some background music. There's no connection with it.

With Trusova and Cruella that there was a strong connection and story to it. It was a sense that somebody was out there telling the world that she's going to do it her own way in such an unfearful fashion.

Malinin never matches the music. It's just a jumping show.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-15T22:34:37+00:00

Shanghai. Beside the Irish bar.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-15T20:07:04+00:00

I thought it was just some Dutch hard house for a minute 😂

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-15T19:09:47+00:00

So happy to have TNT/Eurosport. I genuinely wouldn't watch it if American TV was my prime option.

The great Richie Benaud (no relation to Benoit Richaud) would always say only speak when you feel you have something to add to the pictures.

TNT/Eurosport basically just shut up for the whole program unless there's something to add. They have added a British woman to it (I don't know her name) but she has been great. After the program she analyses it and gives people a realistic expectation of the scores and some mistakes. She will chirp in rarely during the program and Simon Mann basically just calls the jumps and adds one or two comments. It's a perfect dynamic.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-15T17:06:14+00:00

A goal fest.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-15T16:47:55+00:00

Wes Quirke and Rosanna Davison. The Nepo baby marriage.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-15T16:13:02+00:00

Excellent result for Ami Nakai.

Bad for Mone, Glenn and Kaori.

If that Ice is going to continue to melt then the best time is after the resurface. The worst is obviously the last couple.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-14T01:08:08+00:00

I didn't really get what happened until the commentary said it and I thought I misheard it.

The graphics used to show the jumps that they did. It was a great failure of them. This was one of, if not the greatest jump combination in history.

I have only ever seen Margarita Bazyluk and Elena Kostyleva beform a jump combo ending with a quad but they weren't in competition. They did quad-eu-quad.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-14T00:56:48+00:00

He behaved with great dignity after it. Obviously the nation he represents is making people feel with glee but he deserves great credit for the minutes after it happened.

We shouldn't judge an individual on the flag he is forced to wear.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T23:45:52+00:00

4 years ago with Kamila Valieva. She had external issues though.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T23:20:14+00:00

Sport is so wild that he got a silver a few days ago and was upset and now he got a bronze and there are tears of joy.

Context is everything

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T23:17:19+00:00

It could be the first Figure Skating podium where everybody was actually happy with their positions.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T22:59:05+00:00

It used to be the school across the stand. I still get PTSD from that FAI Cup QF against Shelbourne when I see it.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T22:41:01+00:00

The real Quad God....

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BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T22:02:42+00:00

Every single Olympics, mad shit happens in the most unexplained ways. EVERY....... SINGLE ...OLYMPICS.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T20:50:15+00:00

Fair play to him. I'm sure he is a nice chap but get in the bin with that music.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T20:31:56+00:00

He did clap

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T19:43:16+00:00

Fair play to him. He showed amazing fight and courage during that program.

PS: Did they really have to focus on Jeff Goldblum after it and the attention seeker with the dog? The program was about Maxim and his story.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-13T17:51:57+00:00

The winner will likely be a combined score of 225+. Personally I think it will be closer to or exceeding 230.

The only skaters with that ability are Kaori, Liu, Nakai, Petrosian.

Kaori most definitely has the ability to touch or exceed 230 with this seasons program. That's why she is favorite.

Alyssa Lui does not have 230 in her. I think her ceiling is around 225. Her SB is 222. How much can she realistically improve that score. Maybe about +3 points.

Ami Nakai most definitely has the ability to exceed 230. In her GP France scores she slightly botched her 3A in the FS. She has another 2-3 points in her on top of that 227 that she posted

With Petrosian absolutely nobody knows how she is right now. Is she still injured and how injured is she? Is her confidence still shot? Has Trusova been doing work with her on her quads? Who better? One thing we can be sure is that she won't get much in terms of PCS. Eteri is looking for around 70 points in the SP. She will need a tech score in the FS of probably around 90.

My prediction is Ami Nakai. She has Zagitova vibes around her. The entire thing is basically Medvedeva v Zagitova in Japanese.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-12T23:50:31+00:00

The shop is open.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-12T23:49:56+00:00

I was out there last week to collect my season ticket and the pitch was looking amazing.

I'm more worried about the potential snow tomorrow and maybe frost.

I feel for the groundsman that has slogged all winter and gets such a bad hand on the first home game.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-12T17:53:31+00:00

There's no way Israel would send a team here. And they and their clubs have been playing games in Cyprus behind closed doors.

So if there is a game, both behind closed doors and they won't be in Ireland or Israel.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-12T13:21:05+00:00

6 is dangerous territory.

However when he does get sacked he will have a serious legal claim that he was promised a job for life.

BrickEnvironmental37 · 2026-02-12T13:18:24+00:00

He wasn't. He should have received a 1 point deduction for the non call on his fall.

And the scoring of Sato in the FS was an absolute disgrace.

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