Originally Posted by Sallyforth:
“Felt bad for Phil leaving. As said before his height makes things harder for him. Lifting little Natalia made him stoop - making not only for fewer cllean lines but throwing off his balance on his skates. The difference when he was skating alone was noticeable, maybe he should have done the spiral without holding on to Natalia. Anyway, I think he ought to have been paired with a slightly taller lady.
Ulrika didn't IMO skate well in the skate off but clearly the judges think she's got more potential even though Phil had improved. What that says about the judging of the performance there and then I'll leave others to decide! One request regarding Ulrika though - can you please stop giving her such harsh makeup, she has fair skin and shouldn't be getting caked in dark foundation and eyeshadow, it's making her look about 70!
Also agree Phil's a better skater than Steven but that Kristina's a popular pro and will probably be given the chance to progress Steven some way through the competition. Whereas Natalia is almost a newbie (apart from filling in for Pam with David once last year).
Liked Kyran better last night as he seemed to be taking it more seriously. IMO Him and Duncan are the male challengers with Clare and maybe now Lisa being the girls to watch.”
“Felt bad for Phil leaving. As said before his height makes things harder for him. Lifting little Natalia made him stoop - making not only for fewer cllean lines but throwing off his balance on his skates. The difference when he was skating alone was noticeable, maybe he should have done the spiral without holding on to Natalia. Anyway, I think he ought to have been paired with a slightly taller lady.
Ulrika didn't IMO skate well in the skate off but clearly the judges think she's got more potential even though Phil had improved. What that says about the judging of the performance there and then I'll leave others to decide! One request regarding Ulrika though - can you please stop giving her such harsh makeup, she has fair skin and shouldn't be getting caked in dark foundation and eyeshadow, it's making her look about 70!
Also agree Phil's a better skater than Steven but that Kristina's a popular pro and will probably be given the chance to progress Steven some way through the competition. Whereas Natalia is almost a newbie (apart from filling in for Pam with David once last year).
Liked Kyran better last night as he seemed to be taking it more seriously. IMO Him and Duncan are the male challengers with Clare and maybe now Lisa being the girls to watch.”
Thats an odd comment if we are to believe what was shown last week .He started very badly , couldn't get the hang of it at all and so put in hours and hours of practice to get it right . I thought he was taking it very seriously and more so than most of the others .
He is the Matt Dawson of DOI .
Odd , since he and Matt vied for a place in the England team for years and Kyran was dogged by injury ,as I recall .
