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Mikester wrote:

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Russell H doesn't have any right to be picking "goats" at this point since I've yet to see any hint that the jury favors him to the rest of Foa Foa, considering they've all called him a stupid player on several occasions.

He's also the one Foa Foa member they've pinpointed as being the major strategic force behind the group. He's also the member who's found three idols and repeatedly destroyed their tribe and helped his own succeed. Contrarily, we've heard Mick outed as being too laid-back and Jaison outed as not living up to expectations. Not to mention Jaison's attacked Galu members on multiple occasions and Mick seems to talk condescendingly to them every chance he gets.

The only person with more favor from Galu right now is probably Natalie, and even then, I imagine the men would respect Russell's game more, being as they don't seem to be the ones buddying up with Nat all this time.

ETA: What, are you suggesting Mick will become an IC whore at the end of the season? It's possible. I certainly hope it doesn't ruin Russell's game, because there's nothing I hate more than seeing some lucky last-minute challenge wins destroying everyone's game plans and helping someone who wasn't playing that hard cruise to the top. But Mick is an athletic young male, so there's potential. So far his performances haven't been super impressive. We'll see.

SPunKeeMonKee wrote:

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Who did Jaison "attack" other than Erik? And since when has Mick been condescending to anybody?

Did you watch the scene of Jaison and Mick talking to Monica in the shelter while the other half of the tribe was away on reward? They were threatening and strongarming her in unimaginable ways, and if that's the way they're approaching the game now that they have numbers, it's not going to work well for them. I think Jaison does that with everyone he deems below him, but Mick seems to be picking up on it too.
At best, he comes off as completely uninterested in the game, which doesn't bode too well for his chances either.

SM wrote:

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Anyway, Russell's only chance to win is if people can put their egos aside and vote for the person who played the best game. I don't see any chance of that happening. Maybe from the guys, they tend to be less dramatic compared to the women.

Well, yeah, Laura isn't too likely to give her vote to Russell, especially not if she has the opportunity to give it to Natalie instead. But the Eric/John/Dave trifecta? They'll reward the guy who played most like them, for sure. They don't have the girly BFF connection with Natalie, and Russell is consistently showing his dominance. I can easily see them handing him their jury votes.

Sshaaz wrote:

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Considering he doesn't really need to win them in the next few episodes, he might do the smart thing and not win the next one to keep the IC whore target perception off of him. With a tie imminent, he did what he had to do, but numbers dictate that he can let it ride a few times, now. By F5, he'll have to pour it on to have any sort of case at FTC, considering the competition...

Sure, but he wasn't too incredibly impressive in pre-merge challenges, and this last IC victory was the result of, what, him breaking a plate with a rock and then lucking out in the shooting portion of the challenge? Even Brett broke two plates.

Mikester wrote:

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The only competition I could see Russell having at the end is Natalie, but even she is not that impressively edited, so she's probably just being used to make Russell's win not look so obvious. So he probably does win, I just don't see him as being the mastermind he's been made out to be so far.

Yeah, I'm probably subconsciously working backwards and justifying Russell's win because I think it's going to happen. But knowing that Russell wins (well, suspecting he does), I think it's clear the Galu guys will end up supporting him as the hardest competitor on Foa Foa. Is he really a great Survivor player? I think he's got some amazing skills and some obvious weaknesses. But we'll see how he works from here on out.