Not defending him per se, as I am not a fan of his believe it or not but he has improved. Not spectacularly of course and he is still focused on jumps but an improvement was there IMO.
Plushenko has improved on his spins too, and if you think that now they are not something great will tell you what I thought of them in Torino. Doesn't annul the fact he has improved. I like Plushenko, doesn't mean I'm blind to his faults though I actually am annoyed more about the fact that I think he can do great choreo, he just doesn't want to it seems. Though again, let's wait and see what he does now.
Plushenko has improved on his spins too, and if you think that now they are not something great will tell you what I thought of them in Torino. Doesn't annul the fact he has improved. I like Plushenko, doesn't mean I'm blind to his faults though I actually am annoyed more about the fact that I think he can do great choreo, he just doesn't want to it seems. Though again, let's wait and see what he does now.