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Plush said this in 2010. Who have performed harder and more quads than he has at Vancouver?
This is a sophisticated post again.
If we're talking Vancouver, Lambiel attempted more quads than Plushenko. If we're talking about after 2010...
At Euros 2012, in the SP Plushenko was the only man in the top 6 not to attempt a quad. In the LP Plushenko only attempted 1 quad in his LP (his only quad of the competition). Gachinski executed 2 quads in the LP (3 overall). Fernandez also did 2 quads in the LP - one of them being a 4S, which is a harder quad than 4T. Joubert attempted 2 quads in his LP. None of these men (particularly Gachinski) complained that Plushenko was only attempting 1 quad or made any statement like "If you're not attempting 2 quads, then you really don't deserve to win."
At Russian Nationals, Menshov executed 2 quads in his FS to Plushenko's 1 quad... (also, Plushenko had only 1 quad planned, whereas Kovtun, Menshov, Gachinski, and Voronov, had all planned 2 quads).
Euros 2013, even if he had done a 4T in his SP, Fernandez, Amodio and Brezina all attempted and executed a harder quad - 4S - than he would have done. In the FS, Fernandez would have landed at least 1 more quad than Plushenko (likely 2, since Plushenko hadn't planned on doing 2 quads in his FS). And it would have been two 4S and one 4T to Plushenko's one (if not two) 4T.
I was talking about Salt Lake City where Goebel performed 3 quads, as well as the 2003 Worlds... to Plushenko's two quads. Also two of those quads were quad salchows. Yes he said it in 2010, but it's convenient that he never said in 2002 that somebody who performs 3 quads to his 2 quads, and harder quads at that, should place ahead of him... but when he loses to somebody with less difficulty in Vancouver all of a sudden he protests.
The point being, Plushenko complaining about other men not having his level of difficulty were it applied now would actually turn the tables on him, should the other guys attempt and execute more/harder quads. This isn't like 2002 where the judges can use Goebel's inferior artistry as a scapegoat.