Okay, before anyone automatically jumps to conclusions, hear me out:

- Amber is in 9th. Young You is in 5th . But they are only separated by about 3.5 points rn

- Yes, I know Amber had a fall on the 3Lo. Looking at the protocols however, if she had cleanly landed the loop (since this was not only a fall, but also ur), she would've added just over 4 points to her score (assuming GOE for that jump is 0). This would have put her in 5th, with just under 69 points.

- It seems like the judges are willing to give her a little PCS boost even with the mistakes (I'm only saying that based off of her PCS score last night, which was 5th highest. Amber is one of my (chaotic) faves, but I was a bit surprised by her PCS score still. If she had been clean, it would have made more sense). But sensing that they helped her, I think it shows they may also help her in the FS too.

- She's planning to do a 3A in the free, which gives her a bit of a boost BV wise over almost all of the top ladies, which also means higher scoring potential. Whether she can go clean is a different story

So, with that in mind, IF Amber goes clean, which I know is an extremely big ask considering she’s also injured but still,... how realistic would a top 5 finish for her be?