snooker world championship final

Ronnie's finally knocked a long red in, the comeback starts here maybe...

He's long potting has been somewhat lacking throughout the tournament and it was only a matter of time before that spread to the rest of his game. xp

8 frames in a row for Dott.

I wonder how much it costs to go to a session, as there may only be 3 frames left to play today. They'll have to wheel out Dennis Taylor to do trick shots and tell jokes about simple minded Irishmen.

(onimo jinx, sorry Marcu)

Ronnie came out and put some big breaks to win the first 3 but it ended on the black 17-11. Gave his cue at the end to some kid.

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sterling

has that ever happened before? that was kinda cool.

Amazing final frame from Ebdon, can't wait for the final now.

I'd rather watch a 3rd place play-off with Marcu Fu and Ronnie (using a bent pub cue with a rattle and a shiny tip).

Someone just invoked the 3:51am finish between Thorburn and Griffiths in '83. Come on lads, beat that.

N-night.

Now if he wins it'll be all "Well done Graeme, you won the worst final of the modern era. We didn't think it possible to bore Ebdon of all people into submission but you did it! Can you fuck off now?"

Ronnie's the only seat in town these days, and he's frankly not good enough. With his talent he should have dominated the last decade as Hendry and Davis did before him.

:)

Frame 20: Like a couple of chimps in London Zoo, Ebdon and Dott continue to scratch about as the match approaches the mid-session interval. Yet again, both men have chances. Dott breaks down after a 62 break before Ebdon misses a straight-forward yellow when overstretching. Dott then fluffs a snooker, leaving Ebdon to pot the yellow and lay a snooker of his own. Dott is unable to escape, but then flukes a snooker of his own and manages to flop over the line. A big psychological frame for Dott.
Ebdon 7-13 Dott

Ebdon and Dott can fuck off (except that I like when Scottish people win stuff, with the exception of Stephen Hendry)

xpost, that's brilliant. I wish he'd said "scratch their arses" though.

I don't think I've seen a competitor who had a greater skill level than all his competitors since Jahangir Khan was holding it down in the squash world 20 years prior

Hmm, odd comparison. I thought the thing about JK was his astonishing mental toughness; he wasn't the most audacious shot-maker, he just used to out-last his opponents. 555 consecutive wins, wasn't it? Ronnie can rarely manage 5. Perhaps a better comparison is with Roger Federer or - better - John McEnroe. McEnroe was more or less the best in the world for about four years but genuinely untouchable for a 15-month spell in the middle (i.e. what Federer's been doing to everyone for the last 2.5 years) - but then imploded. McEnroe annihilating Connors for the loss of four games in the '84 Wimbledon final and then shambling to a similarly humbling defeat vs Curren twelve months later was very Ronnie.

He will fancy this now - and I might stick a bet on him to win.

Frame eight: Peter Ebdon must have walked in front of several black cats, while smashing a mirror or two for good measure, during the interval. To say he is not getting the run of the balls would be an understatement.