snooker world championship final

what is there to hate about his bonny lilt? even though it can probably only be heard properly by dogs

btw

fuck off john higgins

resilience

resilience can fuck itself

When Higgins wins a match 13-7, 13-5, by completely outplaying his opponent, rather than hanging in with his utterly, unspeakably efficient, charismaless game, maybe then I might root for him, but this is sheer unrelenting cuntery of the highest order and bad for the game

(n.b. I am drunk but still, argh)

maybe he should mouth "never in doubt" at the camera after every final frame clincher.

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why bother watching any game if you just want to watch predictable 13-5 drubbings?

I don't! I just don't want a game to be inevitably and heartbreakingly gritted out by a player I dislike...this sort of result was equally predictable, and more infuriating

I mean, if he's gonna go 2 down with 3 to play or 1 down with 2 to play, I wanna see some opponents NOT bending over and taking his "resilience" right where it hurts, and getting over the line themselves...if he gets to the winning line first then fair enough

but clearly this isn't the case because he hasn't won every single tournament there is to win..

Hey you guys, am I the only one who remembers this?

I have no recollection of that whatsoever.

In today's news, Higgins races into an excitingly racy early charismatic lead thanks to playing mostly shite and resiliently asking for new balls.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8027621.stm

Mark Allen played *so badly* in that opening session. All Higgins had to do was wait for an opportunity; there was one in every frame. Even when Allen seemed in the balls, you knew he'd find a way to screw up. The two frames he won, he only did so because Higgins returned the compliment.

If there's any justice in the world, Neil Robertson will murk his way to the title

Instead, we'll have a Murphy-Higgins final, and I'll be sorely tempted to not watch it.

This match is more like it.

A pal of mine applied for a ticket on a whim about two weeks ago, was somehow successful, and is right now sitting in the front row two along from Robertson. It makes for disconcerting viewing to see him in every other low-level shot.

text him

nah dial his number during an important shot

Nice idea. I would get him to flick us the v's, but he's also the one person in Britain who doesn't have a mobile

Red button interactive TV my arse

tell him to keep making the buzzing noise

The balls just made a perfect S shape!

ffs

I can't imagine getting so worked up about snooker LJ!

dude, the final that is looming is looming between the two players in the entire tournament i like the least

haha I haven't been following the scores today but I guessed 12-4 from that 'ffs' - so near!

At least it's not heading for one of those 16-16 nail-biting last frame Higgins wins you so detest (cue (sorry) Higgins collapse).

This is like me and my mate playing :-/

except less skilled

actually that ffs was for robertson throwing a frame away when it was actually in both of his hands

The tourney could use at least one of the nu guys reaching the final. Murphy bores the tits off himself never mind anyone else.

So tempted to open this in a sneaky window at work but I'd likely get caught.

Murphy plays fairly charismatic snooker, but he truly is a manhole of likeability. Needs a Robertson win.

Why thnk you ken.
what happened to murphy wife coming in while he's playing and handing him divorce papers?

Wee Graeme Dott for the win of least interesting player IMO.

But he has the voice of an angel (whose balls are being squeezed)

omg neil robertson just did the arshavin pose on his way out of the arena

qeu (get it) PS

Allen's still in it, innit?

if Allen wins I will throw some sort of party, and you're all invited

Sweet. Still, winning tomorrow's session 6-2 won't even be enough will it? Tough stuff.

i can't believe you guys get to watch snooker on TV over there--so awesome

Well, I'm rather annoyed by the BBC cutting coverage into these very short pieces. I somehow have this memory of the BBC showing games in this stage for hours on end. I had to switch from the Beeb to Eurosport to catch the end of tonight's session. It was totally worth it though, what that last frame being like 45 minutes, with some brilliant safety play.

mr que you are a man of fine taste, if only you could be made to understand good british pizza

i'm going to need you to think carefully about those two separate statements lj

I had to switch from the Beeb to Eurosport to catch the end of tonight's session.

Red button on satellite or cable to watch the full session on the bbc.

Joining in late into this mess, but Higgins is fantastic - pretty unique, I think Nadal is a good recent-ish example of the kind of rare sports person that is able to simply do the right thing (decisions, shots, whatever) EVERY SINGLE TIME at a very young age, and in a way that is pretty fucking scary. Except that John couldn't enjoy any dominance as Williams, O'Sullivan and a bunch of other talents were also around at the same time. So it somehow took him 10 years to win a 2nd world title...that 100 break to finally knock the stuffing out of Selby in the final two years ago is what I get up to watch this game for.

This year he has been way stronger as it gotten to the wire - I'm a Selby fan, but it was disappointing how his game fell off at the end.

Higgins winning three, maybe four, world titles...would turn out to be a good reflection of how good I think he is/was.

Red button on satellite or cable to watch the full session on the bbc.

― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, May 1, 2009 9:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I get that red button stuff, but I'm not in the UK, so it's worthless for me.

The 'nicer' haircuts have failed pretty badly in their semi-finals, huh? I mean I know its their first, but Allen and Robertson have shown zilch..

apart from the ability to storm back when all looks lost