so i decide to go and watch some improv on this wonderful may bank holiday afternoon and miss the third session. i come back and its 12-12!!!! (damn can't believe i didn't tape it).
talk abt it.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 5 May 2003 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
dud is the commentators trying to attribute doherty with the "man utd influence"
is that the conway hall thing you went to?
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Monday, 5 May 2003 17:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 5 May 2003 18:49 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 5 May 2003 18:56 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 5 May 2003 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:09 (twenty years ago) link
― RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:23 (twenty years ago) link
COME ON KEN!
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:26 (twenty years ago) link
I just asked my li'l bro why he keeps saying "oooh, Ken's missed... come on Mark..." - apparently, he is "bamming me up". Fair do's.
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Starry (Cozen), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:31 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 5 May 2003 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
Surely it's finished on a May Day BH Monday for ages?
Cor, 17-16... must watch exciting finish in bed. (Last year Pam fell asleep midway through 35th frame...)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
''is that the conway hall thing you went to?''
yup.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:20 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:36 (twenty years ago) link
― RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 5 May 2003 21:41 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 5 May 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 5 May 2003 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 01:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Daniel (dancity), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 16:59 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
I enjoyed 'Frame Academy' very much indeed. It put the 'OO' back into snooker for a few minutes, especially Steve Davis's elasticated balls.
I also enjoyed the odd glimpse of Terry Griffiths.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 08:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 09:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex K (Alex K), Wednesday, 7 May 2003 09:52 (twenty years ago) link
o'sullivan vs hunter 8:7 ...and 4 more to go, eh? or less, meh?(it is live on eurosport, innit?)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:32 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
Also these are a couple of sexy shits, eh?
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:57 (twenty years ago) link
They're both pretty great.
(xpost)
O'Sullivan's post-therapy interviews are a mind-boggling wonder of pop-psychology-speak (well, the only one I saw this week anyway).
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 February 2004 22:59 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:42 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
(xpost - that "biting off his tip" made me laugh a bit. New relaxed therapied Ronnie seemed to not care at all that he lost)
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago) link
(he has just made a reference to shagging his woman)
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:58 (twenty years ago) link
Go on ronnie!!! He's just won the first four frames of the second session in 42 mins (he so totally deserves to be called 'the rocket').
two eighty breaks and a century and he's 10-2 up.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 30 April 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 30 April 2004 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 30 April 2004 20:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Heh heh heh.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 30 April 2004 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― prima fassy (mwah), Friday, 30 April 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link
And why has Dominic Dale suddenly vanished from the commentary team? Dennis Taylor is starting to irk me a bit...
Worst thing about Parrott - his tips segment, where he teaches Stan Boardman to play snooker. Fucking hell.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 30 April 2004 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
'when I won the championship back in 1991...'
come on hendry.
YEAH I SAID IT.
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 1 May 2004 06:18 (nineteen years ago) link
john virgo must die. he'd whinge even if he goes to heaven "ooh that's not that cloud i'd put myself on.."
ian mccolloch should have won, or david gray.
― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 1 May 2004 07:25 (nineteen years ago) link
O'sullivan has rarely got it consistently together, playing to his full potential as he has in the last two rounds, blowing away anthony hamilton and hendry with a session to spare.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 1 May 2004 10:02 (nineteen years ago) link
this boy's good.
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 1 May 2004 11:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Not Steve Davis, Saturday, 1 May 2004 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 1 May 2004 15:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 1 May 2004 15:59 (nineteen years ago) link
After a laborious registration procedure I'm about to leave a Why Oh Why complaints on the Points Of View messageboard - in that curly electric typewriter font.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 1 May 2004 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link
(x-post cheers Mike, I'm watching on Europsport)
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 1 May 2004 16:06 (nineteen years ago) link
I was jumping the gun by claiming I was registered on the BBC website - despite doing precisely what they required I'm not registered. I requested a resend of their confirmation email and didn't get it. This is a very good way of intensifying but broadening miffed viewers' rage and ultimately getting them to give up. What a waste of 20 minutes of my life.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 1 May 2004 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Saturday, 1 May 2004 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 2 May 2004 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 2 May 2004 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 2 May 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 2 May 2004 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 18:32 (nineteen years ago) link
come on dott!
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 2 May 2004 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Sunday, 2 May 2004 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:50 (nineteen years ago) link
13-8 looks a bit grim for Dott.
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Which he's fluffed.
Bugger.
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Aargh... Dott didn't get that red now, either!
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
And then... ...
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Hope to see Dott winning a few frames tonight.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 3 May 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 3 May 2004 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
And Ronnie... goodness me, but he was magic. You never believed he'd miss. Even when he did, you always felt he'd get back in. He's on an entirely different level to everyone.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
i liked the fact that ronnie at the trophie ceremony described Ray Reardon as his "Plan B". Term used in some previous snooker tournaments to insinuate how paul hunter played better after the intervals having had sex with his bird in between. oh man.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Egotistical Italian sportsman in wearing alice band non-shock.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Did i dream it, or did ronnie go through an Islamic phase recently? I have a memory that Prince Naseem Hamed instructed him in the ways of the prophet. This is either true, or the greatest slash story never told.
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 23 January 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Horse of Babylon's Butler (the pirate king), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Hmm, but wanting Stephen Lee to lose would mean wanting Crazy Eyes Edbon to win.
Alan McManus should have "nearly man" on his waistcoat. Umpteen years in the top 16 despite being Not Very Good.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, but I really, really don't like Stephen Lee very much. I'm not quite sure why, he just seems like such a stunningly joyless man. This impression may have been augmented by the 'Stephen Lee Snooker Skills Challenge' video on the BBC website, though.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link
This is pissing me off! I want to watch this! How do they determine UK users, by IP address?
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link
John Virgo just said that McManus has potted 26 out of 26 rest shots so far, which is very impressive. McManus 11-11 Doherty, Higgins 4-4 Murphy.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
How do I fake a UK ip address?
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
some good matches so far but nothing quite close enough to the drama of ronnie vs maguire in the first round...
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 24 April 2005 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 25 April 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Ronnie O'Sullivan - Peter EbdonShaun Murphy - Steve DavisStephen Hendry - Matthew StevensAlan McManus - Ian McCulloch
You suspect it's gonna be a Ronnie-Hendry final, but the way things have gone so far this does actually look a bit open...
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
I would love it if Steve Davis went all the way, but I've been eating red meat too and I'm not likely to; however, Shaun Murphy looks pretty handy too. Could be quite exciting.
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
hoping for a stevens-sullivan final: wouldn't know who I'd want to win if that happened.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Most of my heart is with Davis (for old times sake), but my head says O'Sullivan or Stevens.
― Guilty Boksen (Bro_Danielson), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link
O'Sullivan: 4/5Stevens: 5/1Hendry: 9/1Murphy: 11/1McCulloch: 18/1Ebdon: 25/1McManus: 45/1Davis: 200/1
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Elsewhere, Murphy beat Davis 13-4, and Stevens beat Hendry 13-11.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Five minutes for a break of 12.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
RONNIE'S BUSTED WIDE OPEN!
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 30 April 2005 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 30 April 2005 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 1 May 2005 08:00 (eighteen years ago) link
but anyway, I thought the last frame of the mcculloch-stevens semi-final is a gd indication as to how the final might go. stevens playing tight and forcing his opponent into mistakes, with stevens potting the long red offered, and potting every single time. Murphy is a great potter but his tactical game isn't quite good enough right now. Stevens has been a great match player and as long as his nerve holds he'll win.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 1 May 2005 08:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― RickyT (RickyT), Sunday, 1 May 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom B (Tom B), Sunday, 1 May 2005 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link
This is bringing back the only enjoyable part of high school, playing snooker every weekend at my friend David's house.
― Curious George (Bat Chain Puller) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 1 May 2005 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.codehappy.net/mimage/wonka006.jpg
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 1 May 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Murphy is at least considerably more appealing than Stephen sodding Lee.
― Tom B (Tom B), Sunday, 1 May 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Venga (Venga), Sunday, 1 May 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm saying dud.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom B (Tom B), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom B (Tom B), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
omg i love hazel
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.gtascraper.com/content/sanan/driveby_800.jpg
Da Murphy and his pops in training.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.diffusiononline.net/tvthemes.htm
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 09:05 (eighteen years ago) link
2. The 22-year-old plans to spend some of the money on a Mercedes and on his forthcoming wedding.
3. He met his fiancee on the internet in a Christian chatroom.
4. Murphy was 150-1 to win the World Championship before the tournament started.
5. He turned professional when he was just 14.
6. Murphy was born in the same week that Dexy's Midnight Runners' smash hit Come On Eileen reached number one in the charts.
7. His dad bought him his first cue from a jumble sale when he was eight years old - by the age of ten he had knocked in a century break.
8. As a budding 13-year-old player, he picked up a £5,000-a-year sponsorship deal with the Doc Martens shoe company.
9. By then he had made two 147 breaks - and had beaten Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry in one-frame exhibition matches.
10. Even at that young age, his aim was to beat the record of Hendry who at 21, became the youngest-ever world champion. Murphy missed out by a year.
11. His run to the final earned him the nickname "Magician".
12. His father Tony is a World Snooker board member.
13. Murphy had never won a match at the Crucible until this year's World Championship.
14. He won using an adapted 1930s cue once owned by Ray Reardon. Cue maker Rodney Hinde fitted the new tip just two weeks before the tournament started.
15. Murphy is a single-figure handicap golfer.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
yay my predictions rock
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
meaningless but great
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 17 December 2005 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Ding won 9-4 - this final will be quite interesting cuz Ding doesn't really have much of a tactical game and he'll need if he shows nerves or Davis is scoring heavy.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 17 December 2005 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 17 December 2005 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 17 December 2005 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link
It's gonna be a classic, either way.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 17 December 2005 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Steve
www.snookerbilliardspool.co.uk
― Steve Porter, Sunday, 18 December 2005 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 December 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 22 January 2006 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 22 January 2006 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
(xpost, or maybe not!)
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
I actually only watched it from 0-60 in the last frame; this thread dragged me away from half-watching Bourne Identity on ITV2 with the missus. (Pam & I once spent three consecutive 65-hour weeks at work coordinating subtitles in 40+ languages for the 13 elements of the Supremacy DVD; it was so stressful we started to feel like we were Jason Bourne. So we've always meant to watch the original. But not at the expense of the snooker.)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 23 January 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
wotta a game, easily up there w/some other masters finals over the years (hendry-williams finished on the black too, hendry-mcmanus a decade ago) - apparently these two will be scheduled to meet in the QFs of the world championships and that is a total shame.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 23 January 2006 11:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, awesome n'all - totally happy Hendry is gone.
Apart from Higgins going out its all been predictable and one-sided so it ws good to see a thriller that finally get this championship on the move, so to speak.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
The other really gd game is Doherty-Stevens (8-8), playing to a conclusion later on.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 10:57 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah but this is different because the white went in-off. so the black technically wasn't potted and hence it is respotted.
what i didn't get was another one, the ken doherty game last night(?) - it was 55-55 on points with a black to play. ken doherty missed the black altogether and the other guy was awarded the frame (matthew stevens?) and i didn't understand why.. or maybe ken conceded? surely they can still play for a re-spot.
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:05 (eighteen years ago) link
the rolling towards the pocket snooker championship thread
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:07 (eighteen years ago) link
(the in-off in the Hendry game resulted in level points, that's why it was respotted - otherwise the black can only be scored once, whether potted or fouled)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:15 (eighteen years ago) link
As for what happened last night: from the commentator's explanation its in the rules that if you don't hit the black in that situation the frame is automatically lost. xp = ok so yeah level points.
There ws a story a cpl of years that he converted but apparently he just went to a mosque and the story snowballed.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 April 2006 11:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Here we go: O'sullivan-Day final session..
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
love this game..xp
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 27 April 2006 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Last night, in the pub, as soon as the Barcelona v AC Milan game was finished, some bloke was haranguing the bar staff to turn over to the BBC interactive service so he could watch the snooker. So I guess someone does.
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Anyway, Graeme's off his dot early this morning and has opened up an 11-8 lead over the Rocket. Ronnie's missing sitters. his "change your tip every time you play a shot" strategy seems to be backfiring.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 09:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 09:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 April 2006 09:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 April 2006 09:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Ronnie's finally knocked a long red in, the comeback starts here maybe...
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:30 (seventeen years ago) link
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
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:32 (seventeen years ago) link
8 frames in a row for Dott.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:57 (seventeen years ago) link
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 (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 10:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Saturday, 29 April 2006 11:19 (seventeen years ago) link
(onimo jinx, sorry Marcu)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 14:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 29 April 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 April 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 29 April 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 29 April 2006 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link
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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― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 29 April 2006 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
sterling
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 29 April 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link
has that ever happened before? that was kinda cool.
Amazing final frame from Ebdon, can't wait for the final now.
― Ste (Fuzzy), Saturday, 29 April 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 29 April 2006 21:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 30 April 2006 12:32 (seventeen years ago) link
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).
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Sunday, 30 April 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Someone just invoked the 3:51am finish between Thorburn and Griffiths in '83. Come on lads, beat that.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 30 April 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 30 April 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
N-night.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 30 April 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Sunday, 30 April 2006 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 1 May 2006 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 May 2006 12:45 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 May 2006 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 13:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 13:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 13:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 1 May 2006 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
:)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link
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
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Monday, 1 May 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
He will fancy this now - and I might stick a bet on him to win.
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 May 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 May 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Monday, 1 May 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 May 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link
hahah i love this guy
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link
15-13.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link
Dott has just won, amazingly enough - 16-13.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Ebdon goes in off when threatening to overhaul a huge deficit in frame 29. Concedes. 16-13.
(Pam is asleep on the couch and has been for about two hours).
I worry just what Ebbo might do if he wins this, prone as he is to embarrassing outbursts. I can see the shirt coming off and some random punter getting punched out in his frenzy.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 May 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
Ebdon, who usually wears the look of a man about to be blasted into outer space, does a nifty pirouette and mops up brown, blue and pink. Game on.Ebdon 9-15 Dott
BC guy/gal is better than the match (which is admittedly picking up after the 75 minute marathon).
Dott looks shattered.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
16-14.
(I think the Beeb are copping the Guardian Unlimited style of irreverent reportage, which reached some kind of zenith with USA-Mexico in the 2002 World Cup..."top-bodied the sphere into the score bag" or somesuch).
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link
"Dott resting his eyes - it's pretty bright under those lights."
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm starting to enjoy this.
17-14. Dormy.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― caek (caek), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link
kisses the trophy before the game is finished. don't like that
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Good night.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Two Celtic fans, if the publicity machine at Celtic Park is to be believed, i.e. drape a Celtic flag round Ken Doherty's neck, send him out to do the half-time raffle, hurrah, we have another celebrity fan.
I did stay up and watch it, but my laptop is knackered so I went off to bed and watched it on the portable. I never want to see an hour-plus frame of snooker again as long as I live (though the will to live may well desert me and leave me with little choice should that ever come up again). Well done Graeme. Not a bad first tournament to start your trophy haul with.
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 06:16 (seventeen years ago) link
this is surely staged to compete with big brother?
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
I thought Ding would be favourite. He's the new god of sport.
― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link
However, he can at least console himself with that £35,000 he got from making a 147.
― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:11 (seventeen years ago) link
hmm, this kinda thing was probably always going to happen eventually. he keeps his emotions so cooped up, so hidden, that such an outpouring was practically inevitable were things to go really, really badly.
― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Sunday, 21 January 2007 21:43 (seventeen years ago) link
that's how he practices his cue action innit, beating himself and that.
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 22 January 2007 00:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 22 April 2007 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link
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It turns out that me bird's ma loves snooker. Or rather, she loves Ronnie O'Sullivan. Is snooker generally popular with older women?
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Sunday, 21 October 2007 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Ronnie is.
― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 21 October 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
well done marco! :)
― Just got offed, Sunday, 21 October 2007 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link
As Oriental snooker talents go, though, I'm more excited by DING JUNHUI, FUTURE GOD OF SPORT. I think I started an ILX thread about him somewhere. With precisely those words.
― Just got offed, Sunday, 21 October 2007 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I find it hard to care about sports where there are so many tournaments that include the same competitors. Ronnie O'Sullivan is looking old though.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 22 October 2007 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
ah, fuck, snooker world championship RIP :-(
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i used to not know the rules and was sort of fascinated by it (daytime television) but now i know how it works and it's boring.
― Ludo, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Its OK, Ronnie's out :-(
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:43 (fifteen years ago) link
:( a sad day
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:44 (fifteen years ago) link
damnit :-((
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 25 April 2009 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome!!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 April 2009 12:55 (fifteen years ago) link
poor Marco, got a good beatin'
― not_goodwin, Saturday, 25 April 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Sadfaced about Ronnie :-(
― ailsa, Saturday, 25 April 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago) link
SERIOUSLY FUCK OFF HIGGINS
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH WHY DID I WASTE MY AFTERNOON WATCHING THIS
better than wasting the afternoon on ilx tbh
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Monday, 27 April 2009 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I quite like Higgins - way better than 'Hendry the 8th' (I really hope that never happens)
Like Selby or Higgins to win now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 27 April 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
That was a terrific 147
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Is there such a thing as a bad 147?
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Ay, 147? (Damn, must switch on da telly!) Who dunnit then, the 147?
― t**t, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
wasn't ronnie
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:10 (fourteen years ago) link
hendry, it's on the bbc snooker page.was ok as far as potting every ball in the right order to get the max break and look cool with the added bonus of a bonus in the shape of a check in your name with lots of money above it.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I went on the BBC site to watch this and spotted the video was only 4:28 long and thought "Quicker than Ronnie? WTF!" then pressed play and he was already on 89.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:37 (fourteen years ago) link
now we just need someone to beat the score by a free ball + 147 break combo.
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
cmon selbs
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
oh fuck off higgins
go away
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
go the fuck away
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
louis seems to hate scottish snooker players
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
nah just the dull uncharismatic ones
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
oh wait
I thought you preferred quality over charisma Mr J
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I prefer talent and inspiration to efficiency, at least on the snooker table...it's a game that ought to reward the sublime rather than the functional
...and besides, I prefer players with individual styles, with facets to their game which separate them from the cluster. Otherwise what is there to follow?
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not a game that "ought" to reward the sublime. I agree that Scottish snooker players tend to be on the nice-but-dull side though.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, if you're lucky it is, but that applies to any sport really.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I think i understand why The Lex gets mad when people say they stopped watching tennis if Agassi* was knocked out.
*insert any peoples fave in there
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're truly sublime then surely you'd beat the merely functional?
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Tennis is different; tennis openly and flagrantly rewards inspirational, dominant play because it places the two opponents in direct confrontation. Snooker places each opponent alone, and so they always have a choice as to what level of shot to play. I love the game, but I love it more when it's played by people who constantly reveal their personality, their talents, and their changing approach to the game depending on circumstances, i.e. Ronnie O'Sullivan or Neil Robertson or Mark Selby. Or players who play flat-out insane, occasionally self-destructive snooker in search of perfection, i.e. Ding Junhui. Or headcases, i.e. Peter Ebdon
Ken this is true but many players capable of the sublime are also capable of error, and also you can never fully legislate for the run of the balls
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Grinders and those who are very good safety players have traditionally dominated though: Davis, Reardon, Hendry etc. have won far more titles than the very best sublimely gifted players (O'Sullivan, Alex Higgins, Jimmy White etc.)
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Let me dream!
Am trying to work out where Shaun Murphy fits on the scale, and whether his extravagant and often inspiring talents are sufficient to resist the demerits of his occasionally somewhat offputting personality...I certainly dislike him less than I did circa 2005
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
As much as I love Ronnie's sublime skills I'm getting really tired of these "I don't know if I can go on" bullshit interviews every time someone has the temerity to beat him.
I know what you mean about the attraction of the unexpected LJ but with Higgins I think it's simply that he always knows the "correct" shot to play and sees no reason to play what he sees in his head as the wrong shot. That doesn't mean he won't go for his shots, but it does mean he'll be less likely to scatter balls all over the table in a ridiculous attempt at an impossible red that he's convinced himself is a shot to nothing. Boring as that is (particularly if he's not scoring heavily) I still admire his resilience under pressure - he's won a fair few very tense close matches.
I've warmed to Ebdon over the years as his madness has grown, I can still picture the mad grin on his face as Hendry won something like 7 frames out of 8 against him in a world final - somewhere between "Ach I'll just try to enjoy myself" and "I'm gonna eat your children!"
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Hendry doesn't belong in that list. Boring as he might be off the table be basically took the "go for everything" attitude of Higgins and White but did it properly (i.e. by not missing the balls). His safety game isn't great, he doesn't even like playing safety shots. I remember when he first came to prominence everyone was amazed at the shots he was taking on, particularly into middle pockets.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
before Ronnie, Hendry was regarded as the most natural potter anyone had seen. He did have to develop a safety game though(not as good as steve davis safety game was), and it made him and even better player.ffs the guy won a world championship with a fractured arm. You gotta admit that takes something special.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
peter ebdon is about 10x more boring to watch than john higgins
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
and as boring as those guys may be, they aren't in cliff thorburns league!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
funnily enough, Terry Griffiths was a boring slow player, but I did like him.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
also, i don't see how potting stupidly ridiculous shots take more inspiration than a brilliant safety shot
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Ken OTM
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yes but he is on the edge of complete nervous breakdown every time he misses a pot do you not see
and there's something to be said for his almost hypnotically self-denying style, especially in the context of the barely-suppressed wailing hair-tearing beast within...he is a man on the edge
WHOA
I got no problem with brilliant safety shots, amazing snookers etc...this is all part of the "inspiration" I referred to. I love 'em. What I was complaining about were functional potters who resort to good, often very good, "classic safety", when others might go for something inspirational or at least original.
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
If only you could take Ken Doherty's personality and Stephen Hendry's game and fuse them into one...I do like Hendry, because he's great and plays the game in a superb manner, but he makes peak-era Davis look like Quinton Hann
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
and miss and losexpost
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
But the game is cruel upon the mentally mercurial. Take Matthew Stevens. Now a wreck, now on the scrapheap. Once within touching distance of greatness. Bright talent, burnt out. At least he list to Mark Williams, who is/was a truly brilliant player and a fine personality.
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
*lost
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Not always, Kerr! Not always!
i never rated mark williams. he can pot long balls and that seems to be the extent of his game
in other newshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7661707.stm
this is my favourite live feed so far. you just get to listen to 'drag racer' in a continuous loop
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
omg Graeme Dott's voice
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
stop hating on scottishes
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
what is there to hate about his bonny lilt? even though it can probably only be heard properly by dogs
― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
btw
fuck off john higgins
― sorry for british (country matters), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
resilience
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
resilience can fuck itself
― sorry for british (country matters), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― sorry for british (country matters), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
(n.b. I am drunk but still, argh)
maybe he should mouth "never in doubt" at the camera after every final frame clincher.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
andrei_higgins.jpg
― sorry for british (country matters), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
why bother watching any game if you just want to watch predictable 13-5 drubbings?
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
but clearly this isn't the case because he hasn't won every single tournament there is to win..
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey you guys, am I the only one who remembers this?
― ailsa, Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 30 April 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
This match is more like it.
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
text him
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
nah dial his number during an important shot
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Red button interactive TV my arse
tell him to keep making the buzzing noise
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
The balls just made a perfect S shape!
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 30 April 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
ffs
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't imagine getting so worked up about snooker LJ!
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
dude, the final that is looming is looming between the two players in the entire tournament i like the least
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
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).
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
This is like me and my mate playing :-/
― not_goodwin, Friday, 1 May 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
except less skilled
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Friday, 1 May 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
actually that ffs was for robertson throwing a frame away when it was actually in both of his hands
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:03 (fourteen years ago) link
The tourney could use at least one of the nu guys reaching the final. Murphy bores the tits off himself never mind anyone else.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
So tempted to open this in a sneaky window at work but I'd likely get caught.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Murphy plays fairly charismatic snooker, but he truly is a manhole of likeability. Needs a Robertson win.
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Why thnk you ken.what happened to murphy wife coming in while he's playing and handing him divorce papers?
― not_goodwin, Friday, 1 May 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Wee Graeme Dott for the win of least interesting player IMO.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
But he has the voice of an angel (whose balls are being squeezed)
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
omg neil robertson just did the arshavin pose on his way out of the arena
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
qeu (get it) PS
― not_goodwin, Friday, 1 May 2009 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Allen's still in it, innit?
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
if Allen wins I will throw some sort of party, and you're all invited
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Sweet. Still, winning tomorrow's session 6-2 won't even be enough will it? Tough stuff.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't believe you guys get to watch snooker on TV over there--so awesome
― Mr. Que, Friday, 1 May 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 1 May 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
mr que you are a man of fine taste, if only you could be made to understand good british pizza
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 1 May 2009 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm going to need you to think carefully about those two separate statements lj
― Mr. Que, Friday, 1 May 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2009 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― 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.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 1 May 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
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..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2009 12:14 (fourteen years ago) link
apart from the ability to storm back when all looks lost
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 2 May 2009 12:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh he's got a better chance than Allen has -- although World Championsip snooker has usually provided some amazing comebacks -- but a four frame lead is fine for Murphy.
Still, not much so far, they've both managed to look badly spent.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2009 12:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I know Michaela Tabb is going to referee the final tomorrow & Monday, but where's Hazel? :-(
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
(don't get me wrong, I don't only watch snooker for the women ;-) )
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Lol @ teen final identical terrible hairstyles
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 13:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I miss Hazel as well!
Allen really hanging in here!
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 2 May 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Not anymore... But what a semi final!
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
How many of these expressions they keep repeating every ten minutes are actually official snooker terms?
A shot to nothing?
A little bit unlucky?
The knowledgeable Crucible crowd?
:-)
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
That's probably all John Virgo, StanM. The man cannot give commentary without using every cliché in the book.
Robertson is playing absolutely brilliant right now. I really, really hope he beats Murphy tonight. 'Top quality stuff, StanM, top quality stuff' ;-)
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 2 May 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to see him do the Arshavin pose again
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
He also uses that strange inversion thing, does John Virgo.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know who I want to win here, Robertson has some of the most awesome WTF shots sometimes, but he misses some easy ones as well. Murphy's the more consistent player. Great but boring, a bit like John Higgins I suppose.
I don't like the shape of Murphy's head, so that's it, I'm rooting for Robertson. (not the Ozzy meaning of rooting)
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Aren't they allowed to say "Hawk-eye" anymore? I seem to remember they couldn't shut up about it last time and now I haven't heard it once.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
What's Robertson up to here?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
this is great
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
omg
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't like the shape of Murphy's head
otm
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Robertson is on fire! I'm particularly impressed by his safety game. I knew he was a great, daring attacker, but his safety play, the choices he made, is so great tonight. It's what got him to this tie again, as far as I'm concerned. I want him to wrap this up and then send Higgins' poor ass home.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 2 May 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm liking this artist guy, but he obviously can't do eyes
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Ach, this is slipping away now.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Murphy is a jammy bastid.
― Trust (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 2 May 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1981/295wfu95001351ym0.gif
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 2 May 2009 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Murphy's quite personable, to be fair
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
reminds me a bit of Adrian Chiles
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 2 May 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Still, my dream of Higgins' being beaten by Bizarro Higgins is in shatters :-(
xp
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 2 May 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I expect the final is going to be great but boring.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
"I know Michaela Tabb is going to referee the final tomorrow & Monday, but where's Hazel? :-("
She's had a kid. Hazel look ok but she never asks v interesting questions really.
Was just wondering whether Michaela would referee the final...
Well done Murphy - fair play to both Robertson and Allen for pushing them all the way. That red that started Murphy's break in the penultimate frame was classic semi-final stuff. xxp = there is not going to be a lot of contrast in the final, true.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh no I hate all that I'm just an ordinary blokey snooker fan who got lucky faux humility bullshit.
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Sunday, 3 May 2009 10:03 (fourteen years ago) link
― StanM, Saturday, May 2, 2009 8:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
But not as much as Dennis Taylor. :-/
― StanM, Sunday, 3 May 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
no chat on tonights session?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 3 May 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't see someone as solid as Higgins losing this, he wasn't even at his best tonight and still won the session 7 - 1 and got a couple of centuries.
― StanM, Sunday, 3 May 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
It was watchable, but then snooker is always watchable - both looked shattered tho', it might have easily slided into Dott-Ebdon levels. As it didn't go to that extreme there wasn't a great deal to talk about. No final has been lost from 11-5 but Murphy could mount the ultimate comeback...the comebacks are what makes for a really great snooker final.
Michaela has been the star! :-)
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2009 08:19 (fourteen years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Monday, May 4, 2009 10:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
I'm not so sure about today's miniskirt...
― StanM, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I really wish Dennis Taylor would stop going on about how "professional" Shaun Murphy is.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 4 May 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
OTM. Anyone who doesn't completely surrender and concede the match is "courageous" and "professional" , I guess.
― StanM, Monday, 4 May 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"I'm not so sure about today's miniskirt..."
Oh no I missed this afternoon's session - went to see a film instead!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2009 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
worst world championship ever
― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
This is just like the finals the last couple of finals involving Ronnie where he walked it...
I actually didn't watch as much of this tournament as I wanted to (no 8 hour session for me unfortunately) but it has had the most centuries ever (80-something, obliterating the prev records of 68) plus Michaela in the final so I can't complain too much.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
does louis like snooker or just ronnie?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
well done Higgins for his 3rd world title.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
at 34 he's the oldest world champion ever.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Totally, yeah - thing is, two of his three titles actually came when he arguably wasn't playing at his very (late 90s) best (in terms of sheer break building). A couple of his wins this year came down to the wire. Total strength of mind to get stronger at the very end of those matches.
Also, in the most centuries ever championship, the player who does show the best tactical play won.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
2009: STAT-ATTACK - Higgins has a 92% success rate for his potting for the whole tournament.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 4 May 2009 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
When did they get rid of those blown-up fake prize-money cardboards? Whoever's behind that deserves the Nobel prize.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 May 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Miniskirt was just a joke, sorry. :-)
Murphy never played like he did in earlier matches, but still, you have to admire Higgins for the way he mercilessly punished him for every mistake.
Also, a ridiculous amount of commentator jinxing all through the match: "so this is it, the first shot of his thousandth frame at the Cruci-and he misses!" / "He's improved so much over the last couple of - and he misses!" :-)
― StanM, Monday, 4 May 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
:-) A comeback of Murphy would've been great alone because of the commentary.
"Could this be his final time at the table?""Is this miss his last bid in this final?"
I must say though that I've been without a tv set for three years, and finally was able to catch up this year on the BBC snooker coverage. I think Doherty is a valuable addition to the commentary team. My only hope now is that Virgo quits the bizz, can't stand the guy.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 May 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
bbc changed it
But he had done more than enough and is now the oldest Crucible champion since Dennis Taylor triumphed at the age of 36 in 1985 against Steve Davis, with Higgins turning 34 on 18 May.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i once walked by Higgins on Sauchiehall street outside Greggs.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Better than Paddy McGuinness I suppose
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Good Celtic fan, the Higgins
― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
so the bbc stats guy kept reminding everyone.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
do you think Paddy McGuinness might like Celtic?
Hazel's on maternity leave, btw.
― Venga, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
IN-CRUCIBLEILX mole bHigs up live snooker experiencenot using capitals in email for some reason
1. it was an excellent experience. i loved it. it was amazing to see people doing something they are really good at up close. one gets a great view of the table from the front 3 rows. the last frame i attended on friday night i went up the back before sneaking out to get my train and the view was fine from there too/ id say the front was better though. id definitely be up for going back next year - this time for the final
2. i had headphones with bbc commentary. that's the reason why the commentators always say that "the crowd here at the crucible are so knowledgeable" when they are clapping as they are all following the same expert commentary the crowd at home are!
3. the only time i was distracted was in the afternoon and evening sessions on the friday when an absolute beauty of a girl was in my line of vision. it must have been very distracting for allen - that's probably why he crumbled as the girl was also in his line of vision.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
ah, that's nice reporting there - its actually the one sporting venue (apart from Wimbledon, which I went to a couple of years ago) that I would really really love to visit. Must try to do it next year.
As to point 2. - actually having watched loads of snooker pre-headphone era the crowd would applaud and recognize 95% of what the commentary did recognize as great tactical shots. What has changed is that now, if the commentators say something funny the crowd will laugh and this can provoke the ref to tell the crowd to 'settle down'.
3. So that's how Higgins did it! That's also one of the delights of watching snooker, the same cute girl coming up again and again in a particular line of vision/angle.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
World Series Of Snooker (Portugal) :
Jimmy White just lost to Luca Brecel (14 years old)
http://www.theworldseriesofsnooker.com/default.asp
Jimmy White 3 Luca Brecel 4
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
waht
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
White'll still win his "Group 2" probably, next round he's playing Ken Doherty (I think. Don't quite understand this tournament yet)
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
One of the BBC pundits had Brecel in his "who'll be in the top 10 in 5 years" prediction too, IIRC
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
(it's on Eurosport, but I can't bear to watch it, their main camera position has the table looking like a perfect square instead of a snooker table)
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
o_O
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
He'll be disappointed about that, Louis. I just looked up the lad, and google rewarded me with the magnificent sentence: 'Belgisch forum voor snookerfreaks'
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
He's the current under 19 European champion, but that's not on his Wikipedia page yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Brecel
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL @ link to "Belgian Snooker Players" - but he's not on that list of 2
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
obvious choker imo
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, this is just until he discovers girls. :-)
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Alain Robidoux slid rapidly down the rankings in subsequent years, partly as a result of losing his favourite cue, which he referred to as the "Eel"; he returned it to its maker - an elderly craftsman in Canada - for repairs, but the craftsman smashed the cue into pieces and sent the remains back to Robidoux, reportedly taking offence because both the cue and the cue-case had a logo for 'Riley', a leading UK cue manufacturer
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
looooooooooool thats some kill bill shit
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
also, the fukin sauce of it:
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Luca Brecel just beat Ken Doherty, to play against Graeme Dott next
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"just" = yesterday (don't know where to get real time info about this, only found out from a Belgian news site)
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.hbvl.be/imgpath/assets_img_gvl/2009/05/09/458301/luca-brecel-te-sterk-voor-legende-jimmy-white-en-ex-wereldkampioen-ken-doherty_5_460x0.jpg
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Lost to Dott 5-4
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The Crusher of Dreams
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i bet his voice is lower-pitched than dott's
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
watching the nugget hold on.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
robertson will win this whole thing. i hope.
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
pourquoi?
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the way he plays! plus to have beaten gould the way he did...the winner of that match needs to win, to placate me
o'sullivan-selby is a great match, by the looks of it. two other players i wouldn't begrudge this year's title.
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah idk why i'm watching steve davis tbh. well other than it will probably end soon and i can change over.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
robertson used to be fat
― naglian dialectics 101 (cozen), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
ronnie doing a bit of referee-bullying
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
nagl but still <3 him
I quite want Mark "the Jester" Selby to win, because he's the only snooker player with anything approaching O'Sullivan's charisma levels.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Ronnie - Mark: 11 - 13
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
selby-carter final would be nice.
― not_goodwin, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Selby got stronger and stronger. Ronnie's shot selection was non-existent at the end. Sometimes it amazes me as to how he has managed to win a hat-trick of world titles.
I think Dott might provide a tougher test but I reckon it'll be Robertson - Selby in the final.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 29 April 2010 08:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^yes please
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I want dott to win
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:34 (thirteen years ago) link
not again! cmon let a flashy first-timer win it
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Wouldn't mind if Dott won -- great to see him back, and I reckon he is playing better than he has ever done.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 29 April 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
given the quality of this second semi so far, robertson is gonna walk this
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Thursday, 29 April 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
selby to win please
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
lol carter is one boring wee dude
― the poster below this is an A-voter (cozen), Saturday, 1 May 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
lol carter will make me a few quid if he keeps this up
― tomofthenest, Saturday, 1 May 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ok what have i always said about this guy
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/801641/How-snooker-world-champion-John-Higgins-plots-to-betray-his-fans-for-cash.html
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Saturday, 1 May 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
blimey
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
but even then, i'm kinda lost for words now
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
hes been the one banging the drum for barry hearn to takeover so he can earn more money.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I have somehow avoided watching a single Dott match so far.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Was rooting for Selby tbh.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
dott is a local lad (so is higgins i suppose)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoyed the last frame of the dott match, some good snooker in that.
graeme dott's 47 break was incredible
― the poster below this is an A-voter (cozen), Sunday, 2 May 2010 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL @ Paul's comment:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article7113896.ece
paul lynch wrote:Extraordinary story. Does it ever get around to naming the sport?
― StanM, Sunday, 2 May 2010 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
A collision of two tough players, each with a remarkable story, will take place today and tomorrow in the final of the world snooker championship.
― the poster below this is an A-voter (cozen), Sunday, 2 May 2010 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Indeed!
― StanM, Sunday, 2 May 2010 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't you always say he was boring? Well, now he isn't - just like Tiger Woods.
That 47 break was phenomenal. Exhibition snooker on acid or what? For two of the three frames that he needed to win it was until the 40 break on the final one that had any control of the cue ball for the basic bread-and-butter shots.
Anyone see Robertson's interview yesterday after the game...got all tearful after saying that on what might have been his final go at the sport he arrived in the UK and was down to his last 500 quid.
Can see Robertson leading after the first day but Dott coming back and this being quite close...we'll see.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 May 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
BBC News breaking news ticker: "Suspended snooker champion John Higgins denies being involved in match-fixing"
― StanM, Sunday, 2 May 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
He said he was scared and just went along with it."I'm 100% guilt free" he said in statement just before snooker started.
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 2 May 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
9-7 will be an amazing feat for dott
― cozen, Sunday, 2 May 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
... and he gets it. What a scrappy affair, this match. Exciting, but let's hope they both get a good night's sleep, eh?
― StanM, Sunday, 2 May 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Never seen someone looking so exhausted as Dott in that second session.
Here is hoping for more fluidity today.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 09:20 (thirteen years ago) link
who has the more embarrassing hair here. dott with the plugs or the feathered bondi barnet of robbo?
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Monday, 3 May 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
are they plugs?
― Michael B, Monday, 3 May 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
At this pace they're not going to have a very long break between the sessions, if there's going to be one at all.
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
don't think so.
nice century there by dott.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Monday, 3 May 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
not plugs, just thinning hair with gel.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Er, only 6 frames in this session then?
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, originally eight frames but last session has to start by 8pm so it can be cut short to allow enough for a break.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah. Thanks, did not know that.
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't really want these 2 in the final, but if Dott's had a mini siesta, it could be interesting. Will go with bed-head to win though. Whoever wins, will cry i'm guessing?
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Dott's crying already (I know, I know, it's just his face, he can't help it)
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Robertson's got another three gears, so I kinda expect him to cruise the rest. Dodgy positional play will always be his weak-spot, though...
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Think 60-40 chance on Robertson winning...but I thought Selby would beat Dott and he didn't.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
who's actually supporting Dott
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
We need a new boring resilient dogged Scotsman now that Higgins is mildly interesting.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
we definitely don't
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
especially not one who's already boringed his way to one world title
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Wonder how many titles Higgins threw at O'Sullivan for cash pounds...
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Also wonder if Steve Davis is questioning the value of his recent giant killing...
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
who's actually supporting Dotthe's getting a few cheers and c'mons!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
from british nationalists
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I was just going to hint at how suspicious the lack of centuries was in the final, as if they didn't dare score one because they knew the world's mafia was betting on it and the snooker police was watching their every move, and then Dott made one. :-/
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
also, no lady ref for final?too busy pissing about with silly quiz's with old snooker players.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome self-snooker there from the dottster
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Right, that's a spanking. xpost
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/MC2008_M16_017_-_Michaela_Tabb.JPG/527px-MC2008_M16_017_-_Michaela_Tabb.JPG
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i wish!
alsoi like Robertsons foundation, really brings his eyes out ;)
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
What a RILF, eh?
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
She's no Len Ganley.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Cozen is supporting Dott..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
also, no lady ref for final?
Very disappointed Michaela only refereed the SF.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
RILF indeed :)She has had a bit of favouritism, tis unfair to the guys who were here before her.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
the rolling towards the pocket snooker championship thread btw
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
So far it looks like the match carries on in a similar pattern: neither play really putting on any sustained fluency.
Looks like all is going to depend on how well Robertson can hold himself together in the final frames.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
What a strange succession of great and then terrible moments from both of them, all throughout this final.
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Funnily enough I think if Dott was not going for almost everything and playing more tactical stuff he'd get this. In the last frame he went for this stupid red instead of playing safe.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Just out of interest, how many of you actually play the game?I do and love it!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I dabble now and then. Want to get back into it. My friend's a new convert so who knows...
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Never touched a snookerbat in my life.
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
These guys make it look pretty easy though.
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Dabbler too (snooker and pool), would def like to get more into it..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm actually supporting dott
the other dude's a haircut
― cozen, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish Dott'd be a little more stoic and stop making faces at his fans. :-/
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
british nationalists lmbo
― cozen, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
how plush was snooker world championship finalist neil robertson's dressing room lmbo
― cozen, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Snookerbat?
I think you'll find it's a stick!
I play about 6-8 hours a week, wish it was more.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoy knocking balls around from time to time, but any time I find myself on a full-length table always turns into a very disheartening experience
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
best break, 38 :(
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I play almost never and mine's 32 :P
Played a LOT of pool at uni mind
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, that's okay, mine's in the twenties - you were setting yourself up as some kind of hustler there
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you think they're deliberately not talking/official embargo about Robbo's baby that was due yesterday?
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i shit it, when i get near 20, the pressure's too much :-/these guys on tv have it easy.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
What is up with Robertson?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
to my defence, there were no black or pinks involved.used to play on pub pool team, got ridiculous with rules, so i quit. was told i'd get a smack in the face if i didn't come to next game.never happened :)
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you all have snooker nicknames? Not "the wizard" Goodwin?
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm getting that on a t-shirt :)
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Incredible couple of shots here from Dotty
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
sweet snooker from dotty
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
if Dott wins this thread I'm putting my fist through the screen
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
lucky there's a vacancy for a 'wizard' at the top level at the moment too xp
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
you know you've been on ILX too long when
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
not noticed any of dotts comments on thread yet ;)
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Ding Junhui's wikipedia says: "A 26-episode cartoon series Dragon Ball No.1 by Beijing-based D5 Studio, based on Ding's growth from a shy boy to a snooker star, is expected to be broadcast on TV in 2010"
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Hope it's more uplifting than John Parrott's effort
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Was this John Parrott film directed by Terence Davies?
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Jeez, how depressing, this.
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I am not going to let this pass w/out comment so I'll just press *submit post* button now
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
he's 8 years older than me & he's basically said he may as well be dead :(
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that Parrott thing was some bleak shit.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Dotts got some fun bags to keep him happy if he loses.
i bet he's really rough in the sack but still has 11 year old voice!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"it's great to see you're getting on so well" (graeme's wife and Neil's mother) - yeah, well, you put them next to each other on a couch on live tv, what did you think was going to happen?
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
you know the snooker's shit when people start speculating about the players' shagging prowess.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
and his son's got trendy specs!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
About that short compilation they just showed: were Maguire and Lee here this year? I thought they were suspected of match fixing and irregular betting, respectively?
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't take much more of this. Dott will still be inching his way to the title when I get up tomorrow morning.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm giving up too. Nearly midnight here, there's still at least a couple of hours in this. Good luck everyone!
― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Dott's playing quite well but Robertson is playing terrible
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess it's nerves, his 1st final and all?
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought StanM was english?
Belgisch snookerfreak I believe - don't know if he's from Blighty originally
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Belgian iirc
Helluva long frame there followed by lots of crappy 'COME ON' air punching.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
tht whole frame was excruciating
― lmbo slice (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Ahhh Belgian, was wondering where his nearly midnight come from.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
this fucking match
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i know, i may retire, keep checking iplayer while watching the road.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Like the great champion he is, Ray Reardon has spotted that Rishi is tiring and is proceeding to grind him down.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
not_goodwin are you driving while watching the snooker world championship final and posting to ilx
― lmbo slice (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
They should do a retro tournament special where these new young players drink pints and smoke while playing 30 odd frames.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost, ha!
no, the film "the road"
looooooool
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Tactfully avoiding mentioning Quinten Hann there, well done Dennis.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
When did the Ebdon-Dott nightmare finish? Cos I think that was later than 1985's final, and as such the latest ever. But this will surely go roaring past that...
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
guh
― lmbo slice (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
on for a 6am finish at this rate
dott's just chanking them now
cba by the looks of it
― lmbo slice (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
This could finally be the cure for my ongoing insomnia...
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"Whose game is affected most under the pressure?" = my new favourite euphemism for "Whose fault is this?"
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i know what you mean, the soothing sound of virgo and the clunk of the balls is kinda hypnotic
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
xposteven the clapping sounds tired
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually feel I could go to sleep for an hour or so, and wake up and they'd still be on this frame.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone think dott can still win this?
― lmbo slice (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
no
― Dastardly & Müttley Crüe (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Latest one was Selby v Higgins in 2007, according to the bloke propping his eyes open with matchsticks on the Beeb's text commentary site.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Cliff Thorburn's moustache - still got it.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Mistakes galore!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Cliff look damn sharp, bet he's got some stories to tell?
this will not go on much longer - the extra gear has been found
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
gd is tiring a little?
he's fucked
totally out of this w/no way back in
― bobby vajazzler (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Come on, slow down or this won't even be the latest finish ever!
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
well done sir
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
kinda feel sorry for dott, he looked real sad then :(
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
weird trophy presentation there :/
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
well played big fat neil robertson
what an actually garbage final
― bobby vajazzler (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh noes, they have burst out "Down Under" at the Crucible :-/
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
dott 'the pride of scotland' - good higgins zing
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking Men at Work what a soundtrack to realising your dreams
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
is he gay?
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
oh they've given him his trophy properly now, think the first guy fucked up just handing it to him before the interviews.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
His girlfriend is duty to give birth any day
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
(Robertson's that is, so probably not gay)
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
how much did he win?
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Quarter of a million. Nice.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
JP pointed out he should use some of it to reimburse his mum's airfare, in case he hadn't thought of it himself, and to make him sound like a right bastard if he didn't do it.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Very nice indeed!
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
£700 tops she paid, i'm sure he can manage that!
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:08 (thirteen years ago) link
David Icke o_O
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Ted Lowe is 90!!
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
wish i'd bet on robertson before the semis :( making a cool tenner from a fiver bet isn't the best.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Well done, Australia!
Re: me: yes, I'm in and from belgium. I try not to miss the top matches on tv but don't actively follow it much otherwise.
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 06:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Fabrique Belgique!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
(some random wiki-ing later) - Alex Higgins isn't dead? Well blow me down.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
He was in one of the papers the other week, in a sorry state. His teeth all fell out (as a result of his chemo or something iirc) and he can't eat properly and weighs something like 6st. He's living on benefits and is trying to somehow raise £20k to get his mouth fixed.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I have him in my dead pool, which tends to bestow immortality on folk (except last year's lot)
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Wasn't this big investigation into John Higgins and co supposed to be over in "weeks not months" about 3 weeks ago so the whole of Snooker's name could be cleared once and for all? What's the latest news re: that?
― StanM, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
3 weeks = weeks, not months
― this skit is ba-na-nas (onimo), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
*impatient*
― StanM, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item442419/Hearn-assures-urgency-over-Higgins/
― this skit is ba-na-nas (onimo), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― StanM, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Luca Brecel, 15, is the youngest Belgian national champion ever (not the under-16 championship, the adult thing)
http://img.vandaag.be/tmp/450/350/r/articles/201005241811-1_luca-brecel-15-belgisch-kampioen-snooker.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 24 May 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Always more talent if John Higgins is banned.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 24 May 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
that Brecel guy thrills and scares me. Check out his Youtube videos; dude's legit poised to take the fuck over
― acoleuthic, Monday, 24 May 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Your chance to get in on the ground floor by updating his wikipedia entry. Typically, the one defeat mentioned is to Graeme Dott. Peter Ebdon's probably limbering up to piss on his world championship dreams.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 24 May 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
2010 ILE poetry CONTEST! unleash the narwhals
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
15 year old Brecel just won the final of the european championship (the adult competition, he won the -19 championship last year). I don't think any British players competed (no prize money and rivalling organisations like in boxing, I guess).
Another Belgian, Wendy Jans, is the european women's champion again (I believe it's her fifth title) as well.
― StanM, Saturday, 5 June 2010 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
How DOES this whole snooker world work re: rivalling organisations, btw? Nothing about this on the BBC's news-sport-snooker site.
― StanM, Saturday, 5 June 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a picture of the nugget with will arnett and david cross on that will arnett tweeted the other day, major lols. Haud on and I shall find it ...
http://tweetphoto.com/25520717
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 5 June 2010 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
on?
Are the BBC interviews in a greenhouse? Strange.
Also, Ronnie O' wanted to pull out and then changed his mind a day later :-/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/9457992.stm
― StanM, Sunday, 17 April 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
So yeah, it's on again! Sheffield! Crucible! That bloke who fuzzily talks through his beard going "lidl bit unlucky" all the time! etc etc! Woohoo!
― StanM, Sunday, 17 April 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
They make it look so easy.
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 17 April 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, were those posts about Ding upthread really six years ago already?
― StanM, Sunday, 17 April 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Ronnie not doing too badly against Tommy Cooper there
― StanM, Monday, 18 April 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
He looked good in the three frames I saw, though it looked as if his opponent was doing his best to set him up for a maxi at the start of every frame.
Maguire having a 'mare. Proper wasted talent that guy.
― THE MAN (onimo), Monday, 18 April 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
9-9 Higgins - O'Sullivan. This is great. Guess everyone is gonna watch Barca - Madrid
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Expecting Judd Trump to falter at some point. Not happening so far.
7-4 ahead of Ding.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2011 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
Only half watching - I keep seeing Ding in winning positions then go back to find he's lost another frame. Both players look to be struggling to find form
― every day I'm (onimo), Friday, 29 April 2011 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
Both were not morning persons. The evening session was blow-for-blow high breaks.
Now Higgins - Williams is also a tad scrappy this morning, but they share the first four frames: 11-9 Williams
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
11-11. Incredible fight back by John - on yesterday's session Mark was so good but John is so resilient.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol
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― every day I'm (onimo), Saturday, 30 April 2011 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
That's crazy. Williams launched an assault yesterday - the tables can turn but he needed to steal a frame or two. Now its Williams who is taking on tough pots instead of playing safe when required.
12-11 John. Betting this will go all the way. Won't bet against World title no4 for Higgins.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 11:38 (twelve years ago) link
Higgins about to steal the final frame of the session..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
No doubts about that: 13-11
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
Who's this Trump kid, he's doing well.
― not_goodwin, Saturday, 30 April 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
Judd's done it!
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Poor Ding
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah,wanted ding to win.All in all, great snooker from the both of them.
― not_goodwin, Saturday, 30 April 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Trump is great. People mentioned Jimmy White because of some of the huge cue power (and exuberance by putting it on show often) and I'd agree.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
i liked that he couldn't quite keep from smiling towards the end of the colours on the final frame. and then saying in the interview afterwards that his legs were giving way on him. i hope he can ride the wave to the title.
― nultybutnice (whatever), Saturday, 30 April 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Higgins through after a cagey final session.
Love Trump to do this but Higgins is a killer of dreams -- can see him getting Trump into tactical battles and sinking him. Its just whether Trump could find the big breaks from 14 - 9 down.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
I missed the heckler - apparently the guy shouted "How did you swallow that £300,000 John? You're a disgrace to snooker!"
Higgins was lucky to stay in the match yesterday. He played much better today and Williams just kept letting him in. I think if Trump maintains his form he'll be strong enough to win. Higgins has had three long gruelling matches in a row and I think he'll run out of steam. I think I'll have a flutter on Trump to win by 3 or more frames.
― every day I'm (onimo), Saturday, 30 April 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
They will both have a bad session is all I predict.
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't catch what the heckler said. Was wondering why the commentators weren't saying anything...and why was Williams smiling to himself after he was evicted?
I was also gonna say that Higgins has got a lot to prove after all that has happened. He has been through many tough matches but Trump has never been to this stage. xp
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Scrappy stuff, but I can't see either of them suddenly taking off - I predict a decider
― StanM, Sunday, 1 May 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Rapidly becoming a fan of Trump's spectacular style, though.
― StanM, Sunday, 1 May 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, he's good, but a little too cocky.
― not_goodwin, Sunday, 1 May 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
So this Trump guy...
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
Onimo otm based on last night's session - Higgins looks spent really.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
First time I've watched more than 10 minutes of snooker for about 10 years.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 2 May 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
Watched a bit of this last night, I was struck by how many of Trump's ridic long pots go right into the centre of the pockets. I ended up just betting Trump to win as my bookie didn't have a "more than 3 frames" thing, only had correct score books.
Higgins is twitching on long pots - beginning of the end of his career.
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
BBC filler guy being sent to knock the players' dressing room doors wtf. This "let's get the boys on the baize" thing is no "ready to rumble" is it?
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
BBC filler guy manages to be more inane than Hazel's 'what is going through your mind' - type questions.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
Oh for fuck's sake don't resurrect this Snooker Loopy shite!
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Don't want to use the dreaded r-word again but it's frankly amazing that Higgins has levelled this match. I've never seen him miss so many balls but he keeps coming back with these frame winning breaks. Trump's giving him lots of chances, of course - if he could tighten his safety up and resist at least some of the higher risk shots I think he'd be out of sight.
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, trump needs to try to curb something he's not had to curb before in this situation.
that blue in an early frame this afternoon, he thought for 3 minutes what to do, and he still went with the high risk shot. sounds like it's been downhill since then.
if he can play percentages then he'll have higgins working a lot harder to win.
― nultybutnice (whatever), Monday, 2 May 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
What a roaring crowd! Amazing!
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
C'mon Higgins :)
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
If Trump loses this it'll be by his own doing but if he plays his cards right next year he'll be sure to get there eventually.
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
He's too busy whacking them in (which he does well), he's not focusing on the longer game.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
up the trump
― nultybutnice (whatever), Monday, 2 May 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
It's slipping away for the youngster.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
needs to turn the adrenaline tap down
― nultybutnice (whatever), Monday, 2 May 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, he's not a great safety player yet by a long way. Great pots are great, but this is the world championship final, you need to be the best at multiple things at once.
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, he's smacking shots all over.to be fair, he is only 21 and he is handling it pretty well considering.
When he calms down and learns more safety play, maybe over the next couple of years, he'll be untouchable.
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Higgins' steady perfection can be boring compared to the Trumps and Ronnies of this world, but boy does it get him frames you'd think were long gone
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Not often you see Higgins pick the wrong shot - wtf was he thinking with that cut? He's been watching too much of that Trump fella.
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
I don't see Higgins losing this now, not anymore.
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
No pressure at all here for Higgins!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
From BBC i player
From Russell, on text: "You probably won't publish this as it's not pro-Trump, but he's anti-snooker. He's a glorified pool player going for every shot without a thought for positioning. It's just thump thump thump in the hope the balls go in. Comparisons to O'Sullivan are an insult given his cue control. Unsurprisingly I'm very much in Higgins' camp."
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
What a finish! Cost me a few quid but well done John Higgins.
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Worthy winner, but the end of a generation, possibly? That Ding/Trump match was some taster of what's to come, imho.
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
Fuvk you, Hazel. You got him to cry by dragging his dad into this again. Hope you're happy.
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
What poor sod has to hoover all that up :(
― not_goodwin, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
Fuvk you, Hazel.
Seriously.
― abbottabadass (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
The Crewcible cru will. Xpost
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
lol typo, but you know what I mean. This whole "tears = zoom in = emotion = good TV" formula pisses me off every damn time.
― StanM, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
cheat came good, we're all happy.
― nultybutnice (whatever), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
That Hazel Irvine shit was some shameless tear-chasing bullshit.
― ailsa, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome finish! It was really nice of John to say that Judd was the better player (in a convincing manner n'all). He knows that this victory was due in a large part to more complete matchplay and experience to get him over the line.
Wouldn't say 'glorified pool player' but his cue control gets rough at points (why he needs those long pots!), which lapses into pressure that lead to that pink missed off the spot. But Judd's cue control, shot selection and safety (cause they all need 'em) will get better.
I'd say Murphy's run of potting to win the title unexpectedly a few years ago was far more underrated just as Judd's run to become runner-up is overrated. And to just compare to past players he is certainly not as exciting as Ronnie or Mark. The former had amazing cue control (and was just so fast! and then we found out he could play left handed!), the latter was just a revelation as a long potter (and had an even better temperament). And when John first arrived, his shot selection and safety were incredible, too.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
300k pays for a lot of tears
― nultybutnice (whatever), Monday, 2 May 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
twat bastard bollocks twat bastard
― bell hops (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 May 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Lu Ning looks like a possible One To Watch. The 18-year-old wildcard entry to China Open just knocked in back to back centuries vs Murphy to lead 4-2.
― A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
He's "Lu Ning" ("learning") the game fast!
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
Luca Brecel just beat Mark King 10-8 and has now qualified for the final. He will be the youngest player ever at 17 and one and a half months old (Hendry was 17 and three months) - and the first Belgian ever too, obv.
― StanM, Sunday, 15 April 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Heard of Brecel before Trump.
Can't wait to see him.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 15 April 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
so yeah, here's some infographics to explain snooker to Belgians: http://www.standaard.be/extra/snooker
― StanM, Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
Is Hendry suddenly back to his best?
Don't want.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
John Higgins must have made a fortune this week eh?
― we are not bemused (onimo), Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Not even as joke please - you'd send Steve Davis on suicide watch.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Beyond seeds crashing the erm, 'culture clash' has been of interest.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
I liked Hearn's quote about Mark Allen's "cheating Chinese" tweets:
"Now is a very good time to be a snooker player, it's not a good time to be an idiot."
― we are not bemused (onimo), Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
Terry Griffiths has been a bit mental in his commentary - he said something yesterday about a player (either Higgins or Cao, can't remember) losing confidence after a run of needlessly lost frames that went something like "you lose faith in yourself... you question your value... you feel utterly worthless inside... and that's being kind..."
He also said a player should "open the doors in his mind to positive thoughts".
― we are not bemused (onimo), Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
I wish John Virgo would stop going WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING all the time when it's clearly not going to go in.
― StanM, Monday, 30 April 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone watching this Trump/Carter final frame nailbiter stuff? I think I'm gonna just look at something else now, this isn't healthy
― StanM, Monday, 30 April 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Actually thought Trump was going to, er, trump Carter there with all those snookers. Carter v lucky not to give a free ball away.
I know people love an underdog but it kind of annoys me when guys who can't win the tournament beat guys who can - especially when it's someone like Trump who goes for all sorts of shots.
Carter seems a good guy though, bit of a geezer in' 'e
― we are not bemused (onimo), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think we'll ever see him do a fist pump like that again until he's 120% certain it's really really REALLY in the bag.
― StanM, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Man. This sport. First that Carter/Trump stuff, now THIS from Ronnio:
Foul and a miss, Mark Williams four.
― StanM, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
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― StanM, Monday, 30 April 2012 16:01 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ronnie just went in-off to the echoes of that very phrase.
― we are not bemused (onimo), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
A couple of years ago I visited an old aunt and, noting his portrait on her mantelpiece, asked her why she was such a big fan of John Virgo.
It turned out to be Padre Piohttp://www.padrepio.org.uk/images/@image_padre_pio_photo01.jpg
― we are not bemused (onimo), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
What's his maximum break like?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
dunno but he was known to take advantage of the stigmata when faced with an awkward bridge
― we are not bemused (onimo), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Hendry just lost 13-2 to Maguire and according to the Eurosport guys he told the press conference he's retiring.
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
snooker players can be so over-dramatic
― GoT SPOILER ALERT (Gukbe), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Good way to go I suppose - knock in a 147 and beat the World Champion before giving a fellow Scot a bye into the semis.
― we are not bemused (onimo), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17917326 <- just a short bit at the mo, with "more to follow"
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
"I am officially retired now from tournament snooker," he said. "I made the decision about three months ago."
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
Hearn: it was the wrong decision. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17923450
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
Have they always had this subtle wave effect thingy in the yellow score boxes on BBC TV? I suddenly noticed and now it's, well, almost distracting I suppose.
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
I noticed it last year and it annoyed me (and made me wonder how long they'd had it).
― we are not bemused (onimo), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
I wish I hadn't noticed it. Can't unsee. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
inspired
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snooker_player_nicknames
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Eurosport guys killin' it at the moment - about a missed red that was replayed a couple of times on screen: "I can't believe he missed it three times"
― StanM, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't the Beeb show all of the one table matches live, completely? I don't remember having to swotch to eurosport for live coverage previously.
― StanM, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
swItch, too
― StanM, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
BBC live for much of the day or available on the red button - dunno if you get that in your part of Blighty. Final should be shown live in full.
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
No red button, only bbc 1, 2, entertainment and HD here in belgium.
― StanM, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
Ronnie killing it this afternoon - breaks of 61, 62, 110, 98 and 90 in five successive frames.
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Every time he's in the zone like this, it's almost unbelievable he's only the world number 12 at the moment and he's not in the final of every tournament he competes in.
― StanM, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck work for missing this - but yeah, little like it in all sport when he's like this. Not too surprised he is no12. The WC is IT as far as snooker is concerned (now more than ever). Shame its against Stevens, who I'd love it if he won.
Unless Maguire gets through and is at his absolute attacking best I can't see anyone beating him -- bar himself, that is.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
Fantastic entertainment, these two semi finals. Maybe no sustained brilliance from anyone, but great to watch.
― StanM, Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ronnie was awesome again last night -- its the most controlled and relaxed I've seen from him since he won in '08. Matthews came out, made a century break in the first frame and Ronnie blew him off anyway.
Reckon four world titles would suit him - quite a way below the somewhat (and this is not a diss) mechanical perfectionism of a Davis or Hendry, not less than Higgins (who he came through with at roughly the same time). More successful than a maverick should be - and, from what I can see, he's worked hard to try and combat the bouts of depression and the expectations placed on him for controlling the cue ball in a way only he can.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
Fear Ali will play slow bullshit - and his potting is better than Edbon's, who is now advising him - to try and get Ronnie off his game. Hope it doesn't work.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17972505
Not this again :-/ (although, Come Dancing? Is he just having a laugh?)
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
Carter's conservative containing shit against Maguire was painful to watch. Turning into Peter Ebdon is not a price worth paying.
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Sunday, 6 May 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
Next to O'Sullivan, everyone looks slow - Carter's still a way off Ebdon's slowest period (that was over 3 minutes for every shot)
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
It's not his speed, it's his consistent refusal of mildly risky pots. He had a red to the middle there that every other top player would have rolled in but chose to play safe. He and Ebdon would point out that he won the frame and therefore made the correct decision, I would point out that they're a pair of boring cunts.
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Ali is trying his best to slow and bog the match down but Ronnie coming up with the answers so far - that 90+ break to go 4-3 was **unbelievable**.
He then followed up with a 141.
Expecting something special tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 6 May 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
Onimo OTM though. This passive/parasitic gameplan of Carter's is pretty shitty - ok, he looks like he's clinging on, but not because of chances he has created himself.
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
Would anyone WANT to win like that? Where's the pride in winning only because your opponent let you in a couple of times? Meh.
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
Ronnie 10 - 7 at the end of a scrappy session, it could have been quite worse for Ali.
Mind winning ugly? Ronnie is so good but you also know that ppl have gotten into his head so you need to come up with ways to throw his timing off. Its about being World champion only, nothing else.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
OK, that's true, but I want to see either a close match or a total walkover, not this let's-try-and-frustrate-the-other-one-into-mistakes kinda stuff.
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
As it is, whatever plan Carter has is not being executed to any degree.
12-7.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
It's all smoke and mirrors. He's letting Ronnie have a couple of frames, but then... BAM!
― StanM, Monday, 7 May 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Could be going home a session early - its that bad: 13-7
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
So sick of these cuts away to Peter Ebdon sitting in the dark stroking a cat.
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
LOL'ing at this bit they've been showing now and then:
- bombastic orchestral music- heroic slo-mo shots of players descending the stairs- monumental shots of the Crucible- Ronnie: "meh, it's not that great a venue"
Reminds me of"camelot! Camelot! CAMELOT!""it's only a model"
― StanM, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
17 - 11, time for gameplan B
― StanM, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Today, news sites over here mentioned Ronnie O'Sullivan's win over Allister Carter and I was like, wait, who? But apparently that IS his name. (if only they'd said Ronald O'Sullivan as well)
― StanM, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
Dear mr. Virgo, please stop shouting WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING between the whispering bits all the time. Thanks!
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
Moved by Ken Doherty's return...
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 19 April 2014 10:30 (ten years ago) link
damn you, why did you have to draw my attention to the fact the snooker was on? going to be tough getting out of this armchair now.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 19 April 2014 11:10 (ten years ago) link
^
― imago, Saturday, 19 April 2014 11:22 (ten years ago) link
mind you, while o'sullivan is around every opportunity should be taken to watch him go about his work
― imago, Saturday, 19 April 2014 11:23 (ten years ago) link
Trying not to think about going back to work Tues - I don't want to move from my sofa for the next two weeks.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 19 April 2014 11:26 (ten years ago) link
are doherty and bingham both trying to throw the match?
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Sunday, 20 April 2014 09:30 (ten years ago) link
not sure who is going to succeed
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Sunday, 20 April 2014 09:31 (ten years ago) link
That was horrible but looks like Ken is getting a grip on this match.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 20 April 2014 10:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah while I've been watching (last two frames) he's been nothing short of excellent
― imago, Sunday, 20 April 2014 10:41 (ten years ago) link
two simultaneous last-framers. and some casual sexism from one of the commentators :/ think it might have been Thorne
― imago, Sunday, 20 April 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
"so nice to see so many women here! of course many of the men will be excellent snooker-players themselves"
absolutely breathtaking final frame between wasley and ding there. ding hideously unlucky, almost clawed it back with some phenomenal snookers (three with pink and black only balls remaining)
― imago, Monday, 21 April 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
david gray, ian mcculloch, and now robbie williams! (and of course neil robertson)
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Thursday, 24 April 2014 07:26 (ten years ago) link
100 * 100 = no handshake from Trump
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
Robertson has been terrific. Trump has hardly breathed from leading 11-9 onwards
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
Looked like Trump would force a decider after Robertson gets a bad white but he could only force a 35 break.
Robertson makes no mistake -- terrific green to brown -- and dumps Trump out of WC, 13-11
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Robertson - Ronnie would be a terrific final. The former is the only that could touch Ronnie.
I said could.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
playing like that, definitely could
― imago, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
Nobody expects Hawkins or Selby in the final? (I don't either, but they are in the semi final,the can't be that bad)
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
Selby has a minor chance against Robertson. The latter is in very good form and can be unstoppable when he gets going. That comeback was v similar to the way Ronnie shifted gears against Joe Perry.
Glad Trump is out - the hype around him when he first 'broke through' was embarrassing.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 1 May 2014 09:22 (nine years ago) link
but they are in the semi final,the can't be that bad)
i dunno have watched a lot of the matches leading to the semi final they've all been pretty shit
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Thursday, 1 May 2014 11:10 (nine years ago) link
neil robertson probably the only one on good form.
Man, I still totally hate that "let's get the boys... on the baize!" guy.
― StanM, Thursday, 1 May 2014 12:11 (nine years ago) link
It's like the Sean Murphy game: Ronnio isn't playing at his best, not by a very very long way, but he's 6-2 in front...
― StanM, Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
lol, Ronnio typo
― StanM, Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
I think he's personally responsible for half of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snooker_player_nicknames
― pick it up for ripple laser (onimo), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
"barry hawkins to break" - he already has, I'd say.
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 09:44 (nine years ago) link
Hilarious, he has basically annihilated anybody bar Joe Perry...no traces of a tortured soul at all. He has actually become efficient and frightening to play in the last couple of years, virtually no 'incidents'.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 10:32 (nine years ago) link
Oh, and another thing: headset wearing punters laughing because the BBC pundits are cracking jokes: dud.
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:27 (nine years ago) link
Snooker player nicknames are the worst. Did we poll some of them once? We should.
― ailsa, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
Robbo is The Centurion now? Groan.
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
Robertson has lost his way in the match - long potting gone astray.
Selby on the way to 10-6. No biggie, plenty of time to pull it back.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Selby has broken down on 53, great chance for Robertson!!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
Pinches it: 9-7!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
glad Robertson won that; Selby couldn't win 4 frames in a row playing that badly without offending some divine guardian of the game
― imago, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
How many kicks has Hawkins got in this match? About five?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Smoking hot long shots from Ronnie: 13 - 6.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
jesus mode time.
Century and now "black tied up/pink tied up". 30 secs after and its a frame winning chance
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
Ronnie when he's in the zone = zen
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
Barry losing heart.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Who can blame him?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
How is O'Sullivan only placed 33rd in the world ranking? Does he only play the tournaments with the highest prize money?
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
I think he selects a few tournaments.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Anyway, into the final and a session early again.
His long potting is razor-sharp now.
Poor Barry. Still, he did get 7 frames this time.
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
I think the question is will Robertson or Selby be too knackered to play? It seems that Robertson takes a session to warm up and that might not be good enough if he gets through..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
The long, scrappy, tactical battle frames in their match are probably doubly exhausting as well+ this one could very easily end in 16-17.
― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
How does the ticketing work for snooker tournaments? There'll be people with tickets for the last session of the Ronnie semi I guess. Some disclaimer? We reserve the right to make alteration to the advertised details for the performance and you may get some John Virgo trick shots instead. It must happen all the time.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 2 May 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
Said with the most bored & serious expression ever: "my nickname is The Jester from Leicester"
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:04 (nine years ago) link
lol - lets if he has slept off that opportunity to go four up.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:13 (nine years ago) link
"he always plays with a smile on his face, that's why we call him the jester" : no, he bloody doesn't, it's just the only thing you could think of that rhymed with Leicester, you knobhead.
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:19 (nine years ago) link
Blow for blow at the min: 10-8
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 09:41 (nine years ago) link
Happy? No!
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 10:08 (nine years ago) link
Epic frame - this is the type that Selby would win.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 10:40 (nine years ago) link
ok ok, he is pretty funny, I take back what I said.
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 10:58 (nine years ago) link
In the final against John Higgins Selby did do funny faces and the like, think that's where it comes from.
Another epic - Neil should've won this but missed a blue off the spot.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 11:06 (nine years ago) link
Some fantastic safety play here from both of them.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 11:09 (nine years ago) link
All square at the mid-session.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 11:24 (nine years ago) link
wow, a wewack!
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 11:51 (nine years ago) link
Trump was run over once Robertson got going - not Selby, 70+ break to regain the lead.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
Are referees paid by the hour?
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:01 (nine years ago) link
12 all. Not stellar, but entertaining.
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
LOL, just rewound a little because I thought I heard it and Willie Thorn actually really just said "it's going to be a real battle of nutrition"
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
(it's been pointed out to him and he's now corrected himself btw)
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
This evening session is A+++
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
Selby is producing some really great form - should be within one off the final in a few moments..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
More like 15 mins later (Ronnie must be loving this). Robertson needs to win the remaining frames.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
On the ropes and Robertson makes a century!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
It's like they're doing this on purpose. Are they sponsored by a heart attack clinic?
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
What a match!
― StanM, Saturday, 3 May 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
Selby gets through with a 74. Just got stronger at the right time.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
Selby does play the game that could bog Ronnie down but that was an epic and its just whether he gets a chance to recover. Suspect not.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 May 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Missed the start, checked the score online one hour in and it's 3-0 already!?
― StanM, Sunday, 4 May 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
Selby ws terrific - toughing it out to 5-3 at the end of the first sesh.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 4 May 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
oh this is vintage stuff
― imago, Sunday, 4 May 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
Ronnie only started pushing the gas pedal once he knew he'll be in the lead overnight.
― StanM, Sunday, 4 May 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Three reracks in one session? Crazy.
― StanM, Sunday, 4 May 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
10-10! omg!
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
world class match-fixing by ronnie and mark there at frame 22
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 5 May 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
I've switched over to EuroSport, can't stand JV's endless "where's the cue ball going" anymore
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
They're both knackered, can't they just split the title and go and have a pint?
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
These frames 22 and 23 are the worst but most exciting I've ever seen I think.
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
agreed.right until the last ball, you could not call frame 23.brilliant stuff.
― mark e, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
jesus christ that pink.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
100 break from Ronnie: 12-12
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
nicko mcbrain rah rah
damien hirst boo boo
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Selby takes the lead again with a couple of 30 breaks.
It might help he breaks down now and again. Gets Ronnie into these tactical battles. The commentators seem to think otherwise -- how much in the tank will he have -- but he is mentally strong, cuts both ways.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Stephen bluddy Fry.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
in frame 23 though he seemed to have lost every single safety exchange but then somehow gets jammy with a snooker and then ronnie fucks up that last pink
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 5 May 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
another exhausting tactical battles in frame 26..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Selby 14-12. By far the biggest test Ronnie has ever faced in all of his finals here.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Selby is just eeking them out. He does break down but his tactical play is so good he gets another chance. Not seen anything like it in a while.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
And Ronnie is out of sorts with all of this, not his rhythm - think Selby will grind it out now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
15-12.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
I'd prefer having someone win by making spectacular points and high breaks, but we've had that forever, this is just harder to admire.
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
I have a ton of admiration for it, he is doing it with far more flair than Graeme Dott. Really getting Ronnie in all sorts of bother.
You also know Selby is capable of scoring real heavy, but he hasn't been able to so he has a very strong plan B. Almost as good as a plan A.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Ronnie tried bullying him, century in the first frame of the session and Selby just came back at him real hard. Faultless match play and Ronnie looks defeated already.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Quick frame, to Ronnie's tastes: 15 - 13.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
what a fkn break: 15 - 14
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
He made up for that missed pink with a top yellow.
this is gr8 stuff now
― imago, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
yeah really enjoying this, I think it will go to the wire
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
Great response from Selby: wins it in one visit. 16 - 14.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
He's getting stronger: 17 - 14. Incredible!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
so much for it going to the wire, Ronnie is looking shot
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
He has since before the break. Just saw that, thought it lost then.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Stunning long red from Ronnie, feels like a last hurrah!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Ronnie is getting down quick - terrific 57 break, some genius in despair.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
where is that cue ballWHERE IS THAT CUE BALLWHERE IS THAT CUE BALL
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 5 May 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
jesus shut up
it's all over
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 5 May 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
Selby now: yellow to green
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
Green to brown.
Terrific!
Now its blue to pink w/the rest
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
Settle down now, thank you!
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
wow
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Monday, 5 May 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
Awesome clearance.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
hendry's record's safe
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 5 May 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
It was going to be safe even after today, didn't think he'd ever get near it (thought he'd win four...)
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
Anyway, he probably should've won this by now. Only Higgins was more 'granite' to deny him, and that clearance was the best to win the final since I think Higgins himself since Trump, but I might be recalling it wrong..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
Looking back, match of the tournament, imho: Robertson v Selby
― StanM, Monday, 5 May 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
Some good tight stuff already: Selby taken to the brink on day one.
Now Ronnie, first frame on a max..
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:55 (nine years ago) link
That was a tough chance, gets a century instead.
Asked the ref what the money was..;-)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
The guys in the studio are amazed that Ronnie is playing in his socks.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
"the socket"
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
Had forgotten how much I love watching this when I'm in the right mood.
Alan McManus looks like a dude with some dark secrets.
― Ron Paul's Drag Race (Mr Andy M), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
Scottish players in general aren't to be messed with apart from Maguire, his record is appalling.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
LOL @ Ding forgetting he was on a 147.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Stevens has just annihilated Williams 10-2.
Can't wait for the match w/Ronnie.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
saw some of mcgill earlier, serious serious player
carrington too but maybe a little less so
― carles the jekyll (imago), Friday, 24 April 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Ding started badly in both of his first two matches. as turned one around and now another, except this is against Higgins. One away.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
Higgins just holding on here
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Saturday, 25 April 2015 11:06 (nine years ago) link
wtf @ this frame. Ding had the match at his mercy then a bad contact. Higgins wins on the last black - still 12-9 down.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 11:07 (nine years ago) link
ok Ding has missed a fkn sitter...
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 11:10 (nine years ago) link
one more chance Ding - keeping nerves steady time, talking about myself here
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 11:13 (nine years ago) link
ok that was good torture on sat morning.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 11:35 (nine years ago) link
classic stuff on sat night from both ronnie and stevens.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
2-0 down, now 3-2 up - great response by Ronnie.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
mcgill - murphy is a classic in the making
― carles the jekyll (imago), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:27 (eight years ago) link
bingham on the verge
― carles the jekyll (imago), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/wheresthecueballgoing?fref=ts
huge lols at this
― bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
Should've been done years ago. tick.jpg
Saw highlights only - Bingham was excellent. Ronnie looked totally under the cosh.
Anyone but Trump. Would've fancied Robertson to beat him but he's out after a tight match last night.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 April 2015 09:06 (eight years ago) link
Hawkins scores really well for someone who runs out of position every three shots.
― who writes compassionately about poor people for the Guardian (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2015 09:43 (eight years ago) link
loving that facebook page.
the other day there were a bunch of fans in the audience wearing t-shirts with a caricature, and the phrase itself.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link
Anyone but Trump
ahh .. my young'un is a fan of trump (he is a local lad - relatively), so, he is rather excited at the moment ..
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:15 (eight years ago) link
Bingham at this now - just went from 50 to 74 on a break and was out of position for every shot but one.
― mea nulta (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
bingham's position better than hawkins'
murphy has the best position game of the remaining players by miles
― carles the jekyll (imago), Thursday, 30 April 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
scoring seems to have held up for years despite positional play going backwards to an extent
modern players seem to play 3/4 table recovery shots with ease - shots that many pre-Hendry players would refuse
― mea nulta (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
don't like trump for some reason
― carles the jekyll (imago), Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
£2000 spiky shoes
― mea nulta (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
ha. i hate the shoe thing.but mk2 is too young to care re such frivolities.trump is a local boy, so therein lies a reason for his passion.personally, i would love it if bingham trashed his groove as we share the same hairstyle.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
Oh, Barrypaws.
― StanM, Friday, 1 May 2015 12:39 (eight years ago) link
Assuming he's got nothing left..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, he's the world number 5. Maybe it's a trap - let Murphy get to 16 and then...
― StanM, Friday, 1 May 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/32537371
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 13:17 (eight years ago) link
Don't care abot the shoes or Burger King badge. First frame of new session: Trump with some aggressive play but again shit safety and Bingham clears up. 6-4.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Great response, century for 6-5
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
At the next Bingham should've punished some terrible play from trump (the early attacking split of the pack from the Brown) but he has missed one - key clerance coming up.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 14:31 (eight years ago) link
Let off: 6-5
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
at the next Trump attacks rather than play safe when he breaks down: 7-5 Bingham.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
Incredible positional shot from Judd from pink to get to the red. Really has to be seen to be believed, but then he misses the tough red.
Bingham clears for 8-5.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
I don't care about shoes or fast food endorsements either, just don't like either his playing style or demeanour
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Friday, 1 May 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
8-6 Bingham, nice enough break from Trump.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
I don't see the Bingman winning tbh - even though he's good and in front
― StanM, Friday, 1 May 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
At the next greta little shot from Trump on the red but he often doesn't close out the deal - misses the green.
Getting tense all round now..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
I can see it going to the last frame.
Conclusion from the day's proceedings = its Murphy's title to lose.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Murphy's trousers/waistcoat combo >>>>>
― Ron Paul's Drag Race (Mr Andy M), Friday, 1 May 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
Murphy gone to sleep.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
He's not wearing his lucky waistcoat tonight.
― StanM, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
14-7. Three frames left.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
To see Doherty commentating as well (he of course made that amazing comeback against Paul Hunter in the SF a few years ago)
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Murphy waking up again, should win here for 15-7
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
90+ and century from Murphy - one away.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
10 min session tomorrow then.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 1 May 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Trump has begun well, v unfortunate for Bingham to get a red accidentally into the pocket after potting a black. Wins the next too.
9-9.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 09:35 (eight years ago) link
Excellent break by Bingham, some tricky shots in that in the first real opportunity he had. 10-9
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 10:04 (eight years ago) link
lol I wonder if the drummer from Iron Maiden is present this morning.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 10:24 (eight years ago) link
11-9. Bingham is very resilient, Trump playing a clueless safety. Respect him more if he just went for everything.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 10:27 (eight years ago) link
Quite a nervy frame there. Agree that Bingham looks more resilient at this stage.
― hey jude, what the fuck is wrong with you? (Mr Andy M), Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:10 (eight years ago) link
I didn't think this match could be won or lost at this session but actually its 12-9 and Bingham is on 32 and kicking on here. Key shots now..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:19 (eight years ago) link
huge frame, i don't fancy Judd to get two snookers.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:28 (eight years ago) link
how lame is Judd: 13-9 Bingham!!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:30 (eight years ago) link
how the fuck did that not go in??
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:32 (eight years ago) link
lol Judd crashed into the pack with four loose reds - nearly fucked it.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:33 (eight years ago) link
Judd's safety is almost non-existent. Laughable.
But Bingham is now getting in on the act. Trump left with a long pot.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:44 (eight years ago) link
and gets that - snooker behind the black, even Judd could manage that.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:45 (eight years ago) link
haha that is one of the great escapes from Bingham, please win match k tx
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:46 (eight years ago) link
any more of this and its Trump winning the frame.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:51 (eight years ago) link
This is an incredible frame of snooker.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:52 (eight years ago) link
Bingham has given 32 points in snookers..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:53 (eight years ago) link
shit safety Judd - tricky clearance..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 11:55 (eight years ago) link
Incredible - Judd gets out of jail. 13-10
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 12:03 (eight years ago) link
Foul and a missFoul and a missFoul and a missFoul and a miss
― hey jude, what the fuck is wrong with you? (Mr Andy M), Saturday, 2 May 2015 12:06 (eight years ago) link
Please stop saying "a JT special" kthxbye.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
Frame 30. Judd started with a break of 11, had the 3-4 craziest shots you'd ever see.
Bingham is on now with the first chance in the frame.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Bingham made 106 to go 15-13 up, and now 102 for 16-14, one away.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
terrible attempt by Judd, easy opener - time to see what Stuart Bingham is made of.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
a fraction off when breaking the pack. has to play the safety.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
Incredible, Stuart totally miscued that shot on the red and hit the pink - now Judd has a great chance.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
Takes it with a century. 16-15
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
Really want Trump to win this.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
Well he has pulled some terrific stuff in the next. now a black with the spider...should win the frame now.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:41 (eight years ago) link
Ridic blue to make sure - into a decider we go.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
& then the plant, ffs jfc
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
back-to-back centuries. four in five.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
Scoring tonight is nuts.
― mea nulta (onimo), Saturday, 2 May 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
give Bingham a break snooker godz
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
fkn plant!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
plant!! cmon bingham
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
jesus christ man.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
now judd has his chance.
had
― meisenfek, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
gets a kick, unlucky - stuart still has work to do.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
is doing the work..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
Stuart outdoing Judd here, a couple of cuts. that fkn yellow..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
man this is an insane break.
evil safe
― meisenfek, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
Can't they just do penalties or something
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
unbelievable plant...
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
that ws shocking, will never forget that.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
nuts
― mea nulta (onimo), Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
one of the best shots ever
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
maybe
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I can't believe how composed and clear the thinking was there..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
Wow. This championship, man.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 May 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
great opening frame, this. hopefully a super final
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Sunday, 3 May 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
http://fs1.directupload.net/images/150503/temp/ogo9u4nf.jpg
― meisenfek, Sunday, 3 May 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
oh fuck offfff, bingham fucked it there
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Sunday, 3 May 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
impressive last couple, final's on now
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Sunday, 3 May 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
its getting sloppy
― meisenfek, Sunday, 3 May 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
Stuart 57 - breaks down and Shaun is in. Could be a steal here..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
Does so with a break of 74.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
on his way to another..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
that plant wasn't so good, he is not playing the situation..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
quite tempted to stop watching this
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
stop whining if you keep watching.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
74, 106, 121 = its called putting the knife in.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
This is quite painful to watch at the moment - I'd started to warm to Bingham quite a lot.
― hey jude, what the fuck is wrong with you? (Mr Andy M), Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
Murphy is a don though no doubt.
this is tough.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
what a red by Bingham..
good he played the safety there, just try and get another chance if you can..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
Shaun is back on, twisting that knife.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
v unlucky for the red to run on like that off the split. still alive..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
just kidding!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
Murphy's incredible right now
― tayto fan (Michael B), Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
8-4, awesome.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
I know I was wrong the previous time I said it, but I don't see Bingham winning this one. He's good and all, but if Moiphy keeps playing like this...
― StanM, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
Actually like the idea that Murphy and Alex Higgins are the ones to win World titles ten years apart. Quite a pair.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
must win frame from Bingham now..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
got there in the end..8-5
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
Shaun has missed a couple of long pots - Bingham in with a great chance.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
boom
― willem, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
Century for 8-6.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
fkn unbelievable pot by Bingham in the middle, cue stuck to the cushion.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
fkn hell this is a game of two halves.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
I take everything I said back. It's going to be 17-17 and a respotted black to decide.
― StanM, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
last frame might turn scrappy..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
watching again now btw
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
LOL @ that fluke for 9-8
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Can't wait for tomorrow.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
Well well well...Still fancy Murphy to win but at least Bingham is making him fight for it at the moment.
― hey jude, what the fuck is wrong with you? (Mr Andy M), Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
Last fluke on the red was p ridic.
what a turnaround from Bingham!! playing great to win all four frames and a near max too.
Shaun also hurrying on the shot, looking lost but the mid-session has arrived.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
As yesterday when Bingham got a chance from 8-4 down this is must win for Murphy now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
He did win but Bingham has been on top, sharing the last mini-sesh 2-2.
In the mid-break they were talking about Barry Hearn's first five years and a Bingham victory is almost the culmination of that. This nowhere guy at the right place, gets the matches and tournaments he needs, plays in all of them (unlike Ronnie and some of the others he doesn't whine about commitments/traveling away), improves into a match player that is good enough and hungry enough to knock out Ronnie and Judd and absolutely beat the shit out of Murphy this afternoon.
Only thing that can stop him is this break between sessions/thinking out too loud.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
Murphy has been awfully pleasant throughout the tournament. Makes it impossible to hate him or wish him ill, really. Probably much better that way. Been an amazing final.
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
A wtf frame: 37 break from Murphy and now back to a safety exchange.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Should win it now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
Bet Hendry is getting twitchy @ this stuff.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
14-12. Makes sure we have a final mini-session.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Getting his mojo back.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
Finest break of the match. Black on brown spot, pink tied up for the most part. Bingham wasn't timing it right either, just kept potting them.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
103 break: 15-12.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
wish I was watching this rather than standing in the rain in Leicester Square. Will see the final mini-session I guess
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
Couple of nervous shots from Bingham - Murphy has got to make him earn it here.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
now, yellow for the red
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
tough pot on the red..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
Brilliant shot, amazing clearance..
Two of the best breaks you'll see...first time where you think this is going all the way.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
Reaching a point in the final where we'll see quite a lot of safety and more drama.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Bingham freezing up.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
15-14. As Hendry is saying Murphy has just become favourite so this mid-session has come just in time for Bingham.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
mid-sesh interval.
might have to stop watching this again :/
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
Gotta man up.
More misses in this frame than in the entire match.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Its gonna be 15-15. Jimmy White needed in the commentary box.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
Guy can't buy a 20 break.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
12.30am finish at this rate - be there or be square.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
genuinely fuck that
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
man it was horrible to get the white in the pocket from the red like that. Shaun to go in front from here..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
unbelievable miss on the yellow. all the drama from now on.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
great snooker there from bingham
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
Wtf
― willem, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
:D
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link
best final in living memory obv
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
(for a whippersnapper like me)
*bingham does face of grimacing toad*
'There's that smile back again'
― Blandford Forum, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
got it safe, amazing.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
holy shit, this yellow is epic
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
finally fkn left this yellow on for B
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
LOL
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
You have tried to insert a duplicate message.
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
happy Bingham has won that, think it would've killed him.
Murphy has a considerable amount of matchplay experience. Still a blow but he can come back.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
that frame was better than most films
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
LOL at pitched-down 'get in' from the crowd on the slo-mo replay there.
― hey jude, what the fuck is wrong with you? (Mr Andy M), Monday, 4 May 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
loved that.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
that last frame seems to have gotten him into some of his earlier form..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
by hook or by crook - one way.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
one away - by many ways.
can't lose it now (please)
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
i know Jools wants a final frame decider tho, and good luck to him
Great break to finish up.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
YES BINGHAM
― hey jude, what the fuck is wrong with you? (Mr Andy M), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
yay :)
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
clutch
nice from smurphy too, think i will choose to like him from now on
nearly in tears watching him
murphy grammar fail
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
jimmy white looking sad in the background during winner's speech :(
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
Phew, nerves in shreds tbh.
― Cram Session in Goniometry (Tom D.), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link
I wasn't enjoying the final that much. I like some mixes of tactical and heavy scoring so the first 25 frames or so had little contrast.
But that 65 min thriller of a frame was great, glad Stuart kept coming and battling back. #exampletousall
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 May 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
final was too heavy-scoring for this one^ ;)
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
one thing bugs me
when he said 'great to beat the second best player in the final', murphy did a shocked face - this was all vaudeville, right?
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
yes
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
man fkn clearance by Ronnie to win the match and get into the Masters final.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 January 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
RIP Steve Davis' career (he just announced he's retiring)
― StanM, Sunday, 17 April 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link
Alan McManus - thank you.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
it was brilliant, was thinking of bumping this thread. that closing run of fifty breaks was magnificent, although his first won frame of the match was even better - one of the best centuries i've seen. who knew he could play like that?
meanwhile choker fu is choking
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
Gotta a tough-ish chance now.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
my word, this is unlike him
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
On the colours now
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
Awesome
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
love these semi-finalists. ANYONE BUT SELBY
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
He has reached the SF before - two Asian players in the SFs for the first time
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
altho it'd keep this year's leicester theme going i spose xp
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
would loooooove a ding/fu final altho mcmanus has played so well it'd be a shame if he lost
McManus!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 12:31 (seven years ago) link
wow @ 8 centuries in 16 frames (Ding 5, McManus 3 at the moment)
― StanM, Friday, 29 April 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link
Now Marco's only gone and rubbed his tip off :(
― StanM, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
Shame really, its 8-8, back tomorrow so hope he can improvise in some way
McManus has got Ding in long safety battles: 9-8
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
stops the rot
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
that frame was quite a scrap and Ding just got the break. Ding was under a lot of pressure.
Now motoring on and on a 147 to make it three frames in a row.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Fails on the last black.
9th century in a SF - that's a record.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
man alive, Alan won't let go although Ding has been reckless a couple of times since the break
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
black missed off the spot: 13-10, one more come back needed tonight
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
That is the worst safety ever
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 29 April 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Four frame adv. You'd think Ding will get over the line but I've seen more unlikely comebacks.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
no wonder theres been so many centuries if the pockets are oversized!http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/36174937
― Odysseus, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
ding has to win it now. has to.
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Saturday, 30 April 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
if it's Ding v. Fu, deciding frame, that could be 35 x TON UP!
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
Expect Selby to win - a better break builder than McManus with as good a safety game.
Ding is a great break builder but not as complete match player as Selby - Selby would need to severely under perform for Ding to win this.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2016 09:40 (seven years ago) link
Wonder what the worldwide (i.e. China) viewing figures for Ding v. Fu would have been?
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Sunday, 1 May 2016 10:59 (seven years ago) link
Solid comeback by Ding
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Such a quality frame - Ding was 71 ahead, failed to put away a red that would've meant the end of it.
Selby then gets a sweet long red. Now 35 points and one snooker later, one snooker to go - very much on.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
Nearly 70 mins in the end for Ding to get the blue and pink.
Selby didn't win it but this is top match play snooker from Selby. Ding was on a run of heavy scoring so we'll see what that has done to Ding. Two frames left tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2016 22:11 (seven years ago) link
This was incredible safety play.
Its totally paid off - Ding looks shot.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
10-7. Very weird end last night - everyone rather be in bed. That's the players, audience - both in there and at home.
Selby's brill match play drained us all, gets him a three frame lead which Ding will have to muster seven-century snooker to overcome.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2016 09:11 (seven years ago) link
Since when did they start playing 9-frame evening sessions in the final? Actually, I can remember them doing 7+9 (wasn't Taylor 0-7 vs Davis in '85 after the afternoon?), but not 8+9. Seems a bit harsh on Ding who could have had a night's rest at 7-9.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 2 May 2016 10:01 (seven years ago) link
I was wondering about that - last session is usually too long so maybe reducing it might be a good idea.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2016 10:13 (seven years ago) link
I hate Selby's attritional play more than Ebdon's or Higgins' or any other "scrape him off the table" grinding wanker.
― punnerist spoon here (onimo), Monday, 2 May 2016 10:29 (seven years ago) link
^^^
disspiriting match so far
― some men just want to watch the world Bern (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 May 2016 10:40 (seven years ago) link
worse than Ebdon?! That's cold!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2016 10:51 (seven years ago) link
why is he so fucking sad???!?!??!
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 2 May 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
has he just realised that life is meaningless or something
2017, from what I've seen so far:
- Higgins looks like he's BACK BABY and in the easier half of the draw (that 58 break, taking adv of a kick when Allen was about to make it 10-9 gave flashbacks from before the time he got corrupt). LOL it was funny Parrott talking up any strength in that half for Hendry to basically go 'u mad'. Doesn't mince words and he never talks anything up.- Ronnie is looking good, enjoyed how he despatched that piece of thrash Murphy yesterday.- That upper half is tough tho'. You'd say Selby or O'Sullivan to come through. - I can't see O'Sullivan beating either Selby or Higgins in a final, they are the two players who play the kind of game that throws Ronnie off (as I might have discussed this over the years).
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 23 April 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
a strong ding is a strong championship, every legend fades
― imago, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Ding-Selby is a terrific match, maybe better than their final...Ding is scoring heavier but unfortunately can't quite close the two-frame gap. He was about to square but missed the opportunity and Selby nailed him to the cross: 12-10
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
12-12. This is a great, great response by Ding. Could be the making of a World Champion.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
His 13th century of the tournament, his nearest is on six.
Can't see the final session tomorrow afternoon :-(
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
boo @ bbc's foreigner-excluding red button thing though. i hate having to watch via eurosport.
― StanM, Saturday, 29 April 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
This final is going to be 17-17, isn't it?
― StanM, Sunday, 30 April 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
Those fuckin intros
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
selby vs higgins will kill the sport
― imago, Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
actually nah, not if selby fuckin thrashes him
Has Gary Barlow come along to support his mate DJ Steve
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Sunday, 30 April 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
Hendry's theory -- that he had too much respect for "The Master" -- on Higgins' lead was utter bollocks. It seemed pretty clear that Selby was feeling the after-effects of a marathon against Ding. It usually happens that one or both arrive at the final fatigued. That usually goes by Day 2 of the final but its then all about how big the gap is and how strong your mind is. Its a supreme test and there is v little like it in most other sports.
Higgins isn't quite in that break-building class these days and that missed pink at 10-4 up finally switched Selby on and he was utterly dominant to win the last three frames and session. I agree with Hendry that Selby is slight favourite.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2017 08:50 (six years ago) link
I really wish the final was available to stream in the US.
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Monday, 1 May 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
This Selby dude is annoyingly persistent and also quite good, isn't he?
― StanM, Monday, 1 May 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
unless he's playing higgins in which case may he slay, may he rend
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
oh why won't he fuck off
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
that feels a bit mean-spirited of me now, especially how he was kicking himself over his various misses when ahead. aw but not wanting higgins to win is a national pastime by now
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
there is something about selby that is very unlikeable. I don't know what it is though
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 12:53 (six years ago) link
hes a professional snooker player
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
Ronnie one away from equalling Davis' six UK titles.
Puts so much pressure on Murphy. Break after break. Relentless.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
Also to be playing like this in his early 40s. That's what's most impressive. Davis and Hendry were pretty much through by then.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
We'll miss when he is gone, y'all.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
― imago, Sunday, 10 December 2017 22:00 (six years ago) link
and they're off!
― StanM, Saturday, 21 April 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
Yes, Selby out and Ronnie through!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
a thing we can agree on
― imago, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
G'wan Ronnie
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 23 April 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
Shaun Murphy is out too thank fuck
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
i feel softer towards him as he's a good sport, but yeah
― imago, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
back to disagreeing then. 100% joy at seeing this fucker go just now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
Agreed. xp
In 2018 snooker is in dire need of a new Alex Higgins or Jimmy White, though. Ronnie alone can't save us from the dullness. It'd be too much to ask.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 23 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
#lololdpeople
kyren wilson is...something. luca brecel hasn't rly happened
― imago, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
I don't think we need a new Jimmy White or Alex Higgins (esp the former, I don't want any maverick briliance without a world title). I do miss the period of time when O'Sullivan/Hendry/Williams/Higgins were at their peak (roughly from '96 - '04). No real grouping like that has emerged.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:35 (six years ago) link
And only Selby (whom I do like but wanted to go as I knew he was the only one capable of beating peak O'Sullivan) has managed to be consistent enough to capture multiple world titles and dominate the stage for a significant period since then.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:38 (six years ago) link
I don't want any maverick briliance without a world title
This is true, I must concede. Still breaks my heart. Also agreed on the '96-'04 period. It's much more scattered these days.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:43 (six years ago) link
just let them smoke and drink again, then we'll start to see the characters
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
Ali Carter is really holding up against Ronnie: 9-7 up.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 28 April 2018 11:15 (five years ago) link
Ronnie did win the last two frames last night in about fifteen minutes
― imago, Saturday, 28 April 2018 12:51 (five years ago) link
so... Higgins for the win now?
― StanM, Saturday, 28 April 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
literally anyone but him pls
― imago, Saturday, 28 April 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
Anyone but Judd Trump. Thankfully Higgins should beat him.
Got a feeling Mark Allen could come through in that top half.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 28 April 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
ding ftw
judd trump is an irritant too though yes
― imago, Sunday, 29 April 2018 09:24 (five years ago) link
Higgins is two ahead as he goes to the final session of his SF against Wilson. He does look good, and he has a habit of crushing young people's dreams. Judd Trump had him on the ropes and the comeback once Judd made the error (great breakbuilder but he still misses the key shot) in that QF was maginificent.
Barry Hawkins has just gone 11-10 up. If he wins I can't see him beating Higgins, should he get to the final. Its a big ask as he has yet to overcome the SF stage and Williams will punce on any hesitation.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:22 (five years ago) link
? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_World_Snooker_Championship : Hawkins lost the final to O'Sullivan in 2013
― StanM, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:38 (five years ago) link
lol, totally forgot that.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
Hawkins re-establishing a two frame lead with solid snooker.
Terrific break from Williams - just willing a one-visit winning break (included a plant and a tough red with the cue against the cushion, ton of pressure there)
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:45 (five years ago) link
fucking hell Mark Williams man
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:59 (five years ago) link
Pulling it out of the fire with that 50 break. Fantastic red to the middle and then misses a black off the spot! Time to punish now.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:01 (five years ago) link
Hawkins punishes with a 73: 13-11. It feels like 15-11 but Williams is great at putting this kind of thing out of his mind.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
Higgins - Williams!
― StanM, Saturday, 5 May 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
that was fairly brutal to watch by the end
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 5 May 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
🎱🙌 No exaggeration - this is an unbelievable shot from Mark Williams!And to think it comes in the pressure cooker of a gripping #Crucible semi-final👏 @markwil147 📽@WorldSnooker1 pic.twitter.com/cyTdLWGFlP— Sporting Life (@SportingLife) May 5, 2018
― StanM, Saturday, 5 May 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
What century are we in again?
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Sunday, 6 May 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
More like the wrong decade but they are two of the greatest players to have played the game and both have played some great stuff.
That shot is unbelievable. Thanks for posting it StanM, missed last night's action.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 6 May 2018 10:29 (five years ago) link
You'd think Higgins the favourite even before Williams' marathon last session last night. But its a two day final so as long as Williams isn't more than four frames behind by this evening I'd like to think it will be a good contest.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 6 May 2018 10:32 (five years ago) link
What's going on? Williams is eating sweets, potting a middle distance pink with his eyes closed and he's 4-0 in front!?
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
ok, match on. 5 - 3
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
much as i hate that higgins is here, this has the feel of a classic final already
― imago, Sunday, 6 May 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Great red in the middle from Williams to kill the opening frame off. Really raced off the blocks for 11-7.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
Astonishing two ball plant from Williams
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
12-7. Ruthless atm, this could be over quick.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
At the next Higgins had a decent chance of a red but he misses by a bit, understandably under pressure.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
What a red along the cushion from Williams to keep that break going
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
13-7
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
Williams is tearing it up rn
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
His timing is totally off rn. Higgins missing another after an unforced error from Williams.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
This is a break of 35 but he has a couple of such terrific pots to keep it going.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
14-7. Higgins needs to get one frame to get to a final session.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
Higgins won the first after the mid-session.
In the next Williams went careless as he was about to win it. Now Higgins - after a stunning red - is favourite to steal this.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
Great clearance at the last chance saloon: 14-9
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
Higgins just made a double to keep a frame winning break going. Now he is on a maximum!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Missed the next: 14-10! Match is back on!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
Can anyone point me to a stream where I can watch this?
― WilliamC, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
Not sure re: streams - just watching it on TV.
Williams wins the last frame for 15-10. Still, there is just about a match on tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Final session then.
Williams pots a beautiful opening red to the middle but its a tough angle on the black which is missed. Higgins currently on 29 and a strong favourite.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
This is going to be a long session, isn't it?
― StanM, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Clears up with a century: 15-11. xp = the last session was very quick, hardly any tactical stuff. I'd expect that to crop in if Higgins can get close.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
Only action I'll be able to see from this tournament, but bring it on you senior citizens.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Williams found a plant to get the break going lol.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
(still Williams-Higgins feels like I'm watching a forgettable 2008 semis or something. Except they're even uglier)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
well well that was frame ball, tough red to the middle. I'd fancy John to clear up from here.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Terrific Brown to yellow from John, forcing position there.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
You are John fucking Virgo and I claim my 5 quid
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
Fantastic clearance - this could still be a classic final: 15-12
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
Mark Williams looks like he's going to have a cardiac arrest tonight.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
LOL why are you attacking me :-)
Sorry, just banter :) Love your commentary, am watching meself
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
cool, promise I won't go "where is the cue ball going?" in CAPS as if I'm shouting.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
what a pink to the middle from Williams, just pulled it out of the fire to try and make something happen for him tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
47 break, didn't get anything from the split - good safety...he'll need more of that to get to the finish line.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
Higgins has left a tough red
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
misses it!
not floating in atm. Feeling for Williams, he is playing quite well and not doing a lot wrong.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
great shot from green to the bunch of reds - should clear up, again.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
great recovery shot from green to the final red.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Astonishing: 15-13
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
Terrific (3-ball) plant from Higgins, now behind the green. On top of this safety exchange
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
51 break from Higgins and puts the brown safe.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
god this is a tough red - and misses it. Higgins now to win this
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
This is more impressive than Williams winning the first four frames in the afternoon session. Williams had actually a good couple of breaks.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Mid-session often stops this so we'll see. Should be good.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Such a classic crucible comeback, its what you get in this sport you don't get anywhere else. So many SF and Fs where there was no way back and then...the hunter often becomes the hunted.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
higgins comeback on a human face forever
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
This is huge now..Williams on 40, pack split, should win.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
oh dear..
Terrific opener from John, just fearing the worst now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
15-15
I think that's such a key frame. When Williams allowed John in the prev times there were awkward positions or not quite right splits. That chance was really, really good.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
Not quite the cue ball control under the severest of pressures.
At the next another good chance for Williams. Its just heartbreaking to watch, can he break this cycle of defeat?
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Another 41 break, he is not over the line..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
We haven't had much safety at all so far
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
fucking hell man get over the line.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
finally! Williams back in front
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
Terrific long pot at the next from Williams
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
damn
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
Another terrific long pot but now its a tough pink
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
lots of cold blooded potting here
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
had to play it cool after that - this is so good. One frame away now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
fuck me that pink
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
one pot from the fucking world title - and John has no obstacles to the clearance.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
holy fuck
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
FUCK OFF
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
Unbelievable
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
this fucking break
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
Meh
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
it WAS a classic final - one of the best of recent times surely
Had a crush on Hazel some 15 years ago, I dare to admit
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
boo
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
Great final; shame it was between two dinosaurs tho.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
aw higgins is a nice person actually. such a weird disconnect from his playing style where he is the biggest bastard ever
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
other than peter ebdon
I feel for Williams and his cheque of 500,000 or whatever and his three chins. This is hauntology in real-life action. He shouldn't be here, yet he is, haunting us all, ghost of future past.
Hazel tho.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
Fuck Ebdon ffs
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
Hazel tho :-) Crash of shame - her questions are terrible.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
Her questions are terrible, by tradition. But she's Hazel, man. Hazel. :)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
tbf I doubt anyone can explain how you miss a pink like that and then go on and win it in one visit as if nothing has happened in the next frame.
I'll never forget that. One of the great crucible final moments.
xp = I know!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
I feel sore having missed pretty much of this tournament - Ronnie knocked out didn't help - but this final night was quite alright. 18-16 ain't half bad. I just had no-one to root for.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
if anyone can find that picture of higgins drunk riding in a transit van can you please share it
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 7 May 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
how could you not have rooted for williams???
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
especially with higgins to overcome. it's the best test he could have had short of selby
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
― imago, Monday, May 7, 2018 11:06 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes fuck you for pressuring me but fuck yes, Williams over Higgins. By a negligible margin tho. Higgins is grim death. But: they're both utter shite. Williams and his three chins and saggy skin draped around his dead bones has been a pest all his career. And an irritant, snooker-wise, all his career. He's dullness distilled and cut into even more dullness, the way you try and cut cocaine with your bank card like you've seen in a Tarantino movie but it doesn't work like that and it's a crying mess and you blow your nose and blow the coke away and you end up with nowt. That's fucking Mark Wiliams. He's a pain. A nuisance. Yet Higgins otoh is way more of pain: he's done, he should be done, he should be dead tbf, but he's not.
How am I expected to root for any one of these people?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
<3 higgins
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 7 May 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
Apart from Ronnie few snooker players have compelling personalities - but those two have given us a hell of a match, and really I don't think I have ever seen anything like those last 3/4 frames - nothing will ever explain it. Snooker just played at its highest (possible?) level by two people who are re-defining how long its possible to go on for. The level of playing is a replacement for personality.
It was always strange that Williams won this twice. Too many wasted years. Three is pretty good.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
Higgins I took a real hatred for because of the match-fixing bullshit. But he is a great, and so dismissive of Trump and Kyren Wilson. Took another all-time great to beat him.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Williams did the press conference naked as promised btw
― StanM, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Monday, May 7, 2018 9:36 PM (seventeen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
taking a little break from our ongoing political contretemps to fully agree with this tbh
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
there's the wrong kind of leftie, and there's mark williams ;)
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
there's a Mr Snooker Extra on youtube who's got the whole thing up there in 50fps HD (with beeb commentary but footage from inside hall between frames) and it's just as exciting as it was the night itself :)
― StanM, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
Been enjoying the UK Champs this year. Ronnie's been taking it easy this year but he's playing well this final against Mark Allen. Lots of scrappy frames but he manages to find solutions to most puzzles on the table.
'Questions asked' seems this years snooker commentary term. Ronnie's not been asked any questions this tournament year, Mark's being asked a lot of questions etc. Otherwise it's same as it ever was: Ronnie wants to haul over the snooker calendar with some champions league tournament, others call it a foolish plan, Steven Hendry still looking very uncomfortable in front of a camera etc etc.
Guessing it will be over p soon tonight.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 9 December 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
So, not Ronnie's 6th yet, then.
― StanM, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 12:12 (five years ago) link
Let me die lord
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 12:17 (five years ago) link
Socialism is cancelled for another year
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 12:19 (five years ago) link
That aside there have been a few close finishes so far?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 26 April 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
There have. I particularly enjoyed the frame w/ the respotted black in the Carter vs Lisowski match. Every time I watch they serve up scrappy, tense frames, instead of the big breaks. I'm not complaining.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 26 April 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
Bet you Barry Hearn is.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 26 April 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
Selby gone. Williams trailing by two going into the final sesh tonight.
This Ding-Judd trump match looks good. Starts tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 27 April 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
Off the players left I kinda want Ding to do this.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 27 April 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
everyone does, but he always chokes. but yeah
― imago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
If not Ding, then Zhou, surely.
Was glad to see Selby go. Hawkins was impressive this morning.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 28 April 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Trump had Ding on the ropes last night. 5-1 and it should've been 6-2 if not 7-1. Trump let him in for 5-3.
It's now 6-6.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 28 April 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
Bingham-Higgins also tight
Another Carter respot in his match against Zhou. What a frame! And today he turned it around, just like Kyren vs. Hawkins! Sadly can't watch any matches until the weekend
― willem, Monday, 29 April 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
Carter would be a good winner as well.
Meantime the last sesh from Ding-Trump. Ding is 9-7 up.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 29 April 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
^^ that escalated quickly... Ding sunk like a stone. Zhou did too, but you can forgive the young lad. Missed the respot!
I like Ali Carter though, he's in good form. Shame Bingham seems unable to rough up Higgins.
I'll be going to my very first live snooker tournament in November, in Coventry. As a spectator, not a player :) Am already trying to think of what shirt to wear to that televised event. I do know this: it will not be that 'Neanderthal morphs into snooker player' one that's all over the screen this tournament. Nor will it be 'Keep calm and watch snooker', ugh. Recommendations are welcome though.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 29 April 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
Ding, choking? Never
― imago, Monday, 29 April 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
Ikr? He wasn't even awful awful, just... choking's the word.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 29 April 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
My analysis of why Kyren the Warrior will never be the best: he often lands too straight on a pot when he should err in the other direction. This means he is often forcing angles or really deep screws and ultimately breaking down. A bad angle is always better than no angle.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
Sadly can't watch this now, stuck at work. Gilbert had some crazy good pots last night.
Kyren has the most melancholy expression of the bunch. Even when he's winning his face is just stuck in this 'nothing matters we're all gonna die' despair.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link
make your own shirt! (I don't know, think of something. "Snooker? I don't even know her!")
― StanM, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
lol, I might!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 11:31 (four years ago) link
You have to have a T-shirt made with...
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... on it.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
man, this match between Higgins & Gilbert
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
time to get rid of that shouty guy on the BBC though (WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING? (nowhere near the pocket, shut up) - RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE POCKET! (no it wasnt, shut up))
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
JV has memes himself to death with that shit.
Higgins is all time third in ranking titles, centuries and maximums. Imagine if he didn't throw games for Russian money.
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Saturday, 4 May 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
resiliencecanfuck itself
vote trump '19
― imago, Saturday, 4 May 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
not all Trumps can be the best in the world
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
Worst possible outcome of the two semis. But yeah it will have to be Trump now. Dull as ditch water but eh.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:07 (four years ago) link
In the past, Higgins being a mad keen Celtic fan might have prompted me to support him, not now though.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:28 (four years ago) link
gilbert higgins semi was tense but higgins was fairly clinical in the last session. gilbert had a chance in the last but must be tough to clutch it out at that level w/out experience
― ||||||||, Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:41 (four years ago) link
Probably the worst final line-up ever. I don't want anyone to win but I reckon it will be Trump, although I probably want the cheating Scot. He was a really great player, once.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:49 (four years ago) link
is trump an arsehole or just a boring bastard? don't know much about him
― ||||||||, Sunday, 5 May 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
he exudes uncharisma
― imago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 11:08 (four years ago) link
also has worst name etc
you know when you can tell someone would be hellish to hang out with
― imago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
I kind of think that there are levels of cheating: throwing matches for money is vv bad obv, but he's not getting to 3 consecutive world championship finals by cheating, is he?
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 11:12 (four years ago) link
i was uncharacteristically hating on his opponent just then!
higgins, i reckon, does disproportionately well in long matches, because he is a gritty fucker
― imago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 11:25 (four years ago) link
Nobody cares about Trump's lack of charisma - when he arrived he was just a really heavy scorer with a lot of flair at times, but crucially he had no safety game and little maturity. Its why he has never won this.
Higgins is a top 5 all-time match player. He can beat Trump because of the way he plays disrupts the flow of Trump's game. It is going to be a fucking test to see where Trump's game is really at. The only thing is Higgins has had a terrible season so Trump might get away with it, the examination of his game may not be as severe.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 May 2019 12:25 (four years ago) link
'Terrible season' doesn't really say anything, just like 'had a great season' saw most of those bow out early. Agree Higgins is one of the best at sinking his teeth into a game and not letting go.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 May 2019 12:28 (four years ago) link
Sometimes you can win the WC by not having that much form going into it but usually you win a title or two or you bring in a strong record, especially these days with so many more tournaments.
Higgins made a lot of errors in his SF. He will need to be a lot of sharper.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 May 2019 12:32 (four years ago) link
Didn't take long to get so sick of John fucking Virgo that I had to turn it off. He's beyond parody with his barfing of 'ONE UP! ONE UP!' Total embarrassment.
Decided to support the only actual human being in this final after all. Give me a cheating cunt over Trumpbot any day of the week.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
*Ton up, even
4 centuries in 8 frames
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
I kind of think that there are levels of cheating: throwing matches for money is vv bad obv, but he's not getting to 3 consecutive world championship finals by cheating, is he?― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 12:12 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 12:12 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was just taking an easy cheap shot. He's shown repeatedly he has the game and the temperament to beat and be the very best but he'll ultimately end his career a bit Andy Murray to O'Sullivan's and Hendry's Nadal/Federer. Is that because he lacked drive or because he took bribes?
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Sunday, 5 May 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Higgins winning this year will tie him with O'Sullivan..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
good start
― ||||||||, Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
the centuries are flying by
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
Fuck the haters, I loved that frame
― willem, Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
It's good stuff.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 May 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
another century
― ||||||||, Sunday, 5 May 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
is it called a millennium when they do 10 centuries?
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
... is it over?
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
Looks like this is the session where uncharismatic-no-fun-on-a-night-out Trump wins this
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
he’s playing some good snooker tbf
― ||||||||, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
good for the game, that it is played like this in the world final
― imago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
his personality doesn't really matter
can’t believe higgins has thrown so many frames
― ||||||||, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
he's probably just tired this time
― StanM, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:38 (four years ago) link
Does look that way: although I want Higgins to start grinding away, get Trump into an hour's worth of scrap and get his rhythm off, really test him out.
I don't believe he is enough of a safety/tactical player even now but you only meet who is put in front of you and at the place where they are at. In frame 2 or 3 he got two snookers out of Trump and nearly stole it.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 May 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
Higgins was very near a 147 with an incredible double to pot the last red
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 May 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
Terrific yellow under pressure from Trump, and he goes on to a century: 13-7
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 May 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
Terrific shot with his right hand to keep that break going
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 May 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Sheesh, this could be over with a session to spare (which would mean no live snooker for me after work). Last time that happened was Hendry-White (18-5) in '93.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 May 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
Imagine having to take two weeks off to see the final of 1952, which ended in 94-49 o_O
Lindrum and McConachy met in the 145-frame match.[8] The score was 6–6 after the first day[8] but Lindrum pulled ahead, leading 14–10 after the second day and[9] 22–14 after three days.[10] The 12 frames were shared on day 4 but Lindrum still led 28–20,[11] extending his lead to 38–22 after day 5.[12] Lindrum led 44–28 after the first week after another level day.[13]Lindrum won eight frames on the second Monday, to lead 52–32[14] and then nine frames on the second Tuesday to leave him 61–35 ahead.[15] After another good day, in which he won 10 frames, Lindrum led 71–37, needing just 2 of the remaining 37 for victory.[16] On the Thursday, Lindrum won the first two frames to reach a winning 73–37 position.[2][17] The remaining 35 "dead" frames were due to be played, although in the end only a total of 143 frames were played, Lindrum winning 94–49.[2] Lindrum became the first non-British player to win the World Championship.[18]
Lindrum won eight frames on the second Monday, to lead 52–32[14] and then nine frames on the second Tuesday to leave him 61–35 ahead.[15] After another good day, in which he won 10 frames, Lindrum led 71–37, needing just 2 of the remaining 37 for victory.[16] On the Thursday, Lindrum won the first two frames to reach a winning 73–37 position.[2][17] The remaining 35 "dead" frames were due to be played, although in the end only a total of 143 frames were played, Lindrum winning 94–49.[2] Lindrum became the first non-British player to win the World Championship.[18]
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 May 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
Fuck, Trump on a 147 now and it would be the best one I've seen if he makes it
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Ah well
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 May 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
it's centurific
― StanM, Monday, 6 May 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
I'm betting on a final frame decider at 5 AM tomorrow morning :-)
― StanM, Monday, 6 May 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
ok, maybe not
― StanM, Monday, 6 May 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, April 29, 2019 10:42 PM (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink
http://www.championofchampionssnooker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ManBetX-Champion-of-Champions-Draw.jpg
IT. IS. TIME.
We got tickets for the semi-final Saturday night, and the draw is somewhat unlucky; would've loved to see Ronnie, or Jimmy, obv. But it's all good.
The tournament means precisely nothing but it's my first and likely only live snooker match ✓First televised tournament with a woman playing against men ✓Outrageously expensive train tickets (London-Coventry 55 quid wtf) ✓The tournament is broadcast by ITV4 ✓I'll be the guy wearing the ... shirt (undecided) ✓
Stoked for the madness.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
(semi-final draw is winner group 2 vs winner group 3)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
:D keep us all updated!
― imago, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
Selby vs Trump, you have to pick one lol
― imago, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
Sad, sad lol :D
I'm rooting for Thepchaiya, actually!
I've no idea about the atmosphere (if any!) around such an event. My dream is Steve Davis being there, spinning obscure, scratched Les Rallizes Denudes or V/Vm 7"s to get the crowd going and failing spectacularly. But more likely it will mostly be a cesspool of nerds with acne lacking social skills and a penchant for crazy stats of yore. Which, also, is totally ok with me. Will keep you posted :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
Lol yes do :) (and yeah Rail prices are ridiculous, hoping the thing will be thoroughly nationalised by this time next year)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
You're not kidding, Comrade! We decided on rail this time, a first, going to England. It felt like somewhat of an experiment? Instead of flying to Brum or Leeds/Bradford or what have you, we quite consciously decided on Eurostar, zipping through the tunnel, not adding to our footprint. The train was great btw, but it's disappointing being back. In terms of costs, most def (pls to elect Jebedia Cromwryn as PM now and nationalise the rails ffs! these hyper-capitalist prices are in.sane.), train tickets are priced outrageously (I have lived in Todmorden for a year, five years ago, which does not represent England, nor Yorkshire, I know, but man... have prices risen since then), and also just the in-your-face aura/nazism of 'Englishness'. Union Jacks hanging behind windows even more than before... Idk...
BUT. This is a snooker thread. So WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOINGGGG? (had second thoughts abt packing a cd-r of my first "album", something me and my brother threw together when we were young, a terrible demo that only had the title going for it: 'The Day John Virgo Killed The Game'. I didn't pack it, and doubt that fuckface will be there anyway. Canb always throw a usb-stick at him).
Once in a lifetime! :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xBk5HL4.jpg
Were we unlucky for not booking the Friday night (a Ronnie vs Neil R. cracker) vs the Saturday semi of Allen vs Trump? Nah. It was truly a "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" experience. A shambles and fantastic rolled into one.
The snooker was mediocre, at best. The spectacle around it made it completely worth while though. Even if it involved several way too drunk and loud and obnoxious lads and m8s. I realize there is no point in banging on about the sheer number of drunk English attendees embarrassing themselves, but I was still taken aback. The bald guy lower right in the picture, seated before us, earned himself a stern look of the ref because he had a loud lager hiccup during play. He kept telling people around him he expected Trump to make a second century, in that drunk "I am trying to whisper but don't realize I'm failing miserably"-voice: 'Back to back centuries m8', 'back to back centuries', 'back to back centuries telling ya', 'this'll be back to back centuries!'. Obviously we didn't pay the shambolic 10 quid for the commentary earpiece, but the narrator of duty, Stephen Hendry would've narrated the scene as thus: "There were no back to back centuries". Guy left after frame three, threw up in the lounge of the Ricoh Arena, returned and was then removed from the audience when Trump had just made it 4-4, when they played 'Rebel Rebel' during the 2 mins ITV gambling commercial break in between frames, because he had shouted "Shot!" after break-off and after the frame was shouting 'Gmon Ronnie! Gmonn ya fuck! Back to back centuries!"
An older couple - she in her seventies and completely with it, him 85 and struck by severe Parkinsons - sat opposite of us on our bench before play where we were enjoying a beer. We struck a conversation. She told us her husband had been watching snooker on the telly all his life, and it was his wish to once see it live. For his 85th birthday she arranged tickets for this semi-final. She had arranged with the venue that they'd enter through a backdoor, as a surprise, so he'd not realize what the surprise was, or where he was, basically. Surrounded by MASSIVE Ronnie posters and a snooker table in the lobby and a merch stand w/ godawful t-shirts with "snooker players do it with one feet off the floor", she put a plastic straw in his Guinness and said: "We're sitting here now, and he *still* doesn't know what his surprise birthday gift is." He just looked at us, staring, and indeed did not have a clue where he was. When he wheeled his walker to the toilet, 15 mins before showtime, he ignored or forgot the specific and thrice repeated instructions of his wife to use the disabled toilet. Ten mins later I was in the mens - there was a huge line just before the game started - and he was standing there, trousers and underpants at his ankles, in front of a urinoir, lost in himself. Later, when we seated, and just before the start, I saw him and her and they were seated front row. I hope he finally then understood where he was, what his surprise gift was. And that he remembered it, or *knew it*, if only for a short while.
This is turning out to be way more of a Real England post than a snooker post, but such is life.
Tl;dr the snooker was fine, even more in awe of the players keeping composure in these circumstances (the buzzing drone of camera's and lights is something else in itself), four days in Coventry was neat (though I'd recommend Coventry to others for two days at most). The Herbert museum was nice. It had an exhibition on about Coventry of yore (yore seemingly meaning anything beyond the '00s. There were DOS pc's and Amiga's and Specials 7"'s on display). They also had this, which I could not interpret in any other way as a 'Vote Labour' appeal. Good on them:
https://i.imgur.com/ekF7Ein.jpg
Finally, the snooker merch stand. Saddest. Merch. Stand. Ever.
https://i.imgur.com/AZL5zB6.jpg
35 quid for a snooker ball SIGNED by KYREN WILSON to sock a drunk lad in the face? Don't mind if I do Clive, don't mind if I do.
Best trip ever.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 11 November 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
content this quality cannot go ignored
top, top work
never been to Coventry but when in Stroud recently enough I met the owner of Beer Gonzo, the region's foremost craft beer Mecca - did you end up there at any point?
― imago, Monday, 11 November 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
Bless you, my friend :) Truth be told it always felt like I was writing an email to you here instead of a post on a public forum. <3
We did not end up there. Which is a shame, I now wish we did! We stayed at the Ramada, just outside of the ring road, and focused on the center mostly. On Coventry: the ruines of the bombed to shatters cathedral, the Herbert museum, the university district and the hipster 'Fargo' (Far Gosford) village, with vintage and antiques and 2nd hand book shops and stuff are nice and worth your while.
We were really curious - having wiki'd up our knowledge about Coventry: city heavily bombed during WW2 and rebuilt after - if the center was anything like Rotterdam (obliterated in the war and therefor pressed to reinvent itself, reborn into a futuristic, modern architectural miracle). Alas, it was not. Most of the center is made up of godawful white plastered mall alleys and streets, giving you no sense of direction, with half of the shops closed down; bricky and soulless, melancholy. We piously followed the guides and signs to Spon Street, a medieval street all of the city desperately pushes you towards, but it was a laughable, nigh on offensive, 'attraction'. Yes, there were some old buildings, but those buildings were closed and derelict and. Pubs with proud "this is the oldest pub in the city" signs while in a haunted, decaying state. Take better care of what you promote or declare heritage ffs.
You'll be spoiled for choice on restaurants though: loads of great, esp Asian (and beyond) restaurants. We had great grub three nights in a row: at a Lebanese, Bangladeshi and Indian restaurant. As always in England, nigh on achingly humble and friendly service, fantastic food.
So where's that cue ball going? ;)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 11 November 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
I've been to that museum, it's great. The cathedral is also great. Not a mega fan of Cov in general tho.
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 November 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
Those were some fine posts btw LBI
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 November 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
I know there’s a second post but I can’t stop giggling at the centuries guy getting fucked out
― gyac, Monday, 11 November 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
As always in England, nigh on achingly humble and friendly service
― gyac, Monday, 11 November 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
I dunno you generally get decent service in a curry house tbf. And there are some ace ones in the West Mids in general
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 November 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
NV <3
Gyac, I specifically meant the Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Lebanese *in England* - my admittedly thoroughly flawed catch-all phrase was Asian - restaurants and their staff. They are so welcoming and great, almost embarrassingly so, while working their behinds off. No irony at all. "Centuries guy getting fucked out" is more akin to English pub and rests staff tbf :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 11 November 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
Yeah fair enough! I genuinely enjoy authentically surly service tbf, rather that than forced-sunshineyness of Pret staff
― gyac, Monday, 11 November 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
― gyac, Monday, 11 November 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
I don't know Worcester tbh, have only ever driven through/by it as far as I remember. Pretty sure there's at least one ilxor who's Worcester-adjacent tho?
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 November 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link
there is 1 who still lives there iirc. I haven't really lived there since I left for uni which was 25 years ago, so any curry houses I used to frequent probably no longer exist (just checked, the one I had the best idea of the address is now a pizzeria)
iirc the racecourse is currently underwater. this is a fairly common occurrence
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 09:48 (four years ago) link
"This is turning out to be way more of a Real England post than a snooker post, but such is life."
Lol, yes well done :)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 09:58 (four years ago) link
Mr. Bond just trumped Mr. Trump 6-3 in the UK Champs. Bad night to be a Trump. #crossesfingers
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 2 December 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Oh no Ronnio :(
― StanM, Thursday, 5 December 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
Ha! Was juuust gonna post about this thinking I'm the only one rambling here anyway. Yeah, Ronnio out but Ding's deserved it! I'm wholly team Ding this tournament. Every single interview he states how much pressure there is on him from his homeland and you kinda feel for the guy? But he's getting better w/ every match this tournament, after a dreadful season start. Good on him.
Also, you simply love too see Gary Wilson - hampered by a badger's tail on the back of his skull, granted - being fucked up by Nigel Bond 6-5 after being 5-2 up.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 5 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
Yes, for the uninitiated, the Nigel Bond. Partying like it's '99.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 5 December 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Amazing @ Bond!!
Also interesting how three Chinese players have made it to the quarters. First time this has happened?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 6 December 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
― willem, Friday, 6 December 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
hampered by a badger's tail on the back of his skull
― willem, Friday, 6 December 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
lol xp
Tbf it was endearing to see how he barely held himself together in the final frame, he's 54 and seen it all but he was shaking like a leaf.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 6 December 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
xyzzz I def think this is the first time three Chinese players made it this far in a triple crown tournament.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 6 December 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
There was an embarrassing - bordering on thinly veiled racist - segment Saturday night on the beeb with Alan McManus and Steve Davis discussing Ding's qualities but mostly pitfalls. They questioned whether Ding had 'fire in his belly', because he "wasn't strutting around the table like a peacock" like many Western (=UK) players. The two men noted that it was often Chinese players who showed "a lack of passion and emotion". "Does he really want to win this?" Mind, Ding had already qualified for the final at this point.
When he was easing past Maguire yesterday, predictably the commentariat (including the above) couldn't say otherwise than that Ding was relentless, "a machine". Turns out he wanted it enough after all! Fuck that shit, and I'm glad Ding punished their dumb meanderings.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:03 (four years ago) link
Don't we all remember the exuberant strutting 'round the table like a peacock of Bond, Williams, Higgins etc etc. C'mon.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:04 (four years ago) link
Commentary on sports is 'root canal without anaesthetic' levels of horror, with plenty of racism. Real ticking time bomb as more Chinese players get into the latter stages of main events.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:13 (four years ago) link
Well done Ding (and Maguire for getting into a final, he must be on his way back after a fairly blistering start to his career iirc). Really should win a world title now.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:15 (four years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Monday, December 9, 2019 10:13 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Otm on all accounts. For all the wrong reasons I expected better from Steve Davis though.
Hazel's "we've just received breaking news*" about this new Saudi Arabia tournament deal was ominous, as she left it at a "this will cause some varying opinions" type of remark. No word on if women can even visit this new tournament, for one.
* ten minutes later they aired a pre-recorded interview w/ snooker's boss about it
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 9 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
catching up on old bookmarks and on the saudi arabia thing it’s worth reading hazel southwell on formula e in riyadh.
― Fizzles, Friday, 10 January 2020 09:22 (four years ago) link
Though at times grating (and ridiculously long), that was an interesting read, thanks.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 10 January 2020 11:55 (four years ago) link
What's been your favourite moment of 2020 so far? 💭Ours: Stephen Maguire defying the laws of physics #DafabetMasterspic.twitter.com/Fpm97SgRlR— World Snooker Tour (@WeAreWST) January 13, 2020
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
Just seen this desperately painful image. pic.twitter.com/lHD2UP91y9— Tre Vorba-Stard III (@TreborRhurbarb) May 7, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 7 May 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
:'-(
― Hey, let me drunkenly animate yr boats in about 25 to 60 days! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 8 May 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/53485482
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
"Maybe they have to start doing a test on crowds at some point and I've heard people say they're treating the snooker event a little bit like lab rats - you've got to start somewhere, start with snooker players."Less insurance to pay out for Anthony Hamilton than there is for Lewis Hamilton."
"Less insurance to pay out for Anthony Hamilton than there is for Lewis Hamilton."
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Thursday, 30 July 2020 07:43 (three years ago) link
No audiences after all! Poor Hamilton.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 31 July 2020 13:44 (three years ago) link
Saw Higgins get a 147 earlier today - the first at the Crucible for eight years! Had no idea it had been so long...
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
Yeah I was surprised at that stat. Loathe the tinned applause. Yesterday I saw a match where tinned applause sounded from the other table! Beckettian madness.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 6 August 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
He lost tho'. Not seen a min so far but looks like there are some new faces coming through
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 7 August 2020 08:41 (three years ago) link
Lol
I love him pic.twitter.com/tqvupRr5UV— Your Mum says Black Lives Matter (@judeinlondon2) August 9, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
ha, that's great
― imago, Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
gf roled off the sofa laughing when we caught that yesterday :D
he's not even wrong, mind.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 07:01 (three years ago) link
I think you could draw an analogy to men's tennis in that the trio of Higgins, O'Sullivan, Williams were really special with Selby the only one who has shaken things up, he is younger by a few years.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 August 2020 08:50 (three years ago) link
If you're generous you could say Selby, Trump, Ding and Robertson have shown they can produce snooker as good as the original trio. But there's a lot of second or even third tier players. Yesterday's McGill vs Clarke match a case in point. It should not be possible to have that as a second round WC match, and yet.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 08:56 (three years ago) link
Selby, Trump, Ding and Robertson are all in their 30s? Selby and Ding pushing 40? Trump might be late 20a
― imago, Monday, 10 August 2020 09:35 (three years ago) link
I mean I could look each one up lol
You're right, mixed up the age thing w/ players stinking at snooker.
That Gould guy I did look up. He's 38, while looking 55!
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 09:44 (three years ago) link
enters the arena to The Ace of Spades so he's not all bad
― Neil S, Monday, 10 August 2020 09:58 (three years ago) link
the arena... of snooker
― Neil S, Monday, 10 August 2020 09:59 (three years ago) link
True. Can't believe the trite garbage they choose as entering music. Can't believe not even Ronnie ever fucked w/ that by blasting the Duck Total Toilet music or whatever.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 10 August 2020 10:01 (three years ago) link
Of that quartet only Selby has really looked like pushing that trio out of it (in my tennis analogy he is a bit like Wawrinka). Robertson didn't push on.
Judd is 30 and Ding is 33. I think the latter might get one world title at most. The former could benefit from the gap between retirements and guys in their 20s not coming through.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 August 2020 10:07 (three years ago) link
130 from Williams to finish the first sesh 6-2 against Ronnie.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 August 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
Wilson is looking good.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 August 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
he is the one 'kid' who seems like he has the moxie to disprove ronnie tbh
― imago, Monday, 10 August 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
remember luca brecel? that star didn't shine long
This Trump does look done.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 10 August 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
Enjoyed seeing Wilson play yesterday, I'd be happy if the dullard in the pack loses.
O'Sullivan predictably not up to speed when the competition gets a bit better. He excuse himself w/ "just here for a laff" but his heart's not in it, really.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 06:51 (three years ago) link
Well, Ronnie beat Ding (whom he lost to a couple of years ago?) Williams is a three time champion who might have won another couple if he didn't go off the rails after his second win.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 08:23 (three years ago) link
Ronnie vs Ding was the highest quality match so far. Not saying Ronnie should be expected to breeze past Williams, but he lacks consistency, and has done so for years now.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
In a two-day match you hope things will turn up but it looks like Ronnie is also done.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
Trump has closed to 11-9 as we go into the final session. Hate both but Trump is worse, so come on Wilson.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
Ronnie made two visits for two frames but Williams looks good at the last here. Fluke from Williams helped but still..
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
Ronnie is working really hard here, closing the gap to two with two left.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
Wilson strangling the life out of this match with some hard as nails matchplay snooker. Please finish this cunt off.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
Get fucked Trump, yes!
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
Very pleasing to see Trump get fucked. Now, could there be a real Ronnie comeback on?
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
Ronnie within one, one to go. Can't wait for tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
i do not love trump at all but what is the specific beef again
― imago, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
For me, it's not beef. He's just spectacularly boring.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
Wouldn't like to see him stabbed though.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
lol at this progression
Trump is great. People mentioned Jimmy White because of some of the huge cue power (and exuberance by putting it on show often) and I'd agree.― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 19:24 (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2011 19:24 (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Glad Trump is out - the hype around him when he first 'broke through' was embarrassing.― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 1 May 2014 09:22 (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 1 May 2014 09:22 (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Anyone but Trump. ― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 April 2015 09:06 (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 April 2015 09:06 (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
there then followed something of a begrudging gesture towards support last year when 'anyone but Higgins' had to trump 'anyone but Trump'
― imago, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
You are reaching from those posts, it's pretty much negative all the way through lol
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
Ronnie makes it 8-8 I see on the live score ticker? Sweet, looking forward to tonight.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
8-8 after a nervous frame from both.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
lockdown and covid makes this feel like a selby year ngl
― imago, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
Ronnie a tad unlucky but Williams took his chance well
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
Fucking fucked at the next. Loads of easy missed chances but Ronnie wins out
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
What a costly miss by Ronnie..
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
Ronnie recovered well for a century break. All square.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
Ronnie is ahead...just terrific safety after a 60 break to get another chance
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
How far behind was Ronnie this afternoon? Looks comfortable now.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Maybe not.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
Genius century, within one
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
He worked out a plant in the middle of that 👌👌👌
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
should be that then
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
fucked it
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
making hard work of this
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
Lol re-spotted black
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
Fuck me this frame
haha what
I turned it off after he put the green in, thinking that's that
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
Nah missed the blue
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
Ronnie does it
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
That was great fun
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
good
― imago, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
goo
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
See Selby has yet to make a century and while he can do a lot with his tactical game he'll also need to score heavy if Ronnie is on his game.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
Selby can't get going rn.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
I missed most of the first two frames. Commentators are talking about the number of kicks. Selby got a nasty one just now
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Ronnie gets one too..it might need looking at.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
Kick after kick after kick. Selby esp looks nervous though, even before those
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Yup. Ronnie has been frustrated too but has managed more of a rhythm. 3-1
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
That's the story. Selby had some really bad misses without a kick, too. He looks really on edge.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
4-1. Selby missed a green off the spot, Ronnie made two 50+ breaks. A dangerous moment here.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
Selby played one good frame, the last one, yet is only two down.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
Good to see Wilson got his mojo back
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 13 August 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link
I think Selby got into the match in the penultimate frame last night. That was also good but yes he should've been 6-2 down.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
Ronnie got the mother of all kicks. Didn't leave anything tho'.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
Am not watching now, but any thoughts on the reason for all these kicks? I don't buy the 'humidity' thing, hasn't there been a heatwave all week in Sheffield? Why are there kicks only last night and now?
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
Well there was a change of balls between the first and second session and tbh that was the only kick in the frame.
It led to a half hour frame, Selby eventually strangles out a win and that's just how he likes it.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:07 (three years ago) link
At the next Selby plays an attacking safety. Selby now in and the question is on his scoring, should win the frame in one visit.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
Yup does it. 97 break, 5-5.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
the narrative requires this to be an o'sullivan-wilson final
― imago, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
Awesome long pot from Selby to get the lead. O'Sullivan all over the shop, he had the first chance but tried to force it on a first visit.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
Selby is strangling Ronnie's game.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
― imago, Thursday, 13 August 2020 bookmarkflaglink
This is goo
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Good starter from Ronnie, but he then kisses the blue after the green, the misses the red. His timing is gone.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
Selby has won the last five frames.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
Damage limitation is the name of the game. 2-2 would be good but just from the first few exchanges that's looking optimistic, let's see.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
Selby made a bad, bad error. Ronnie finally takes a chance to win the frame.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
They share the next two, well done Ronnie. Last frame not that important.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
Selby plays snooker with a massive Tory vibe sorry— Your Mum says Black Lives Matter (@judeinlondon2) August 13, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
Huge slice of fortune from Selby who totally screwed up, should've left the frame
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
This semi is really pretty bad, but I can enjoy bad snooker
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
Haven't had a century yet, so it's Selby's to lose.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
Has a qualifier ever reached the final in the modern era?
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 13 August 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
Don't know myself. As I switch Wilson has just gone ahead with a century.
Three left this evening
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
13-11. Two centuries and a 50. McGill had a good chance but let that go. Looks like it's going one way.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
Sorry 13-10
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
McGill answered with one session snooker at the end. 13-11
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
just realised, are they piping in the applause from the 'knowledgable crucible crowd'(TM)
― ||||||||, Thursday, 13 August 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
They sure are 😂😂😂
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:07 (three years ago) link
I'd like to know who presses the button. Like Jimmy White said, lots of applause at the 'wrong' moments.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 06:15 (three years ago) link
So much to say about this button seriously. I've been constantly laughing at it.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 09:05 (three years ago) link
So a lot has been said about the kick Ronnie got yesterday but it's just bollocks. In the first session his long potting was just on. That's what he needs today.
If he does that then he has a better chance than he might've against Selby, who isn't scoring heavy enough.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 09:10 (three years ago) link
Ronnie almost got his long pot. Left it. Frame over, first time he has convincingly scored I think 😬
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 09:17 (three years ago) link
Incredible miss by Selby at the next.
Selby needs 3x 4 point snookers. Good for Selby to play on, tests O'Sullivan's patience and it's possibly therapeutic for Selby too. A disgusting miss from him.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 09:45 (three years ago) link
That was 20 mins longer than it should've been
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 09:51 (three years ago) link
alan mcmanus' command of the english language is quite loose
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 09:53 (three years ago) link
Selby wins the next. Ronnie can't buy a long pot rn but that also affirms the tactic of elongating frames.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 10:11 (three years ago) link
That was an incredible miss on the brown from Selby. He is favourite unless Ronnie can get his long potting back to his best.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 10:22 (three years ago) link
the way he was cueing for that one gave me hope tbh
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 10:33 (three years ago) link
A kick from Ronnie there, allows Selby in..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 10:48 (three years ago) link
Appreciate the live commentary itt Clive, being stuck at work.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 10:52 (three years ago) link
Selby has cleared up well. Depends on Ronnie's reaction but this could be it tbh.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 10:55 (three years ago) link
13-9. Ronnie has got to win these next two and share the session otherwise won't bother tonight.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:06 (three years ago) link
Ronnie's toast, then.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 11:08 (three years ago) link
Nearly, yeah. Selby left a regulation long red. Ronnie would sink 9/10. Guess what?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:09 (three years ago) link
Sinks a red but misses the yellow after. Fucked rn.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
Holy fuck lol
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
Big frame now
― crisp, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
Selby had Ronnie on the ropes, missed an easy red. So many turns later and Ronnie steals it!! 13-10
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:32 (three years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Friday, August 14, 2020 1:31 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
ok this is TERRIBLE live commentary!
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 11:32 (three years ago) link
Ah there we are, sorry, I'm cranky for having to miss it ;)
Gotta say even if Selby gets through and it's Wilson I'd say the latter has a great chance anyway Selby just isn't scoring heavily enough.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:34 (three years ago) link
XP lol LBI.
wilson beating ronnie in the final is the goo Narrative but i'd also take him beating selby
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:35 (three years ago) link
13-11. Well done Ronnie.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:40 (three years ago) link
we almost lost alphie there
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:41 (three years ago) link
Break has come at the right time for Selby, Ronnie potted a very nice long red at the end there.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 11:43 (three years ago) link
xp more’s the pity Not watching this due to working (“working”), but love to see Ronnie do well.
― caută tu singur (gyac), Friday, 14 August 2020 11:48 (three years ago) link
McGill came back from 14-11 to draw level.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Perfect pack split from McGill and then the red has gone in.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
Wilson goes onto clear up and then McGill plays an incredible long red at the next, has to be one of the shots of the championship.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
McGill looks the better now. Rooting for droopy Wilson tbh
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
McGill has been unfuckingreal. He's one away.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
If it wasn't for that pack split sinking a red in he'd be in the final. He has scored so heavy.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
Graeme Dott was the last qualifier to reach the final 10 years ago
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
It was Ding apparently. TV lied to me
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:09 (three years ago) link
Can I get a re-rack?
Remember when the semis were best of 31? Game went when they moved to 33.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
Wilson crawled but that was a top red along the cushion for a decider.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
McGill has the first chance
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
What a shot with the rest there for Wilson. He is favourite..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
Down to a fight for the last red
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
This is an an incredible end to the match
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
This is brutal
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
Fk me..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
Never in my life
lmao wtf
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
Lol Wilson again
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
omg!!
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
Going to have grandchildren to tell them about this frame
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
Hgdyhhgduijjhdssffdffgggg
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
What an attempt at a red!!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
jesus fucking christ
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
mcgill has to play the double kiss pot surely
Rerack imo
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 17:18 (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
Imagine what this would be like with a crowd
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:22 (three years ago) link
McGill from yellow to green
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
i cannot even
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
Wilson going 'mad' at the camera
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
Wow
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
How how
:(
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
I can't believe that McGill shot on the pink
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
They seven shake hands at the end
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
must be one of the highest aggregate frame scores ever too
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
That was ridiculous. Watching it with a 15yo who couldn’t understand why they were “so crap” and “kept missing”.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
Astounding reaction from Wilson
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
hope he gets it back together for the final
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 17:58 (three years ago) link
that was insane
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Friday, 14 August 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
Ronnie has come out all guns blazing
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
1st century of the semi
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
Yep. Back to one frame in it
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Friday, 14 August 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
John Parrott agrees with you
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Friday, 14 August 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
But at the next Ronnie doesn't clear it in one. Selby brilliantly gets out of the snooker and lays one back.
Now he's got to score heavy
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
I’m still baffled by what I just saw before Selby vs Ronnie. Utter madness. When after 7 snookers Wilson fluked his white... man
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
Ronnie is hitting that shit sweet man.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
Mark has got to get this in one visit
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Good break of 45, great response
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
Excellent by Selby, taking all his experience and digging deep to get himself over the line
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
A bit rushed with that plant. Reckon Selby will win from now on. At his best, Ronnie display graceful fluency with a clarity of thought and that was there for a frame or two..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
i guess this way there's no doubting support for wilson in the final
that said i can't hate selby, he's like if higgins was somehow not loathsome
― imago, Friday, 14 August 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
trim ur sidies ronald
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
Ronnie played an amazing shot to make that red. But he is going full blooded.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
Ronnie is hilarious, he has to go down. A great red, and such a silly blue tho'
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Atrocious
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
The weird thing is Selby has been for the taking...weirdly painful to watch
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
Ok O'Sullivan sinks a gorgeous red and wins the frame in 5 mins...
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
Still lol
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
Self-sabotaging Ronnie is one of the worst things, but then he produces a 138 within 5 mins again
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
This is unbelievable
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
That red for the 71 is just...I'm shell-shocked
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
16-16
scenes
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
nice
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
Selby has his chance. He is 64 points behind tho:
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
Exactly like the last semi. Coming down to the last red
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
ooft
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
meant it
hit the button virgo u wee fuck
that is the most mental sequence of three safeties i’ve ever seen
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
What a tactical battle here
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
jesus
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
this is brilliant
― calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
What a red!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
i have never ever seen anything like today’s snooker before. extraordinary.
― Fizzles, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
I don't know
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
knew he'd pot that difficult pressure red
― calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
I just don't know anymore
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
what a pot that was for the final red. just got down and hit it too
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
In the fucking heart of the pocket
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
4d chess is overused but that's what some of that was in them last few shots of that frame
― calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
The questions in that interview were not asked
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
oh shit
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 August 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
fuck up selby
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Friday, 14 August 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
oh dear the grapes are sour
― calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
tory looking cunt
― calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
Ronnie interview at Eurosport was hilarious and oddly moving.Man, what a day.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 August 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
Selby interview was fascinating. There is a degree of truth (that the commentary in the studio weren't acknowledging after, even though they were saying something like this when Ronnie was 2 down with 3 to play) to the way that Ronnie seemed to be chucking the game in. But Selby was really gonna clear that on one visit after being frozen out for 2.5 frames? And Ronnie's safety against Selby on those exchanges were utterly measured (as were the many exchanges at the beginning of the frame too).
Going to spend a long, long time processing what happened out there.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
I just love Ronnie O'Sullivan. I always loved him, but the day he came to canvass in Chingford against Iain Duncan Smith was the day my love and respect reached new highs!#ItsAllAboutTheCueAction ♥️ https://t.co/VUJcPKciuA— Faiza Shaheen (@faizashaheen) August 14, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 14 August 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
he's been disrespectful to IDS there
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 07:10 (three years ago) link
Think it's telling Selby calls Ronnie's Russian roulette shots "disrespectful". Selby's good snookers are what got Ronnie in that state of mind, where he was annoyed and almost threw the match. That's Selby's achievement, he should've seen it as a compliment and gotten down and dirty even more (he did once, when taking like 2 mins of "thinking" before finally deciding, yes, replace the white for Ronnie plz, it was just to annoy his opponent). All part of it imo.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 15 August 2020 09:23 (three years ago) link
agreed
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 15 August 2020 09:37 (three years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 12:06 (three years ago) link
Warmed to Wilson but hoping Ronnie can close it out.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 12:07 (three years ago) link
Gutsy clearance from Wilson: 1-1
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 13:12 (three years ago) link
dreadful cue action
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Saturday, 15 August 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
3-1 Ronnie. Very fluent amongst them. Wilson missed a shot with the rest to allow Ronnie and he made a 70+ break.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
Break is one I'm adding to the movies to avoid list
― calzino, Saturday, 15 August 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
Haha yeah that looks dire
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 15 August 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
This will be a tough affair for Kyren I reckon
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 15 August 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
They share the next two.
People wondering about the slow start to the final are reaching for stuff to say.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
Ronnie makes the first century of the final. Beautiful, as always when he's like this.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
Bollox, just when I need to go out I miss the 100
― calzino, Saturday, 15 August 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
Ronnie really picking the scraps off to go 6-2
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 15 August 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
these youngsters eh
― imago, Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
as soon as i post that, one-visit snooker from wilson & a probable century
― imago, Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
what's ronnie playing at here
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
mind games
well played, KW, grinding it out
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
ronnie stop being a massive baby challenge
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
that is the only way o'sullivan was winning that frame
― imago, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
this guy's pish. ronnie should be steamrollering him
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
It's curiously fascinating to watch.
― djh, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
whoah what a shot!
― calzino, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
from ron
.. and omg as well!
― calzino, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
tf was up with the path on that red
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
need to be putting them in if you want to win the world champs lad
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
lol wilson ya wee shitehead
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
"interesting first day's play"
― imago, Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
me when I see kyren wilson play snooker
Ronnie O’Sullivan with probably the best post-match interview of any sportsman ever. Never change @ronnieo147 🚀 pic.twitter.com/9RkX6gYyhA— Andrew Bloch (@AndrewBloch) August 10, 2020
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
big BDO energy
― aw naw no bolingoli anaw noo (||||||||), Saturday, 15 August 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
Someone found his form back
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 16 August 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
It's still mediocre but Ronnie finally made a longpot, some nice ones, and leads 13-8.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 16 August 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
^^ got ahead of myself there, still 12-8, but c'mon right ?:)
Looks like Ronnie's going into tonight's session needing just one frame to win
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Sunday, 16 August 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
6th world title
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 16 August 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
he has truly backed his chat
― imago, Sunday, 16 August 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Doubted Ronnie would ever win this again. And if it is the last time I don't think I'll ever forget his three frames against Selby. Felt like a last gift.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 16 August 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eJM1NMLmiQ
― imago, Monday, 17 August 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
Yan looks great, just saw an unreal plant at 5-5
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
Higgins knocks a really good plant back and clears up
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 17 January 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
Fuck knows what Higgins was thinking of with that double
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 17 January 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
little more exciting than turning on the snooker and seeing higgins miss frame ball
― imago, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
Steve Davis using T-1000 analogies, also citing "Terminator versus Predator".— RESPECT MY ART THEN I'LL RESPECT YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS (@TreborRhurbarb) January 17, 2021
― calzino, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
I know just utter garbage
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
steve davis is my homeboy leave 'im alone
― imago, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
mind you i am streaming eurosport
― imago, Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
absolutely refuse to watch this any more after that miss, night all, fuck higgins
― imago, Sunday, 17 January 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
oh he won, sick :D
― imago, Sunday, 17 January 2021 23:59 (three years ago) link
I'm too old to be watching these finals into the night #sadlol but I had to keep watching.
Delighted Yan won obv. His comeback from 67 down and winning on the re-spotted black is one for the books. So was Higgins' lol in-off off the black.
I'll rep for Steve Magma Davis any day of the week, but he looked more off than he sounded last night. He just didn't look well.
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 18 January 2021 08:15 (three years ago) link
It was odd watching Yan, he actually reminded me of a young John Higgins in terms of maturity for his age. Virgo talked about him learning shot selection but actually all of his game was in good working order apart from some of the long pots but I'm assuming that was just some final fatigue.
Only thing is seeing what his match play might be like over those long crucible sessions but he could be the first Chinese world champion.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 January 2021 12:12 (three years ago) link
yeah his safety play was accurate and his choices usually very pragmatic, definitely gonna be that sort of player, but hopefully without higgins' whole vibe
― imago, Monday, 18 January 2021 13:32 (three years ago) link
A lot of sport is just seeing really young ppl be dead good at something with 'no fear' clichés, it's rare to see someone young express what could be described as maturity at a young age. Need to watch more of Yan, but looks like that's what he does have.
I was totally happy with Higgins when he came on the scene because of that quality, plus Hendry was dominating so seeing him, O'Sullivan, Williams was really good. Then got pissed off at him for taking cash and beating some challengers, and being on top of O'Sullivan more than I'd like.
The weird thing is Higgins lost more than Yan won. Made some old man errors that caught up with him.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 January 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
Virgo is way past his expiration date, veering into self-caricature territory.
I think Yan's shot selection was, overall, excellent. And for a 20-year old I was amazed how well he read the game. Several examples of Virgo, but also Taylor and Doherty questioning if he'd seen that the pink wouldn't go back on it's spot, surely he wouldn't try that ridiculous plant etc. He proved them wrong time and again. (there was the one error, if you can call it that, where Yan left the cue ball around the blue, from which Higgins made an outrageous four ball plant)
He let Higgins in several times after attempting, and failing, a long pot; he was brash/bold/aggressive in those. But he's 20 ffs, you're supposed to be like that. If anything I was amazed at how cool and patient he was when it came down to the final black two times.
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 18 January 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
This is correct. Higgins made more old man errors than Yan made rising star errors.
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 18 January 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Higgins should have won by miles.
I enjoyed watching Yan all week but that was an error strewn performance that you'd normally expect to be punished.
Good job Higgins doesn't have form for throwing matches...
― new variant (onimo), Monday, 18 January 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
Lol. Hendry v White in the qualifiers
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
Haha, that's lovely
― willem, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
Lol @ Robertson's hair
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
Started watching this year (and only on and off) from the end of the quarters. Disappointing how Wilson folded, not sure I can give a shit.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 1 May 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Though Bingham has tried his heart out there. Made a brilliant chance, needs to take it otherwise this one-off 5th session will not go all the way
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 1 May 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
He should be banned from world sport for that outfit he's wearing this evening, that is criminal.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Saturday, 1 May 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
black shirt .. white collars ? wtf!
― calzino, Saturday, 1 May 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
... grey bowtie.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Saturday, 1 May 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
Can just see Selby being public enemy no 1 if he wins this by boring Murphy off the table. Commentators uncharacteristically getting pissy and it's just the 1st session.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 May 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
Murphy good so far: 4-3 with one more frame to come
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 May 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
They're good mates aren't they? Funny how everyone hated Murphy ten years ago and now he's one of the better-liked players.
― imago, Sunday, 2 May 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
7-7, just rumbling along..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 May 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
Tied Murphy in knots here, nothing controversial, should be 10-7 up overnight and well on his way to a 4th world title
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 May 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
Doherty and Hendry otm re: Murphy. You are not going to get 3/4 sbookers off Selby. It's also a pretty laughable sight. What Murphy can do is outscore.
Very hard to see this going any other way.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 2 May 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
Shared session. A glimpse that Murphy could get on a run but seeing is believing.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
Murphy keeping the hope alive!
― calzino, Monday, 3 May 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
oh fuck he takes some real gambler type decisions that go wrong does Murphy
― calzino, Monday, 3 May 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
Would've been an incredible, all-time red.
Selby had loads of insurance by the time his long potting went to shit. It was terrific how he chose a safety instead of the red to the middle. Just that pinch of conservatism to get him over the line.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 May 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
Shaun Murphy lol
Shaun Murphy in 2013 vs Shaun Murphy in 2021 pic.twitter.com/zedDKy8FoI— Zac (@thelonepony) November 24, 2021
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 11:15 (two years ago) link
Lol, a professional should almost always beat an amateur.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
Selby is on his way out. Yan is a really top player though, that shot to pot the brown to go 11-7 up was a bit of magic. Just willed that in.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 April 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Lol @ Selby losing the longest frames (including the longest in crucible history). He is one away from going home.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 April 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
goodbye xunt
― im zelenky (||||||||), Saturday, 23 April 2022 21:56 (two years ago) link
Yan ends Selby's defence of the title with a century.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 23 April 2022 21:59 (two years ago) link
wilson bingham shaping up into a humdinger
― im zelenky (||||||||), Sunday, 24 April 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
Yeah Bingham should've closed it out actually but he made a stupid error on 8-5. Wilson then grabbed the rest of the session.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 April 2022 08:30 (two years ago) link
if i was Neil Robertson i would simply ask my barber not to make me look like a twat
― Number One shlong in Devon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 April 2022 08:44 (two years ago) link
he should have stuck with the curly perm
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 25 April 2022 08:58 (two years ago) link
The haircut's match is going to a decider.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 April 2022 21:02 (two years ago) link
Incredible clearance from Lisowski there
― Number One shlong in Devon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 April 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah really good. And he wins at the next.
Don't think he's that good on the safety game but I am glad Robertson is out.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 April 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
pro-english posting is it ? you'll be arrested and thrown in jail (rightly so)
― im zelenky (||||||||), Monday, 25 April 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link
same. great last frame that, nerves and all
― Number One shlong in Devon (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 April 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
Saengkham's shoes are extremely cool
― calzino, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
O'Sullivan is pretty much in the semis. Totally undisturbed run.
Yan has been brilliant tonight. 6-2 down now 7-7. This breaks started with a double.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
Another beautiful century by O'Sullivan to reach his 13th century SF. He wins it 50% of the time from here you know.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 09:34 (one year ago) link
I introduced snooker to my in-laws over in Poland over Easter! They all got hooked on it. We were watching on Eurosport. It was annoying how when Radzi Chinyanganya was talking to pundits Jimmy and Ronnie* who were pundits in what looked like a basement their voices were immediately overlaid with the Lektor translation, but that's Polish TV for you! For some reason Poles have never got into subtitles.
* playing and pundit-ing. Bit unusual, I thought.
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 11:08 (one year ago) link
Danger signs for Mark Williams. 9-8 down then on a 28 break and an easy miss on a red..
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
Made a century at the next chance he got.
Haven't seen a young player this together in all areas of the game at a World Championship since Selby.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
some vintage stuff being played in that rn
― im zelenky (||||||||), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
10-10 at the mid session. Excellent response by Mark.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
Incredible clearance by Williams, he is one away..
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
filth from williams in the final frame
― im zelenky (||||||||), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
clutch from higgins
― im zelenky (||||||||), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
Jack choked.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
Trump is red hot so far. 3-0 against Williams.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
Judd is playing ok but Williams is not at the races. On the way to losing the session 7-1
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
Trump Higgins would be the nightmare final
nothing to do but grit teeth and hope judd does it again in that case tbh
― imago, Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Higgins 3-0 up and you are back posting on the thread. Perfect combo of shit.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 April 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
Just like the afternoon both Judd and Higgins are helping themselves. Awful set of SFs so far.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 April 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
Ok Ronnie is going now, great 70 break
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 April 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
Century for 3-3, he's been great
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
Just saw the last 5 mins but it looks like that was special from Ronnie to steal it at the last, 10-6
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
Williams has won the last four frames..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
Five, he is two behind..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
6-2 Williams, two behind. The two frames Trump won were centuries, but Williams' long potting was incredible throughout, he was so dominant for the rest of the time.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 April 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
Incredible break from Ronnie. 80 from v little available. 11-7.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 10:31 (one year ago) link
Fantastic century from Ronnie and now John. 12-9. Quietly impressive for John to have won 8 frames with a highest break of 58 but he needs to score heavier if he is going to push Ronnie.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 11:42 (one year ago) link
Ruthlessly punishes an error by John for another Ronnie century. The 100th of the championship.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 11:58 (one year ago) link
That error broke Higgins. Ronnie wins the next two, with a century at the last. 15-9.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 12:31 (one year ago) link
Disappointing from Williams, just went for a bit too much when there was a safety shot on. Trump went onto win 14-11.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
Williams was going to lose the next but Judd got unlucky and then Williams pulled a couple of gorgeous long pots on the yellow and green to keep himself in the match.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
14-13.
Williams is not winning in one visit, it's getting nervy but Williams is killing it with his long potting. Judd will win if he scores heavy under pressure, but its getting scrappy and Williams will win if it shapes up like that.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
At the next Williams pots a beautiful long red bridging over the green.
Went on to clear up, 14-14.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
15-15. Williams has shot his 16th century, equalling Hendry's record (from 2002) in a WC.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
this match fs
― im zelenky (||||||||), Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:15 (one year ago) link
Got scrappy. Williams in front for the first time, he's one away.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
V poor safety from Judd. He is better at his tactical game these days but I think he'll be found out with a great great player putting on the pressure.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
Judd wins a scrappy frame! We are on to a decider.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
After a testy safety battle it's Trump with the first chance..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
Judd missed it but I don't know how Williams wins from here..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
I've watched more this year than I have in ages. The semis have been brilliant. That O'Sullivan 80 clearance (minus the black because Ronnie) was something else. I think Williams looked knackered at various points. Think that eventually caught up with him.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 30 April 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
Ronnie Vs Trump. Ronnie has outclassed every opponent since the 2nd round and Trump hasn't felt as confident all season and hard a much harder path to the final.
Has to be Ronnie but there is that pressure of a 7th world title. Really looking forward to it.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 April 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
3-1 O'Sullivan. Judd lost on a re-spotted black and showed weakness, especially on a green.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2022 14:02 (one year ago) link
what happened there
― im zelenky (||||||||), Sunday, 1 May 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
Looks like Ronnie blurted out something rude, words were said etc.
Judd did really well to pot that long yellow and win the frame from there. 5-3.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
7th world title on the way!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 May 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
Game on.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 2 May 2022 13:06 (one year ago) link
excited for the memes of what he was saying into trump's ear at the end
― imago, Monday, 2 May 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
Ronnie more than kept it together at the end. Well done Judd on stretching it to the last session.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
Of his world titles that was maybe one of his easiest. No one really gave him a game. John Higgins and Judd came into the matches slightly drained or not in tip top shape, and Ronnie was utterly ruthless.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 2 May 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
Stop all snooker till we stop using oil I don't care.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 10:10 (one year ago) link
snooker balls are plastic = oil, let's go back to ivory
― StanM, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 11:29 (one year ago) link
That's right
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 12:00 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snooker_player_nicknames much to enjoy here
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 20 April 2023 12:56 (one year ago) link
John Parrott can remember Betamax videos
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 20 April 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
They don't call him SatNav Selby for nothing
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 20 April 2023 15:13 (one year ago) link
"The Rhett Butler of the Green Baize" is my favourite
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 20 April 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
Emperor of Pot
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 20 April 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
pot noodle jfc
― crisp, Thursday, 20 April 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
excellent final two frames from Brecel :)
― imago, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
Really pity Vafaei. If you are going to be an arsehole be actually good at what you do.
Ronnie is just an animal out there man: 10-2.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 22 April 2023 14:37 (one year ago) link
there was that astonishing missed pink in the opening frame, but I could see he meant business and was going to clean up today
― calzino, Saturday, 22 April 2023 14:51 (one year ago) link
another century for Ron, he's not fucking about.
― calzino, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
and another!
― calzino, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
If I was playing Ron I would simply not trash-talk him and then spend 12 frames being a spectator to his brilliance.
― calzino, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
Yup, ruthless.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
Robertson picking some funny options here
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Saturday, 22 April 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
Two first time debuts in the QFs as well as Ronnie, Higgins, Selby.
Quite like to see Mark Allen win it.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 08:54 (one year ago) link
Jones - Allen is a hell of a match
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 09:53 (eleven months ago) link
10-10, final session to come
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 10:35 (eleven months ago) link
Jones made a couple of errors but he hit back with a century.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 10:36 (eleven months ago) link
Allen pulled off a nice little clearance there, 11-10
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 11:35 (eleven months ago) link
Allen used his experience to get through 13-10.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 13:11 (eleven months ago) link
Si McGill looks like a cracker. 8-8.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 13:17 (eleven months ago) link
Ronnie played crappy last night but Brecel isn't that good and couldn't capitalise on it so they shared
Ronnie hasn't got going today either and Brecel has caught up and won four in a row: 10-10.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 14:36 (eleven months ago) link
Ronnie has shown nothing. Brecel is a brilliant break builder but is facing no opposition. One away from the SF.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:12 (eleven months ago) link
And Brecel takes it 13-10, after winning seven the last seven frames in a row.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:22 (eleven months ago) link
He's hilarious btw. Talking about how much he's been partying and all.
He won't win it but he is a hell of a break builder. Hendry was pretty excited in the commentary box, and you can see it because there's no safety there. Brecel pulls off the hardest shots, pretty exciting to watch! Remarkable he has come so far.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:37 (eleven months ago) link
Selby so dominant. 11-6.
Allen has a lot of form going into that semi. Selby a huge favourite for a 5th world title
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:44 (eleven months ago) link
watched 20 mins of frame 16 of selby-higgins. Selby just a masterclass in safety play never giving Higgins a look at a reasonably make able pot.
― oscar bravo, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:58 (eleven months ago) link
Si McGill 12-12. It's been attritional stuff but the last two frames have yielded fluent snooker from both of them.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:11 (eleven months ago) link
Si is at the SF, at 20 years of age.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:50 (eleven months ago) link
China Vs Belgium semi is the first time the game is really shifting from the British dominance.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:52 (eleven months ago) link
This Si chap looking pretty handy so far
― imago, Thursday, 27 April 2023 13:05 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel just not playing any safeties whatsoever, I like it but it surely can't sustain him
― imago, Thursday, 27 April 2023 13:15 (eleven months ago) link
1st frame: 11 minute safety battle then century from Selby.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 27 April 2023 18:38 (eleven months ago) link
Lovely stuff from Allen. Selby is throwing stuff but Allen is a very experienced match player, and he is able to capitalise. Now 2-1 ahead.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:42 (eleven months ago) link
Allen played great stuff for 5-3. Long way to go.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 27 April 2023 22:06 (eleven months ago) link
Si is looking very, very strong. Luca showing frustration...he was prodigy, has more experience but it's not counting rn. 6-3.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 09:31 (eleven months ago) link
Next two frames shared. Si with a century
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 09:57 (eleven months ago) link
Si is unplayable at the moment.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 10:09 (eleven months ago) link
he's an attacking player like Brecel but there's more to his game overall maybe
(fingers all crossed)
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Friday, 28 April 2023 10:18 (eleven months ago) link
11-5, Si in complete control. Let's see if a final makes him flinch. That's all Brecel has I think.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 11:41 (eleven months ago) link
Si's game is a bit more mature than Brecel. His long potting is a marvel. Everything in the middle. What you watch this game for.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 11:42 (eleven months ago) link
40 min frame but Allen came out on top: 6-3.
Allen is marginally better on the long game at the moment.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 14:16 (eleven months ago) link
6-4. Gruelling near hour long frame. Allen had a couple of long pots but Selby often eeks these out, more often than not.
Allen is ahead but it's dangerous times for him.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 15:16 (eleven months ago) link
Right enough, 90+ break at the next. 6-5.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 15:32 (eleven months ago) link
6-6. A master.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 15:48 (eleven months ago) link
Session ends early at 7-6 Selby. Allen needs a good night's sleep; Selby has done what he has many times before.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 16:55 (eleven months ago) link
This guy
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 18:42 (eleven months ago) link
What a shellacking this is.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 18:57 (eleven months ago) link
watched the 18th frame of si match and his century was a thing of beauty. just so pure. dennis taylor on coms was near purring.
― oscar bravo, Friday, 28 April 2023 19:43 (eleven months ago) link
Win the next too! Do like Brecel, don't think I've seen anything quite like him
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 19:51 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel is now giving it some. Si is now sweating a bit.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:07 (eleven months ago) link
si what happened
― ledge, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:15 (eleven months ago) link
The most outrageous plant I've ever seen from Si.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:20 (eleven months ago) link
this match fixing is a bit blatant
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Friday, 28 April 2023 20:33 (eleven months ago) link
One of the astonishing sessions of snooker.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:35 (eleven months ago) link
Just...speechless. Brecel's fluency at 14-6 down was something else. It got into Si which I wasn't expecting.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:40 (eleven months ago) link
yeah but what t shirt was steve davis wearing?
― ledge, Friday, 28 April 2023 20:42 (eleven months ago) link
was wondering that as well. couldn’t work out whether it was a snooker design, some sort of prog metal thing or the perfect intersection of both.
― Fizzles, Friday, 28 April 2023 21:16 (eleven months ago) link
if it was a music shirt there's a very good chance I'd have known, link?
― imago, Friday, 28 April 2023 21:17 (eleven months ago) link
prog metal? prog electronic surely...https://imgur.io/gallery/EoLt2Bo
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 05:46 (eleven months ago) link
yeah that's just the shirt of his own band lol, they're quite good
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 06:13 (eleven months ago) link
https://theutopiastrong.bandcamp.com/album/international-treasure
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 06:17 (eleven months ago) link
sufferin' self promotion!
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 06:20 (eleven months ago) link
I'll check em out later.
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 06:21 (eleven months ago) link
interesting for music quiz fans: woodwinds & bagpipes in The Utopia Strong: Michael J. York (Mike York) - who played with Coil 2002-2005.
― StanM, Saturday, 29 April 2023 08:05 (eleven months ago) link
musick to play out of baulk
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 09:31 (eleven months ago) link
wait until you find out what band the third guy was in amirite!!
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 09:32 (eleven months ago) link
Selby grinding it out: 10-7.
Whether Si or Brecel get through at least they will just go for their shots, or die trying.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 11:12 (eleven months ago) link
Allen just won there. Nice clearance but unless he can find fluency with the long potting he will be beaten.
This is where Si or Brecel can win the title. Either of them can really just win things in one visit.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 11:43 (eleven months ago) link
Selby has now decided to make lots of errors...
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 11:57 (eleven months ago) link
Selby made a 65 and broke down. Refused a pot into the middle for safety. BBC commentary went crazy at his refusal but they aren't playing with the level of fluency of Brecel or Si where you could see them both clearing up.
Right enough Allen got his chance and missed a tough-ish black. 11-9
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 12:31 (eleven months ago) link
A shock: a frame won in a single visit. 92 break by Allen, 11-10 Selby.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 13:01 (eleven months ago) link
Si had the first chance, didn't take it. Brecel gets the next chance and wins. 14-11.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 13:47 (eleven months ago) link
Seven frames in a row
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 14:16 (eleven months ago) link
i feel bad cos i've been rooting for Si since he beat Murphy but this is impressive as fuck
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 14:26 (eleven months ago) link
Beautiful 81 break from Brecel. 14-13.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 14:27 (eleven months ago) link
This safety battle is huge for Si.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 14:49 (eleven months ago) link
Loses it. 14-14.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:07 (eleven months ago) link
Feeling a bit for Si. Brecel is just mixing it up well. Not taking too many risks, and putting a safety in.
15-14 Brecel. Ten in a row
Has Si got anything left?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:40 (eleven months ago) link
Si is in there. Poor break off from Brecel. Pots the red, nearly goes in off. Then off his position from the next red and misses a slightly difficult black...
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:47 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel missed a fairly easy black. Sure he'll be feeling it too.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:48 (eleven months ago) link
Si missed the blue off the spot. Brecel went on to clear up. He's one away.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:57 (eleven months ago) link
this is the opposite of what I was watching yesterday.
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 15:57 (eleven months ago) link
Poor shot from Brecel allowed Si with an easy red. He is about to win here..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:06 (eleven months ago) link
Lol I was literally typing "majestic" and the commentator beat me to the punch
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:08 (eleven months ago) link
91 break!!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:09 (eleven months ago) link
Feel like we deserve a final frame finish now
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:10 (eleven months ago) link
But sadly looking unlikely
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:18 (eleven months ago) link
OH SHI
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:23 (eleven months ago) link
Fuck
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:24 (eleven months ago) link
Bad decision from Si taking that red on, must be done this time
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:31 (eleven months ago) link
Amazing match, rooting for Brecel in the final obv
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:32 (eleven months ago) link
That red was just insane
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:33 (eleven months ago) link
astonishing comeback from brecel, really feel for si but hopefully he has a long career ahead of him.
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:34 (eleven months ago) link
Yup, same. Think Brecel showed some good safety as well xxp
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:34 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel, last night
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:39 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel is too exhausted to party tonight
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:42 (eleven months ago) link
Is Brecel the first finalist from mainland Europe?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:54 (eleven months ago) link
Bit of background on Si.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker/si-jiahui-world-snooker-championship-china-b2328812.html
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:00 (eleven months ago) link
Interesting to see the bits of infrastructure put up for Chinese players in England.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:01 (eleven months ago) link
funnest thing i found out about Si was this classless rant from Shaun Murphy from 2021, made his first round victory even sweeter in retrospect
"I'm going to sound like a grumpy old man but that young man shouldn't be in the tournament," Murphy, known as the Magician, told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It's not fair, it's not right... I don't know why we as a sport allow amateurs to compete in professional tournaments. This is our livelihood. This is our living. We're self-employed individuals and not contracted sportsmen. We don't play for a team."
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:43 (eleven months ago) link
(that first round match was played in a really good spirit tbf)
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:44 (eleven months ago) link
Murphy did apologise for that rant btw. He got a lot of flack for it, deservedly so.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 18:32 (eleven months ago) link
Neither Allen or Selby are playing fluently at all. Brecel might be a slight favourite against either.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 18:33 (eleven months ago) link
Selby is playing badly; Allen is worse. Fuck both of them.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 19:05 (eleven months ago) link
yes saw the 23rd frame of this and it was dire. Selby missed a red to the corner by at least 5" , Allen failed to capitalise, played a good snooker got this miss from Selby then flubbed an easy red to the centre pocket. appalling standard for a semi final.
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 29 April 2023 20:11 (eleven months ago) link
Selby managed to clear for a century to be one away.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 20:51 (eleven months ago) link
Allen has relaxed a bit and has won the last three frames. Nothing fiery but just more fluent. 16-13.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:08 (eleven months ago) link
this is still going lol
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:26 (eleven months ago) link
why does Selby take two minutes on every shot, never been quite established has it
― imago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:33 (eleven months ago) link
Can see Selby getting the better of this exchange to win..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:52 (eleven months ago) link
Chance for the match..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:55 (eleven months ago) link
What a brown from Allen..16-14, it's midnight, we go on.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:57 (eleven months ago) link
For two of these frames Selby had a good chance. He is just not scoring heavy enough..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 22:59 (eleven months ago) link
Allen had a cracking pot but he missed a tough red. Now Selby has a chance..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:09 (eleven months ago) link
Fucking hell..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:11 (eleven months ago) link
Lots of missing now from Allen again. Reckon this is his best chance.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:14 (eleven months ago) link
Surely now..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:24 (eleven months ago) link
Fucking speechless
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:26 (eleven months ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:27 (eleven months ago) link
I will never forget that yellow...he surely did not mean to mishit it like that.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:28 (eleven months ago) link
16-15.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:29 (eleven months ago) link
At the next, first chance Selby
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:33 (eleven months ago) link
Selby on a 60 break. Tough bastard.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:39 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel has talked about being 'bored' of longer matchplay but I assume that's bcz he couldn't get past the 1st round.
I'd make him a slight favourite as I don't think Selby is in really great scoring form, and he has always scored heavy to win his world titles.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 11:23 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel has never beaten Selby in three matches.
Usually I'd prefer a tight encounter but that would favour Selby, so Brecel to drub this guy as my hope.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 11:25 (eleven months ago) link
maybe, just maybe
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:30 (eleven months ago) link
Please
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:34 (eleven months ago) link
A frame off one visit from Selby. That's the heavy scoring he needs.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 18:26 (eleven months ago) link
and Brecel replies with a sick, fluid 99
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 April 2023 18:41 (eleven months ago) link
Selby has won the mini-session 3-1 there. He is definitely scoring heavier now and taking his chances.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 19:25 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel made an incredible 70 break. Just some beautiful shots to somehow keep that going.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 19:57 (eleven months ago) link
Amazing break from Brecel. The power he gets on the cue ball is astonishing.
Also, he really reminds me of Joe Cole.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:12 (eleven months ago) link
Follows with a beautiful 67. Just awesome.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:20 (eleven months ago) link
That red from Brecel was insane! Is this how you bully your opponent on the snooker table?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:28 (eleven months ago) link
But Selby gets the next opportunity. It's kinda regulation, except him to get it
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
Selby has won the next too, on a 147..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:50 (eleven months ago) link
The final red is stuck to the cushion so..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:52 (eleven months ago) link
He's going to do it lol
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:53 (eleven months ago) link
That's incredible
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:55 (eleven months ago) link
absolutely incredible
set my anxiety off something rotten ffs
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:55 (eleven months ago) link
Insane
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Sunday, 30 April 2023 20:56 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel made a 48. Broke down..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 21:03 (eleven months ago) link
This could be huge now, Selby in after a safety battle.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 21:09 (eleven months ago) link
What a clearance this is so far..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 21:13 (eleven months ago) link
Excellent safety from Selby. Has another chance
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 21:15 (eleven months ago) link
9-8. Selby is favourite I'd say. He is scoring heavy enough. Should have the experience to see Brecel off.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 30 April 2023 21:21 (eleven months ago) link
that is a fucking unbelievable break
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 12:59 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel has won the first three frames with some ruthless snooker.
Selby was in at the last but he broke down on 35. Brecel made a great century.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 12:59 (eleven months ago) link
And one more after. If Brecel closes this off then this is the session.
13-8
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:10 (eleven months ago) link
This is wild.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:12 (eleven months ago) link
mic drop
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:12 (eleven months ago) link
Woah. I think Virgo just shat himself live on air.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Monday, 1 May 2023 13:12 (eleven months ago) link
that doesn't sound like the kind of follow through viewers will be wanting to see
― calzino, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:19 (eleven months ago) link
yeah should have potted that particular brown
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2023 13:21 (eleven months ago) link
Selby should get back to this. Can't believe he won't.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:29 (eleven months ago) link
need to do some mind games
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2023 13:30 (eleven months ago) link
I'm missing all the action, prefer when it's on during working hours!
― ledge, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:35 (eleven months ago) link
No mind games from Selby needed. Eventually wins the frame after a 63 break, which included a great red to the middle. 13-9.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 13:57 (eleven months ago) link
now selby's safety shots are off
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2023 14:24 (eleven months ago) link
on enough though
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2023 14:31 (eleven months ago) link
and brecel's pots are off
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2023 14:32 (eleven months ago) link
He eventually grinds it out. Brecel began with a 41 break and didn't convert it. 13-10
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 14:33 (eleven months ago) link
Beautiful long red from Brecel. And then some shots to keep the break going when he needed to.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 14:45 (eleven months ago) link
Another century
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 14:46 (eleven months ago) link
Lots of errors from both of them at the last
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 14:56 (eleven months ago) link
What a masterful clearance Brecel
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 15:08 (eleven months ago) link
15-10...just in awe at sown of these shots.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 15:09 (eleven months ago) link
been at work so haven't watched, but what mental strength from Brecel to come out and do this after being pegged back last night
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 1 May 2023 15:31 (eleven months ago) link
he must prevail. three measly frames. don't give him a sniff
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 15:32 (eleven months ago) link
Excellent response from Selby after another excellent break by Brecel. He had to make it with balk colours at the beginning.
Two frames shared.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 18:42 (eleven months ago) link
they've both got the jitters.
― ledge, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:15 (eleven months ago) link
Great clearance from Selby..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:20 (eleven months ago) link
Beautiful opening shot from Selby, nothing but net
― crisp, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:24 (eleven months ago) link
If he gets another 147 does he get 2/3rds of the prize money?
― crisp, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:26 (eleven months ago) link
Boo
― crisp, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:27 (eleven months ago) link
Shaun Murphy is so annoying
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:31 (eleven months ago) link
One visit snooker from Selby. 16-13 at the interval.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:32 (eleven months ago) link
Glad Murphy is off, do prefer Hendry.
OTOH Virgo is on for Dennis Taylor.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 19:57 (eleven months ago) link
Selby is getting stronger
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:06 (eleven months ago) link
16-14..
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:14 (eleven months ago) link
flukey bastard!this is why I hate sport.
― ledge, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:17 (eleven months ago) link
He wasn't going to leave anything tbh. It happens!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:20 (eleven months ago) link
Just had to check that Jean van de Velde wasn't also Belgian (he was French).
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Monday, 1 May 2023 20:24 (eleven months ago) link
Lol that wouldn't be the same thing anyway.
Brecel is in trouble. Did say if this goes close I think it's Selby and it's sadly proving to be the case.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:28 (eleven months ago) link
is he worse than Higgins? nobody is but
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link
Selby and Higgins are both all time greats lol
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:33 (eleven months ago) link
give up on the long pots ffs
― ledge, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:33 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel's game is looking very shabby at the moment. He said he doesn't use a B game but I don't think he has one.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
Now..
Ok that 50 break could be what Brecel needs.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:42 (eleven months ago) link
blimey, a lot going on here. It's Brecel's to lose now
― calzino, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
Selby flukes that red then misses the brown...snookers required
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:48 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel one away
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:50 (eleven months ago) link
Brecel played some really good safety in that one
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:51 (eleven months ago) link
I meant worse than Higgins in terms of their ineluctable grit, their monstrosity
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:52 (eleven months ago) link
supoib
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 1 May 2023 21:07 (eleven months ago) link
Awesome!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:07 (eleven months ago) link
you love to see it.
― Fizzles, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:07 (eleven months ago) link
Great tournament
― nxd, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:09 (eleven months ago) link
heartwarming stuff
― ledge, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:10 (eleven months ago) link
Fantastic!
Another one I can't stand is Hazel Irvine. Imagine going through all that and then you've got this idiot to deal with.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:13 (eleven months ago) link
what a nice chap
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:15 (eleven months ago) link
he didn't get Selbied, so now he's getting Hazeled.
― StanM, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:16 (eleven months ago) link
What's the Selby and Vicky thing?
― Covfefe and TV (ken c), Monday, 1 May 2023 21:18 (eleven months ago) link
That was weird. I know Selby has spoken of mental health issues.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:19 (eleven months ago) link
I recall one year when Selby won it and was visibly depressed throughout the whole post-match, he clearly has his demons, but it feels like this is physical health maybe
Here's to more snooker like how Brecel and Si play it
― imago, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:25 (eleven months ago) link
he bounced back from a serious burnout iirc
― StanM, Monday, 1 May 2023 21:25 (eleven months ago) link
I watched the Ronnie Amazon documentary, *The Edge of Everything*. I have an instinctive emotional response to Ronnie at the best of times and found this moving - particularly as the whole thing is inevitably organised around the central wound of his dad's imprisonment. Curious to note how similar Ronnie's story is to Beckham's (whose name is on the credits as an executive producer) - how driven they both are by strong father figures and how both seem to seek father figures in their lives, albeit in Ronnie's case, the father figures seem generally more benevolent (Ronnie Wood, Damien Hirst, Jimmy White and his psychologist Steve Peters).
On the downside, it doesn't need to be the best part of two hours, and the snooker on show is oddly neutered. There's lots of Ronnie self-analysing in hotel rooms. I liked the use of the close mic during in the 2022 World Championships; there are times when you can hear the squeak of his shoes amid the muttering and cursing.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 9 December 2023 15:14 (four months ago) link