snooker world championship final

lucky there's a vacancy for a 'wizard' at the top level at the moment too xp

you know you've been on ILX too long when

not noticed any of dotts comments on thread yet ;)

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"

Hope it's more uplifting than John Parrott's effort

Was this John Parrott film directed by Terence Davies?

Jeez, how depressing, this.

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"

I am not going to let this pass w/out comment so I'll just press *submit post* button now

he's 8 years older than me & he's basically said he may as well be dead :(

Yeah, that Parrott thing was some bleak shit.

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!

"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?

you know the snooker's shit when people start speculating about the players' shagging prowess.

and his son's got trendy specs!

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?

I can't take much more of this. Dott will still be inching his way to the title when I get up tomorrow morning.

Yeah, I'm giving up too. Nearly midnight here, there's still at least a couple of hours in this. Good luck everyone!

Dott's playing quite well but Robertson is playing terrible

I guess it's nerves, his 1st final and all?

i thought StanM was english?

Belgisch snookerfreak I believe - don't know if he's from Blighty originally

Belgian iirc

Helluva long frame there followed by lots of crappy 'COME ON' air punching.

tht whole frame was excruciating

^^^^

Ahhh Belgian, was wondering where his nearly midnight come from.

this fucking match

i know, i may retire, keep checking iplayer while watching the road.

Like the great champion he is, Ray Reardon has spotted that Rishi is tiring and is proceeding to grind him down.

not_goodwin are you driving while watching the snooker world championship final and posting to ilx

They should do a retro tournament special where these new young players drink pints and smoke while playing 30 odd frames.

xpost, ha!

no, the film "the road"

looooooool

Tactfully avoiding mentioning Quinten Hann there, well done Dennis.

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...

guh

on for a 6am finish at this rate

dott's just chanking them now

cba by the looks of it

This could finally be the cure for my ongoing insomnia...

"Whose game is affected most under the pressure?" = my new favourite euphemism for "Whose fault is this?"

This could finally be the cure for my ongoing insomnia...

i know what you mean, the soothing sound of virgo and the clunk of the balls is kinda hypnotic

xpost
even the clapping sounds tired

I actually feel I could go to sleep for an hour or so, and wake up and they'd still be on this frame.

does anyone think dott can still win this?

no

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...

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.

Cliff Thorburn's moustache - still got it.

Mistakes galore!

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

gd is tiring a little?

he's fucked

totally out of this w/no way back in