snooker world championship final

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

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

qeu (get it) PS

Allen's still in it, innit?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

apart from the ability to storm back when all looks lost

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.

I know Michaela Tabb is going to referee the final tomorrow & Monday, but where's Hazel? :-(

(don't get me wrong, I don't only watch snooker for the women ;-) )

Lol @ teen final identical terrible hairstyles

I miss Hazel as well!

Allen really hanging in here!

Not anymore... But what a semi final!

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?

:-)

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' ;-)

I want to see him do the Arshavin pose again

He also uses that strange inversion thing, does John Virgo.

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)

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.

What's Robertson up to here?

this is great

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I don't like the shape of Murphy's head

otm

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.

I'm liking this artist guy, but he obviously can't do eyes

Ach, this is slipping away now.

Murphy is a jammy bastid.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1981/295wfu95001351ym0.gif

Murphy's quite personable, to be fair

reminds me a bit of Adrian Chiles

Still, my dream of Higgins' being beaten by Bizarro Higgins is in shatters :-(

xp

I expect the final is going to be great but boring.

"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.

Murphy's quite personable, to be fair

Oh no I hate all that I'm just an ordinary blokey snooker fan who got lucky faux humility bullshit.

He also uses that strange inversion thing, does John Virgo.

― StanM, Saturday, May 2, 2009 8:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

But not as much as Dennis Taylor. :-/

no chat on tonights session?

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.

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! :-)

Michaela has been the star! :-)

― xyzzzz__, Monday, May 4, 2009 10:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

I'm not so sure about today's miniskirt...

I really wish Dennis Taylor would stop going on about how "professional" Shaun Murphy is.

OTM. Anyone who doesn't completely surrender and concede the match is "courageous" and "professional" , I guess.

"I'm not so sure about today's miniskirt..."

Oh no I missed this afternoon's session - went to see a film instead!