World Snooker Championship 2016

SteM

willmunny1990 wrote: »

the phone thing is intentional, it has to be, nobody could be that stupid and even if they are its not as if they arent reminded constantly, has anyone even been asked to leave yet?

There should be no second chances regarding phones.

You'd be surprised, people can just be ignorant and ignore the rules. I'd agree there should be no second chances. Hard to tell who's phone has just beeped in a crowd that size to be honest.

Don't think signal blockers are allowed either.

alan partridge aha

Permabear wrote: »

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Fu is a known cheat I've said this before.

willmunny1990

Get the feeling selby only needs a half decent chance and it will be game over.

Say Your Number

Another frame of brilliant safety shots.

TheRiverman

Say Your Number wrote: »

Another frame of brilliant safety shots.

And Denis Taylor and John Parrot,great commentators.

Thepoet85

Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for me this is great viewing 

Gizmo55

Dennis Taylor is annoying me to be honest. He keeps saying, 'I like the look of this shot', when it's clear the cue ball won't travel to where he means. He's doing it for dramatic effect.

BorneTobyWilde

I pity the Fu

BorneTobyWilde

''This looks perfect''
'' no , no where near''

Needs his bigger glasses back.

martyos121

Only 23 points between them and most of the balls are safe, there could easily be another 30-45 minutes in this frame.

Comic Book Guy

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

''This looks perfect''
'' no , no where near''

Needs his bigger glasses back.

He wasn't claiming he came up with the nickname Sat navy Selby for those few attempts alright!

What's record for most unsuccessful attempts at getting out of a snooker?

taytobreath

Haha there's more drama in this frame than an episode of eastenders

Lavinia

taytobreath wrote: »

Haha there's more drama in this frame than an episode of eastenders

those two are UNcomparable

Arthur Daley

Not too tough for Selby to clear from here really

Comic Book Guy

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Not too tough for Selby to clear from here really

Blue ain't looking easy

SteM

Nice shot yellow to green.

martyos121

I can see another safety battle developing here over the brown.

EDIT: Not with that snooker actually!

BorneTobyWilde

WOW
Going out on 3 misses.
He's to just hit it now.

Arthur Daley

Could head for longest frame here and all

Scorpion Sting

Oh Marco

Harry Palmr

That's that.

walshb

Tough way to go out!

CFlat

Rotten way to go out of a semi final for Fu but that's snooker I suppose.

Lavinia

I'm just delighted!!! Fully and totally

Didn't want to jinx it for Mark but was holding my breath for him!!

Well done! He's such a class!

Shannon757

And Selby is in the final, wishing him the best.

Gizmo55

Sad to see Fu go out, but great match. Well done to Selby.

Thepoet85

Great frame. Looking forward to tomorrow now

Lavinia

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Sad to see Fu go out, but great match. Well done to Selby.

Well after he made that foul I'm not feeling sorry for him at all : )

Permabear

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martyos121

I'd fancy Ding to win it now, he's played 8 frames fewer in the tournament and far less table time. Selby was looking exhausted today, I don't know if he has another 18 good frames left in him at this stage, especially against a scorer like Ding.

Joe_ Public

That was as quality as frame of snooker as you're ever likely to witness, neither played a single terrible shot there. Just some cracking safety from Selby and bad luck did for Fu in the end.

Fancy Selby. I feel Ding will carry the weight of a nation on his shoulders and if Selby still plays badly he'll find a way of dragging Ding down to his level the way he always does. Potentially great match-up though.

Say Your Number

Fu played some great stuff over the two weeks, there was little between them tonight.

Ding has the advantage of having the longer rest, but the last time Selby was in the final O'Sullivan threatened to run away with it in the first two sessions before Selby got into his head, hopefully it'll be close to the end.

Comic Book Guy

Selby is a super competitor. I think Ding really needs to hit the ground running from the very start tomorrow and build a lead. Long draining semi final for Selby kinda like 2 years ago where Ronnie went ahead on Sunday but Selby had brilliant session on the Monday afternoon to take lead and almost break his opponents spirit.

Should be fascinating

Lavinia

Selby vs Ding Stats

Joe_ Public

Ronnie REALLY REALLY wants Ding to win!

Gizmo55

Where's Ronnie Wood and his dog?!

seanhynes

If any1 can pull it out of the bag it's selby ronnie ain't a fan ,selbys eyes in the interview half bloodshot he is absolutely wrecked a few frames an hour long today he will be shattered , I hope ding wins this comfortably and exhibition of century breaks again would be nice

Lavinia

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Where's Ronnie Wood and his dog?!

Not tonight I'm afraid

Btw Ronnie respects Mark lots he just got frustrated with Selby's rhythm that put him off so many times when two of them played against each other, though those matches were and are my fave - hope some more to come even not sure they will..

willmunny1990

I can't see past Selby tbh, a lot has to go right for Ding, he needs to hit the ground running and score heavily and consistently, he can't afford to let the game slip into long protracted tactical battles like this match tonight or else Selby will just grind him down to a nub.

Arthur Daley

While the semis have been tight, can't help but think this isn't a vintage year and neither player has really impressed throughout the tournament so they need to up a gear for the final it seems. Both very patchy in the semis. Although the semis were very entertaining.

There were more centuries -9 in the ding vs. Mcmanus semi, then there were in the entire 1984 world championship -8 a poor year for centuries.

Lavinia

Mark 2mins interview last night








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hdowney

I'm personally gunning for Selby in the final. I just prefer him to Ding

Lavinia

Ding 2mins interview

Lavinia

Who's gonna wait till 2pm

enfant terrible

Arthur Daley wrote: »

There were more centuries -9 in the ding vs. Mcmanus semi, then there were in the entire 1984 world championship -8 a poor year for centuries.

Pockets seems very forgiving this year though.

Lavinia

enfant terrible wrote: »

Pockets seems very forgiving this year though.

I thought there were 10 centuries altogether?

Lavinia

Actually just checked there were 10 altogether as:
Junhui: 100, 131, 100, 128, 138, 113, 123;
McManus: 107, 136, 125

mdwexford

If Ding gets into an early lead I think he'll blow Selby away. He's playing far better and scoring way more heavily.

Selby will grind and battle alright but he really needs to start winning frames in one visit to have any chance.

melon_collie

enfant terrible wrote: »

Pockets seems very forgiving this year though.

I agree they do seem more forgiving but overall the tables have played terribly. Personally I think they need to get rid of those Xing Pai tables. They are muck and it's a well known fact in the game. They aren't near the quality of the British made BCE tables of the 80's and 90s. The only reason they are keeping the Star tables is because Xing Pai are paying World Snooker huge amounts of money which cannot be matched by the other manufacturers.

Joe_ Public

melon_collie wrote: »

I agree they do seem more forgiving but overall the tables have played terribly. Personally I think they need to get rid of those Xing Pai tables. They are muck and it's a well known fact in the game. They aren't near the quality of the British made BCE tables of the 80's and 90s. The only reason they are keeping the Star tables is because Xing Pai are paying World Snooker huge amounts of money which cannot be matched by the other manufacturers.

Spot on. I'm sure this is what Mark Williams was hinting at on the bbc segment about the tables last week when he said "i can't really say what I want to say" because he'd get fined for doing so. I think ALL the players should come out and say it, they hate the Star tables and want to go back to Riley, and see what Hearn then does about it.