2017 World Snooker Championship

ziggyman17

I cannot stand John Higgins..........should have been banned for life from the game...........

Joe_ Public

If you think Higgins should have got a life ban then I guess you'd have to think Stephen Lee, who actually was caught match fixing, got off lightly with 10 years or whatever it was. Should probably have got life imprisonment at a minimum!

Frankie Lee

An in form Higgins is almost as unbeatable as in form Ronnie O'Sullivan. The biggest question with both of them is if they can keep their form up for another 3 long games which might be tough at their age.

Say Your Number

Higgins is really up for this, hard to see a way back for Allen with the form he's in.

Frankie Lee

The murdoch scum manipulated the recordings to make it sound worse too. He was still in the wrong and was rightly punished but he didn't fix any games.

Inviere

ziggyman17 wrote: »

I cannot stand John Higgins..........should have been banned for life from the game...........

He was intentionally set up by a gutter rag, his only crime is not reporting it the minute he got off the plane. John is a legend of the game, and we're lucky to have him still producing quality like he's doing. Mark Allen on the other hand...moan, moan, moan...can't stand him

ziggyman17

Inviere wrote: »

He was intentionally set up by a gutter rag, his only crime is not reporting it the minute he got off the plane. John is a legend of the game, and we're lucky to have him still producing quality like he's doing. Mark Allen on the other hand...moan, moan, moan...can't stand him

rubbish... he sat there taking it all in while not knowing he was being filmed, he could and easily got up at anytime and told the briber to go **** himself, but he did not, him and his agent sat there greedily listening to the money they could earn by cheating...

Joe_ Public

Frankie Lee wrote: »

The murdoch scum manipulated the recordings to make it sound worse too. He was still in the wrong and was rightly punished but he didn't fix any games.

Yes. In a nutshell. Tiring how this same cr@p has to rear its ugly head at the same time every year.

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rubbish... he sat there taking it all in while not knowing he was being filmed, he could and easily got up at anytime and told the briber to go **** himself, but he did not, him and his agent sat there greedily listening to the money they could earn by cheating...

In a foreign country, alone, burly heads all over the place...said he felt very intimidated and I believe him. Don't take the version of the video at face value, it's been heavily edited to play into the media bias. He's a 4 time world champ and a millionaire, he'd zero need to get involved in match fixing, and had everything to lose by doing it. A gutter rag and greedy manager set him up

Joe_ Public

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Thats true. I doubt he will be holding his breath for an invite onto the Legends tour anyway

Gaoth Laidir

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50 stone, more like

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bajer101

Stephen Lee is working out of China at the moment where he has set up a snooker academy.

Gaoth Laidir

Higgins 12:9 up now. He was 68:0 in that last frame but weren't there 3 or 4 reds left? Why didn't Allen come to the table? How many reds were there?

Joe_ Public

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Higgins 12:9 up now. He was 68:0 in that last frame but weren't there 3 or 4 reds left? Why didn't Allen come to the table? How many reds were there?

He'd gone in off, needed 3 snookers and I'm sure he'd stuck a red over a pocket too.

Was a quality match. Just his safety wasn't good enough in the end, and that is frustrating because Allen could be a good safety player if he concentrated hard enough.

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Say Your Number

Higgins was brilliant to watch tonight, if he keeps that form up he'll reach the final at the very least given he's on the easier side of the draw.

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Say Your Number wrote: »

Higgins was brilliant to watch tonight, if he keeps that form up he'll reach the final at the very least given he's on the easier side of the draw.

Wilson won't be a pushover in the Q/F

ArmaniJeanss

Commentators mentioned that the No1 seed (who plays his first game in full on the opening Saturday) usually starts his second round game on the Thursday, but this year Selbys second round game hasn't started until Saturday.
But they didn't give a reason why.

Has anyone seen an actual reason for this schedule this year?

Arthur Daley

Have a feeling Kyron Wilson will play either Ronnie or Selby in final. Which means it will be two different players there. Select at random.

Arthur Daley

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Commentators mentioned that the No1 seed (who plays his first game in full on the opening Saturday) usually starts his second round game on the Thursday, but this year Selbys second round game hasn't started until Saturday.
But they didn't give a reason why.

Has anyone seen an actual reason for this schedule this year?

I think it just means Selby will play pretty much every day to monday week if he makes the final. Would think it's best to have a few breaks in play given how draining it gets in the semis and final

bajer101

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Commentators mentioned that the No1 seed (who plays his first game in full on the opening Saturday) usually starts his second round game on the Thursday, but this year Selbys second round game hasn't started until Saturday.
But they didn't give a reason why.

Has anyone seen an actual reason for this schedule this year?

Barry Hearn

ArmaniJeanss

Arthur Daley wrote: »

I think it just means Selby will play pretty much every day to monday week if he makes the final. Would think it's best to have a few breaks in play given how draining it gets in the semis and final

I know what it means - I was more just wondering if there was a good reason 'why' this particularly noticeable change has happened as they generally follow the exact same schedule every year. Not a big deal, just the kinda thing that bugs me.

BorneTobyWilde

Who is black guy playing Maguire, why does he have an ISIS patch on his shirt.

Baron Kurtz

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Who is black guy playing Maguire, why does he have an ISIS patch on his shirt.

Don't want to take the bait but he's been a pro for many years, love.

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gitzy16v

.....I was hoping for Liang to face Ronnie...master and protege I think.

Brian?

I've seen a few comments about the BBC coverage on her. My advice is pay the money for the Eurosport player if you don't have it on your TV package. Almost every frame live and no John Virgo.

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Brian? wrote: »

I've seen a few comments about the BBC coverage on her. My advice is pay the money for the Eurosport player if you don't have it on your TV package. Almost every frame live and no John Virgo.

love the Eurosport coverage...its free on Virgin anyway...Jimmy White as a pundit!!!! I love Jimmy White.
BBC bores me Ebdon on there now...I Like Hendry though...Jimmy,Ronnie and Colin Murray were drinking whiskey with lad from the rolling stones last year on air:D:D:D:D:D

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Can see Hawkins pull well clear of Dott also. Just leaves Robertson vs Fu as a tight one to determine the quarters.

After that any one of the 8 remaining would be a strong champion. It will be tight

Say Your Number

Great clearance by Xiao, hope he can keep this up.

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caze

Can't believe this was 20 years ago!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpeBugHSCnU

Ronnie's 5m20sec 147

paulie21

BBC showing 2 snooker documentaries from 9 when there's actual live action available :rolleyes:

Brian?

paulie21 wrote: »

BBC showing 2 snooker documentaries from 9 when there's actual live action available :rolleyes:

The BBC coverage gets worse every year.

sligeach

Jimmy White and his roadkill wig. Your guesses on a postcard please as to what it once was. Whatever it was, it can't have been old as there's not a grey hair in sight. I seen someone mention Conte, Chelsea's manager. At least if you're going to do it, do it right like he did.

McLeod got battered. No offence to the man but he was shocking. Trump will lose sleep for a long time yet over this. Even in beating Trump, you can't say McLeod played stellar stuff. Why would Higgins or O'Sullivan retire? This generation are awful.

Peter File

sligeach wrote: »

Jimmy White and his roadkill wig. Your guesses on a postcard please as to what it once was. Whatever it was, it can't have been old as there's not a grey hair in sight. I seen someone mention Conte, Chelsea's manager. At least if you're going to do it, do it right like he did.

McLeod got battered. No offence to the man but he was shocking. Trump will lose sleep for a long time yet over this. Even in beating Trump, you can't say McLeod played stellar stuff. Why would Higgins or O'Sullivan retire? This generation are awful.

Has Trump given an explanation for his implosion yet?

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Frankie Lee

sligeach wrote: »

McLeod got battered. No offence to the man but he was shocking. Trump will lose sleep for a long time yet over this. Even in beating Trump, you can't say McLeod played stellar stuff. Why would Higgins or O'Sullivan retire? This generation are awful.

Which generation does McLeod belong to?

Frankie Lee

The production qualities of the Rack Pack programme is fairly poor.

Rekop dog

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Doubt it, I'd say he's just disillusioned that he can't translate his form from the lesser tournaments into the big ones. He's getting more in his own head in these big TV tournaments than ever. He's played 18 tournaments this year, the only ones were he was knocked out in the first round were The World's, the Masters, and the China Championship(were the prize money is very big), and exited the UK championship in the 2nd round, so he's bombed badly in the 4 big money events. Think his problem is he wants them too badly and completely loses his natural game.

He's snookers equivalent to Sergio Garcia, will prob eventually win the world's in his mid-late 30's after numerous existential crises.

Peter File

It looks like both afternoon sessions are going to be over before the mid session interval. Selby seems to be playing even slower this year.
Hoping for another quality session from Fu and Robertson later.

Rekop dog

Peter File wrote: »

It looks like both afternoon sessions are going to be over before the mid session interval. Selby seems to be playing even slower this year.
Hoping for another quality session from Fu and Robertson later.

You'd have been fairly gutted if you payed for an afternoons snooker there on barely got an hour.

Surely they'll bring out some ex pros for an exhibition match for the crowd.

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Passenger

Rekop dog wrote: »

You'd have been fairly gutted if you payed for an afternoons snooker there on barely got an hour.

Surely they'll bring out some ex pros for an exhibition match for the crowd.

Do they raise the partition so they can see the other game?