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2017 World Snooker Championship

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    #182
    Permabear
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    #184
    Arthur Daley
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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


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    #185
    Say Your Number
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    Great clearance by Xiao, hope he can keep this up.


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    #189
    caze
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    Can't believe this was 20 years ago!!

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

    Ronnie's 5m20sec 147


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    #190
    paulie21
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    BBC showing 2 snooker documentaries from 9 when there's actual live action available :rolleyes:


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    #191
    Brian?
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    paulie21 wrote: »
    BBC showing 2 snooker documentaries from 9 when there's actual live action available :rolleyes:

    The BBC coverage gets worse every year.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #192
    sligeach
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    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.


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    #193
    Peter File
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    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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    #195
    Frankie Lee
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    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?


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


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    #197
    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.


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    Peter File
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    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.


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    Rekop dog
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    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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    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?


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    Can't believe Dennis Taylor just said that Barry Hawkins was easy on the eye. That's enough snooker for me this afternoon, back in the evening for Fu/Robertson where I hope Hendry will be commentating.


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    Peter File
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    learn_more wrote: »
    Can't believe Dennis Taylor just said that Barry Hawkins was easy on the eye. That's enough snooker for me this afternoon, back in the evening for Fu/Robertson where I hope Hendry will be commentating.
    I'd love Hendry and Davis together commenting. That would be superb.


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    #205
    Passenger
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    Some people have issues with certain commentators but they're all fairly innocuous tbh.


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    Spudman_20000
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    Peter File wrote: »
    I'd love Hendry and Davis together commenting. That would be superb.

    I think having 2 recently retired players can end up with a rather "dry" expert commentary. The BBC has loads of good experts like Hendry, but the more colour commentator types like Virgo and Taylor are awful in my opinion. Hendry and someone like Clive Everton would be my ideal pairing.


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    #207
    Rekop dog
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    Hendry may be the most blunt commentator in sport, refreshing at times. Especially in matches where everyone knows are all but over and he's asked if he can see a way back for the trailing opponent, most try to build anticipation for the viewer at home, but he doesn't mind saying 'x doesn't have a hope from here'.

    I don't mind Taylor too much tbh, think he reads the game very well, Virgo intolerable though.


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    #208
    Joe_ Public
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    I love x, really knows his stuff, but I hate y, an insufferable bore, and as for z.... well, zzzzzz,

    Typical commentator talk. One mans nectar is another man's poison.


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    mdwexford
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    People who got tickets for table two today would have gotten 3 frames this afternoon and a complete blank this evening. Horrible luck.


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    #210
    munster87
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    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    I love x, really knows his stuff, but I hate y, an insufferable bore, and as for z.... well, zzzzzz,

    Typical commentator talk. One mans nectar is another man's poison.

    Is the third commentator boring you to sleep or are you such a fan that you are chanting his name repeatedly!?


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    ArmaniJeanss
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    mdwexford wrote: »
    People who got tickets for table two today would have gotten 3 frames this afternoon and a complete blank this evening. Horrible luck.

    At least the curtain will be up from the start so they can see Fu v Robertson, though I'm not sure what the viewing angles are like for the far table.
    But on balance I think if I was them I'd prefer that to for instance Maguire 12 McLeod 4 being the score and getting 1 or 2 frames of that instead.


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