UK Championship 2019 26/11 - 8/12 BBC/Eurosport

tanko

Stevens needs some decent safety shots now.

Chalk McHugh

Dante7 wrote: »

I've still to put my dinner on!

Only Selbo could prevent a man from enjoying his dinner until the wee hours.

cadaliac

What a horrible player to play against (selby)

Chalk McHugh

cadaliac wrote: »

What a horrible player to play against (selby)

And not much better to watch.

cadaliac

Here we go, hon Mathew

Arthur Daley

Go on my son

cadaliac

Yes

Chalk McHugh

Get in!

Joe_ Public

Dont know why selby played that red so hard, very strange execution. Better player won anyway.

sligeach

Selby must be rowing with the missus. He doesn't want to go home.

cadaliac

Ohh, the ****

tanko

What a fluke. Don't leave a free ball whatever you do. Oh, brilliant snooker.

cadaliac

Delighted

Sharp MZ700

Excellent. So positive from Stevens

Joe_ Public

84% v 78% pot success. That tells a story. Doesnt always have to be swashbuckling potfests to be enjoyable though. All part of the great game of snooker!

cadaliac

Calling it a **** match misses the whole point of snooker imo, I enjoyed that

waynescales1

Stevens up against his drinking buddy Stephen Maguire in the next round. The winner of that match will most likely be up against the third of the drinking amigos Mark Allen.

cadaliac

waynescales1 wrote: »

Stevens up against his drinking buddy Stephen Maguire in the next round. The winner of that match will most likely be up against the third of the drinking amigos Mark Allen.

My money on Allen (dinking wise)

Sharp MZ700

Battle of the Bellies

cadaliac

Personally, delighted to see some boozers in the game

cadaliac

Too many snow flakes and PC people in sport

nkl12xtw5goz70

Today's quarterfinals...

1 pm

Ding Junhui vs Liang Wenbo

John Higgins vs Yan Bingtao

7 pm

Stephen Maguire vs Matthew Stevens

Mark Allen vs Nigel Bond

nkl12xtw5goz70

waynescales1 wrote: »

Stevens up against his drinking buddy Stephen Maguire in the next round. The winner of that match will most likely be up against the third of the drinking amigos Mark Allen.

So the top half of the draw is now dominated by China and the bottom half by home nations boozers.

Chalk McHugh

Not a mouth watering quarter final line up by any means. Ding can be class at times but for a long time now he looks abput as interested as a vegan in a butchers. He could cure insomnia.

Higgins v Yan is a good match. The best of the bunch.

The less said about the two evening sessions the better. Some real beauties there.

Overall it's pretty disappointing weeks snooker for me. Not a vintage UK.

Inviere

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

The less said about the two evening sessions the better. Some real beauties there.

I'd love to see Bond do a number on Allen, I cannot warm to the chap at all. Probably unlikely, but one can hope. I do love an underdog story too

Chalk McHugh

Inviere wrote: »

I'd love to see Bond do a number on Allen, I cannot warm to the chap at all. Probably unlikely, but one can hope. I do love an underdog story too

Me neither. Never liked his style of play either. He'll beat Bond comfortably, though.

nkl12xtw5goz70

It's been an unpredictable championship but I've enjoyed it so far. I don't like seeing the same old faces in the quarterfinals every time.

Chalk McHugh

Mckenna Crashing Material wrote: »

It's been an unpredictable championship but I've enjoyed it so far. I don't like seeing the same old faces in the quarterfinals every time.

I'm not a fan if Ding, Maguire, Wenbo or Allen so to have 4 players in quarters that your not a fan of is pretty crap.

Inviere

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Me neither. Never liked his style of play either. He'll beat Bond comfortably, though.

I don't enjoy his style of play either, particularly his penchant for negatively rolling up to a pack of reds. It's his 'angry man' persona though that makes me roll my eyes and reach for the remote. You're right though it should be a comfortable win for him today (unfortunately)

Chalk McHugh

Inviere wrote: »

I don't enjoy his style of play either, particularly his penchant for negatively rolling up to a pack of reds. It's his 'angry man' persona though that makes me roll my eyes and reach for the remote. You're right though it should be a comfortable win for him today (unfortunately)

Yes, he likes to portray his lack of nerves and his unbreakable spirit a little too much for me.

Joe_ Public

Higgins coming into the arena to Fairytale of New York. Nice touch.

The Nal

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Higgins coming into the arena to Fairytale of New York. Nice touch.

"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy f....." bit?

Chalk McHugh

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Higgins coming into the arena to Fairytale of New York. Nice touch.

Cringe

Inviere

The Nal wrote: »

"You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy f....." bit?

That term in context of the song isn't referring to homosexual males in the pejorative, it was an old word used to refer to a repugnant male. Sure the word is toxic now because of how it is used in modern times, but people go a bit ott about it.

nkl12xtw5goz70

After a battle on the pink, Yan takes a 2-1 lead over Higgins.

Chalk McHugh

Starting with a Fairytale of New York, will it finish with a Nightmare of York for the Wizzard of Wishaw? Hope so, come on Yan the Man.

nkl12xtw5goz70

The Wizard could use a bit of Christmas magic here as he falls 1-3 behind at the midsession interval.

waynescales1

Mckenna Crashing Material wrote: »

So the top half of the draw is now dominated by China and the bottom half by home nations boozers.

Higgins has definitely ended up on the wrong side of that draw.

Arthur Daley

Always looks like a great atmosphere this weekend in York. The crowd all warmed up for Christmas, down to the last 8. Few wee drams over the afternoon. One table from tomorrow. Proper snooker weather. Nice

Will make it over some year, seems a nice old town, and only slightly more difficult to get to than Sheffield.

gormdubhgorm

Inviere wrote: »

That term in context of the song isn't referring to homosexual males in the pejorative, it was an old word used to refer to a repugnant male. Sure the word is toxic now because of how it is used in modern times, but people go a bit ott about it.

I find the word toxic offensive. I remember the days it only used when referring to chemicals and the like. Now it is used for everything. I suppose it won't be long before the phrase 'toxic snooker' is used! :rolleyes:

Chalk McHugh

Higgins being tactically outsmarted for a change. Hope Yan wins it out.

gormdubhgorm

They did a great bit of analysis on the red button - with McManus talking about Allen and then Higgins cue action.
They even went on about how Allen said years ago to Davis (the time he used to interview fellas in the car) that he wanted to lose weight. But they noted that he still has not done it.

They then theorised that the table becomes bigger when you are 'bulky' able to play less shots. Which they said was part of the reason that Allen is better at the business end of the table. With his short bridge etc.

As for Higgins - Davis said he has such a low cue action he sometimes has to raise the cue back up again through the stroke.Then could have a tendency to get 'caught' by the table itself. As a result they said that Higgins tries to keep his right shoulder up and not let it drop.

I find McManus and Davis great at that technical stuff - gives something to watch out for in games.

gormdubhgorm

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Higgins being tactically outsmarted for a change. Hope Yan wins it out.

Yan seems like a real clever player, well able for Higgins on the match play stuff.
Hard to believe Yan is only 19 looks much older, and plays much more sensibly than you would think a fella his age would play.

nkl12xtw5goz70

Yan looking a bit nervy in this frame but I hope he hangs in there and wins it. Higgins has played poorly all tournament and doesn't deserve to make the semis. And I think Ding/Yan could be a great match.

Joe_ Public

Higgins awful today, looks uncomfortable on the table whether its cloth or cushions or something. But if you dont bury him as yan has failed to do, then his survival instincts kick in and getting over the line is a trial. Higgins in trouble now though!

Joe_ Public

Well this has to be it now.

nkl12xtw5goz70

And that's it! Yan is through 6-3.

Inviere

Mckenna Crashing Material wrote: »

And that's it! Yan is through 6-3.

A fitting result, Higgins looked rough out there.

nkl12xtw5goz70

Inviere wrote: »

A fitting result, Higgins looked rough out there.

He even admitted in the post-match interview that he was rubbish and deserved to lose.

Inviere

Mckenna Crashing Material wrote: »

He even admitted in the post-match interview that he was rubbish and deserved to lose.

He was an absolute monster on the baize for a long long time. Those two recent Crucible finals have changed him though, he's a shadow of himself. I suppose the years are catching up with him too, but he could very easily have been level with Ronnie with 5 Crucible wins. Anyway, it's nice to see fresh faces this far into a major, so there's that!