2020 World Snooker Championship

walshb

Love to see Ronnie win this!!!

Where's all the " Kyren Wilson / A. McG will beat Ronnie" crew now? :pac::pac::pac:

Andrew00

Wtf is Selby at

sligeach

Mark would want to wake up.

testtech05

Does the ref not need to move the reds back too after the foul/miss on the pink by Selby?

redarmy

O'Sullivan 4/9
Selby 7/4

walshb

That was a tough red pot there.

sligeach

FFS Selby!

testtech05

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's great to see this. Ronnie coming out and 'Playing Snooker' - The jester don't like that.
Unlucky on that red just now, but well done to him for taking it on. Deserved that 'result' with cueball.

I'd be a more casual fan than most on here but just curious as to what causes this opinion of Selby?
Seems to be a pretty solid all round player to me can score well when the chance is there and not overly negative in general obviously not as attack minded as Ronnie but who is!

walshb

14-13 has to be!

Muppet Man

Ronnie looks pretty relaxed though you have to say

Cosmo Kramer

testtech05 wrote: »

I'd be a more casual fan than most on here but just curious as to what causes this opinion of Selby?
Seems to be a pretty solid all round player to me can score well when the chance is there and not overly negative in general obviously not as attack minded as Ronnie but who is!

This is why:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2EiVbvdwuo

ArnoldJRimmer

testtech05 wrote: »

I'd be a more casual fan than most on here but just curious as to what causes this opinion of Selby?
Seems to be a pretty solid all round player to me can score well when the chance is there and not overly negative in general obviously not as attack minded as Ronnie but who is!

I find Selby an enjoyable player to watch. Not the quickest on the planet, but I would not consider him to be that negative either

Still shouting for Ronnie all the way here though

irelandrover

testtech05 wrote: »

I'd be a more casual fan than most on here but just curious as to what causes this opinion of Selby?
Seems to be a pretty solid all round player to me can score well when the chance is there and not overly negative in general obviously not as attack minded as Ronnie but who is!

As a casual fan as well I just find him so slow to watch.

paulie21

Selby stealing this frame

walshb

This be a sickener to lose this frame!

testtech05

testtech05 wrote: »

I'd be a more casual fan than most on here but just curious as to what causes this opinion of Selby?
Seems to be a pretty solid all round player to me can score well when the chance is there and not overly negative in general obviously not as attack minded as Ronnie but who is!

Because, more than most of the top, and winning-most players, Selby is content to go several minutes with safety battles on a regular basis. You would see this if you watched him a lot.

He definitely plays the percentage game more than most. Can be very hard to watch.

henke

paulie21 wrote: »

Selby stealing this frame

Hopefully this doesn't knock Ronnie's mentality back.

Chalk McHugh

Absolute hammer blow.

henke

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

Absolute hammer blow.

It is but he's won 4 of the last 5 so can't let this get to him but Selby won't lie down.

Augme

Such a contract is style. For all the world Ronnie should be ahead now.

mdwexford

Ronnie was flying there.

How that ended up a free ball was poxy.
Needs to win this one, two frame lead again before the mid session would be awful.

ArnoldJRimmer

I know he had a lead and was unfortunate with the cue ball, but I doubt this is going to upset Ronnie too much. He's playing well, and I'm sure expected that there'll be ebbs and flows. If he loses the next though, that will make things very tricky

Chalk McHugh

mdwexford wrote: »

Ronnie was flying there.

How that ended up a free ball was poxy.
Needs to win this one, two frame lead again before the mid session would be awful.

To leave a free ball and that was the end of the frame for Ron was incredibly harsh.

paulie21

Never seems to make a mistake amongst the balls

AllForIt

mdwexford wrote: »

Ronnie was flying there.

How that ended up a free ball was poxy.
Needs to win this one, two frame lead again before the mid session would be awful.

Yeah he should have at least hit the bunch but was very unlucky to leave a free ball on top of going in off. Very unfortunate timing just when he was on a roll.

henke

If he goes two behind here which it looks like I'm not sure he can bounce back again. The last frame could be decisive.

DelBoy Trotter

henke wrote: »

If he goes two behind here which it looks like I'm not sure he can bounce back again. The last frame could be decisive.

Yeah, my feelings too. I think this frame is huge, whoever wins it; will win the match I think

Chalk McHugh

That badly judged canon into the pack has ruined Ronnie's fight back and given Selby a breather when he looked to be on the ropes. A real killer blow.

henke

Chalk McHugh wrote: »

That badly judged canon into the pack has ruined Ronnie's fight back and given Selby a breather when he looked to be on the ropes. A real killer blow.

It's the hope that kills you. Was exciting when he levelled it up and looked to be going ahead.

Chalk McHugh

henke wrote: »

It's the hope that kills you. Was exciting when he levelled it up and looked to be going ahead.

Your dead right. The bloody hope is the one that kills you.

Augme

That hit and hope wasn't a great sign from Ronnie. Made the decision to power through the frames now. Will play into Selby's hands to slow things down now at the very least.

testtech05

Augme wrote: »

That hit and hope wasn't a great sign from Ronnie. Made the decision yo poor through the frames now. Will play into Selby's hands to slow things down now at the very least.

Didn't really seem to look at any other options just smashed it.

Chalk McHugh

Ronnie has played that kamikaze hit and hope shot about 5 times in.this match so far and it is never a good sign. The psychology has swung back in Selbys favour now and i always feared one or two bad bits of luck would come back to haunt Ronnie again which it has.

Augme

testtech05 wrote: »

Didn't really seem to look at any other options just smashed it.

Worry I'd you just got the sense he just was happy to write off the frame and do wonder if he is willing to slug it out because you need to against Selby.

Brian?

Classic Selby. Should be behind, takes a 2 frame lead.

zuutroy

If Ronnie gets in, unlike earlier, I fancy he could reel of the next two. It's down to Selby's ability to keep him out to close out the match.

BQQ

Wilson needs to forget about winning on a fluke
He needs to pull himself together
If it happened in the first frame we wouldn’t even be talking about it

Mervyn Skidmore

BQQ wrote: »

Wilson needs to forget about winning on a fluke
He needs to pull himself together
If it happened in the first frame we wouldn’t even be talking about it

Exactly, he won 16 other frames that were all important. Tough on McGill, he was getting better as the tournament was progressing.

walshb

Super play here..

ArnoldJRimmer

walshb wrote: »

Super play here..

Commentators curse.....

walshb

walshb wrote: »

Super play here..

Good while it lasted

Blanco100

Ronnies goose is cooked. The head will go now aswell

Spudman_20000

Vicky-watch!

Arthur Daley

Pretty sure balls don't get replaced if you foul the colour, play on from there Dennis...

And DT checks out Vicky

Courtesy front row tickets for Terry Griffiths and Cliff Thorburn being left at reception :pac:

Mysterypunter

Stick it back in yer trousers Dennis, stalking that poor woman again

Andrew00

Will ye stop on about the commentators jaysus

walshb

Brilliant!

Blanco100

Blanco100 wrote: »

Ronnies goose is cooked. The head will go now aswell

Another one - Commentator's curse strikes again