World Snooker Championship 2021

Murphy has a great 'punching the air game' imo... :P

Most go with the sort of hammer action 'bang bang' straight out to their front - sometimes above their heads..... But Smurph goes with the arm to the side with an uppercut action air-punch,... And he's ambidextrous with it too :pac:

He's definitely no. 1 in the 'stomping around the table' stakes too - Robbo be a distant second...

Was great to see Shaun leaving t'arena.. He still believes....

And 'Bully' (hehe) looking good to reduce deficit early doors here in frame 17.... Mon Stuart!!

Arthur Daley

Bingham is a maxi maniac lately

Arthur Daley

Haven't seen one of them little plastic extensions in years

sligeach

Shaun Murphy is in the audience tonight. This was his reaction to Bingham missing out on the 147.

gormdubhgorm

Bingham the blaggard went for a 147 from early on in the frame and all.
Broke down on the third last red - they were awkward. 9-9 now.

gormdubhgorm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Bingham is a maxi maniac lately

He will have to take Willie Thorne's old nickname at the rate he is going.

zuutroy

dobman88 wrote: »

Another head scratcher from the BBC. No idea why they're not showing full coverage tbh. The day eurosport goes behind a paywall will be a bad day.

Eurosport player is 20 quid a year on Black Friday. No brainer for the snooker fan.

dobman88

zuutroy wrote: »

Eurosport player is 20 quid a year on Black Friday. No brainer for the snooker fan.

Have been lucky enough with streams for now thankfully. Will keep that in mind tho. Ty.

Arthur Daley

A bit of a contrast this frame

eric hoone

Not sure about Judd commentating, you wouldn't catch djokovic or tiger doing that sort of thing

Joe_ Public

Top quality exchange this, great shots from both, punch for punch.

fran38

eric hoone wrote: »

Not sure about Judd commentating, you wouldn't catch djokovic or tiger doing that sort of thing

Still though, Trump's easy on the ear. Doesn't have a grateing provincial accent like some of the other commentators.

B2021M

eric hoone wrote: »

Not sure about Judd commentating, you wouldn't catch djokovic or tiger doing that sort of thing

Yeah. I cant quite put my finger on it but there is something about his manner I dont like.

Arthur Daley

All these top pros starting to commentate. Slim pickings for the the lower ranked/retired lads, prefer to see the top players head off and enjoy their winnings.

Maybe it's just they are limited in where they can go, but you'd think after a long tough season, the last thing they'd want to do is look at another snooker table.

fran38

Bingham's stare into the camera there....

sligeach

I like these tactical kind of frames.

gormdubhgorm

eric hoone wrote: »

Not sure about Judd commentating, you wouldn't catch djokovic or tiger doing that sort of thing

True, but Ronnie fancies himself as a Djokovic or Tiger and he does it.
Even had the neck to pull out of the Masters one year 'for a break' and commentated on it instead!

In a way it is watching the opposition kind of like footballer watching a game.

gormdubhgorm

Ben Williams ref got Selby to hurry up. He was over 3 minutes on the shot.
When Selby was finally down on the shot the ref said that to him.

Bingham in after ages of cat and mouse stuff.

Peter File

Great to hear the ref Ben Williams give Selby a ⚠️ warning for slow play

tanko

Nice to see a referee finally take action about Slowbys time wasting and gamesmanship. He gets away with that carry on far too often.

Peter File

Trump is easy on the ear and doesn't overdo it. I was surprised to hear him. Is. This his first time commentating?

raclle

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Slim pickings for the the lower ranked/retired lads

I can't stand Johnson on Eurosport, for an ex champion he hasn't a clue :eek:

sligeach

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Ben Williams ref got Bingham to hurry up. He was over 3 minutes on the shot.
When Bingham was finally down on the shot the ref said that to him.

Bingham in after ages of cat and mouse stuff.

You mean he warned Selby that he was approaching 3 minutes and needed to take a shot quickly.

bradolf pittler

Great match this between Selby and Bingham.
Selby is rattled

walshb

Find it hard to root for Selby!

DelBoy Trotter

Peter File wrote: »

Trump is easy on the ear and doesn't overdo it. I was surprised to hear him. Is. This his first time commentating?

Yeah, first time commentating tonight

Skid X

I've never seen a referee give a time warning on a shot like that before

Is there a defined time limit?

BonnieSituation

This has been some frame. Everything that's great about the sport and the worlds wrapped up in an epic frame like that.

bradolf pittler

Skid X wrote: »

I've never seen a referee give a time warning on a shot like that before

Is there a defined time limit?

Thought it a bit uncalled for when you see that Selby was just about to address the shot. If he had got up out of the shot then warn him but not while hes taking it

gormdubhgorm

Skid X wrote: »

I've never seen a referee give a time warning on a shot like that before

Is there a defined time limit?

No discretion of the ref depending on the shot, pressure occasion, importance of frame and so on.
Barry Hearn the former snooker head man tried to name and shame slow players.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/43962943

Arthur Daley

Skid X wrote: »

I've never seen a referee give a time warning on a shot like that before

Is there a defined time limit?

No they'll use their discretion.

Arthur Daley

You couldn't be sure if Selby is taking the shot, he bobbles up and down a bit

walshb

Selby sure likes chalking that cue!

Peter File

bradolf pittler wrote: »

Thought it a bit uncalled for when you see that Selby was just about to address the shot. If he had got up out of the shot then warn him but not while hes taking it

Selby uses slow play as a tactic. He is painful to watch.

tanko

That potted red looked like a push shot.

walshb

Super shot!

el Fenomeno

****'s sake BBC :mad:

gormdubhgorm

Official rule on time wasting:

fran38

Coverage moves from BBC1 to BBC4. Great British Menu is on....can't upset the grannies.

sligeach

BBC with an atrocious changeover of channels. Missed some crucial shots.

Arthur Daley

BBC should just go with BBC4 and stick with it

fran38

Some shot. Pressure on this blue.

~Rebel~

Bloody hell this is some frame!

el Fenomeno

What a shot

dobman88

Arthur Daley wrote: »

BBC should just go with BBC4 and stick with it

A channel that doesnt even come on air until 7pm on a normal day. It would make complete sense. But sure what do I know.

walshb

Another great shot!

Stuart's hungry - he went for a 'Chinese' there :P

sligeach

Bring back BBC 3. 1, 2, 4. Hhhmmm! ��

el Fenomeno

Oh wow, this frame has had just about everything after that shot...

fran38

McManus saying Selby got away with one there. Selby got away with three ffs