World Snooker Championship 2021

lawrencesummers

That’s his goose cooked

~Rebel~

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Classic Ballrun there!

Selby twice yeah :pac:

~Rebel~

This match is unbelievable... honestly maybe the most captivating match I've ever seen!

lawrencesummers

That’s two terrible shots in a row by Bingham

Basq

Thrilling stuff!

raclle

Bingham not destined to win this

luckyboy

Would love to see a decider here!

gormdubhgorm

~Rebel~ wrote: »

This match is unbelievable... honestly maybe the most captivating match I've ever seen!

Up there with McGill Wilson from last year anyway.

Have an awful feeling Bingham will edge this one then Selby will clean up in the decider.

lawrencesummers

If Shelby loses this frame it could rattle him going into the last and if bingham wins it then it could give him a big boost of confidence

testtech05

Great snooker played by Selby thee in fairness.

gormdubhgorm

What a Selby safety on the Green Steve Davis-esque.

Arthur Daley

Dominic Dale not a huge upgrade from Joe Johnson. Getting a bit overexcited and jumping to conclusions

Arthur Daley

Give it a wee wack more Stuart

sligeach

That's all folks!

~Rebel~

Jeysus, that snooker on the green did some serious work for Selby!

Looking like it's won him the match.

Muppet Man

Ah ffs

Sandor Clegane

gormdubhgorm

Does Selby feel pressure at all? Only time I can think of him 'folding' is against O'Sullivan last year. When Ronnie went Kamikazee.

sligeach

Poxy end to the match. Bingham will be gutted.

BonnieSituation

~Rebel~ wrote: »

This match is unbelievable... honestly maybe the most captivating match I've ever seen!

It's a cliché to say that it's had everything, but fúck me, it's had everything.

Amazing

lawrencesummers

That’s a cruel way to go out.



Hopefully Murphy can keep the tempo high and play his best game at speed.


The final is a mis match in style that could add to the occasion.

raclle

Damn! Bingham played one bad positional shot on the red and lost

dobman88

Ah ffs. What an anti climax. Wp Selby, has all the makings of a classic final given the 2 players form. Hopefully it delivers

testtech05

Bingham seething with Selby you can tell but he's doing his best to hold it together without going all in.

Bingham getting the digs in: "Does he do it on purpose..."

Dead right to call out gamesmanship

PropJoe10

Poor there from Selby to be celebrating before even winning the match. But the man is absolute granite. Very hard to beat. Fair play to Bingham. Showed his guts yet again.

gormdubhgorm

lawrencesummers wrote: »

That’s a cruel way to go out.



Hopefully Murphy can keep the tempo high and play his best game at speed.


The final is a mis match in style that could add to the occasion.

I think is the ideal mix. Murphy going for pots, Selby doing anything to win within the rules.

Arthur Daley

Selby a bit jammy in that frame anyway. Yellow and green could easily have been on.

raclle

Bingham's interview: of course he does it on purpose

Strumms

That was a seriously good snooker he laid there in fairness... pity...

I find that disrespectful again, Selby up to those intense celebrating antics before he’s played his final shot... not a good look...

Sandor Clegane

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Poor there from Selby to be celebrating before even winning the match. But the man is absolute granite. Very hard to beat. Fair play to Bingham. Showed his guts yet again.

But sher Murphy was at that at 12-12...celebrating like he'd won it, Selby actually had it won basically.

zuutroy

Selby vs Murphy. Can they both lose?

AllForIt

lawrencesummers wrote: »

That’s a cruel way to go out.

Yeah but Selby did deserve that frame I feel. He played excellent safety shots and that was a great get on the first attempt on the yellow when he was snookered behind the black.

And that was a great example of the validity or the miss rule as Bingham didn't want that green to move off the cushion otherwise he risked looking the match. He might have been better off hitting and hoping in the end.

Selby reasonably magnanimous (only in victory :pac:) . "Stuart played better overall.. He had run of the balls early on.... I got them at the end"

PropJoe10

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

But sher Murphy was at that at 12-12...celebrating like he'd won it, Selby actually had it won basically.

There's a difference between geeing yourself up in the middle of a match and actually celebrating winning the match before you're over the line. What would've happened if he's made a balls of that blue and then missed the pink?

Strumms

zuutroy wrote: »

Selby vs Murphy. Can they both lose?

Murphy is infinity more likable.

~Rebel~

Still, good of them to finish up juuuust in time to watch Katie!

Mysterypunter

The snooker nicknames are a bit ridiculous, the warrior surrendered meekly and the jester from Leicester is a miserable bastard. Perhaps they could start calling Shaun Murphy the jester from Leinster, I used to not like him much, but he's a lot more likeable than Selby

gormdubhgorm

Strumms wrote: »

That was a seriously good snooker he laid there in fairness... pity...

I find that disrespectful again, Selby up to those intense celebrating antics before he’s played his final shot... not a good look...

From watching it I felt it was a bit of dig at Bingham was not aimed at/with the crowd imo.

Bingham did not attack Selby for slow play. But said it was a mix of gamesmanship and Selby's style.

Selby rightly made the point that the average shot time in the frame was the same for both players. He described one shot as a 'brain freeze'.

The interesting thing I have taken out of Selby's interview is that he seems to admit playing each shot like it is life and death. Affects his game.
He seems to want to let loose more but it is not in his nature?

A bit like the way Ebdon went?

PauloMN

Strumms wrote: »

That was a seriously good snooker he laid there in fairness... pity...

I find that disrespectful again, Selby up to those intense celebrating antics before he’s played his final shot... not a good look...

Have to say I don't like seeing it. I know some players will say they can't help it, emotions etc but it really turns me off a player. Selby, Murphy, McGill all at it.

DmanDmythDledge

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Poor there from Selby to be celebrating before even winning the match. But the man is absolute granite. Very hard to beat. Fair play to Bingham. Showed his guts yet again.

Christ almighty blue, pink and black on spots it was basically over. You'd prob criticise Selby if he showed no emotion winning a grueling match.

I can understand why some people aren't a fan of Selby but some of the posts on here are pathetically over the top

Sandor Clegane

PropJoe10 wrote: »

There's a difference between geeing yourself up in the middle of a match and actually celebrating winning the match before you're over the line. What would've happened if he's made a balls of that blue and then missed the pink?

Nah not in my view, Murphy was behaving like a man who won the tournament at 12-12, Selby had it won essentially, what were the chances of that blue not going in.

After all it is the crucible theater as people were quick to point out for Murphy...

Loafing Oaf

Mysterypunter wrote: »

The snooker nicknames are a bit ridiculous, the warrior surrendered meekly and the jester from Leicester is a miserable bastard. Perhaps they could start calling Shaun Murphy the jester from Leinster, I used to not like him much, but he's a lot more likeable than Selby

Maybe 'Skinny Shaun', in keeping with the rest of them...

Mysterypunter

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Maybe 'Skinny Shaun', in keeping with the rest of them...

But wasn't he on a charity diet a few weeks ago, has to keep his strength up for the best of 35

raclle

AllForIt wrote: »

Yeah but Selby did deserve that frame I feel. He played excellent safety shots and that was a great get on the first attempt on the yellow when he was snookered behind the black.

He fluked 2 snookers that Bingham was certain to win the frame from

Sandor Clegane

raclle wrote: »

He fluked 2 snookers that Bingham was certain to win the frame from

Both had their fair share of luck throughout, I wouldn't say one was luckier than the other overall.

Girly Gal

Selby got lucky with the yellow and green, could both easily have been left on, that turned the frame in Selby's favour and put Bingham on the back foot. He really does try everything to disrupt his opponent. He's definitely the most tenacious player out there and extremely difficult to beat over the longer form matches in the world championship, you'd have to admire him for that, but, certainly difficult to watch at times. I think he'll wear Murphy down in the final

Joe_ Public

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Selby a bit jammy in that frame anyway. Yellow and green could easily have been on.

I suppose if bingham didnt fluke the red he was leaving one over the pocket which was basically match over, so perhaps all told the luck evened itself out. As tends to happen over extended matches.

lawrencesummers

AllForIt wrote: »

Yeah but Selby did deserve that frame I feel. He played excellent safety shots and that was a great get on the first attempt on the yellow when he was snookered behind the black.

And that was a great example of the validity or the miss rule as Bingham didn't want that green to move off the cushion otherwise he risked looking the match. He might have been better off hitting and hoping in the end.

That three ball plant was class. Pure brilliance