Snooker Season 2023/24

tomhammer..

Dale doesn't look to have the greatest temperament

Sandor Clegane

Delighted for O Donnell he played really well, I was convinced he was gone at the end though getting very twitchy but overall he definitely deserved it.

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121776825#Comment_121776825

Now there’s a statement.

Dom is **** mental. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way. But I love him

AllForIt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121774000#Comment_121774000

Martin O'Donnell beat Brecel last night so in the semis!

Genghis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121779708#Comment_121779708

Yep, seen most of the match, Luca might be on his way back but O'Donnell was never out-played, he did really well and I wouldn't be surprised if he made the final now. Could be agony for Aaron, top 64 but only provisionally.

Arthur Daley

This MOD v Slesser match is a slow burner. No big surprise there.

AllForIt

Fancy Slessor for this now that he has drawn level. O'Donnell giving off vibes of loosing it a bit under pressure.

jams100

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121779917#Comment_121779917

But, isn't there a China event he's in and the world's qualifiers so he should really hold onto it, no? (Even if he provisionally falls out).

Arthur Daley

Well Ministry of Defence is in the final now.

Hill will play in China, the World Open ranker, before Sheffield.

But if he wins his opening match there he is likely to run into Ronnie

Sandor Clegane

Wilson on fire here, could of had two 147's.

Higgins hasn't had a look in so far, 3-0 down already.

Genghis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121780760#Comment_121780760

Yes, correct - I think Aaron is very well placed to get into the top 64, and hold his tour card that way (if not via the one year route) by end of season.

I had posted mid week that it looked like Aaron had, for the first time ever, officially broke into the top 64. That would be a big milestone for him.

This was on the basis MOD was the only player left in the top 16 who could get ahead of him, and to do that MOD would have to reach the Welsh Open final.

That seemed a remote chance 2 days ago, a measure of how well he has done.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781859#Comment_121781859

Coming closer to the day where a player does back to back maximums, standard is so high these days.

Arthur Daley

Next maximum is the 200th officially recognised

Brian?

I gave up on this match an hour ago. Delighted I checked back in

spurshero

Seems to be a lot of 147s nowadays . Is it the standard is so high or the tables playing easy . Maybe a bit of both ?. Even Wilson’s last red tonight never looked in but somehow landed in pocket .

Genghis

Another dimension to MODs unexpected run in Wales. Whether he wins or not completely changes the draw for this week's Players Championship, knocking Yuelong out, and changing the lineup and schedule in Telford.

https://twitter.com/pistol147/status/1758991675018367098?t=bxpVfq6L-oyo3psTlM2_5Q&s=19

mickdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782849#Comment_121782849

Years back, the pockets wouldn't accept any contact on near jaw or any touch of the cushion before the pocket if playing along or near a cushion. Now things are different. They don't appear to have altered pocket width but possibly the contouring of the actual hole has changed.

Arthur Daley

Or maybe sometimes it seems the cushions an inch out from the pocket are a bit dead, not as springy and it helps a slow ball roll in.

Certainly the line from journalists around the tour is that the pocket template hasn't changed for years.

There have been 10 maximums this season so far. 200 overall. So at that rate for an average season it would take 20 years to achieve 200.

It has taken just over 40 years to reach 200. But since the Hearn takeover there are probably twice as many frames played on tour, compared to the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

People forget there are 17 ranking events this season. Back in the mid 80s boom there were 6 ranking events, and many of those were new (Rothmans Grand Prix, Mercantile Credit Classic, Dulux British Open). In the early 80s even fewer opportunities.

Plus, let's face it, the standard is better.

tomhammer..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782194#Comment_121782194

An awful lot of high breaks these days. I won't go there about the easy tables😁 in fact i will

It's very noticeable how many balls are bouncing off the pockets and then dropping

Handy money today on Wilson if you were a betting man

Arthur Daley

Deary me that was basic stuff for O'Donnell. Drop the red in over the pocket, get up to the blue, lots of reds in the open. A settler at the start of the final

Instead he drags it and doesn't get on the black properly. Break of 1

tomhammer..

BBC has got the B team out today

Some annoying welsh voice and dale in the studio

Arthur Daley

Sounds like a right racket going on.

More than the usual 'glass of water'

Players taken out by the ref now

Arthur Daley

Ronnie in practicing on the table behind

tomhammer..

McManus on Eurosport nearly as bad as the BBC team

tomhammer..

Turning into the longest match of all-time

AllForIt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121783950#Comment_121783950

BBC has got the B team out today

I think they are both very good, Morgan and Dale.

tomhammer..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121784141#Comment_121784141

They'd want to be , the snooker isn't up to much

Genghis

Dreary enough affair so far, Wilson is cruising along like a canal barge. It's so slow that a runaway result for Wilson could still take all night.

tomhammer..

It's up there with Griffiths v Thorburn 😁

tomhammer..

If ever there was a safe bet it was Wilson today

Wonder that the odds were