UK Championship Barbican York, 12th - 20th November BBC, Eurosport

As Bruce Forsyth used to say - What's on the board miss Ford? One frame anyway. Nice to see Ford not get whitewashed.

What a cruel sport. Ford on for a 147 to make it 5-4, misses frame ball and let's Ding in to clear up

I’d say Ding will be a relived man..Ford was on a roll big time….and playing well.

Guru is a perfect title for Ebdon. I can actually picture him living in a monastery in the mountains somewhere, burning sage, meditating and writing poetry.

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was thinking something similar meself wayne haha - sandals and spliffs were 'mental image' what come to mind ! 😂

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Allen going okay here in frame three, early doors,, was looking worryingly like a cakewalk for the Englishman at the start;;

and Allen misses black just now 😲 signs = ominous

crossed the line with his 'wrong hand' did Jack - when pottin yella - when getting [effectively] frame ball right-handed

another 'positive' for Jack that, and, possibly, Ebbo's (tho who am i to second-guess t'Guru) notebook 🤣😁

hon Jack!

i really feel hendry is being so negative towards Mark tonight.

Until he shouts ‘COME ON’. Ebdon, will have that missed yellow written in capitals anyway.

Davis is some devil- Said Ebdon has gone out for a new book just for that one shot on the yellow.

I'm tappin me coffee table here !

some of Jack's shots been outta this world this evening,,

altho Mark sorta gifted him this chance - missed red weren't that difficult i thought,,

fantastic blue just now as well 🤗

hon !!

That’s some tome he’s composing there, Jack’s in for a shock when he sees his homework for next week.

Decider great..cmon Mark

Allen is a right terrier. Most fellas wouldn’t have got even near the decider.

My only gripe is that match was not a longer format.

And Jack seems to going a bit baldy as it is. After the Ebdon tutorial review he will have no tatch left. Lisowski just folded basically,

I thought it was a ‘new Jack’ when he got that red in the right blue pocket. But he seems to concentrate more on the difficult shots under pressure, then fluff the easier ones still.

Enjoyed every minute of that match. Allen continues to impress me, he's an all round player growing in confidence. I think he will beat Ding but by a close score.

While I'm a fan of Allen I also felt for Lisowski. Very consistent match winner, 4th year in top 16 yet never won a title says it all. Hopefully Ebdon is the man to get that monkey off his back, he is one of the most exciting players to watch.

Highest ranking 10, currently 12th… it’s the number of finals he’s been in and lost, 6 I think I read.

when he is scratching around on the outskirts of the top 10 for 12 years since he turned pro… yes he’s only 31 but he’d want to get going

I was thinking for this final to be a close one Ding has to start well and get that confidence up. As he seems to be a pure confidence player.

Allen will be grand it doesn’t matter if he is ahead or behind he will stay in the match.

Since the two of them didn’t hit top fluid form in the Semi-Finals, I hope the two of them have saved it for the final.

I don’t know who to shout for, but I would love a decider final.

I don't think he will, I expect Allen to mount a bit of comeback, and Ding will get nervy. It is set up perfectly for a good match now. Alleh will graft and stay in it.

stuck a fiver on the pistol @ the friendly, but not overly generous, odds of 6/1 after aft sesh

we wants to see a close to/after midnight finish up in here! - like the time what a proper snooker final should finish at 😃

hon Mark!!