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2024 World Championships

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    #92
    spurshero
    Registered Users Posts: 1,776 ✭✭✭spurshero


    these are like 2 club players …. I knows there’s pressure it’s so bad it’s good !!!



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    #93
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,604 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    Still happy for Milkins to win that one



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    #94
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    He finished it out well enough considering how he was earlier. Turns out his tip wasn't dodgy after all, causing those miscues.

    That half of the draw opening up well for Mark Allen.

    Bit of a dig at poor old Dominic, hope he puts in a little bit of a fight tommorow morning



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    #95
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Screenshot_2024-04-24-08-59-14-065_com.android.chrome-edit.jpg

    Good to see him admit what any right thinking person already knows.



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    #96
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭drury..


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122055966#Comment_122055966

    I take it u don't like him ,he's not the most likeable

    As with musicians you have to try to differentiate between the person and the music

    Some people have difficulty with that



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    #97
    eeepaulo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭eeepaulo


    How long have the qualifying been just before the crucible?

    Did it used to be at pontins or something a good while before?



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    #98
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122056955#Comment_122056955

    A good while now. I feel like it was a bit further in advance of the main event in the past, but I think qualifying has been around for a long time.

    I think it's been expanded from 3 rounds to 4 in recent years, so it probably includes players further down the rankings than before. But not sure about that. Open to correction

    Post edited by El_Duderino 09 on


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    #99
    Spiderpig92
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Spiderpig92


    The qualifiers for the 1993 World Championship were held in the summer of 1992 would you believe…



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    #100
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭drury..


    This will be a thumping

    I'll call it 10-2



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    #101
    Witcher
    Registered Users Posts: 14,806 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    There are people nearly bringing up a lung in the crowd, jesus...



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    #102
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    The old DDK got trotted out in the Allen match. Taylor will be happy with himself.



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    #103
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,394 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Jackson Page sounds more like a country singer.

    This could be over pretty quickly.



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    #104
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122055966#Comment_122055966

    Next week:


    Ronnie says he is the greatest player and everyone except Higgins is a numpty

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #105
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,394 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Great 122 by O'Sullivan

    5-0 now



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    #106
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Some of the 1st round matches have been horrendous draws for the seeded players. O'Sullivan, as always seems to be the way, gets it handy, Jackson Page. 🤭

    On paper he was due to play Hawkins in the next round, and Ding Junhui after that. 2 players who routinely fold when playing Ronald. Both of them got way tougher draws, Ding is out, and Hawkins is behind in his match. Ding was beaten by Lisowski. There's no comparison between him and Page.

    Mark Williams and Gary Wilson must have been cursing their luck. Even Brecel to a lesser degree.



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    #107
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Jackson showing he can play with a 142



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    #108
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,394 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Brilliant 142 by Page.

    6-1now.



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    #109
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Hearn hinting at moving the world championship and RTE suggesting it could be moved to Saudi.

    That would be pointless to except the event organisers. The world championship is the showcase event so it has to appeal to a new or casual Audi to encourage them to watch more or play more.

    It has to be beneficial to the organiation, players, spectators and fans watching on TV. The Crucible doesn't fulfill all those objectives but Saudi wouldn't be better overall. It would be soulless.

    https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2024/0424/1445443-hearn-issues-warning-on-crucible-future/



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    #110
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭drury..


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122057837#Comment_122057837

    Can we get tomorrows O'Sullivan headline from you today ?



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    #111
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭drury..


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122057988#Comment_122057988

    I can't see anyway it serves the game of snooker to move it

    I reckon it'll turn into ANother tournament after a move whereas right now at the crucible it's a special event

    Don't see how capacity issue is a biggie here when its mostly a tv event



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    #112
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,394 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Wish them Saudi's would feck off 🙁

    It's looking a bit like the 2002 World Cup with a few big names out early.



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    #113
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    So is Hearn going to sell 2,500 tickets every session in Saudi Arabia. At the equivalent of 50 pounds a pop. Go on Barry, off you go me old son.

    Not the once a week O'Sullivan is playing mind, every single session, almost 3 times a day for 17 days



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    #114
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122058027#Comment_122058027

    Isn't the fact that the only way to see it is on tv kinda the point? But if you mostly watch it on tv anyway, why would you really care where the broadcast is coming from?

    I think it could do with reimagining the fan experience to make it more attractive to go to it along with increasing the venue capacity.

    Tradition is great but they're stuck in a rut.



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    #115
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    No he won't sell tickets in Saudi. The Saudis will pay the snooker organiation a fortune to host the event. He and the organisation will make a fortune and the prize money would go way up. It wouldn't be about the fans attending



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    #116
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    So no atmosphere and a shift away from British/European time zone is what's on offer. And the BBC are unlikely to give you wall to wall coverage anymore, with all the exposure that brings. They won't be host broadcaster, calling the shots.

    How to alienate your core audience and business partners



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    #117
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,196 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122058401#Comment_122058401

    Yeah, That's what would happen if it moves to Saudi.

    Sheffield and Saudi aren't the only places on the world that could host a snooker event. But it looks like it's moving to Saudi. Stayed too long in Sheffield with pretty much no fan experience except watching the broadcast from the winter garden across the square.



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    #118
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭drury..


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122058376#Comment_122058376

    You get the crucible atmosphere on tv

    Leaving aside the $$$$ how are they stuck in a rut?

    The venue is tried and tested and works

    The venue is full of history and the atmosphere is amazing



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    #119
    Genghis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Lots of talk of moving from Crucible, even from Hearn who vowed it wouldn't move while he was around.

    So I expect, sadly, that it will now go from Sheffield after 2027. Probably to China, possibly Saudi. I will be making sure to get tickets for next year.

    I wonder when they move the WC will they do something to continue the Crucible heritage like move the Masters to the Crucible. A token gesture, but Top 16 player 8 day event, 2 table til semis, best of 19 matches could still be good.



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    #120
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    I like Barry Hawkins. If you’re teaching a kid to play snooker I’d recommend copying his cue action. Really compact. Nothing to really go wrong.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #121
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭drury..


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122058467#Comment_122058467

    Would be meaningless imo

    The crucible is the WCs



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