2024 World Championships

I like Hearn and all the rest of it, the sport is in a better place than it was for 30 years at least.

But, two things, firstly certain players have it in for the Crucible and keep making noise about it. Some of these players could retire next week or next year, they are not in it for the long haul now. Also, we've seen what letting the players run things looks like. This was why matchroom had to step in the 2010, because the players thought they knew how to run the tour themselves. And made a Horlicks of it.

Secondly, WST has been on a run of success and the sport is doing well as a professional tour. But for all the talk about slick, business acumen, there is still a lot about WST operations that is amateurish. They don't seem to be able to release a stable app until very recently, and the live scoring system goes down every second Tuesday, with amateur sites like snooker.org having to step in and keep people up to date with live scoring. So, WST/Matchroom could get some of their own house in order as well as issuing ultimatums to Sheffield City Council, and demanding local taxes build a venue that they get free gratis.

Has the BBC improved the coverage

2 matches going live and good coverage overall if U can channel hop

I seem to remember it being worse than this year

Surely you'd think Ally Pally in London getting the Worlds and the Crucible could get the Masters (straight swap) could be an agreeable compromise?

The Worlds will die a death in Saudi.

Hearn seems to be all about the money caught this interview on BBC for those who didnt see it wasn't buying Ken's argument about the history of the venue

The worry is that Eddie Hearn isnt a snooker fan. Barry is semi retiring at the moment and Matchroom already has a huge footing in Saudi with Eddie and the boxing. They'll fill whatever arena with rent-a-twats.

It not a capacity thing at the Crucible. Most matches have had empty seats.

Not sure of the reasons but theres usually loads of empty seats when its not one of the big hitters playing. Particularly at night.

The night time empty seats are often due to train times. The time I went we saw Highins V Trump in the quarters which went to a final frame decider. We saw loads of people leave and they must have been getting public transport because why else, in the name of Jaysus, would you leave a cracking game like that?

Sheffield is a bit awkward to get to. Trains are good but they're limited at night, especially if you need to get a connecting train because its not on the main north-south line. It only really has the south line of the TransPennine express. So most people likely need a connection.

Not ideal late at night of you need to work the next day.

Hearn is right. The biggest tournament of the year should be played in the biggest and best venue with the most prize money. It's getting to the point where "history" is starting to hold the sport back. The German Masters venue has a 2,500 person capacity, the Crucible is about 950, it's becoming nonsense. It's time to move on.

Parrot is so useless , always has been

Soundbytes is all he comes out with

Dunno about some of what Hendry says about ronnie . Always bigging him up lol.

Ronnie is capable of switching off when he's up against it

Don't think you're ever guaranteed a procession with him

Yeah common sense, good business and facts aren't for everybody.

Milkins stole that one. 5-3 down overnight instead of 6-2

Ronnie looked absolutely Bulletproof last year until Brecel and then collapsed in that match. Now I know Brecel ended up winning the world but Ronnie definitely had the beatings of him in that match.

I think we'll need to see someone standing up to Ronnie to determine where his games at, no offence but that was a light practice for him yesterday and today. Might as well have been down the club.

Stealing a living that lad, every year. Adds nothing as a pundit, just the same clichés and never says anything that might be considered in the slightest way controversial.