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2024 World Championships

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  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Desperately needed that fluke, will have to take advantage of it though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Even White must be thinking "I got to 6 finals & this Wilson guy is gonna be world champion".

    That's what I was thinking. I was looking at runners-up who never won, and White is top of that list. Wilson is not a World Champion in my view, no matter what happens here.

    Jones has finally potted a red. And it was a fluke, rattled the jaws of the corner pocket and went across the table into the opposite corner… and immediately fell apart. Got another chance and made a break of 3.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,940 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I don't know why Jones did not go for a strategic toilet break.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    I don't know, did I hear Chris Henry is his coach? Whoever is in his corner should have been advising him to use the interval on the practice table.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Well its his 2nd final to be fair to him.

    But yeah he'll have only beaten 1 player in the top 30 to be world champion.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Si, Trump and Bingham must watching this thinking how did he beat me.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    That's not true Hazel. "But he(Jones) has just not got going in this final so far, he hasn't been allowed to. Wilson has been ruthless so far."

    Jak has had chances in several of the frames, but he's taken none of them. He hasn't made a single long pot.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Hopefully he gets off the mark here .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Jones has his first frame on the board, barring snookers. A break of 65. That's his ballpark for a big break. He played some good shots and has a avoided a whitewash for the session.

    7-1. A mountain to climb still though for Jones.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,940 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    It will be interesting to see the psychological dynamic now in the next session. Jones should be very relaxed with nothing to lose. Kyren will have a job to keep his concentration.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Sandor Clegane


    At least it wasn't a white wash session, but Wilson could really end this tonight.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭fran38




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Even if Jones were to win each of the next 2 sessions 5-3, he would still be 13-11 behind, that's how much damage he's done himself already. But he's bite your hand off now for that scoreline going into the final session.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Jimmy White talking about the 1992 final and two brothers arguing about wanting to come on stage if he won and he had to leave his hotel to sort it out, and he felt that distracted him, hope they weren't shady hoors.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Good to see Jones get the last one, looks like it'll be a brief fourth session tomorrow.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,730 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    9 frames this evening?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,940 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    Yeah, that is what Hendry said. During the interval. Hendry said he saw him on the phone giving out to his mate about the situation he is in.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭fran38


    Yeah heard that. Nice to get a bit of behind the scenes stuff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭nicksnikita


    Jones hasn’t been able to get stuck into Wilson yet.
    I can’t see Wilson keeping this up even though he has played well all tournament.
    If Jones can win one or two slow, broken up frames this evening, Wilson might start to struggle or get frustrated.

    On a separate note, numerous pundits have said how cool and composed Jones it.
    I think he’s the opposite. Any time he misses, his face turns completely red and he looks FURIOUS in his seat.
    I reckon he could explode if the game continues in this vein



  • Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭mrunsure


    They have cameras in the dressing rooms and they showed Jones on his phone looking agitated.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    Jones failing to keep Wilson in his seat.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Sandor Clegane


    Jesus that black was well wide, shouldn't of went in on any table.



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Crucible is nowhere near full. Why does it need to move Barry?

    they/them/theirs


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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,730 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    super red



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,730 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Jones has the game, but just needs the concentration/consistency



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    He's full of wisdom is John Virgo.

    "But as I always say: Where's the cue ball going? If you pot the ball, you get to play the next shot."



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Great pot there massive frame .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    Jones is his own worst enemy



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    I knew straight away Jones wasn't going to get that long pot. He's awful at long potting, one of the worst I've ever seen. He should have played a safety shot, stick within your limits.

    If the lads on commentary and in the studio were honest, they'd be calling it out. But they probably don't want to admit that a player who is very deficient in a lot of areas, is playing in the World Championship final.

    ####### hell. BBC focusing on Kyren's family during the interval. Where's the remote?



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Must be deflating losing a frame like that ,a two frame swing to tie the session instead of the win that he needed .



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,993 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Jones really needed to win that Frame.

    Wilson hasn't been great this evening but is still 6 ahead.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Proberly needs a four one win in this session.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,600 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    It looks like this is going to be a short final.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Hendry being somewhat honest. I'd say if he wasn't on camera he'd be really honest.

    "Let's be honest, it's not been a vintage World Championship, for whatever reason, whether it's the table, tight pockets, or whatever."

    He's not going to run the game down and definitely not on the BBC.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    That long red over the pocket shows you just how bad Jones is at long potting. It wobbled in the jaws and barely went in.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Another chance blown by the looks of things .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Calm down John(Virgo).



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Or not



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,940 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    This must be the worst standard final in many decades. Can anyone think of any worse?

    Postional play all over the shop, lack of composure. Poor shot selection etc. It is club player stuff a lot of the time.

    Interesting to watch though, as it is a bit of a novelty to see both pros playing so poorly.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    The winner should be thanking Stuart Bingham for knocking Ronnie out .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Look at this break. Wilson has made 4 tons in 14 frames, not many club players will do that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Wilson(the winner) should be thanking John Higgins for knocking Allen out.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Some break by Kyren, probably happy enough to pick up every second frame from here.

    He hasn't got bogged down in Jones game like the others he played.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,069 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    Wilson is a good player, look at some of his break building. Jones positional play is not up to it



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Wilson is so relaxed he can have banter with the audience, something he wouldn't normally do. He surely he knows this is in the bag already, barring a catastrophic collapse. Handiest tournament run anyone could ever ask for.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Unforgivable miss by Jones on the black. He is so lucky Kyren has run out of position on the 3 reds in the centre of the table.

    It's a miracle. Jones has potted a long red. It was a good pot, even if it did wipe its feet on the way in.

    The match may be already over, but if Jak had missed the red down the cushion(another good pot) it definitely would be.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Just not good enough



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    "He's on nothing, can you believe it?" Yes John, their positional play is terrible.

    EDIT: Jones is in…one visit win??



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    "There's only 5 in it now." - Hazel Irvine

    You make it sound like it's nothing.



  • Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭jams100


    The amount of empty seats 😶



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