2024 World Championships

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Same pattern the whole time Wilson in great pot, poor positional play, breaks down. Jones gets in with a great pot, then does silly miss on an easy shot. Given another 3/4 chances by Wilson in a frame., rinse and repeat

pressure getting to both players. Neither player doing great. It’s only just before 10pm.

He played it odd as well. When John Higgins plays them he makes sure he has idea where the cueball is going. Hitting it firm but not walloping it.

As Wilson absolutely falls over the line here,get ready for the Tears-MARK MY WORDS😥😥😥😥😥

One of the most undeserving "champions" I can remember is Wilson. He won't care one bit though.

Delighted for Wilson.

Poor final but fair play to him. Jones shouldn't have been near the final.

That was Dott- Ebdon final standard

Told ya that!

Does Jones realise he could have won this? Take away the horrendous start, not even all of the 6 frame lead, just one even. The last frame on the repotted black in the second session. The fluked black by Wilson tonight that Jones should have buried. And many of the frames that Jones squandered on his own.

The channel was changed as soon as it was clear this was over. Not a chance in hell am I watching that presentation.

Stephen Hendry spotted backstage with a bottle of Jack Daniels 🥃🥃🥃

Poor state of affairs that Kyren Wilson was the strongest player this tournament.

Great for the Northamptonshire! Bit tense at the end but delighted for Kyren.

I don't blame him. I usually have a drink during the last session of the WC. I could have done with one and I was tempted, but it would have been a waste of drink.

Edit: You know what? I think I deserve one after putting up with that. I might just do it.

Yeah and could have been a very different tournament if some of those very tight matches had gone the other way.

Awful shame Allen didn't make it through his one, this could have been his year.

Allen must be sick. Easily the most consistent and best player all season. World number one spot not much consolation.

I watched Mark Allen all season and while he played very well mostly he was prone to some unbelievable bad streaks during matches.I think he's the provisional world no. 1 but he still a way away from being the best in the world that he seems to think he is?

He was 0/15 at one stage. Potted about two in total

No comments section on the BBC, I wonder why. Maybe because it would be full of people slating the standard of this year's Championship.

I don't know Allen seems to be hard to beat, given his new style change. Anyone who beats him has to earn the win.

I got tickets to the Crucible next year, because for me, personally, I would like to be there one more time in case before it moves (for nostalgia's sake).

While personally nostalgic, I can also see a change is needed. I've been to the Crucible before (2105), and it is without doubt too small. As you approach the Crucible, you notice immediately how the event has outgrown the building with broadcast vans, the Eurosport studios, etc all appended to the building, literally bursting out from its usual size. You see how the Winter Garden is a very real extension of the Theatre, despite being hundreds of metres away from it. All the stuff in the Winter Garden that should be in the venue.

I can only imagine that behind the scenes of the theatre there is not really the room for the media, the event organisers, even the players and officials - let alone sponsors and fans. Not to mention the small playing area, the limited hospitality, etc, etc.

What was adequate 50 years ago is no longer adequate now, and I think it would be a positive sign to move to a better venue (however nostalgically I might wish it not to be so). A 'bigger, better' Crucible is one option, though probably unrealistic for many reasons. Another Sheffield venue is probably not realistic either.

I would like to think there is an opportunity to build a state of the art 3,000 seat venue configurable for 1,2 and up to 8 tables, if not in Sheffield, then somewhere in the north of England. Maybe near an international airport, a venue that could host the WC, but also its qualifiers, and perhaps 1-2 other top tier tournaments each year, along with Womens, Juniors, Seniors events. On the same site could be a coaching academy, a social side (hospitality / bar, maybe playing tables), a museum of Snooker, etc. This could be a home, or a HQ of the world game.

This is probably unrealistic too - World Snooker clearly don't seem to have the funds, or the ambition, to build it, and an non Olympic Sport is unlikely to be Government funded.

Failing the above, I think McManus pointed out that the venue for the Tour championship (Manchester Central) seemed to tick a lot of boxes - location, access, size, modern facilities, etc. That could be new WC only home if they want to keep it in England.

Mainly, I hope all this chatter is designed by Hearn and co to either up the ante on Sheffield / UK Govt, and/or to distract from the talk of a rival tour - and that whatever happens WST know that the WC should stay in the UK.

Yeah I don't really mind any of them. Some are more critical than others. Saw a clip of Willie Thorne playing Hendry when WT died and it was interesting to see the commentators didn't criticise anything, no matter how bad. A safety shot hit the blue on the way to balk and they didn't mention it.

That was the etiquette at the time. Interesting to see how things have changed.

I thought Mark Allen was very good on commentary this year. Not sure I ever heard him defore