summerisle
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Like one of my posts.
Looking good now, 10-9 and in again.
World Snooker Championship
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Looking good now, 10-9 and in again.
He got a huge fluke right after I posted, and then won 3 on the bounce !Like one of my posts.
Sometimes can't beat a nice bit of luck
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Pockets playing a bit tight here.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Jones 13-9 up, five frames in a row.
Drico
Player Valuation: £50m
So, 14-10 to Wilson and 13-10 to Jones.
If those two do go on to win, I hope Jones wins it all. Otherwise, I think this has been a very soft world championship for Kyren Wilson. He'll have beaten Dominic Dale, Joe O'Connor, John Higgins, Dave Gilbert, and Jak Jones to win a world crown. Now, Higgins aside, that's as handy as any run to a world title gets. And even the great Scot is in terminal decline. The others are all good players - and Kyren can only beat what's in front of him - but that route to victory is an indictment of Selby, Trump, Allen, and co - particularly Selby and Allen who were in Kyren's half of the draw.
If those two do go on to win, I hope Jones wins it all. Otherwise, I think this has been a very soft world championship for Kyren Wilson. He'll have beaten Dominic Dale, Joe O'Connor, John Higgins, Dave Gilbert, and Jak Jones to win a world crown. Now, Higgins aside, that's as handy as any run to a world title gets. And even the great Scot is in terminal decline. The others are all good players - and Kyren can only beat what's in front of him - but that route to victory is an indictment of Selby, Trump, Allen, and co - particularly Selby and Allen who were in Kyren's half of the draw.
Rita_Poon
Player Valuation: £90m
Only as good as your last match? Tight pockets? Tighter schedule? Travel burnout? Lack of focus? Bad cups of Tea? How many debutant finals have there been? When previous were all the top seeds out at the quarters?
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Yeah, Gilbert folded in the end.
Drico
Player Valuation: £50m
There's a vague end-of-days feeling about this year's tournament. With Hearn and O'Sullivan clearly upping the ante as they happily agree to take the despotic riyal, there's a bit of a malaise about snooker at the moment. I quite like an outsider to come through and win it - Terry Griffiths, Joe Johnson, Shaun Murphy, and Stuart Bingham are cases in point - but they either qualified or blasted the best in the business away in the process. Kyren will have beaten dotage-era John Higgins and a few journeymen.
There's something vaguely unsatisfying about that, in my book. Not that Kyren should care. He can only beat whoever is in front of him. But it's been a meh tournament when the best players simply haven't shown up - distracted, no doubt, by the exploitative riches soon to be on offer...
There's something vaguely unsatisfying about that, in my book. Not that Kyren should care. He can only beat whoever is in front of him. But it's been a meh tournament when the best players simply haven't shown up - distracted, no doubt, by the exploitative riches soon to be on offer...
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Can't disagree ; in the main a disappointing tournament, but who knows, the final might make up for it, let's hope. Snooker needs some exciting fresh blood, otherwise it'll be a slow decline and a breakaway tour.
Has Klopp been whinging again.
Drico
Player Valuation: £50m
I can see it now:
2028 in Riyadh - Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Selby over 51 frames with the winner taking €1m, the runner-up €750k and the referee - not a woman - taking their bags.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
With nobody watching.