Topic: The Snooker thread

[Robinred]

That was some break by Murphy in the circumstances, and some bottle shown.

[Nitramdorf]

Cheering every shot is doing my head in.

[Guz-kop]

That was some break by Murphy in the circumstances, and some bottle shown.

And then fluffs a safety first shot of the next frame. Frustrating

[Roady]

Been good stuff this. I'm a Selby fan.. Not everyone's cup of tea I know. Some of the fans in there though are gobshites just trying to be heard on telly when they watch it back. Some clearance from Murphy that last frame.

[Roady]

Cheering every shot is doing my head in.
[/quoteit is a little stupid

[mikeb58]

That was some break by Murphy in the circumstances, and some bottle shown.

Followed 5 minutes later with a very poor safety shot on the red to let Selby in with a great chance to put the frame to bed.

That's been Murphy's problem, he can't seem to string 2 of 3 wins together. Luckily for Sean, Selby's break to an unexpected end at 40....still 40-0 up though.

[mikeb58]

Wow..what a frame that was, brilliant shots by both players and unexpected misses. 16-13

Needs to follow it and win the next frame, he's only won 2 frames on the bounce once all match.


Final session, with Virgo and Hendry thankfully on comms! Virgo seems to have toned it down lately and much better for it.

[Robinred]

Followed 5 minutes later with a very poor safety shot on the red to let Selby in with a great chance to put the frame to bed.

That's been Murphy's problem, he can't seem to string 2 of 3 wins together. Luckily for Sean, Selby's break to an unexpected end at 40....still 40-0 up though.

Yep, and it’s going to cost him the title I’m afraid.

Not a fan of Selby, but I do have a grudging admiration for his meticulous and metronomic style.

[Guz-kop]

He gets a lot of stick but given how good Murphy has been potting this week, Selby has been a class above. Brilliant snooker there. Takes on a tactical game, wins it obviously and smashes a century. Brilliant

[AndyMuller]

Me and my gf have enjoyed watching the snooker so much lately that we’ve just bought tickets for the semi final next year front row!

[**** The Pain Away.]

Me and my gf have enjoyed watching the snooker so much lately that we’ve just bought tickets for the semi final next year front row!

Snob.

[Gerry Attrick]

This is absurd standard considering how close it is to the winning line.

[Robinred]

This is absurd standard considering how close it is to the winning line.

Agree Gerry - mistakes are being severely punished.

[Red_Mist]

Great from Shaun.

Can’t see him doing it myself, but fair play for making a match of it.

[TheShanklyGates]

Regardless of who wins, it's pretty damn great to have a full house and an atmosphere like this at a sporting event.

[Fitzy.]

Squeaky cue time

[Fitzy.]

Who is easier to make laugh:

Snooker fans at the Crucible or The Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon?

[Red_Mist]

Should’ve played safe

[**** The Pain Away.]

Idiot.

[Nitramdorf]

Who is easier to make laugh:

Snooker fans at the Crucible or The Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon?

Micah Richards

[Fitzy.]

Murphy underperformed. Selby thrives in that kind of contest. Fair play.

[voodoo ray]

murphy will have to console himself with the rest of that box of celebrations in his dressing room.

[Fitzy.]

Micah Richards

Correct. Collect 1000 points

[slaphead]

Well done Selby. Unbelievable competitor.  He can match anyone in any department

[TheShanklyGates]

Murphy lost it in the second session where he played very poorly. Was never coming back after that.

[Fitzy.]

murphy will have to console himself with the rest of that box of celebrations in his dressing room.

Ha. That box made me want to weep.

[Ray K]

He's been the best player in the tournament. Just makes far fewer mistakes than any other player.

[Nitramdorf]

Theres a three part show about 80s snooker starting next Sunday at nine on BBC2. Really looking forward to that.

[Gerry Attrick]

Idiot.

Very harsh, if he’d played safe he might never have got a better chance to pot it. Actually think it was a reasonably easy pot. Respect him for trying to make it happen, he knows Selby wouldn’t give it to him so take it on.

[TheShanklyGates]

He's been the best player in the tournament. Just makes far fewer mistakes than any other player.

He's the snooker equivalent of Simeone's Atletico. Bags of talent but with an awful style of play.

[El Lobo]

The lesser dickhead wins

[Red_Mist]

Well done Selby. Unbelievable competitor.  He can match anyone in any department

Yep. A worthy champ. Got the full game.

[gerrardisgod]

Selby comes across as a bigger personality vacuum than Michael Owen. Fully expecting him to get the balls set up and beat one of his kids in a game.

[Guz-kop]

Boss having fans back at sport and BBC so good at their coverage. Been a good distraction from football the last couple of weeks

[Roady]

He's the snooker equivalent of Simeone's Atletico. Bags of talent but with an awful style of play.

Could not disagree more. He just puts so much pressure on his opponent. He's granite. A brilliant player.

[Roady]

The lesser dickhead wins

Who did you want to win the tournament?

[Pistolero]

Splendid entertainment and great seeing a full venue...made up Selby won it, brilliant player...loved Murphy's speech at the end too....hats off to the pair of them for salvaging this shite bank holiday Monday 👍

[Roady]

Splendid entertainment and great seeing a full venue...made up Selby won it, brilliant player...loved Murphy's speech at the end too....hats off to the pair of them for salvaging this shite bank holiday Monday 👍

Indeed. Was an absolute joy to watch. Loved every minute of it.

[voodoo ray]

probably not the last world championship that the squeeze will win.

[Gerry Attrick]

If you don’t get Selby beat in the first round you’re struggling. He just doesn’t have a bad session, so it puts a lot of pressure on to be flawless.