Author Topic: The Snooker thread (Read 653032 times)

Reddave7 · « **Reply #280 on:** April 14, 2009, 12:01:51 pm »

Would be good to see White in the prem league. Would certainly bring in the crowds.

Cleary · « **Reply #281 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:45:56 pm »

Quote from: Reddave7 on April 14, 2009, 12:01:51 pm

Would be good to see White in the prem league. Would certainly bring in the crowds.

Hes nowere near good enough anymore, hes got the practice game but cant take it to the match table, a shame because I would love to see him back again

Reddave7 · « **Reply #282 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:12:55 pm »

Starts tomorrow

10am
Match 1 – Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
Match 15 – Mark King v Rory McLeod

2.30pm
Match 7 – Graeme Dott v Barry Hawkins
Match 12 – Stephen Hendry v Mark Williams

7pm
Match 1* - Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
Match 13 – Allister Carter v Gerard Greene

diddyfaz-golborne · « **Reply #283 on:** April 17, 2009, 04:24:53 pm »

bringing form to the match table and competing with the younger generation of the snooker world is something jimmy will unfortunatly never do again.as spectators of this brilliant sport we have just got accept his career was over some years ago im sad to say...great player in his time tho! jimmy prove me wrong please! any guys on rawk going to pontins for snooker week may 8th?

Quote from: stmichael on April 14, 2009, 12:06:03 am

Anyone just see the interview with the Whirlwind on Inside Sport?

Reckons he can still compete at the very highest level and has moved up 20 odd places this year in the rankings. Would be great to see him back on the big stage again.

Can't wait for the World's now.

diddyfaz-golborne · « **Reply #284 on:** April 17, 2009, 04:33:09 pm »

ive ''heard'' hawkins is on the same boat as these two...infact a guy who won alot of cash recently! stay clear punting on hawkins...

Quote from: CheshireDave on March 11, 2009, 02:41:00 pm

Wasn’t it in a game between Maguire and Burnett which Burnett clearly missed on purpose (allegedly)?

Regi · « **Reply #285 on:** April 17, 2009, 04:51:25 pm »

Really think Neil Robertson has the game to win it if keeping it together.
Bit inconsistent but we've seen in recent years that getting to the final is well within the reach of any player who gets on a roll, and Robertson on a roll is better than the vast majority.
Should beat the Nugget in the first round...tough one against Carter possibly in the last 16, but if he gets through that I'd fancy him against Maguire in the quarters (if he gets there). Maguire just doesn't seem to hold it together.
Having won those 2 ranking events last season, I was convinced Robertson was a champion in the making.
Ronnie, Higgins and Selby are all in the othe half so it's a good chance for him

RigBon1892 · « **Reply #286 on:** April 18, 2009, 01:05:18 am »

Not get to see much of it this year

Damn...

CheshireDave · « **Reply #287 on:** April 18, 2009, 07:38:49 pm »

Bingham giving Ronnie a few things to think about here.

Ronnie still leads 7-5 with 1 more frame to play before the mid session.

thredworm · « **Reply #288 on:** April 19, 2009, 01:12:11 am »

What's with the new bright carpet?

Cleary · « **Reply #289 on:** April 19, 2009, 01:33:13 am »

Quote from: thredworm on April 19, 2009, 01:12:11 am

What's with the new bright carpet?

Fuckin betfred

itsgunnabebarnes! · « **Reply #290 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:38:36 pm »

always love the world championship. one thing that always strikes me is steven hendry. is there a player who has more kicks than him? he seems to have them all the time! anyone know what the reason for a kick is?

GinKop · « **Reply #291 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:44:48 pm »

Quote from: itsgunnabebarnes! on April 19, 2009, 07:38:36 pm

always love the world championship. one thing that always strikes me is steven hendry. is there a player who has more kicks than him? he seems to have them all the time! anyone know what the reason for a kick is?

Think it can be any marks, dust etc on the cueball. Not sure of the science behind, they did a feature on it a couple of years back.

Reddave7 · « **Reply #292 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:46:49 pm »

Ronnie against Allen looks like a good game coming up in the second round.

Hendry 4-6 Williams at the moment. Will be good this. Come on Hendry!

-Gianni- · « **Reply #293 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:48:43 pm »

Awful standard here in the Hendry-Williams match.

CheshireDave · « **Reply #294 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:02:10 pm »

Quote from: -Gianni- on April 19, 2009, 08:48:43 pm

Awful standard here in the Hendry-Williams match.

Entertaining though.

I fancy 10-9 to Hendry

itsgunnabebarnes! · « **Reply #295 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:02:30 pm »

hendrys had woefull luck.

CheshireDave · « **Reply #296 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:12:40 pm »

HAHA Barry Hawkins shot then!

Hazell · « **Reply #297 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:22:05 pm »

Quote from: -Gianni- on April 19, 2009, 08:48:43 pm

Awful standard here in the Hendry-Williams match.

That clearance by Hendry in the last frame was decent though

Reddave7 · « **Reply #298 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:34:25 pm »

Hendry goes 8-7 up. Unlucky at the end for Williams there.

astowell1 · « **Reply #299 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:35:32 pm »

Quote from: Reddave7 on April 19, 2009, 09:34:25 pm

Hendry goes 8-7 up. Unlucky at the end for Williams there.

Makes up for all of the luck he had been getting I guess!

Was a shame.

Reddave7 · « **Reply #300 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:41:53 pm »

Quote from: Xabi-14-Alonso on April 19, 2009, 09:35:32 pm

Makes up for all of the luck he had been getting I guess!

Was a shame.

Yeah quite fancied a respotted black

Hendry in the balls here. Should clinch this frame but these days Hendry can miss some easy balls. Good chance though.

astowell1 · « **Reply #301 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:44:18 pm »

Quote from: Reddave7 on April 19, 2009, 09:41:53 pm

Yeah quite fancied a respotted black

Hendry in the balls here. Should clinch this frame but these days Hendry can miss some easy balls. Good chance though.

Yeah I was hoping it was going to that would have been interesting.

Hendry at his best would be fine in this situation but he has been way off that tonight. Hopefully the standard ups a notch now.

-Gianni- · « **Reply #302 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:51:26 pm »

The tip has really finished off Williams here. I'd expect anyone inside the top 100 to clear from where the balls were there.

Hendry himself looks very poor although he has upped his game a bit over the last couple of frames.

CheshireDave · « **Reply #303 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:53:33 pm »

Hendry needs 1
Williams needs 3

As good as over how Williams has been cueing the last few frames.

Reddave7 · « **Reply #304 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:53:34 pm »

9-7 Hendry but again he doesnt close the frame out in one visit. Should he progress he'll need to up his game quite a bit in the next round.

astowell1 · « **Reply #305 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:53:53 pm »

Quote from: -Gianni- on April 19, 2009, 09:51:26 pm

The tip has really finished off Williams here. I'd expect anyone inside the top 100 to clear from where the balls were there.

Hendry himself looks very poor although he has upped his game a bit over the last couple of frames.

That was a very strange frame.

Williams doesn't look to be capable of pulling this one off, maybe the tip you mentioned is crippling his game. But to be fair he is making some odd mistakes.

-Gianni- · « **Reply #306 on:** April 19, 2009, 10:14:41 pm »

Good win for Dott against Hawkins. 10-8. He looked pleased at the end aswell!

Reddave7 · « **Reply #307 on:** April 19, 2009, 10:21:19 pm »

Hendry through 10-7

Quote from: -Gianni- on April 19, 2009, 10:14:41 pm

Good win for Dott against Hawkins. 10-8. He looked pleased at the end aswell!

Yeah he did. Got a few funny looks from the crowd on his way out.

-Gianni- · « **Reply #308 on:** April 19, 2009, 11:56:53 pm »

Did a few quid on Marco Fu each way to win the tournament @ 33/1.

If he brings his 'A' game then he will be very tough to beat. He's in the easier half of the draw and as a competitior he is gritty as fuck which is huge when you get down to the business end. Hope he can get off to a decent start tomorrow. Finally showing his true class lately with the Grand Prix win last year and his near miss in the UK Championship this season.

Anyone else had a flutter on the outright winners market?

Ziltoid · « **Reply #309 on:** April 20, 2009, 08:23:12 am »

Stuck a couple of quid on Ali Carter.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #310 on:** April 20, 2009, 08:28:13 am »

Glanced at the TV on Saturday and thought Viv Richards had come out of retirement to take up snooker when i saw Rory McLeod

Wholey · « **Reply #311 on:** April 20, 2009, 11:21:40 am »

Quote from: -Gianni- on April 19, 2009, 11:56:53 pm

Did a few quid on Marco Fu each way to win the tournament @ 33/1.

If he brings his 'A' game then he will be very tough to beat. He's in the easier half of the draw and as a competitior he is gritty as fuck which is huge when you get down to the business end. Hope he can get off to a decent start tomorrow. Finally showing his true class lately with the Grand Prix win last year and his near miss in the UK Championship this season.

Anyone else had a flutter on the outright winners market?

I'm on exactly the same.

I've also had a punt on Allen @ 40's. Really impressed me at times yesterday and if he can get some consistency to his game, he's a danger. It's just a shitter that he's got Ronnie next round.

Hazell · « **Reply #312 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:05:16 pm »

Anybody watching Ding vs Liang? Good game. Liang should be making it 4-4 now

Hazell · « **Reply #313 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:06:23 pm »

Ok maybe not. That was a tough shot.

Reddave7 · « **Reply #314 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:23:21 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on April 20, 2009, 06:05:16 pm

Anybody watching Ding vs Liang? Good game. Liang should be making it 4-4 now

Yeah some good snooker being played.

Liang is quite a talent.

Hazell · « **Reply #315 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:38:46 pm »

What a good frame this is. Though Ding would definitely win it. He's still favourite but Liang can still pull it off

Hazell · « **Reply #316 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:43:23 pm »

Well played Liang. 5-4 Ding.

Reddave7 · « **Reply #317 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:45:29 pm »

Quote from: Hazell on April 20, 2009, 06:43:23 pm

Well played Liang. 5-4 Ding.

He deserved that frame. Sets it up nicely as well at 5-4. Winner meets Hendry

-Gianni- · « **Reply #318 on:** April 21, 2009, 06:01:03 pm »

Perry the first seed knocked out. Good win for Cope, first win at the Crucible for him.

Perry kept breaking down on 40 or 50 and Cope kept punishing him with some very impressive clearances.

Bob Loblaw · « **Reply #319 on:** April 21, 2009, 07:10:19 pm »

Gutted Ken didn't make it. Thought there was one last hoorah left in the man maybe.

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