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El Lobo · « **Reply #8840 on:** June 17, 2020, 08:51:15 am »

Sad times

RIP

ToneLa · « **Reply #8841 on:** June 17, 2020, 08:52:03 am »

Aw fuck. RIP Willie

voodoo ray · « **Reply #8842 on:** June 17, 2020, 08:59:38 am »

sad news.

paulrazor · « **Reply #8843 on:** June 17, 2020, 09:11:37 am »

Very sad

I think he had a hard enough life

Rip

dudleyred · « **Reply #8844 on:** June 17, 2020, 09:42:24 am »

Dreadful news

RIP

pazcom · « **Reply #8845 on:** June 17, 2020, 09:59:42 am »

sinnermichael · « **Reply #8846 on:** June 17, 2020, 10:31:07 am »

Mighty_Red · « **Reply #8847 on:** June 17, 2020, 10:48:36 am »

Really sad news, especially at his age. Shows how life can change in 3 months.

RIP

Hazell · « **Reply #8848 on:** June 17, 2020, 11:13:25 am »

Sad news.

RIP.

Brain Potter · « **Reply #8849 on:** June 17, 2020, 11:17:56 am »

Very sad news. I liked the guy.
Saw him at Wembley in 1986 watching his mate play for Everton and he took the stick he got from Liverpool fans in good spirits.
I always feel sad when somebody who was famous when you were younger dies. Makes me feel old.

Fitzy. · « **Reply #8850 on:** June 17, 2020, 11:57:21 am »

Quote from: Brain Potter on June 17, 2020, 11:17:56 am

Very sad news. I liked the guy.
Saw him at Wembley in 1986 watching his mate play for Everton and he took the stick he got from Liverpool fans in good spirits.
I always feel sad when somebody who was famous when you were younger dies. Makes me feel old.

Agree with this. Gives one a stronger insight into mortality when you’ve known of a person for most of your life.

Thorne was a good commentator and effective communicator. He talked you through shot selection really well, which helped to enjoy the sport.

He was a flawed, vulnerable bloke but will be missed.

paulrazor · « **Reply #8851 on:** June 17, 2020, 12:16:32 pm »

Quote from: Fitzy. on June 17, 2020, 11:57:21 am

Agree with this. Gives one a stronger insight into mortality when you’ve known of a person for most of your life.

Thorne was a good commentator and effective communicator. He talked you through shot selection really well, which helped to enjoy the sport.

He was a flawed, vulnerable bloke but will be missed.

there was an excellent feature done by the beeb around 1999 where he explained break building

he claimed in practice to have done in the region of 200 maximums. so he did one for the camera there and then

footage was edited though and to be fair the beeb straight after admitted he missed one or two and they re shot it

but it was great how he went through it all and he made it sound easy

Fitzy. · « **Reply #8852 on:** June 17, 2020, 01:32:57 pm »

Quote from: Hellrazor on June 17, 2020, 12:16:32 pm

there was an excellent feature done by the beeb around 1999 where he explained break building

he claimed in practice to have done in the region of 200 maximums. so he did one for the camera there and then

footage was edited though and to be fair the beeb straight after admitted he missed one or two and they re shot it

but it was great how he went through it all and he made it sound easy

YES! I remember that feature. Was fascinating.

Tesco tearaway · « **Reply #8853 on:** June 17, 2020, 02:11:41 pm »

That’s sad news

R.I.P

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #8854 on:** June 17, 2020, 04:44:03 pm »

I liked Thorne as a commentator. Had a very easy voice to listen to.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #8855 on:** June 17, 2020, 04:45:10 pm »

Quote from: Fitzy. on June 17, 2020, 01:32:57 pm

YES! I remember that feature. Was fascinating.

To be fair they did play it a lot!

paulrazor · « **Reply #8856 on:** June 17, 2020, 10:07:28 pm »

Quote from: Fitzy. on June 17, 2020, 01:32:57 pm

YES! I remember that feature. Was fascinating.

great insight how players think so far ahead

How to just pick off reds one by one

hixxstar · « **Reply #8857 on:** June 17, 2020, 10:19:20 pm »

RIP 'Mr Maximum'...

I had the pleasure of meeting Willie several times over the years (i played local league for years)
Once, when he did an exhibition night at my club, he was so funny, our crowd loved him.. he hit a red 3 times across the table to pop it ..
Quick as a flash he said.. 'Only Treble im allowed to play now'

.. (he did have betting probs at the time).. really nice guy.

Thanks Willie.. Form is temporary but Class is permanent

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #8858 on:** June 17, 2020, 11:04:34 pm »

RIP Willie.

I can still see that blue somehow not going in against Steve Davis. I also remember him getting a 143 at the Crucible, I think it was in '82. That was the first year I started watching it properly. At the time that seemed like a huge break. Willie did make it look easy though.

CornerFlag · « **Reply #8859 on:** June 18, 2020, 05:14:40 pm »

Quote from: Hellrazor on June 17, 2020, 12:16:32 pm

there was an excellent feature done by the beeb around 1999 where he explained break building

he claimed in practice to have done in the region of 200 maximums. so he did one for the camera there and then

footage was edited though and to be fair the beeb straight after admitted he missed one or two and they re shot it

but it was great how he went through it all and he made it sound easy

Is this it?

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/a3pTXsz8wyE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/a3pTXsz8wyE</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/bBc0iCmiBlw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/bBc0iCmiBlw</a>

paulrazor · « **Reply #8860 on:** June 19, 2020, 10:19:11 am »

yes thats it alright

when he broke off the black ball goes to the end of the table but next clip its on its spot

was a great feature

ToneLa · « **Reply #8861 on:** August 2, 2020, 12:23:31 pm »

Robertson beating Liang

Main match today though is Ronnie vs the fastest player in the game! Thepchaiya Un-Nooh!

kloppagetime · « **Reply #8862 on:** August 2, 2020, 12:39:58 pm »

Robertson playing some cracking stuff here fancy him to win it all this year

ToneLa · « **Reply #8863 on:** August 2, 2020, 01:27:08 pm »

Doing well isn't he. Love the safeties he's been pulling out, Liang not coping too well with em!

voodoo ray · « **Reply #8864 on:** August 2, 2020, 01:34:06 pm »

never taken to him for some reason, which I'm sure he's devastated about.

ToneLa · « **Reply #8865 on:** August 2, 2020, 01:37:34 pm »

Haha I say Liang ain't coping and he just got a century

Dan The Man 28373 · « **Reply #8866 on:** August 2, 2020, 01:43:56 pm »

Have moved this from the thread I created.

Some tasty 1st round ties, standout being the 2 fastest players on the circuit, Ronnie vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. Depends which Ronnie turns up, he may be under less pressure with only a limited crowd at the Crucible. But Un-Nooh is the highest ranked qualifier. Trump has a difficult start vs Tom Ford & like the look of John Higgins vs Matthew Stevens & Neil Robertson vs Liang Wenbo.

Think it's going to be wide open, given the exceptional circumstances with coronavirus etc, having the World Championship in August. The bottom half of the draw is brutal, 6 previous winners, 2 finalists in the 8 seeds & the likes of Liang Wenbo & Un-Nooh from the qualifiers.

Draw is:

Trump 10-8 vs Ford

Yan Bingtao 10-7 vs Slessor

Maguire vs Gould 3-10

Wilson W/O vs Hamilton

Higgins 10-5 vs Stevens

Gilbert vs Maflin 8-10

Lisowski vs McGill 9-10

Allen vs Clarke 8-10

Williams 10-5 vs McManus

Bingham 10-7 vs Carty

Ding Junhui 10-9 vs King

O'Sullivan 10-1 vs Un-Nooh

Selby 10-6 vs Brown

Murphy vs Saengkham 4-10

Hawkins 10-2 vs Ursenbacher

Robertson 10-5 vs Liang Wenbo

Five qualifiers through now, Saengkham, Maflin, McGill, Clarke & Gould.

PatriotScouser · « **Reply #8867 on:** August 2, 2020, 01:52:00 pm »

I think this will be Ding's year!

ToneLa · « **Reply #8868 on:** August 2, 2020, 02:34:32 pm »

Cmon Ronnie! On BBC2 now!

kloppagetime · « **Reply #8869 on:** August 2, 2020, 03:14:01 pm »

Ronnie looks bang on it at the moment

scouseman · « **Reply #8870 on:** August 2, 2020, 03:24:54 pm »

It must be so amazing knowing that you can play snooker without thinking about it. Effortless brilliance from Ronnie 4-0 up in 40 mins.

gazzalfc · « **Reply #8871 on:** August 3, 2020, 07:27:30 am »

https://twitter.com/CallumEakins1/status/1290022607715065857?s=19

nayia2002 · « **Reply #8872 on:** August 3, 2020, 08:15:32 am »

https://twitter.com/CallumEakins1/status/1290022607715065857?s=19

He played amazing and thoroughly deserved to win.
Hope he goes and wins it now.

Red_Mist · « **Reply #8873 on:** August 3, 2020, 09:34:14 am »

Did I imagine it, or did Kurt give the middle finger to the ball he missed on his 147 attempt?

Edit: cue ball I think it was when he ran out of position

voodoo ray · « **Reply #8874 on:** August 3, 2020, 09:36:35 am »

Quote from: Red_Mist on August 3, 2020, 09:34:14 am

Did I imagine it, or did Kurt give the middle finger to the ball he missed on his 147 attempt?

Edit: cue ball I think it was when he ran out of position

yeah it happened and it was fucking hilarious. definitely something I can relate to.

Red_Mist · « **Reply #8875 on:** August 3, 2020, 09:43:58 am »

Quote from: voodoo ray on August 3, 2020, 09:36:35 am

yeah it happened and it was fucking hilarious. definitely something I can relate to.

agreed. He might be my new fave player!

Some great matches this tourney so far. Saw the last session of Maflin/Gilbert and a bit of Robertson/Liang and both were excellent.

Hazell · « **Reply #8876 on:** August 3, 2020, 10:11:00 am »

Quote from: Red_Mist on August 3, 2020, 09:34:14 am

Did I imagine it, or did Kurt give the middle finger to the ball he missed on his 147 attempt?

Edit: cue ball I think it was when he ran out of position

ha ha, I saw that as well, thought I imagined it too

El Lobo · « **Reply #8877 on:** August 3, 2020, 10:18:41 am »

Quote from: voodoo ray on August 3, 2020, 09:36:35 am

yeah it happened and it was fucking hilarious. definitely something I can relate to.

Yeah me too, except it’d be running out of position on a 6 break

keano7 · « **Reply #8878 on:** August 3, 2020, 10:21:08 am »

Quote from: Red_Mist on August 3, 2020, 09:43:58 am

agreed. He might be my new fave player!

Some great matches this tourney so far. Saw the last session of Maflin/Gilbert and a bit of Robertson/Liang and both were excellent.

Agreed. There might be no crowds but the tension and nerves never go away.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #8879 on:** August 3, 2020, 10:56:08 am »

Quote from: fucking appalled on August 3, 2020, 10:18:41 am

Yeah me too, except it’d be running out of position on a 6 break

yeah my 147 attempts usually fail when I miss the first red.

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