Betfred World Championship 2020

[Zelig]

Doesn't make it less stupid though. :smile:

My best friend once said the americans invented it for the sitcoms 'cause the public wouldn't know when to laugh otherwise.

[Odrl]

Yeah, hate that as well. Nothing worse than fake laughter at things that aren't funny. :smile:

[armstm]

Referees breathing in the selby match makes me think he could do with a health check up

[armstm]

Having said that given the choice between heavy breathing referee or switch over to Dave’s commentary, I’ll stay with the breathing.

[Zelig]

That's the same guy then!!!

Explanation: like the vast majority of Italian football fans supporting the "team of their birthplace" -- instead of the "team that always wins on TV" when they are young -- I grew up developing a heightened sense of smell for those biased commentators that would regularly find a way (sometimes very sophisticated, sometimes just silly and self-evident) to over-celebrate the famous-and-usually-winning guys to the detriment of the underdogs.

After leaving Italy, I had to start watching Serie A on ESPN (UK), and I thought "OK, less matches to see, but finally, some unbiased commentary!"

Then, I was really surprised to watch those Serie A matches on ESPN while feeling just like before: even the UK commentary sounded a lot like supporting the status quo (read Juventus, fresh winners of the 8th consecutive serie A title...).

I started thinking that it was my fault, I was biased in the opposite direction. After all, I might be jealous...

But now, I just discovered that the guy who covered Serie A for ESPN was a great Juventus fan since his youth!!!! And you know who's that????


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Farrar


Our new friend

[Neil Taperell]

How bad was Murphy today ! Saw a few shot to nothings and he was miles out in his potting attempts .

Selby playing poorly as well .

[fkhan]

How bad was Murphy today ! Saw a few shot to nothings and he was miles out in his potting attempts .

Selby playing poorly as well .

Maybe they are all rusty due to no practice. Second round might give a better picture.

[Neil Taperell]

I was wondering if the crowds not being there affects the more established Pro’s , as the so called ‘lesser lights ‘are used to playing in front of one man and his dog !

So there would be less pressure on the lesser lights , as they don’t have the crowds to deal with . It hasn’t really transpired that way yet with most of the top 16 qualifying though .

[fkhan]

Common Anthony!

[PatBlock]

Common Anthony!

He's had a few good chances to finish this off, Lisowski's tail's up now though....

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[trains]

I was wondering if the crowds not being there affects the more established Pro’s , as the so called ‘lesser lights ‘are used to playing in front of one man and his dog !

So there would be less pressure on the lesser lights , as they don’t have the crowds to deal with . It hasn’t really transpired that way yet with most of the top 16 qualifying though .

but john higgins says the reverse , he expects there to be a record no. of centuries because of the no crowds , interesting precedent possibly , i always thought snooker could be watched in some plexiglass surrounded arena , which would solve the drawback of people watching snooker they can't be social like darts , if higgins thinks the quietness is a good thing then why not .

[peterpackage]

Jack is such a talented but immature player

he's not a young kid anymore

giving up 16 points to escape a simple snooker

[peterpackage]

No top player has looked like a top player other than Ronnie

[fkhan]

Amazing what pressure can do to you. Jack and Anthony could be the all time best examples of that. Even the final blue was feeling the pressure, it wobbled a couple of times before dropping in. Finally, Anthony has made it! Tough luck Jack.

[Neil Taperell]

Stunning blue by McGill . Terrible escape attempts by Lisowski , that will haunt him for a while .

watched the conclusion on my IPad with the BBC Commentary .......and the last time I will be doing that . The commentator is quite simply shocking , I’m cringing every time he speaks . He brings absolutely nothing to enhance the coverage whatsoever. Who on earth tested him prior to this needs his head shaking , the guy clearly knows nothing about snooker . The BBC need to pull him from his duties. I seriously think people will turn off rather than listen to him .