Betfred World Championship 2020

[fkhan]

We are at 61 centuries so far this year. Can the all time record be broken this year?

[PatBlock]

They do start on time in all the Chinese and continental European events, but the BBC takes huge liberties in all of the events they cover, and for some reason the organisers go along with their crap and delay the matches until all the studio stuff is finished.

Yep, everyone must bow down to the mighty BBC, what a joke. Talk about an overinflated ego.
Can an organisation actually have an ego? Well, they do and it is.

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[Ronnie's tip]

If Trump makes a 2nd final in a row, would he be the first to do it having faced qualifiers in back to back semi finals? Surely it's not happened for a while?

Nice finish from O'Sullivan. I think Ding lost the match in the first two sessions, as he really should have had a lead going into tonight. I don't know... O'Sullivan missed quite a few balls and hit some thick safety shots where he clashed into the reds, so I think he will need to raise his game for the business end of the tournament. The draw couldn't really have worked out any better for him with Ding and Williams, but a best-of-33 against the winner of Selby-Robertson could be tough for him if he plays like he did in this match. :smile:

Hasn't Ding beaten Ronnie in their last two meetings? Both in majors as well. I wouldn't say it's an easy draw for a 2nd round match on paper. Williams in a 1/4 final is nice for him though, given their record. He'll definitely want Robertson to beat Selby!

[fkhan]

I don't think we can just write off MJW. He can surely win it.

[The Boss]

I feel sorry for Ding. He may never win the WC.

I look forward to Ronnie's next match and also to see if Kurt Maflin plays like he did in the last round :snooker:

More snooker to come with the seniors. Darren Morgan and Tony Drago among those in action

[Billy]

Yep, everyone must bow down to the mighty BBC, what a joke. Talk about an overinflated ego.
Can an organisation actually have an ego? Well, they do and it is.

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I don't understand why it matters. We're not talking buses or trains here. So the match starts at eight minutes past the hour instead of on it. So what? It matters even less when you consider there's no audience sat out there waiting.

[bonoman1970]

Yep, everyone must bow down to the mighty BBC, what a joke. Talk about an overinflated ego.
Can an organisation actually have an ego? Well, they do and it is.

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and they send you threatening letters if you are a bit behind paying your licence , had one the other day , nice of them , you can go to prison if you dont pay them , even if you dont watch the bbc , outragious !

[Odrl]

Hasn't Ding beaten Ronnie in their last two meetings? Both in majors as well.

Ding won the last one, in the UK Championship this season, but O'Sullivan had won the previous few. It's not just the head-to-head though. Apart from winning the UK Championship, Ding only made the QF of one other event all season, regardless of format. For a seeded player at the Crucible, that's shockingly inconsistent.

[trains]

O'Sullivan can bore me, frustrate me and make me laugh hard in equal measures. That interview just now sparked the latter. I shouldn't laugh at his comments about the lower ranked players, but... well, I did.

He was saying the same thing at one of those home nations events last autumn , he acts like amateurs get to play in events week in week out with star xing pai tables like the top paid pro’s do , also snooker is a physically negligible game anyway , he’s always duplicitous or silly when it comes to anyone else threatening his earnings .

[Odrl]

I don't understand why it matters. We're not talking buses or trains here. So the match starts at eight minutes past the hour instead of on it. So what? It matters even less when you consider there's no audience sat out there waiting.

The problem is that people turn on the TV at 7pm and then just sit there like idiots when nothing is happening. I am perfectly happy for the match to start eight minutes past, but then it should say that in the schedule. I can't think of any other sport where this sort of thing happens.

[trains]

The problem is that people turn on the TV at 7pm and then just sit there like idiots when nothing is happening. I am perfectly happy for the match to start eight minutes past, but then it should say that in the schedule. I can't think of any other sport where this sort of thing happens.

it was always the same with the bbc like forever , is a british person complaining about this , lol talk about scraping the barrel

[sixofclubs]

O'Sullivan can bore me, frustrate me and make me laugh hard in equal measures. That interview just now sparked the latter. I shouldn't laugh at his comments about the lower ranked players, but... well, I did.

I just watched that interview with my wife (who isn't really into snooker). Her immediate response was to say "what an absolute w***er"......


...sadly , I can't disagree.

All due respect to his sublime snooker skills but that interview was horrible. No class, no respect to his fellow players, to the great and challenging game of snooker, and certainly not to the fans he can't run away from fast enough.

[fkhan]

The problem is that people turn on the TV at 7pm and then just sit there like idiots when nothing is happening. I am perfectly happy for the match to start eight minutes past, but then it should say that in the schedule. I can't think of any other sport where this sort of thing happens.

Yes, set the expectations right.

[trains]

I just watched that interview with my wife (who isn't really into snooker). Her immediate response was to say "what an absolute w***er"......


...sadly , I can't disagree.

All due respect to his sublime snooker skills but that interview was horrible. No class, no respect to his fellow players, to the great and challenging game of snooker, and certainly not to the fans he can't run away from fast enough.

+ 8572 :smile:

[peterpackage]

The problem is that people turn on the TV at 7pm and then just sit there like idiots when nothing is happening. I am perfectly happy for the match to start eight minutes past, but then it should say that in the schedule. I can't think of any other sport where this sort of thing happens.

Um Darts starts after 15 to 20 mins of yacking

MMA events start after 15 mins of yacking

Football starts after 15 mins of yacking