British Open

[MrRottweiler]

Gary just got down on the shot and played the pink too fast.

[Billy]

I have serious concerns about my memory. I was watching this tournament early on and very much enjoying it. That was about four days ago when, for whatever bizarre reason, I completely forgot about it until now! I’ve missed most of the matches leading up to this final, because I simply forgot it was on! And to add insult to injury, it looks like this final is all but over!

[Ronnie's tip]

Ranking title #24 for MJW
Only 4 behind Steve Davis now. But at the same time, only 2 ahead of Trump and 4 ahead of Selby/Robertson.

I'd love another major from him!

[JimMalone]

Did he commentate on athletics during the Olympics for Eurosport? I could swear I recognised the voice, but I never caught the introductions unfortunately.

I saw him at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, so chances are pretty high it was him.

[trains]

interesting that gary wilson in the post match interview said that he's a purist and would prefer longer matches but he thought this tournament was great and he really enjoyed it , coupled with doherty's enthusiasm for it and that rob walker seems to have been giving a mandate to promote this so it seems its wst's way for the future , shorter matches , best of 5's , 7's etc .

[mikee]

Long matches started going downhill years ago when they butchered the UK championship down from a two week event to a week ,then striped away the best of a 31 frames final .Keep the short format events in if thats the way but have at least another tournament with a decent long time frame ,all we have is the World Championship ,the Uk should go back to what it was as it has lost prestige and is now just another event .Maybe its tv coverage or just pandering to people with short attention spans like in cricket in which the 100 and twenty 20 is just baseball with a cricket bat .

[trains]

Sir Tim Rice who’s a sunderland fc and cricket fan was interviewed on the radio last week and he thinks twenty 20 cricket might actually take off in the United States , just got to move with the times i suppose , can’t be a bad thing i dont think.

[John Flaf]

Well done Mark J, he looked so relaxed, Thats because he didn't care if he won or lost, that gave he a huge edge because Gary really wanted it.

[Cue crafty]

I quite liked Gary Wilson's po-faced response to Walkers "non question" was even funnier when Williams himself backed it up with his response. Seems there is possibly not huge respect from the players for this guy either.

[tomwalker147]

I quite liked Gary Wilson's po-faced response to Walkers "non question" was even funnier when Williams himself backed it up with his response. Seems there is possibly not huge respect from the players for this guy either.

Yeah i've just called Rob Walker's interview a joke on WST's facebook page and opinion seems split. For me the guy's nothing more than a joker, nothing wrong with him being an MC and getting the crowd up for it but that over the top constantly excitable child act doesn't lend itself well to interviewing players or punditry.

[MrRottweiler]

I have serious concerns about my memory. I was watching this tournament early on and very much enjoying it. That was about four days ago when, for whatever bizarre reason, I completely forgot about it until now! I’ve missed most of the matches leading up to this final, because I simply forgot it was on! And to add insult to injury, it looks like this final is all but over!

I only noticed it was on a few days in but still missed most matches because the match format is too short.

[MrRottweiler]

I quite liked Gary Wilson's po-faced response to Walkers "non question" was even funnier when Williams himself backed it up with his response. Seems there is possibly not huge respect from the players for this guy either.

The second time Gary said that to Rob Walker sounded a bit like sour grapes because sometimes there isn't a question so they can just say how they feel after the event.

[mikee]

Wilson’s first what’s the question remark was ok but he was acting a bit of a **** the second time ,I think Williams was taking the p1ss out of Wilson more when he did it .I’m pleased Mark won it with a good performance .

[Cue crafty]

The second time Gary said that to Rob Walker sounded a bit like sour grapes because sometimes there isn't a question so they can just say how they feel after the event.

Yes that's a fair point. Having had more time to reflect on this one, although I understand the pain of a loss for the player, this is his chosen sport and a slightly less arsey reply would show the game in a better light and give young aspiring players a model to copy. You can show your disappointment without making the interviewer look (even more) of a prat.

I remember Tiger Woods giving the pundits a very hard time, but he had taken a fair bit of stick from them, and let's face it, he was at the top of his game. Wilson is trying to take that step forward in the sport and I think keeping your emotions in check is a huge part of being able to win on the big stage. Anger and frustration in snooker always leads to the dark side. Willo knows this and that's why he keeps his easy going persona, even though as he said he's trying his guts out to win. The swan looks serene on the lake while it's legs are going like the clappers under the water.....

[vmax]

It's a problem for many these days as they're asked to answer a statement rather than a direct question, and to be fair every single question about snooker has been asked and answered, so every answer is a cliche to those of us who have played and followed the game for many years.
Best for the tv people to just shut up and let the balls do the talking, if you're interested you'll pick it up, if you're not you'll switch off, but they'll keep on trying to sell it to the newbies and tell them how tight the pockets are when a ball touches the cushion before dropping and how difficult these fast tables are when they don't have to bash the cue ball to get it further than three feet

I thought Wilson was going to win to be honest, but he found a way to lose like all the journeymen do, took his eye off quite a few pots when playing cannons, cardinal sin at that level, especially from someone who actually plays billiards to a high standard.