Tweet
Peter Lines ends up 1000 points away from the World Grand Prix cutoff and he's done. Oliver is 1000 behind is dad, but is still alive in the Scottish Open. Slessor and Highfield are tied for 32nd, but are done. Hicks is tied with them, but is still alive in both the UK and Scottish. It's going to be an exciting scramble for the last few spots. Selby is in some danger of not making it being only 1500 above the cut line. He's going to need to win a couple of matches at the Scottish to guarantee making it.
-
-
I've never understood or agreed with how snooker handles the whole issue of amateur vs professional. In golf you decide to turn pro and from that point on you are ineligible to compete in amateur competitions. How well you do is really irrelevant. You have declared that you are trying to make a living playing golf. In snooker you have players who have been on the tour for years like Michael White. In no way shape or form is he an "amateur" He just happens to be a professional who isn't very good at the moment and isn't able to "put food on the table" from tour winnings. The players that Murphy and Selby lost two are also trying to make a living from playing snooker. An amateur is somebody who has a full time job and plays on the weekend for fun.
What Murphy said was stupid and just plain wrong. Those quasi-professionals have way more pressure on every match because they aren't millionaires like Murphy and most of the top 8-10. They are the ones trying to scratch and claw under immense pressure to "put food on the table"
Where I will kind of agree with Murphy is what is the point of the Q-School if you can fail to make it and still play in every tournament. Those players who just missed should be on the lower tour with other professionals who aren't quite good enough to play on the main tour. Maybe allow 3-4 to qualify or events like Monday qualifiers in golf. It's not fair to the players who did gain tour cards through Q-school that players who didn't make it have identical opportunities to them. And 128 players is just too many. 96 would be a better number. with 33-96 playing the first round and 1-32 joining in the second round. I don't see why "bye" is such a dirty word. Many tennis tournaments do it that way and it's a reward for being a top 32 player. Same as being a top 16 player gets you into the WC without having to qualify.
The bottom line is that finishing in the two year top 64 or making it through Q-School should mean something. The way things are now neither really means as much as it should.Last edited by Stony152; 2 December 2021, 06:27 PM.Comment
-
Great post Stony. Been a while, nice to see you back.
-The fast and the furious,
The slow and labourious,
All of us, glorious parts of the whole!Comment
-
At least ITV have the decency to start their program early, so they can get through all the pre-match waffle and begin the actual event on time. But the BBC are special, we must of course all wait for them.Originally Posted by mikee View Post
-The fast and the furious,
The slow and labourious,
All of us, glorious parts of the whole!Comment
-
Sorry, I want to talk about the new score banner graphics again. It what way is this okay?
You do not have permission to view this gallery.
This gallery has 1 photos."Kryten, isn't it round about this time of year that your head goes back to the lab for retuning?"Comment
-
What are you talking about Billy? It's a decision made by the BBC, they're right and you're wrong, end of.Originally Posted by Billy View Post
-The fast and the furious,
The slow and labourious,
All of us, glorious parts of the whole!Comment
-
Just watching the Hicks Gilbert match ,I have to say Andy Hicks cue sounds like the hardest tip on the planet ,either that or he’s not tightened up the cue joint . That really must be a hard tip .
Comment
-
-
The score banner is on every camera angle but I'm sure it's usually only displayed on the fixed camera covering the whole table. It's a bit distracting and unnecessary to have the score displayed onscreen all the time.Comment
-
Didn't even notice... and usually I'm quite anal about such things. First world problems, I guess."That pocket moved!"Comment
-
Update: now I can't get off my mind. Damn you, BBC! Damn you, TSF!"That pocket moved!"Comment
-
I’m torn! I’d choose BBC’s coverage every time, and yet I agree and am mildly amused by your sarcasm.Originally Posted by PatBlock View Post
What are you talking about Billy? It's a decision made by the BBC, they're right and you're wrong, end of.
-"Kryten, isn't it round about this time of year that your head goes back to the lab for retuning?"Comment
-
Lolz o'clock ha haOriginally Posted by neuronic View Post
yep it's bloody annoying, the most unnecessary, very yellow, full width!?!? Forever there, unrelenting , obscuringly stupid score banner sport has probably ever had. Well done BBC for winning the ginormous tw@t award of the year! 
⚪ 🔴🟡🟢🟤🔵💗⚫🕳️😎Comment
-
We def should start some sort of petition... at some point they'll just have to listen.
Damn you, BBC! That bloody banner! It's always there!"That pocket moved!"Comment
-
Jeez the Hawk v Selt match is pretty painful! I've refereed better Wednesday league matches....
⚪ 🔴🟡🟢🟤🔵💗⚫🕳️😎Comment
Comment