2024 UK Championship

[Billy]

If Stuart isn’t already, he needs to get some help with his technique; SightRight or something similar. He’s pushing that cue through about as straight as a dog’s hind leg!

[Billy]

There was an article in time magazine a couple of years ago that said over 75% of snooker audiences in the UK are over 50. Audiences in the 80s and 90s were considerably younger on average from my experience, probably the majority in their 30s and 40s. Same goes for players in my club, most people are 40+ now, whereas when I was in my 20s so were alot of others in the club. It's alot of the same faces from years ago, and not many kids anymore.

I’m not sure the game’s missing out. Leave them to their ‘real sport’ - you know, the one with 22 millionaires throwing themselves around on a huge field, pretending they’ve been shot in the face when their ankle gets tapped.

[Billy]

What a shame Zang didn’t stay to receive the audience’s appreciation of his max. I know it brought the interval but he could have least walked back to his chair for a sip of his drink to soak up the applause 🤷♂️

[Cue crafty]

What a shame Zang didn’t stay to receive the audience’s appreciation of his max. I know it brought the interval but he could have least walked back to his chair for a sip of his drink to soak up the applause 🤷♂️

Modern era Billy, a Max gets treated like a circus act these days. Remember it’s all about the “W” and they don’t really need to be made to win a frame blah drone 💤 🥱

how about connect with the audience who pay and create prize funds by watching? 🤔

[Billy]

Modern era Billy, a Max gets treated like a circus act these days. Remember it’s all about the “W” and they don’t really need to be made to win a frame blah drone 💤 🥱

how about connect with the audience who pay and create prize funds by watching? 🤔

‘spose. May be a cultural thing, too.

[Billy]

Bedtime got to me before the match finished last night, but I’ve just seen the score. How in the name of all that is snooker did Bingham prevail over Williams!? Absolutely gutted!

[vmax]

Someone in the audience taken ill.

I wish I could say you've missed some exciting snooker, but Robertson is playing like Mark Allen does. Apparently he's gone online saying the game in this era has changed and now it's more about trying to stop your opponent scoring rather than getting in and creating a chance....

What a great future the viewing public have if they all start adopting this......

That's what modern conditions to accomodate the aramith balls have done to the game, made it easier for those for whom it should be harder. If the cloths had a bit of nap to them and the pockets were a little tighter then it wouldn't be end of frame everytime a long red was potted and the pack split from the blue.

When I reclothed our clubs match table I also reshaped the corner pocket openings to the WPBSA templates sourced from DeanH. About 3 mm was taken off the curve of the pocket opening each side to make them straight across the fall while the distance across the fall remained the same, the difference is huge, balls near the cushion no longer have that fear factor, blacks off the spot drop off the far jaw when before they wouldn't and yet still any near jaw contact is fatal, new cloth so cushion slide is a factor. The pros play on tables that are very different to ours, even the 1992 templates I've copied, especially those Rasson ones.

[vmax]

That's because it's the same people watching now who were watching 20/30 years ago. Whole audience will need wheeling in in another 10 years.

The bat flu vaccine is a factor, lots of people are suffering health problems because of that, young people falling down with heart attacks playing physical sports are a regular occurance now. The truth is starting to come out about that poison in the US congress hearings on the pandemic but it's not reported on the mainstream media, especially this country where parties in downing street are still being highlighted and not the extra deaths.

[Cue crafty]

Making me laugh Peter Ebdon taking notes on Shaun’s play! There’s only one real problem with Murphy’s game and it’s his safety! He’s no where near focused enough or clever enough about where he puts the white.

its been a lot better than usual in this match so I guess thats where he’s trying to help him.

anyone know?

[PatBlock]

Beautiful blackless total clearance from Ding to go to the decider. C'MON DING!

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[SnookerfromtheThatcherEra]

Making me laugh Peter Ebdon taking notes on Shaun’s play! There’s only one real problem with Murphy’s game and it’s his safety! He’s no where near focused enough or clever enough about where he puts the white.

its been a lot better than usual in this match so I guess thats where he’s trying to help him.

anyone know?

Not sure how or why Ebdon got another coaching gig after the total lack of evidence he improved Lisowski in any way.

Murphy's problem is obvious - concentration. He's always mugging and crowd-pleasing at the wrong moments, always hyper conscious of the audience.

[Cue crafty]

Well great great match there, that has given the championship a lift for me. Well played Murphy, brilliant long red in the decider to set up the win!! 👏

Looked like Ebdon was happy with Shaun's decision to play a safety and put the green safe too instead of going for a mad thin cut on the black for a 147 chance.

[Billy]

Well great great match there, that has given the championship a lift for me.

Really? It’s pretty much ruined it for me. I can’t be doing with Murphy’s constant playing to the crowd, acknowledging their applause for century breaks etc. And don’t even mention his fist pumps!

[Cue crafty]

Really? It’s pretty much ruined it for me. I can’t be doing with Murphy’s constant playing to the crowd, acknowledging their applause for century breaks etc. And don’t even mention his fist pumps!

I have trained my mind to watch the snooker itself and ignore Murphys inane gurning.

[vmax]

Making me laugh Peter Ebdon taking notes on Shaun’s play! There’s only one real problem with Murphy’s game and it’s his safety! He’s no where near focused enough or clever enough about where he puts the white.

its been a lot better than usual in this match so I guess thats where he’s trying to help him.

anyone know?

One of those whom Ronnie mentions that their technique outweighs their snooker brain ?