2025 Players Championship

[trains]

I quite liked the SBI guy commentating on The European event, not sure if just because he's a different voice, but he seemed more human somehow.

Trust quoting more on Microsoft Edge, yes you got the feel he plays and understands the game as opposed to the aforementioned two who really should have been shown the door years ago.

[MrRottweiler]

I'd like to see John win tonight but it's going to need something special.

[vmax]

Higgins has resorted to being Mark Allen and boring the focus out of his opponents, well done Judd, should be a good final against Kyren who doesn't resort to gamesmanship and backs his talent.
I suppose the fount of all knowledge will do his level best to spoil the proceedings but I'll simply switch off and listen to music while I watch because to be honest I don't need anyone telling me what's happening as I'm a player and can recognise screw, side, top and stun shots myself and as for what happened a couple of years ago.................................(🤐 Yates)

BTW please stop the PDC walk on Kyren, this is snooker mate.

[Cue crafty]

Be interesting to see how Judd handles Kyren today. I think Kryten gets under his skin and that isn't a good dynamic to overcome. I think Judd will need his A game today and let his best snooker do the talking! , I'm hoping for a good match and a Trump victory.

[PatBlock]

Perfect example of why I fink Judd so annoying to watch, frame 6, he pots a lovely long cut red, pots the relatively easy yellow but finishing A FOOT short, Kyren ends up winning the frame. How can someone of his ability misjudge the weight of such a shot by so much? And he does it tine and time again.

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[MrRottweiler]

Higgins has resorted to being Mark Allen and boring the focus out of his opponents, well done Judd, should be a good final against Kyren who doesn't resort to gamesmanship and backs his talent.
I suppose the fount of all knowledge will do his level best to spoil the proceedings but I'll simply switch off and listen to music while I watch because to be honest I don't need anyone telling me what's happening as I'm a player and can recognise screw, side, top and stun shots myself and as for what happened a couple of years ago.................................(🤐 Yates)

BTW please stop the PDC walk on Kyren, this is snooker mate.

Would love for Neal Foulds to ask Phil to explain the difference between check and running side. Long uncomfortable pause followed by Phil changing the subject.

[Cue crafty]

As I expected Judd is not just fighting Kyren on the table, he's fighting the fear of losing to him, you can see it in his eyes. I don't see that in Kyrens eyes though tbh, looks up for it and believes in himself totally.

[I'm River]

So Kyren takes the second frame of the evening session to level it up again at 5-5. A really error-strewn frame, both players seemingly in agreement about the weight of the white being slightly off. Looks like a change in the set of balls will be mutually agreed. Never seen that before. Common?

[Alan Tibbles]

Leo Scullion has made quite a few errors in the finals and semi's. Today, he didn't line up the colours properly. Kyren mentioned the blue was off its spot but Leo kept movinng the brown. Yesterday he repositioned the cue ball after a miss and it was almost 12" from where it shpould have been.

[I'm River]

Yeah, Brown-Blue-Pink were so clearly out of alignment when they showed the angle from behind the black as he broke off.

[cueman]

Judd has got to get Kyren out of his head. Whenever they meet I always get the feeling Trump is playing the opponent rather than the table. Against anyone else Judd just bullies them, but against Kyren he's got a kind of inferiority complex, he never plays well against him, he misses easy balls, never looks relaxed etc. The more this poor run of losses to him in longer matches goes on, the less likely he is to ever beat him again.

[MrRottweiler]

That has to be the most subdued crowd I've ever seen at a final.

[Cue crafty]

Judd has got to get Kyren out of his head. Whenever they meet I always get the feeling Trump is playing the opponent rather than the table. Against anyone else Judd just bullies them, but against Kyren he's got a kind of inferiority complex, he never plays well against him, he misses easy balls, never looks relaxed etc. The more this poor run of losses to him in longer matches goes on, the less likely he is to ever beat him again.

Couldn't agree more on this! My feeling is, and it's based on derogatory statements Judd has made about Kyren, is that he feels his overall talent is far superior to that of Kyren.

I'm not a fan of watching Kyren, but I do respect his hard work and achievements, maybe if Judd was able to do that too, he'd be taking the right steps towards playing better against Kyren...

I saw a few table taps showing respect to Judd, but saw little back from Judd (maybe I missed some?) sportspeople who have a general respect for each other, generally compete better against one another.

Time to drop the superiority complex Judd before it eats you alive.

[PatBlock]

It's a fun rivalry though isn't it. This made me laugh out loud.

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[Cue crafty]

It's a fun rivalry though isn't it. This made me laugh out loud.

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Ha ha!! I missed that one. 🤣