2025 Tour Championship

[DeanH]

Only seeing Table 1 on ITVX at the moment; was wanting to watch Wu Yize, over to Bet365 I expect

[Nifty50]

Mark Williams giving contact lenses a go.

[Nifty50]

Smurph humped again. I was tipping him to win the Worlds

[vmax]

Mark Williams giving contact lenses a go.

It'll take him a while to get used to them but they are better than glasses if they don't irritate your eyes. Played my best snooker when I used them but I ended up with an irritation in my left eye only so had to stop.
Murph'y top game was very brief wasn't it, seems as if these coaching tips don't last very long, must have been something more than just keeping down until the ball fell into the pocket. That will be in his head now and very hard to shake it off and then he will start to look for something else, a rabbit hole into a maze that's never ending

[Cue crafty]

Smurph humped again. I was tipping him to win the Worlds

I think it's hard to keep finding that level of focus/concentration for him, that recent win, he found the formula again but any snooker player knows finding it again and again is the hard part.

I think at his age, if he can muster the determination that's required, no matter what level of natural ability you have, he can win big still. It will be how much desire he can muster I think.

Maybe being so talented, it's difficult to really try that hard and put all the practice in?? Steve Davis said recently that looking back, he maybe didn't need to practice quite so much as he did....but is that all part of wanting desperately to win... 🤔

[MrRottweiler]

I rarely buy The Sun newspaper but did yesterday and there was a story in the sports section about WST introducing different coloured balls to assist fans with colour blindness. I was thinking how ridiculous it all sounded but have just realised it was on the 1st April. It had me fooled.

[RonnieO’Hendry]

Trump and Higgins played their matches at the same time, afternoon session (two table setup)
Therefore why aren’t Robertson and Wilson scheduled to also play their matches at the same time, night session on the two table setup?
Just seems a bit absurd.

[RonnieO’Hendry]

When I said absurd (previous post)
I mean why does Higgins who is the 4th seed get the luxury of playing his two sessions with a session break in between whereas Trump the 1st seed has to play his sessions without any break
ie. afternoon session then night session
I would have thought the No.1 seed should get that luxury not the No.4 seed?

[SnookerfromtheThatcherEra]

It's time to call out Kyren Wilson's "toilet breaks" - does he really need a seven-minute poo after every frame, or could he, just possibly, be trying to throw his opponent off and break concentration in a pretty outrageous bit of gamesmanship?

[cueman]

It's time to call out Kyren Wilson's "toilet breaks" - does he really need a seven-minute poo after every frame, or could he, just possibly, be trying to throw his opponent off and break concentration in a pretty outrageous bit of gamesmanship?

Neil Robertson started all this off years ago and it does seem a deliberate tactic that some players use to frustrate their opponent. I think there should be a time limit on toilet breaks introduced, or maybe restrict the amount of times a player can leave the arena over a set amount of frames to be played. Unless of course on medical grounds provided a doctor's note or something.

[trains]

Graeme Dott said that Steve Davis went to the bog after every frame in their first round match at the Crucible in the year 2000, just checked the matchup on Cuetracker, its nothing new.

[vmax]

It's time to call out Kyren Wilson's "toilet breaks" - does he really need a seven-minute poo after every frame, or could he, just possibly, be trying to throw his opponent off and break concentration in a pretty outrageous bit of gamesmanship?

I think a person should be allocated to go with the player and make sure that the break taken was neccessary, either that or ration those bottles of sponsored water to one per session. Bill Werbenuik used to drink umpteen pints of lager and never left the arena as often as latter day players, yet alcohol makes you pee more often.

[Cue crafty]

I’ll have one of whatever Barry Hawkins is drinking!
And a double shot of Johnny Higgins.

[Nifty50]

I think a person should be allocated to go with the player and make sure that the break taken was neccessary, either that or ration those bottles of sponsored water to one per session. Bill Werbenuik used to drink umpteen pints of lager and never left the arena as often as latter day players, yet alcohol makes you pee more often.

lol. Don’t think I could go if someone was watching me. TMI.

[MrRottweiler]

Pure class. Great to see John Higgins when he's a potting machine like the good old days.