UK Championship 2013/2014

[jrc750]

neil robertson is a true hero - he saved the sport of snooker tonight - should be awarded a victoria cross

Lol so typical of you

[gavpowell]

Whoever it was we can only presume he wanted Neil to beat Mark :eek-new:

Not sure he'll have appreciated Neil mentioning it, either, for that reason.

I'm prepared to bet said player is either a 5 or 7-time world champion

[ken147]

I have a sneaky feeling that Stephen Hendry sent Robertson that text message. I remember in the past Robbo asking Hendry advice about breaking building etc and Hendry said that his breaking building was amateurish (don't quote me on this). The former world champion said Robbo's safety is not as good as Selby's, so attacking snooker would be more appropriate. Sounds like a comment Hendry would make, I know he's not a fan of safety play!

[gavpowell]

I have a sneaky feeling that Stephen Hendry sent Robertson that text message. I remember in the past Robbo asking Hendry advice about breaking building etc and Hendry said that his breaking building was amateurish (don't quote me on this). The former world champion said Robbo's safety is not as good as Selby's, so attacking snooker would be more appropriate. Sounds like a comment Hendry would make, I know he's not a fan of safety play!

Yep, he did it in the UK last year and Robbo used his advice to win the Masters.

[Table_of_Reds]

Griffiths sent the text message. It was nothing more than a friendly bit of encouragement.

[HIPPY147]

Great Win by Neil

[P.Smith]

Griffiths sent the text message. It was nothing more than a friendly bit of encouragement.

Please tell me more about that inside information of yours.

[Chappy5]

Well done Robbo and great stuff.

Can anyone give a run down of what they think the deciding or best frame was etc? Was it drama packed and at what point would Selby look back and say " That is what cost me " etc etc.

We had no coverage of it here in Australia and i want to see some game play so will search Youtube and see what has been uploaded from the final but only want the real deciding frames that influenced the result and it is hard to know as i have not seen a thing currently!

[mythman69]

Well done, Neil Robertson! Fantastic performance to win from 5-1 down. Also great respect to Selby for the way he played and so gracious in defeat.

Totally agree! Great match!

Well done Neil!

[itsnoteasy]

Are you allowed text messages during a match, isn't that coaching? Especially if he's told him don't play so much safety play a more attacking game, hmmm.

[shredder]

Griffiths sent the text message. It was nothing more than a friendly bit of encouragement.

How do you know this?

[daffie]

How do you know this?

He doesn't. Just a load of BS... as usual

[arbitrage]

Nice finish from Robertson, although the century was a bit of a gift from the generous table... Did well in the penultimate frame as well, building a good break with just the blue, then scraping it out on the remaining balls. He gave himself every chance for the evening, but if it remains scrappy I think Selby will take it. :wink:

thanks a million. as soon as you posted this, the whole of australia let out a sigh of relief~~~~~

[Odrl]

thanks a million. as soon as you posted this, the whole of australia let out a sigh of relief~~~~~

Always happy to help. :wink:


Although to be fair, I did say "if it remains" scrappy. It was scrappy in a couple of frames, but Robertson did the damage in the first four or five, when he was going for his shots and made those two centuries. :smile:

[daffie]

Well done Robbo and great stuff.

Can anyone give a run down of what they think the deciding or best frame was etc? Was it drama packed and at what point would Selby look back and say " That is what cost me " etc etc.

We had no coverage of it here in Australia and i want to see some game play so will search Youtube and see what has been uploaded from the final but only want the real deciding frames that influenced the result and it is hard to know as i have not seen a thing currently!

Mark missed one particular red (I believe in the 7th frame?) when he was 5-1 in front at that point. He missed the red and ever since the pendulum swung towards Neil. He got back to 5-3 behind before the mid-session interval and picked up where he left off after the break. From then on some scrappy frames at first, but then Neil started to motor and came into his rhythm, bullying Mark who consiquently made mistake after mistake and Neil picking up the pieces...and made several beautiful high breaks as well.

In short...Mark had his chance to stamp his full authority on the match from the beginning, but failed to twist the knife so to speak Neil got more confident with each frame and played much better. A deserved winner in the end. Btw Mark missed a crucial last black as well in frame 15 to go 8-8 after being behind a couple of frames. Instead Neil went on 9-7 and there was no way back for Mark.

That's about it, if memory serves me well