2014 World Championship Qualifiers

[coomsey76]

Davis and Steadman all level at the mid-session interval......

[PatBlock]

Serious hangover for Mike Dunn, he's out 10-2 against young amateur Rhys Clark.

Did you see that exocet of a red he knocked in towards the end of the match? It was born of frustration but he just got down and hammered it in, Truump style. It was quite spectacular.

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[LittleMissAlexa]

this could be Davis' last professional match couldnt it? doesnt he drop off the tour if he loses?

edit: just looked it up and yea could be Steve Davis' last match

[LittleMissAlexa]

He can be so careless sometimes. He can play a good safety when he wants to, problem is he almost never does. I hope his coach works with him on this. Luca loses a lot of matches because of careless shot selection.
When Luca runs out of position, or is in a bad situation, he should ask himself "what would John Higgins or Ronnie O'Sullivan do in this situation", instead of just going for impossible shots.

so did Ronnie when he first turned pro he didnt develop a safety game into around 1997

[LittleMissAlexa]

I have seen enough of him in the past 2 years to know that he won't go further unless he starts using his brain and unfortunately he seems pretty severely mentally challenged to me ... been a fan for way too long ... finally gave up on him .. he is too dull to get it

he has autism

[PatBlock]

Davis and Steadman all level at the mid-session interval......

He's playing quite well isn't he. I thought he was going to lose that forth frame when he played a loose safety on the last red, letting steadman in, but so far so good for the Nugget.

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[LittleMissAlexa]

Drago could be very fortunate if Brecel stays in the provisional top 64 he sneaks onto the tour next season

Wattana has dropped as has Adam duffy, Jamie O'Neill, Simon Bedford, Passakorn Suwannawat, Michael Leslie, Sean O'Sullivan, Mo Khairy, Stephen Lee, Stephen Hendry and Hassan Vafaei Ayouri

[cyberheater]

this could be Davis' last professional match couldnt it? doesnt he drop off the tour if he loses?

edit: just looked it up and yea could be Steve Davis' last match

Yes. I think that's right.

And Steadman is slowly pulling away from him. 4 - 2 now.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Tian Pengfei is the biggest loser in the change to the ranking system because points wise hes well in but not money

[Holden Chinaski]

so did Ronnie when he first turned pro he didnt develop a safety game into around 1997

Yes but young Ronnie was getting much better results than Luca. It's not only his safety game, its also his shot selection and above all his positional play.
Hope these things improve when Luca gets older...

[Mr Snooker]

i think this is first World Championship since 1980 without Tony Knowles and also Less Dodd who played in everyone between 1983-2013 and he only qualified for the Crucible on three ocassions in 1983, 1993 and 1994 correct me if I'm wrong

[Mr Snooker]

Drago could be very fortunate if Brecel stays in the provisional top 64 he sneaks onto the tour next season

Wattana has dropped as has Adam duffy, Jamie O'Neill, Simon Bedford, Passakorn Suwannawat, Michael Leslie, Sean O'Sullivan, Mo Khairy, Stephen Lee, Stephen Hendry and Hassan Vafaei Ayouri

I thought with Sam Baird losing 10-9 yesterday to John Astley that Tony Drago was off the main tour but as you say he as to rely on Luca getting into the top 64 to be sure of his tour place for the next two years is that correct.

[PatBlock]

Steve Davis wins the final frame of the session to effectively keep his hopes alive at 6 - 3 to Steadman.

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[PatBlock]

Yes but young Ronnie was getting much better results than Luca. It's not only his safety game, its also his shot selection and above all his positional play.
Hope these things improve when Luca gets older...

Exactly. He's still only young, just 19, so there's plenty of time for him to mature, but I haven't noticed much improvement in his game over the last few seasons, which is a little disappointing. Having said that, I thought he played better in the second session, giving trickier shots a bit more though. Lets see how he does against Delu this afternoon. Shame that one's not being streamed, should be an interesting match.

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[Holden Chinaski]

Exactly. He's still only young, just 19, so there's plenty of time for him to mature, but I haven't noticed much improvement in his game over the last few seasons, which is a little disappointing. Having said that, I thought he played better in the second session, giving trickier shots a bit more though. Lets see how he does against Delu this afternoon. Shame that one's not being streamed, should be an interesting match.

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Yes I'm very disappointed Luca v Delu will not be streamed. Really wanted to see that one...