2014 World Championship - Discussion

[daffie]

Robbo looks very up for it...very different look in his eyes than there was yesterday. (needs to stop chewing tho)

I'm predicting a good session...

[Catch 22]

How many times does selby say the word "obviously" ! Lol

[daffie]

That was a nice little ditty about Terry G...enjoyed that very much.

Also great to see Mark Selby take so much time joining Hazel and the boys in the studio...not every player would do that!

[Atypical Male]

There is talk that Trump says disrespectful things about other
players and yet so does O'Sullivan I see. Neither should be
disrespectul in my opinion. It does nothing for the game of
snooker or themselves.

Full agreement. While I fully realize that O'Sullivan's one of the all-time masters of the game, the attitude I've seen him display on multiple occasions places me as being in the "not a fan" category for him. Showing a lack of respect for your peers in the sport shows a lack of respect for the sport itself.

As for today...
Robbo - he had that HUGE comeback against Gould when he won it all in '10, going completely nuts in that final session. I'm hoping that he doesn't wait to turn on the gas 'til then and instead steps it up in this first session today. To say that he was totally off yesterday is understating it.

They're talking at the moment about the 'slip of the 'tongue' that occurred yesterday.

[P.Smith]

Each of this trio are very scared of ronnie, not just scared.

One of the trio wont get more than 6 frames against ronnie in a best of 35 match and be embarrassed at how far behind them they are (just like selby was in masters final, i think he was close to crying like ding, now that would of been brilliant)

I don't know where you've got this from.

Judd played bad against Ronnie in last years semi final and still got a lot more than 6 frames.

I think you're a bit deluded if you think any of those players couldn't get more than 6 frames in a best of 35.

[attilahun]

Hi there. First post

Ronnie, apart from the last few frames of the Perry match hasn't turned up yet.
The Ronnie we saw at the Masters.

He's obviously having an off few days. Who knows what's going on.

The main thing is, he's sleepwalking through this tournament, because he's being allowed to.
When Perry nearly broke him, the real Ronnie woke up.

This is why he's so dangerous.
When he's playing like ****, by his standards, he's still capable of beating most.
But when he's pushed, and he's in the mood (unlike against Bingham in the uk) he's capable of destroying you.

I think Ronnie is a shoe in for the title, no matter how he plays, and that's worrying for the state of snooker, frankly.

Roberston could win the title, but it doesn't look like he's getting past Judd.

First post but a very good one. I totally agree with your analysis.....

[Kevycanavan]

Hi there. First post

Ronnie, apart from the last few frames of the Perry match hasn't turned up yet.
The Ronnie we saw at the Masters.

He's obviously having an off few days. Who knows what's going on.

The main thing is, he's sleepwalking through this tournament, because he's being allowed to.
When Perry nearly broke him, the real Ronnie woke up.

This is why he's so dangerous.
When he's playing like ****, by his standards, he's still capable of beating most.
But when he's pushed, and he's in the mood (unlike against Bingham in the uk) he's capable of destroying you.

I think Ronnie is a shoe in for the title, no matter how he plays, and that's worrying for the state of snooker, frankly.

Roberston could win the title, but it doesn't look like he's getting past Judd.

[robertmac]

There is talk that Trump says disrespectful things about other
players and yet so does O'Sullivan I see. Neither should be
disrespectul in my opinion. It does nothing for the game of
snooker or themselves.

[dino]

What is wrong with the way King played?

Ebdon I totally agree with........ so negative AND slow it was ridiculous. Thankfully we don't see him on TV much these days.

Don't know, don't remember the match, but Ronnie says Mark is not very talented and he knows it, but he's a fighter. Also, his technique is wrong, he walks around the table 3 or 4 times before taking the shot. Ronnie's theory is that you can pick up bad habits by watching poor players, subconsciously I guess, so he didn't want to watch it...

[WelshPhantom]

ha ha, so true. Just when we got rid of Ebdon, along comes selby..

Im not a fan of Selby but he's nowhere near Ebdon when it comes to timewasting.

[Billy]

Not 2.30pm?

Thanks, each. I'll look out for it at both times

Yeah. Reading failure on my part. Sorry. It's definitely 2:30pm UK time.

Got it. Thanks very much.

[cyberheater]

No Robertson- trump is 2:30

Not 2.30pm?

Yeah. Reading failure on my part. Sorry. It's definitely 2:30pm UK time.

[ywfan]

Come to think of it Selby is like a younger version of Ebdon which is why I don't particularly like him. Plus I'm not convinced of his sportsmanship.

ha ha, so true. Just when we got rid of Ebdon, along comes selby..

[stephenm2682]

If they resume at 7, they've only played 8 frames, so would finish tommorow!! So 8 this afternoon, 8 in the evening

[rich45]

7:00pm UK time.

Not 2.30pm?