2014 World Championship - Discussion

[Valiullin]

Absolute nonsense. Griffiths was clearly rooting for Ding.

Oh I absolutely disagree. All decider long it was "poor shot but he's got away with that" or "he's been lucky there" to describe Ding's loose shots and "he's been a little bit fortunate" for Wasley. Just this kind of small talking points that indicate a sort of bias, even little. But they're professionals heh, they don't show it. No such thing as rooting. As for the crowd on the other hand... Well can't blame them for supporting the local guy, this just strenghthen my opinion that the Wold Championship should travel a little bit

[peterpackage]

Disagreed. As we've already seen here in the first few days of the 1st Round, the unexpected can happen at any time.

in theory yes but most upsets happen in the first round because the qualifiers have just had up to 4 matches to get through and are nicely warmed up and the seed is playing his first match 'cold'

[Billy]

Listen to the BBC commentators and the crowd when Wasley won... they definitely didn't want Ding to win.

Absolute nonsense. Griffiths was clearly rooting for Ding.

As for the crowd's reaction, that was nothing more than an appreciation at seeing the underdog win.

[Valiullin]

He may never become world champion at this rate. Weird that he seems to be jinxed in his adoptive hometown.

He gets no advantage from that unfortunately. There's no home advantage for a chinese man in occident. Listen to the BBC commentators and the crowd when Wasley won... they definitely didn't want Ding to win.

[Billy]

Why exactly does the tournament need a boring, extremely lucky grinder like Selby?

I can take or leave Selby, but as someone here once pointed out, there's no such thing as luck. Luck is something man invented to explain why certain things happen, because it's too hard from them to accept that they just do.

If a player tries to pot a ball in the corner pocket, misses and the red then cannons off three other reds before dropping in the centre bag; that's not luck. It just so happens that the red hit the other reds in such a way that it found its way into the centre pocket. It's nothing more than a series of events that resulted in something we decide to call luck.

[Atypical Male]

the only guy able to stop ROS is out.....argh! We already can pencil a 6th title for Ronnie....

Disagreed. As we've already seen here in the first few days of the 1st Round, the unexpected can happen at any time.

[Censor]

Flukes are a part of the game, and a spectacular one at that. Both players had some luck, as well as a few massive blunders. In any case, Wasley did not win "because of a fluke"; he won because he clawed his way to 9-9 with great tactical play, and found himself in a position to win the deciding frame.

On balance, I'm happy with the result because upsets and underdog successes please me, and Wasley's composure today impressed me. Felt sorry for Ding, of course, but as the established player with grand aspirations the onus was on him not to make so many mistakes.

He may never become world champion at this rate. Weird that he seems to be jinxed in his adoptive hometown.

[PatBlock]

Incredible evening's snooker! Just brilliant. Thanks guys.

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[daffie]

In your opinion maybe, personally i like watching him play, best tactician out there

Couldn't agree more!

Now I'm really off...see y'all tomorrow

[Dani]

Well done to Wasley. Ding flopping yet again at the Crucible, what a surprise.

^They call him (Selby) "Siesta from Leicester" for a reason.

[Billy]

You could clearly hear Brendan state that it definitely wasn't touching when he first inspected it.

Therefore, he correctly followed the rulebook and shifted the balls back to their original position.

As ever, a good performance from Brendan.

Yes, a fair assessment. Ding strikes me as being the last player who would try something on like that and I'm certainly not suggesting any form of sportsmanship. I do maintain, however, that had it involved a certain other player, more people would be discussing it.

[Valiullin]

Really, is it *rolls eyes* Selby is awful to watch

+1, hell yeah

[jrc750]

Really, is it *rolls eyes* Selby is awful to watch

In your opinion maybe, personally i like watching him play, best tactician out there

[Billy]

We already can pencil a 6th title for Ronnie....

Depends where his head is, of course, but he seems in a pretty good place at the moment so I'm guessing you won't get brilliant odds on him, let's put it that way.

[Dave Walton]

Very unfair to say that, he has battled well, so far

Well u knew what I meant .. the tournament needs Selby not White

Why exactly does the tournament need a boring, extremely lucky grinder like Selby?

... this is Snooker WC, Not a casting Show or big brother.

Really, is it *rolls eyes* Selby is awful to watch