2014 World Championship - Discussion

[skidmarks]

cool. its unusual Virgo wasnt mentioning it much

[scottley]

Ah thanks. So it's actually the third, not the second longest frame at the Crucible.

If thats what your saying mate, i was just pretending to be a font of knowledge when really i copied and pasted it off Twitter.

[PatBlock]

Yeah agreed, poor from the crowd. The headsets don't help either as I always say, with the crowd tittering at every single (un)funny quip from Virgo. Go and watch the snooker......stay at home if you want to listen to the commentary.

Virgo should refrain from trying to get a laugh from the crowd, this is a serious frame!

I'm getting absolutely sick to death of Virgo, Parrot, Doherty, and Taylor treating the crucible as their own little comedy circuit. Drop the ego boys and adopt a little professionalism for pitty's sake. You of all people should realise how serious this is. And they go on and on about what a distraction mobile phones are.

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[The Statman]

If thats what your saying mate, i was just pretending to be a font of knowledge when really i copied and pasted it off Twitter.

I'm a very rare twitterer but I've just seen it.

For the record, frame 27 of the 2006 final was 74 minutes 8 seconds. After seventeen minutes all the reds were still on the table!

[scottley]

Better catch some kip ready to watch Fordy in the morning, he can't play any worse than today, G'night JV.

[DandyA]

I'm getting absolutely sick to death of Virgo, Parrot, Doherty, and Taylor treating the crucible as their own little comedy circuit. Drop the ego boys and adopt a little professionalism for pitty's sake. You of all people should realise how serious this is. And they go on and on about what a distraction mobile phones are.

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I'll second that - it must be very disconcerting for a player if the crowd giggles as he's preparing for a shot ... so please, BBC commentators, if you insist on cracking jokes, please tell them between frames ...

[DeanH]

I'll second that - it must be very disconcerting for a player if the crowd giggles as he's preparing for a shot ... so please, BBC commentators, if you insist on cracking jokes, please tell them between frames ...

...that would be good, as hopefully we will be with Hazel and wont hear the jokes

[cebs]

They do talk over the shots sometimes too much but that last frame was a joke.

Walden just couldn't pot a ball for half of it, my 9 year old was watching and couldn't believe some of the misses.

When he missed a yellow to the top pocket and a guy at the front buried his head in his hands brought my son out in a fit of laughter but Walden's face was a picture, bet he was a bit pleased to not have to play a couple more frames.

Even the yellow that was stuck up I half thought he might miss, after that though pockets seemed to grow nice and large for him.

Same it didn't get to 9-9 but glad it ended when it did to be honest.

[SnookerFan]

I'll second that - it must be very disconcerting for a player if the crowd giggles as he's preparing for a shot ... so please, BBC commentators, if you insist on cracking jokes, please tell them between frames ...

How has the BBC commentary been? I had a bit on the website last night, and Steve sounded a bit subdued. Especially when he was asked to comment on a win he'd got over Michael Holt, who was currently playing. A bit unprofessional.

I ended up going in the other room and putting Eurosport on.

[SnookerFan]

Willie Thorne was getting on my tits at the Welsh Open, though.

Almost every shot played was wrong according to him. "That's not how I'd have played it, oh it came off well. That's lucky, because as I said, I'd have played it differently...."

It's not like Willie Thorne had a massive long list of ranking tournament wins, what makes his opinion so accurate all the time?

[rich45]

It's not like Willie Thorne had a massive long list of ranking tournament wins, what makes his opinion so accurate all the time?

Because he got so many maximum breaks of course....................

.......................in practice

[rich45]

How has the BBC commentary been? I had a bit on the website last night, and Steve sounded a bit subdued. Especially when he was asked to comment on a win he'd got over Michael Holt, who was currently playing. A bit unprofessional.

I ended up going in the other room and putting Eurosport on.

The only one who is bugging me is Virgo, trying to make the crowd laugh all the time, and his ridiculous "Where's the cue ball going?" almost every frame. Steve Davis' voice isn't a good fit for commentating in my opinion, better as an analyst in the studio. Other than that, I find the others ok and have enjoyed Stephen Hendry too. I would prefer to have no commentary though but that isn't an option, other than muting it altogether.

[Mr Snooker]

A Few facts about Alan McManus And Ken Doherty who play each other in the 16

Head To Head Mettings They have played each other 24 times Alan McManus leads Ken Doherty 16-8 In Meetings, they have played each other twice at the Cruciable, First time was in 1994 (Last 16) Ken Doherty beat Alan McManus 13-11 that year and they played each other again in the last 16 in 2005, Alan McManus Won the match 13-11, so it's 24 Frames won each and 24 Frames lost each at the Cruciable.

Crucicable Apperances

Ken Doherty 19 (Since 1991)
Alan McManus 14 (Since 1991)


Crucicale Best Peformance

Ken Doherty Champion 1997 Beat Stephen Hendry 18-12
Alan McManus twice Semi Finalist

1992 Lost To Jimmy White 16-7
1993 Lost To Stephen Hendry 16-8

Both made thier Cruciable Debut in 1991

Alan McManus beat Willie Thorne 10-8 In The last 32, then Lost 13-12 to Terry Griffiths in the last 16
Ken Doherty Lost to Steve Davis OBE In the last 32 10-8

both Players made The Final stages of the World Championships in Thier first year as a professional

[Chappy5]

C'mon Ford and i would love to see him beat Trump but i am doubting it from 6 -2 down.

[scottley]

I hope Tom does himself a bit of justice, he's miles better than he's shown, not a bad start for him so far.