2014 World Championship - Discussion

[Cyril]

While perusing the figures, does anyone have an idea of who is the only player to have played Ronnie more than three times and have a positive record against him?

John Parrott

[statto]

Indeed. Judd could join him if he beats him here.

[daffie]

Well that was a short (and not so very sweet) afternoon of snooker...far too short for my taste. Hoping tonight's sessions will prove to be more 'extensive'

[scottley]

Replay of the 1940 World Final - Joe v Fred

Does footage even exist? I'd happily watch that!

[Cyril]

Does footage even exist? I'd happily watch that!

You can see newsreel highlights on YouTube.

[missneworleans]

Cuetracker doesnt count Neils match against Allen) well you can see that it is a really big achievement

[missneworleans]

Funny enough, cuetracker says Hendry played just 20 frames less than Neil this season in 1991/1992 season

[scottley]

Cheers for that, i don't feel like i've had my fix this afternoon so might look it up

[Billy]

Does anyone one know why we can't have the monitor like they have in China for replacing the balls after a miss? It would make it so much easier, surely we have the technology?

Wondered this for years now, long before I saw the system being used in China. What gets me about the miss rule, as if it wasn't bad enough for the players in the first place, is that they're now expected to step back from the table and wait for the referee to make a mental note of where all the balls are, every time they come to the table snookered.

The referee should make a rough mental note from where he is (just in case the technology fails) and without disrupting the player. Then if the miss is called they can use the tracking system they have in China to quickly and accurately replace any moved balls.

[scottley]

Any one else think Rob Walker was having a little dig at Shaun there? I don't think Shaun was to happy with having his weight mentioned, its obvious he's had to battle with it over the years.

[daffie]

OK then 2 final sessions coming up...I'm up for it! :snooker:

[SouthPaw]

Recently started a new job and I'm not getting as much time to watch the snooker... did Neil Robertson even give Mark Allen a chance or was it no miss snooker from Neil earlier?

[Cyril]

Any one else think Rob Walker was having a little dig at Shaun there? I don't think Shaun was to happy with having his weight mentioned, its obvious he's had to battle with it over the years.

I thought it was outrageous to be honest with you. He may as well said that "he's no longer a fat b******!"

[scottley]

I thought it was outrageous to be honest with you. He may as well said that "he's no longer a fat b******!"

I don't think it helped when the crowd laughed.

[Odrl]

Recently started a new job and I'm not getting as much time to watch the snooker... did Neil Robertson even give Mark Allen a chance or was it no miss snooker from Neil earlier?

Allen didn't really have any great scoring chances in the last session. He missed a couple from distance that let Robertson in, and Robertson's breakbuilding was very solid.

There is no question that Robertson has played the best snooker of the tournament so far. It's just a question whether he has peaked too early. The draw only gets tougher now, probably Trump in the quarters and Selby in the semis...