2014 World Championship - Discussion

[cyberheater]

Well done McManus. Now at 8 - 4.

[Rocket147]

McManus pulls one back. He now trails 8-4. He made some great shots in that frame.

[ywfan]

well done alan!
keep holding him out there for as long as you can..

[trains]

Of course, seeing these scores vindicates the scheduling - i.e. swapping the two sessions on table 2. There would be a very real prospect of having a non-existent session tomorrow afternoon, or at least only a very short one.

Obviously they can't do anything about the evening session but it's done to minimise the chances of a non-session (rather like straddling the end of the first round and the start of the second).

But what about converting the venue into a 1 table one a round earlier to the quarter final stage and expanding the tournament a day or two,it's broaching on a collective hypnosis that the O'Sullivan and Trump Robertson matches are played at the same time twice,the last 8 is a big stage now this isn't 1995,personally I've missed a lot of good matches over the years because of this.

[Billy]

I love how Dom chalks his cue

[daffie]

I love how Dom chalks his cue

Could we stop the sexist remarks please

[The Statman]

But what about converting the venue into a 1 table one a round earlier to the quarter final stage and expanding the tournament a day or two,it's broaching on a collective hypnosis that the O'Sullivan and Trump Robertson matches are played at the same time twice,the last 8 is a big stage now this isn't 1995,personally I've missed a lot of good matches over the years because of this.

Not sure it would really work, though. It would require a further 6 sessions, which essentially equates to two more days.

It also means that if any quarter-final goes 13-3, there is no choice but to have a dead session.

[trains]

Not sure it would really work, though. It would require a further 6 sessions, which essentially equates to two more days.

It also means that if any quarter-final goes 13-3, there is no choice but to have a dead session.

Ty tbh I hadn't done the math's myself on this,it's still a new and bound to be increasing smouldering gripe for me though.

[P.Smith]

How can you be "sure"? Are they friends of yours or something?^^
So that's just speculation - wouldn't call it "stupid", though, since I'm quite a polite person

I'm just assuming that they would be ok with each other, as I've neither seen nor heard anything that would suggest otherwise. You used speculation to conclude that they definitely don't like each other. The burden of proof is on you there.

Either way, doesn't matter and I don't care. The players personal lives aren't in my interest.

[brusque]

why do kicks happen to lesser players at crucial points? I doubt Robertson, Trump, Ronnie, or Ding would have got the kick that Dale got at such a crucial stage ... 10-6 he was in it but its over now. To me he twitched but commentators are always moaning kicks every time a player misses a ball

[cyberheater]

So Hawkins has completed the session against Dale 10 - 5. A large mountain to climb.

Dale was very unlucky with a horrendous kick on the black when he nearly had the frame.

[DeanH]

I love how Dom chalks his cue

got to say it is the only mannerism I don't like with Dom
I am even coming around to like the shoes
come on DD!

[P.Smith]

Selby with an outrageous fluke there. Inb4 people get mad because it was selby who did it.

[scottley]

Have they always raised the curtain halfway through a frame or is it a recent thing? I always thought in years gone by that they waited until a frame had finished.

[The Statman]

Have they always raised the curtain halfway through a frame or is it a recent thing? I always thought in years gone by that they waited until a frame had finished.

They often do wait for the end of a frame but they generally do it at some point between players' turns, especially if it's relatively early in the frame.