2014 World Championship - Discussion

[DeanH]

2014 World Championship - Discussion

sometimes they ask the players to wait if say they are near the start of a frame to give the audience the view
not often
usually they do wait for end of frame
Statman beat me to it!

[snookerpoolman]

I must confess I was initially a little puzzled by the dislike for Trump, but I'm starting to sympathise with those opinions a little more now.

He seldom has anything positive or complimentary to say about other players, or so it seems to me.

Couldn't agree more... Trump's comments after his first round defeat of Tom Ford showed dis-respect for his opponent, the game itself and worst of all us - the spectators that pay his wages.. He needs to grow up. Couldn't believe he came out and said he was 'bored' towards the end of the match (even if he thought that...)

[snookerpoolman]

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

That was no twitch..It's possibly one of the worst kicks I've ever seen in 40 years watching and 30 years playing snooker.. His approach to the shot looked absolutely correct, but the black never even got near the pocket.. Poor old Dom.. I'm not saying he would have won this match, but 11 - 5 overnight is a big difference to 10-6..

[Giggity1984]

Couldn't agree more... Trump's comments after his first round defeat of Tom Ford showed dis-respect for his opponent, the game itself and worst of all us - the spectators that pay his wages.. He needs to grow up. Couldn't believe he came out and said he was 'bored' towards the end of the match (even if he thought that...)

Don't forget the "Neil is scared of me" comment. He's a douche bag.

[Giggity1984]

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

Trump gets a lot of kicks. I find that the players with long swoopy actions get kicks more often.

[peterpackage]

Damm a lot of one sides scores today

Robbo and Murphy have hills to climb. Dale and mcmanus are gone

[cyberheater]

Damm a lot of one sides scores today

Robbo and Murphy have hills to climb. Dale and mcmanus are gone

Yep. I hope Robbo and Murphy can make it a bit closer. I really thought Robbo would walk over Trump.

[Rocket147]

I wouldn't count out Robertson yet. I can't see Trump running away with this match.

[gambit.t]

after seeing griffiths top class commentary it got me thinking, has there been any other "funny" things that happened during a snooker match? I cant really remeber what happened but i think it was ronnie, where he sort of moved his hip forward towards michaela when she was bent over to replace a ball. Cant find the video, i found this quite funny though.

[P.Smith]

after seeing griffiths top class commentary it got me thinking, has there been any other "funny" things that happened during a snooker match? I cant really remeber what happened but i think it was ronnie, where he sort of moved his hip forward towards michaela when she was bent over to replace a ball. Cant find the video, i found this quite funny though.

That was just disrespectful though.

[daffie]

That was very distasteful indeed.

[attilahun]

A good thing is that Ros and Neil matches are no longer in the same session....so we can watch some proper snooker. As for the other 2 qfinals for me it was total disaster. Dale and Mc Manus lost it very early in the second session. Is is a shame we are ”treated” with this kind of matches in the last stages of the World Championship.

[Odrl]

Is is a shame we are ”treated” with this kind of matches in the last stages of the World Championship.

Yeah, it's the third year in a row really where a couple of players don't look like they have any chance at the quarter-final stage. But we always seem to get one or two one-sided ones even if the top players make it through.

The difference this year though, we could still get four of the top5 seeds for the semi-finals, or for of the top7 if Trump wins today. So it should be a good final weekend. :smile:

[daffie]

Yeah, it's the third year in a row really where a couple of players don't look like they have any chance at the quarter-final stage. But we always seem to get one or two one-sided ones even if the top players make it through.

The difference this year though, we could still get four of the top5 seeds for the semi-finals, or for of the top7 if Trump wins today. So it should be a good final weekend. :smile:

And that is a good result...many top players still in the tournament. As far as today is concerned...hoping for a very strong session from both Murphy and Robbo this afternoon as otherwise tonight's sessions will be pretty much moot. Come on guys...give us a match!

[scottley]

Dennis was just saying about how Shauns cheeks go rosy when he's under pressure, thats rich coming from the lobster lol.