2014 World Championship - Discussion

[montoya10]

I don't mind tactical aspects of the game one bit, but I can't stand it when a player deliberately keeps the table tight, instead of looking for openings. So yeah, Selby manages to lull me into sleep.

[daffie]

!!!

Showing you petty self there mate...well done

[zombieman]

As usual, the world final is the dullest match in the entire tournament. We haven't really had a proper final in 10 years (Williams-Doherty 2003). The tournament is simply too long and they need to cut down the amount of frames being played.

[cueman]

As usual, the world final is the dullest match in the entire tournament. We haven't really had a proper final in 10 years (Williams-Doherty 2003). The tournament is simply too long and they need to cut down the amount of frames being played.

Quite agree with this. With the snooker calendar as full as it is now the players literally are playing on empty by the time they arrive at Sheffield. I think I'd still keep with long matches but make them best of 19's until the semi, then the semi best of 25 and a best of 31 frame final. Its the multi 3 frame matches after the first round that do the damage. Having a best of 33 semi is overkill by that stage and takes way too much out of the players.

Snooker should not be about stamina, its never been a game about fitness.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

oh man

selby is really dump. plays the snooker

[jrc750]

oh man

selby is really dump. plays the snooker

And what choice did he have ??????????????????????

[Masterdoctorgenius]

play the yellow. be more attacking

lucker selby

[cebs]

I agree and think it's the three day semi final that takes too much and the players put all their effort into winning that.

If this stays close the final session should be good as Ronnie will start to go for stuff sooner or later.

Until today his long potting has been fine, needs a frame soon though...

Odds on Selby were pretty big at 5-10 down, might go favourite after this frame.

[jrc750]

play the yellow. be more attacking

lucker selby

Hmm yellow wouldn't go anywhere mate

[Masterdoctorgenius]

lucky break

he gets all the luck in this session so far

[vdking114]

Mark Selby is the Chelsea of snooker.

[scottley]

To many people with blind hatred for Selby so they over look the FACT he is a proper match player, he has over 300 career centuries a suberb safety game, a brilliant A, B, and C game and is always tough to beat because of an awesome temprement, so what if he wins ugly, getting your name on that trophy against the best player ever would be a fantastic achievement!

[Masterdoctorgenius]

misses a pot leaves nothing on

thick saftey leaves nothing on

[gavpowell]

As usual, the world final is the dullest match in the entire tournament. We haven't really had a proper final in 10 years (Williams-Doherty 2003). The tournament is simply too long and they need to cut down the amount of frames being played.

Ronnie's played fewer sessions than he played last year and is not playing at all well, so how do you account for that?

[a_jam_sandwich]

Mark Selby is the Chelsea of snooker.

selby is the death of entertainment in snooker