UK Championship 25/11 - 7/12

[Rocket147]

Come on Oliver Lines!

[Rocket147]

Lines must be feeling nervous tonight. Had a great chance for 3-1 but blew it, now 4-0.

[brusque]

If Wattana's potting was half as good as his safety Smurf was in trouble ... not that he is not right now but u know wat i mean

[cyberheater]

World Snooker is saying O'Sullivan has a broken ankle
which is certainly painful.

Ronnie O'Sullivan insisted he may pull out of the Coral UK Championship if the pain caused by a broken left ankle doesn't decrease before his second round match on Sunday night.

I watched him this afternoon. I don't care what they say. He hasn't got a broken ankle. I had one earlier in the year and I was in a plaster cast for 5 weeks. Not allowed to put any weight on it and that was a really minor one. I did manage to hobble about on it for the first couple of days before going to hospital. And hobbling is right. Painful. Ronnie looks quite comfortable walking around the table. No way has he got a broken ankle.

[robertmac]

Friday is a day off for the players however saturday's
TV (World Snooker) tables look interesting.

Saturday's televised matches are:



1.00pm
Table 1. Mark Selby v David Morris
Table 2. Ding Junhui v Jimmy White



7.00pm
Table 1. Judd Trump v Aditya Mehta
Table 2. Barry Hawkins v Nigel Bond

[stephenm2682]

Either way, I don't see Ronnie playing on, shame as he could of let wells have a w/o

[stephenm2682]

Also, maybe he doesn't fancy playing peter lines, who has a 100% record against him

[tedisbill]

I watched him this afternoon. I don't care what they say. He hasn't got a broken ankle. I had one earlier in the year and I was in a plaster cast for 5 weeks. Not allowed to put any weight on it and that was a really minor one. I did manage to hobble about on it for the first couple of days before going to hospital. And hobbling is right. Painful. Ronnie looks quite comfortable walking around the table. No way has he got a broken ankle.

Did you see the picture he tweeted? Looks pretty nasty!

It's on this link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...le-injury.html

[the montrealer]

HI Hope Ronnie Plays on Sunday without Ronnie its not worth watching
he is one of a kind Strickly Genius

[cyberheater]

Did you see the picture he tweeted? Looks pretty nasty!

It's on this link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...le-injury.html

Thanks tedisbill for the link.

That's confirmed it to me. It's definitely not a break. Looks like he's strained some ligaments there which is good news for us. At least Ronnie will be able to keep playing.

[inacion]

I'm not surprised about Carter defeat on 1st round, recently he had health problems and probably isn't in his best condition yet.
Shaun Murphy wasn't at his best, but was enough to win.
Daniel Wells play better than I expect.

[Rocket147]

HI Hope Ronnie Plays on Sunday without Ronnie its not worth watching
he is one of a kind Strickly Genius

Ronnie, at his best, is levels above everyone else, but come on, there are still plenty of solid players worth watching and some very interesting match ups to come. To say the tournament isn't worth watching without Ronnie tells me you're not a devout snooker fan.

[the montrealer]

HI I remember watching Alex Higgins play Stephen Hendry in the Irish Masters and he broke his foot and still
won the final against Stephen Hendry

I hope Ronnie Osullivan is feeling better and plays his match on Sunday
Cheers Leonard

[Rocket147]

I'm not surprised about Carter defeat on 1st round, recently he had health problems and probably isn't in his best condition yet.
Shaun Murphy wasn't at his best, but was enough to win.
Daniel Wells play better than I expect.

I heard Carter had an excellent chance in the final 11th frame to claim victory over Zhang Anda but unfortunately could not take his chance. Carter himself, however, said that he felt he played awful during the match and needs to go back to the drawing board but he may not be able to rediscover his best form after what he's been through. I hope to see him play well at the Masters though.

[Rocket147]

My picks (in Bold) for tomorrow.

Saturday 29 November

13:00 GMT

John Higgins (Sco) vs Jamie Cope (Eng)
Matthew Stevens (Wal) vs Gerard Greene (NI)
Ding Junhui (Chn) vs Jimmy White (Eng)
Fraser Patrick (Sco) vs Ryan Day (Wal)
Marco Fu (HK) vs Lu Haotian (Chn)
Michael Holt (Eng) vs Dechawat Poomjaeng (Tha)
David Gilbert (Eng) vs Mark Joyce (Eng)
David Morris (Ire) vs Mark Selby (Eng)

19:00 GMT

Robert Milkins (Eng) vs Marcus Campbell (Sco)
Graeme Dott (Sco) vs Anthony Hamilton (Eng)
Robbie Williams (Eng) vs Ricky Walden (Eng)
Barry Hawkins (Eng) vs Nigel Bond (Eng)
Igor Figueiredo (Bra) vs Anthony McGill (Sco)
James Cahill (Eng) vs Andrew Higginson (Eng)
Aditya Mehta (Ind) vs Judd Trump (Eng)
Jimmy Robertson (Eng) vs Mark Williams (Wal)