2016 World Championship discussion

[vilkrang]

Btw Ronnie 94% and Gilbert 93% pot success rate was quite impressive stuff. Has there been any other matches where both player's pot success rate has been over 90% in the end?

For 90%, I would think there have been many matches, especially finals between two top players. 93% might be different, particularly for a first round match.

For a first round match to have both players above 93%, that is rare, quite possibly unique.

Can't be many matches at all with both players above 93%, 93% will be enough to win you the match 93% of the time.

[shmeeko69]

Some top stuff going on - "Milkman" is fighting back too.

Certainly didn't see this happening to Selby or what going on at the next table with Robertson.

[mikeyd100]

Certainly didn't see this happening to Selby or what going on at the next table with Robertson.

Yeah, makes it more exciting - lets see if the cream rises to the top !!

[wake_up_bomb]

It doesn't matter about the brown. Selby flukes brown. Selby misses blue. It doesn't matter about the blue.

Yeah, I sort of realised that as you told us five seconds ago that "it doesn't matter about the brown". Like you do virtually every frame.

[JimMalone]

Really surprised of the development of that morning session. Selby struggles a lot, hopefully he will come through.
Can't see the other match. Is Michael Holt playing so strong? Is Robertson playing poor? Both together?

Not that Holt can't beat Robertson, but with Robbo 0:3 down I was a bit surprised. Now it seems to be more of a equal match.

[Rane]

Seems like Robertson has checked in now. Two centuries in a row. In total 3 in 6 frames between the two players!

[mikeyd100]

Selby through 10-6.

[thommo335]

Oh, right-oh. Thanks Mr Snooker. I still maintain it's rather odd. It's not like they're struggling for commentators. Bit sad to hear Neil and Jimmy have chosen Eurosport for the WC coverage. Maybe the Beeb are a bit staid for Jimmy's personality, but he should be joining the rest of us at its home.

The BBC is no longer the home of the WC, it's barely even a place to pitch a tent, lucky to have one table on the red button, whilst Eurosport have devoted both channels, invested in the new studio format and fill the gaps with the Ronnie show so your always guaranteed a snooker fix, plus you can record it, rewind it etc, which you can't do on the red button!

Neither is the red button in HD....

[PatBlock]

Selby through to play Sam Baird on Friday afternoon then. Nice mini-comeback from Rob but a bit too late really. Mind you, that last black of Selby's struggled in didn't it. I enjoyed Marks reaction after it dropped though.

Holty still keeping the pressure up on Robbo as well, really good morning's snooker this.

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[armstm]

Ebdon is doing well as a commentator!

[Rane]

Ebdon is doing well as a commentator!

12 words in 5 minutes ?

[Tim65]

And so today's papers are full of the Ronnie O'Sulkiman show yet again.Obviously he was jealous of the amount of media attention Steve Davis was getting & decided to throw another of his childish strops.Just go away you pathetic little moron.

[golferson123]

2016 World Championship discussion

if he says 'bitterly dissapointed' one more time !

[cally]

BBC Red Button is Sky channel 980, record, rewind, etc. all available
Also it means you can easily quickly jump from one table to the other (i.e. 102, 980, 102 using the blue button - annoys-the-buggery out of the wife )
not sure if the other systems have this channel somewhere, anyone?


found this:
Freeview - 601
YouView - 601
Sky - 980
Freesat - 981
Virgin Media - 991

Nice one dean, I never realised that..

[DeanH]

Nice one dean, I never realised that..

as mentioned not HD, but to em that is not an issue
but I did notice on the webpage I found those numbers, a note that BBC does have a few other channels allotted for other Red Button channels and these are HD. But they seem to only use these for the big events like Olympics - i.e. where there is BBC budget to cover the costs of using them