2016 World Championship discussion

[golferson123]

if selby wins not playing well! that's not his fault.we have all won games when not on form and also lost games when on form, love him or loathe him he gets results like the old saying goes it's all about the w! ask spurs if they would trade their attractive game for wins

[Billy]

Arrgghh! Just how............ long............ does it take.......... Steve Davis to............................. get his words out?

[thommo335]

2016 World Championship discussion

has Selby got a new tip on? not heard Taylor or Davis mention it. ....ffs

[Billy]

has Selby got a new tip on? not heard Taylor or Davis mention it. ....ffs

:biggrin-new:

[armstm]

:biggrin-new:

"As long as my game's still there, there's no reason I can't go on and win the World Championship"

apart from the fact that your bottle is not good enough and your wig affects your alignment.

[ghost121]

Arrgghh! Just how............ long............ does it take.......... Steve Davis to............................. get his words out?

Ridiculous commentator, typical BBC where the 'name' is more important than the quality.

[ghost121]

Ding needs to settle...

[golferson123]

"As long as my game's still there, there's no reason I can't go on and win the World Championship"

apart from the fact that your bottle is not good enough and your wig affects your alignment.

grow up.........

[richo]

Gutted I don't want to watch the final. Got the soccer on instead. But I just won't enjoy watching Selby grind Ding down. I predict a pretty one sided score line, which is odd, as ding has played the better snooker, but Selby will get under his skin and slow it all down and win comfortably. 17-8 my guess.

[armstm]

I agree with vmax here I have to say. It's not a coincidence he's part of the longest frame in history. They play so much snooker the obvious shot must be apparent with 10-20 seconds but he takes far longer than this. It's not just Ronnie who has complained, I think a few people (incl. Higgins and Dott). Nice enough guy apparently but he's trying to deliberately knock people out of their rhythm.

[armstm]

just a little trolling... sorry!

grow up.........

[armstm]

he's won 6 worlds dude. ok he's not the best commentator but at least he knows what he's talking about.

Ridiculous commentator, typical BBC where the 'name' is more important than the quality.

[richo]

I agree with vmax here I have to say. It's not a coincidence he's part of the longest frame in history. They play so much snooker the obvious shot must be apparent with 10-20 seconds but he takes far longer than this. It's not just Ronnie who has complained, I think a few people (incl. Higgins and Dott). Nice enough guy apparently but he's trying to deliberately knock people out of their rhythm.

Yep, the frames with all the Reds tucked up against the back cushion are a speciality and I expect him orchestrating several of those early on to get in Dings head. It's honestly not a final worth watching in my view.

[cueman]

I really cant understand the hate against Selby. We know how he plays but if you are going to hate on him perhaps you should watch Ding's matches more closely as he too has taken a long time over shots, regularly having the cueball cleaned every 3 or 4 shots, walking around the table plenty. He took over 4 minutes on one snooker escape yesterday, the longest I've ever seen any player take over a shot!

For me they both have played slow this week to frustrate their opponent. Until the rules prohibit this, and you will not find one, they will continue to exploit it.

[richo]

I really cant understand the hate against Selby. We know how he plays but if you are going to hate on him perhaps you should watch Ding's matches more closely as he too has taken a long time over shots, regularly having the cueball cleaned every 3 or 4 shots, walking around the table plenty. He took over 4 minutes on one snooker escape yesterday, the longest I've ever seen any player take over a shot!

For me they both have played slow this week to frustrate their opponent. Until the rules prohibit this, and you will not find one, they will continue to exploit it.

I think you make a reasonable point. The issue I have is that for me he is a very uninspiring world number one, but granted he is a brilliant match player. If people like Trump had his mental strength then all his problems would be solved. I guess there is a fine line between gamesmanship and good game management in all sports (ever watched Barcelona players throwing themselves on the floor a lot?), so I take your point.