2019 World Snooker Championship

[bobmikeking]

Ah Ronnie.....
Probably the greatest player to date
Probably the greatest negative effect of any player on the game.

[Stony152]

Why did Scott's mum let him leave the house with a haircut that the other kids at school will laugh at?

[Billy]

Why can't some people simply accept the fact that James played better than Ronnie on the day, and give the lad the credit he definitely deserves, instead of being so mean spirited?

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Look, I'm taking nothing away from his win... at least not intentionally. Good luck to the lad - I hope he goes far. He faced up to RO, showed good nerve and sent him home. Great. Brilliant.

But tell me this, Pat. In all honestly where would you rate RO's performance on that day... out of 10?

You can say it's irrelevant, and maybe it is. There has to be a winner in any match and JC came up trumps. I'm just not getting the 'biggest shock in Crucible history' thing. Even some of the players when asked about the match are saying it wasn't that big of a shock.

[peejaytwo]

Why did Scott's mum let him leave the house with a haircut that the other kids at school will laugh at?

My Mrs just said that he looks about twelve but what with the hair.

[the_unrepentant]

Has anyone got a video of Kyren's 14 ball plant? (if you can really call it that!)

[PatBlock]

Look, I'm taking nothing away from his win... at least not intentionally. Good luck to the lad - I hope he goes far. He faced up to RO, showed no real nerves and sent him home. Great. Brilliant.

But tell me this, Pat. In all honestly where would you rate RO's performance on that day... out of 10?

He made 51, 86, 53, 54, 97, 104, 89, and 53. Stats wise, he was ahead on all but the overall score. So he wasn't garbage. I'd give him a 7. And I'd expect him to beat a rank outsider on that form. He didn't, because James put him under more pressure than he expected, and it caught him out. IMO.

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[Billy]

Has anyone got a video of Kyren's 14 ball plant? (if you can really call it that!)

You're not missing anything. It was maybe a four-ball plant. His opponent broke off and practically re-racked the balls. The ones that were dislodged just happen to line themselves up with the corner pocket.

He made 51, 86, 53, 54, 97, 104, 89, and 53. Stats wise, he was ahead on all but the overall score. So he wasn't garbage. I'd give him a 7. And I'd expect him to beat a rank outsider on that form. He didn't, because James put him under more pressure than he expected, and it caught him out. IMO.

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Well I say we leave it there

[Odrl]

For some reason I get the feeling the Hawkins-Li match is not quite over at 8-1. Li is a notoriously slow starter who always fights until the end, and Hawkins often has problems closing out matches. There could still be some snooker left in that one. :smile:

Never mind, I was just talking nonsense. :smile:

[Mr Snooker]

John Virgo said in commentary that a player left the rest on the table and the referee said it is your responsibility to place and remove the rest or extension from the table not mine. I am not sure which referee said this or to which player in which match, but it was in this years World championsip. The referee is correct in my opinion.

[bobmikeking]

Someone asked Jan Verhass about that on twitter he said

"If there is a danger of the player fouling then we wont bother, if not then we are just helping with the flow of the game."

[Steve748]

When a player is snookered and there is the possibility of the ball going back why can't the ref use his ball marker or a piece of thinner plastic and leave it behind the ball but not touching?

[JimMalone]

Never mind, I was just talking nonsense. :smile:

Expected this match to be a bit closer too. Hawkins is hitting his crucible form again.

[JimMalone]

Carter - Lisowski was actually the first rounder I was looking forward to the most. I'm curious how Lisowski will cope with Carter's matchplay.

[Billy]

When a player is snookered and there is the possibility of the ball going back why can't the ref use his ball marker or a piece of thinner plastic and leave it behind the ball but not touching?

Yes, because the players would be perfectly fine having to cue over the ref's ball marker

I'm not sure if this is a genuine suggestion, but I'll play along just for the fun of it. It would interrupt play and break the player's concentration if he's having to cue over anything that's in his eyeline.

And finally they're now using the Chinese ball-tracking tech, so there should be no more arguments or deliberation about where a ball goes.

[Nifty50]

Billy, why doesn't the ref put his finger behind the ball and have the player cue over it?