2019 World Snooker Championship

[peterpackage]

Id be so pissed if Higgin wins. Higgins has had some outrageous flukes !

He's a professional grinder, that's for sure

Hope Gilbert is steady enough to get over the line

[blahblah01]

John's turning on the grind now. Gilbert has sadly woken from his slumber and realised he's at the Crucible. Johns not in great form but the b game will win this unless Gilbert starts to believe again.

He needs to find some inner calm and play freely again or else he's done for.

Yep.

I thought Higgins battled back well though...

[Cue crafty]

Higgins has been talking about retiring this year, and has been open about how devestating losing 2 WC finals has been for him. I suspect that he wouldn't bounce back from another loss this year. I wonder if he has put added pressure on himself, knowing each game good be his last?

I think that's very plausible Mark, and if it's actually the case , imagine how well he could play if he gets to the final and just "feels good" all of a sudden.

Daft I know,but maybe the snooker gods think his overall talent deserves one more? It would certainly drive Ronnie to try harder to win a 6th if he did as it would bring him level.

[Cue crafty]

After Gilbert's flawless run so far I don't like to see him missing easy pots but I'm relieved he wavered enough to make it a two frame difference.

Yeh, I'm with you on that. I can never really enjoy seeing second rate snooker win just because some poor sod loses their bottle. No one likes to see it, that's no disrespect to John who is doing exactly what he should as a first rate pro.

It's a great reminder for me that the worlds is all about stamina and bottle. Talent too of course! But all these boys can play!

How's your pool by the way? Seem to remember you had a showdown with a young gun last year!

[Mark187187]

Higgins has been talking about retiring this year, and has been open about how devestating losing 2 WC finals has been for him. I suspect that he wouldn't bounce back from another loss this year. I wonder if he has put added pressure on himself, knowing each game good be his last?

[Cue crafty]

Just call me Mystic Meg.

More like Septic Peg

[MrRottweiler]

After Gilbert's flawless run so far I don't like to see him missing easy pots but I'm relieved he wavered enough to make it a two frame difference.

[Cue crafty]

John's turning on the grind now. Gilbert has sadly woken from his slumber and realised he's at the Crucible. Johns not in great form but the b game will win this unless Gilbert starts to believe again.

He needs to find some inner calm and play freely again or else he's done for.

[JimMalone]

Not exactly world class standard in this session with loads of easy pots missed by both players. Nerves clearly came to Gilbert in the end and who can blame him?
Higgins can be delighted going only with a 11-13 deficit into the final session after being already 7-12 behind and looking like he had totally lost confidence.

[gavpowell]

Just call me Mystic Meg.

You wanna be right or you wanna be Mystic Meg?

[Billy]

Well, Stephen Hendry has all but written Higgins off in this semi-final.

Which roughly translated means Higgins mounts a come-back and wins it 17-14

I'm telling you...

Just call me Mystic Meg.

[crocodile]

I've gone from wondering what a Dave Gilbert v Gary Wilson final would look like to actually wanting it now.

Higgins has been so poor and so has Trump.

Probably won't happen unfortunately, but I think it would be great!

[MrRottweiler]

For some reason I've been watching this match thinking the winning line is 13 frames and just realised it's 17. Not sure how I made that mistake but it means John is still in this. I take my hat off to Gilbert for how he's playing and he will deserve his place in the final but I hope John can take the last few frames this session.

[Billy]

Well, Stephen Hendry has all but written Higgins off in this semi-final.

Which roughly translated means Higgins mounts a come-back and wins it 17-14

I'm telling you...

[frak]

you cant possibly know that. as the match is still just idle speculation