2019 World Snooker Championship

[JimMalone]

Gilbert has found his rhythm. Important for him to come immediately back to level things after the early 0-2 deficit.

[Billy]

He was just stretching his neck and spine by holding in what looks like a very uncomfortable position...
I do it all the time...

I just tried it. It hurts.

[Billy]

Being in your 40's doesn't mean you have to get fat.

It does. It's written in the Magna Carter or something.

[JimMalone]

No offense to Gilbert, but the only way he wins this is if Higgins plays badly.

I think I agree about this.
Higgins' B-Game is still soo strong these days.

[fkhan]

How could he miss that green, Dave?

[Mark187187]

If Gilbert really doesn't feel any pressure and plays freely he's going to win the match. If he lets the occasion get to him he's going to lose 17-8.

No offense to Gilbert, but the only way he wins this is if Higgins plays badly.

[Stony152]

If Gilbert really doesn't feel any pressure and plays freely he's going to win the match. If he lets the occasion get to him he's going to lose 17-8.

[Stony152]

Speaking of Higgins, I've been trying to figure why exactly I don't want to see him win. He's an older guy like me. He seems like a nice guy. Yet I cheer for O'Sullivan who sometimes acts like a spoiled brat and can be very unlikeable. Maybe it has a bit to do with the incident in Russia, but I wasn't a fan of his even before that.

Maybe it's just the fact that I don't understand a single word he says when he starts speaking.

[Stony152]

He really needs to improve his fitness. Being in your 40's doesn't mean you have to get fat.

Why is everybody on Higgins for being fat? Sure he could lose a few pounds, but I wouldn't necessarily call him fat. Shaun Murphy, Stuart Bingham and especially Mark Allen are fatter than Higgins and at younger ages. Allen is going to look like Stephen Lee in a few years if he doesn't change his diet.

[gavpowell]

Mark Williams is pretty unhealthy, I think he survives on kebabs and lager, and he's done okay at the Worlds recently too.

I think that may be an image he plays up to.

[JimMalone]

How is it possible that in one of the biggest matches of the snooker season the playing conditions were so bad? Is it sour grapes by Robertson or does he have a valid point?

The cushions were ridiculous. One match aside (don't remember right now which it was) I never saw balls soo often bounce far too quickly from the cushions.

[Mark187187]

He really needs to improve his fitness. Being in your 40's doesn't mean you have to get fat.

That's for him to decide. In terms of his snooker, he has a pretty outstanding record at the World Championships, which is surely where stamina is going to come into it if anywhere. Mark Williams is pretty unhealthy, I think he survives on kebabs and lager, and he's done okay at the Worlds recently too.

[blahblah01]

He really needs to improve his fitness. Being in your 40's doesn't mean you have to get fat.

Murphy has always been a fat....

[Cue crafty]

He genuinely looks like he's passed away there. Did the commentators pick up on it? Never seen anything like that before.

He was just stretching his neck and spine by holding in what looks like a very uncomfortable position...
I do it all the time...

Yep me too, the unnatural neck position to play snooker takes its toll as you age. Holding a stretch position as JH appears to be doing here, eases the tension in the neck muscles a bit.

It does look like he's been shot with a silencer and no one noticed though.

[gavpowell]

Yep, short, fat green witch and she started with Rod Hull, then a spin off - I doubt it was that late?

Originally an '80s thing, but the show dedicated to her was '91 to '93, apparently...