Eirian Williams' 3rd WC Final

[dannyd0g]

one question pls, how would you know when someone gives you a googd/bad rep??

click on the green 'my panel' button at the top of the screen.

[dannyd0g]

Whats the point of discussing and debating things when every time someone doesn't agree with you they give you a bad rep?? (post #3) Why not at least have the guts and tell me who you are?

If you think I'm totally wrong on something, then by all means speak out and say so, but PLEASE don't hide so cowardly behind that rep button.

Maybe it was Eirian himself and you have wounded him with your opinion.
I do agree with you about anonymous neg reps, although hypocritically i once dished one out myself for someone unfairly criticising Alex Higgins. My excuse and im sticking to it is that i was drunk and emotional

[Maija]

Whats the point of discussing and debating things when every time someone doesn't agree with you they give you a bad rep??

Yes, it's silly, isn't it? I only badrep people that I think have overstepped the line of good behaviour in a discussion, and I do sign it. Goodrepping is another matter; I tend to shell out those more freely

Sorry for the off-topicness, but sometimes discussions arise in The Wrong Threads.

[zong]

click on the green 'my panel' button at the top of the screen.

did that, but dun see anything abt reps...have i missed out something??

[dannyd0g]

did that, but dun see anything abt reps...have i missed out something??

There should be a heading there for 'latest reputation received'. Maybe you just havent got any. nothing good or nothing bad, so nothing shows up until someone reps you either way.

[zong]

There should be a heading there for 'latest reputation received'. Maybe you just havent got any. nothing good or nothing bad, so nothing shows up until someone reps you either way.

thanks dannyd0g, i probably haven't got any

just realized you can see your reps by clicking the rep button on your own posts..

[Elanor]

Well... he got a bit stressed with that respotting scenario, didn't he? Gosh. I don't think I've ever seen a ref getting quite so stroppy about a situation before. When they've had a difficult respot that I've seen, they've always seemed to have taken it with a bit of a sense of humour.

I've got no problem with Eirian Williams really - I've seen him ref a few times, and he always seemed very professional and experienced. I don't think he's got the calmness that some of the others seem to though; people such as Jan Verhaas and Michaela Tabb seem to vanish into the background far more effectively, if you know what I mean.

[gavpowell]

I said Williams was aweak ref when I saw he was announced as the ref for the final. A couple of seasons ago I complained on either this board or the BBC that Williams was hopeless at respotting the balls and seemed amateurish.

I got my head bitten off because Colin Brinded had just died recently and I was told he was clearly upset because he'd just lost his mate. My reply was if he wasn't fit to referee he shouldn't have been there, but now I think he's just demonstrated he's not composed enough to be a final referee. Even with a TV screen he made a mess, and made one of Selby's shots more difficult by misplacing the yellow.

Jan Verhaas is by far the best referee I've ever seen - never seen any player so much as disagree with him and he always fades neatly into the background when not needed.

[snooky147]

I too was disapointed by Williams performance in the final.

[Mitsuko]

Jan Verhaas is the best by far in my opinion.

[PaulTheSoave]

GAVpowell is spot on. He also made a misjudgement on the white near the baulk cushion. It was the only ball he had to concentrate on and did put it in the wrong place. The first day he almost spoiled the atmosphere when someone made a little joke when the balls had to be replaced with help of the video.

Eireen said: Please, keep your jokes to yourself! He appeared to be very stressed.

[Cyril]

Jan Verhaas is the best by far in my opinion.

Alan Chamberlain is very good too. Why do they keep pensioning him off after the quarters?

[Cyril]

btw. Snooker Archive was updated yesterday! Wow!
www.snookerarchive.com

[Miss_S]

Alan Chamberlain is very good too. Why do they keep pensioning him off after the quarters?

Agree! Nothing against Eirian,but I would have loved to see Alan doing the WC final.

[stuartfanning]

Has Alan Chamberlain ever be given the World Championship final? Seems Williams and Verhaas have the final sowed up between them.