Malta Cup Thread

[The Boss]

April and others,

The matches start an hour earlier than advertised. These are the times:

Thursday 7 February Day 4

11.00pm
Group 4
Mark Williams v Peter Ebdon
Ding Junhui v Dominic Dale

1.00pm
Group 1
Joe Perry v Ali Carter
Ryan Day v Alex Borg

5.00pm
Group 2
Neil Robertson v Joe Swail
Stephen Lee v Marco Fu

7.00pm
Group 3
Mark Selby v Tony Drago
Stephen Hendry v Stephen Maguire

[davis_greatest]

Table 2

Mark Williams v Peter Ebdon Ref: Peter Ebdon

I hope the ref in this one isn't accused of any bias.

[April madness]

I hope the ref in this one isn't accused of any bias.

lol someone at WorldSnooker is having a good laugh

btw, here's link to russian eurosport video online http://video.eurosport.ru/snooker/video_vid63453.shtml

Direct link to video stream mms://livestream.eurosport.com/ebu/63453.wsx

[PaulTheSoave]

Yes, the tournament does not interest me one bit, to be honest. Even have not seen Drago's swan song.

It's not as interesting now that it's not a ranking tournament.

But it's still very nice to be able to watch Tony Drago for the last time.

[April madness]

Yes, the tournament does not interest me one bit, to be honest. Even have not seen Drago's swan song.

Why, I am glad to see Doherty playing great snooker lately... So hope he wins this and continues to play great in Wales too

[Ekphantos]

I also find it less exciting than ranking tournaments, but for me this isn't necessarily a bad thing. At least I then don't get that upset if the "wrong" player wins

[Monique]

Well I'm not sure it is related to the fact that it's ranking or not. The Masters and the League were exciting IMO. But ... it's hard to explain exactly ... somehow when watching I get the feeling that the players don't care too much, that it isn't really important ... except for Drago and Murphy

Note the word "feeling" ...

[The Boss]

So the next round is the Semi-Final already? Not even any Quarter finals first?

[dantuck_7]

btw, here's link to russian eurosport video online http://video.eurosport.ru/snooker/video_vid63453.shtml

Direct link to video stream mms://livestream.eurosport.com/ebu/63453.wsx

Very good quality on this stream. About 600k!

[issha]

Borg means buisness

[elvaago]

Day can't even beat Borg? How low has he sunk?

[PaulTheSoave]

Because there is nothing at stake. I compare it with international friendlies in football. Could say it about The Masters as well, but its the top 16 and has earned its status over the years.

Why, I am glad to see Doherty playing great snooker lately... So hope he wins this and continues to play great in Wales too

[Peter147]

It doesn't affect me because I've got the internet, but Eurosports treatment of snooker in the UK is poor. They stopped showing the Ding/Dale match before the last frame, even though there was still 20 minutes of snooker transmission left. The tennis (yawn) they went to earlier than planned is now running late! Why don't they stop the tennis coverage prematurely just like they did with snooker? The least they should have done was to show snooker of some sort for the remainder of the schedule - like a 147 or something like that.

[Anastasia]

Yes this is very wrongfully
Here is the same !

[Anastasia]

When lately I watch Allister Carter I always remember for Kathrin