Grand Prix match discussions

[liftfinger]

Don't know what everyone else thinks but Higgins is not playing at all. He is not giving 100% and that is wrong. The Thai player must be disgusted.

[Alex0paul]

I really feel gutted for Issara, Alan doesn't deserve to go through after his performance today and I am really angry with Higgins' performance too. I hope, like David Roe did to Michael Holt, John apolagises to Issara.

[cap]

I'm disappointed at Higgins. Surely he should have tried harder than that.

[Lindsay]

They should play all the final matches for the group at the same time.

[Sarmu]

I wonder how Issara feels when he is watching the match

[hegeland]

To me it was obvious Higgins did not go for full machine today. Other than his 147 attempt he, I suspect deliberately, played well below the standard he's performed in all the other matches. McManus played some really terrible shots and missed quite a few balls by a some margin and yet managed to win easily 3-1. They showed poor Issara as he was watching the final frame, shaking his head. I'm so gutted! It is a MUST to play all matches in the group at the same time, and/or change the money and ranking points distribution so that it it more of an advantage to win your group.

And this system of calculating the group rankings is a farce. Why don't they copy the IPT system? It has worked flawlessly for litterary thousands of matches.

[elvaago]

They should play all the final matches for the group at the same time.

Yeah, they did it in the qualifiers. Why not now? Strange.

[dannyd0g]

: It is a MUST to play all matches in the group at the same time, and/or change the money and ranking points distribution so that it it more of an advantage to win your group.

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That is a good idea that would help to prevent any abuse of the system. I am surprised to hear this about Higgins, as i would have guessed he'd be too professional to do things like this, but I guess there can be different priorities sometimes when mates and loyalties are involved.

[April madness]

I don't think John would involve himself in match fixing. and Alan too.

[gavhay]

Another factor, now Higgins will not play Ronnie until the Final I think, really unfair!!

[dannyd0g]

I really feel gutted for Issara, Alan doesn't deserve to go through after his performance today and I am really angry with Higgins' performance too. I hope, like David Roe did to Michael Holt, John apolagises to Issara.

What happened between Roe and Holt ?

[gavhay]

I don't think John would involve himself in match fixing. and Alan too.

I am guessing that is can only be called match fixing if it is agreed between the two players, however if John just decided to play crap two fininsh 2nd then nothing can be proved.

[The Statman]

I don't think John would involve himself in match fixing. and Alan too.

Nor do I.

I am sure Higgins was still trying his best to win, but subconsciously of course he knew that he had qualified whatever – so even with the best will in the world the pressure would not be the same and it would be impossible for him to treat the match with the same importance as if his progression depended on it.

[dannyd0g]

Another factor, now Higgins will not play Ronnie until the Final I think, really unfair!!

How err convenient for Higgins to suddenly not be playing very well and finish second.

[edinmis]

I already said yesterday that all the group last matches should be played in the same time. This will be fair for every player in the same group.

In another site, as the duration of each frame can be varied very differently, it is hard to control to finish all matches in the same time (not like Football match, 90minutes).

But, the tennis match has same issue when the top 8 players will play the ATP master. They will use round robin format for the group matches, and the final two matches of each group will be played in the same time.

So, i just wondering why the Snooker will arrange the schedule like this? where is the fair play spirit?