Grand Prix 2009 - 2nd Round Discussions!

[johnno147]

well king has been world number 11 on one occasion maybe if your not a fan of him you could take him on in a boxing ring with andy hicks as the special guest referee?

[Monique]

By the way, does anyone see a World No. 55 looking at Milkins

That just tells you how high the level is today in the qualifs ...

[johnno147]

didn't liang get a 147 and 3 centuries breaks and not qualify in one event?

[Alex0paul]

Milkins has always been a dangerous player but he has a problem with his ego. If anyone has a copy of the June 2003 issue of Snooker Scene then you'll know what I mean. I also think he took a long time getting over the defeat in the 2005 Irish Masters semi final where he lead 8-5 against Matthew Stevens only to lose 9-8.

[montoya10]

That just tells you how high the level is today in the qualifs ...

Exactly it is.. Judd Trump, Jimmy White, Barry Hawkins, in the earlier rounds, there are David Morris, Michael White as young guns, you see how well Mark Davis played, David Gilbert has the talent, O'Brien, McCulloch, McManus, Judge, Bond are too dangerous at any day to overlook... And the list goes on...

Stephen pulls one back and avoids whitewash: 1-4

He misses out the century though..

Just checked and saw that 10 centuries have been made.. A little bit under standards..

[johnno147]

on milkins i havent seen him play very much, but from what i have seen is a very good cueist but seems to rush a little and prone to not following through the cueball on every single shot. also i feel he hits the ball a little too hard.

[montoya10]

on milkins i havent seen him play very much, but from what i have seen is a very good cueist but seems to rush a little and prone to not following through the cueball on every single shot. also i feel he hits the ball a little too hard.

He is playing as if he has to finish the match and go for a part-time job

[superaussie]

king is cooked

[johnno147]

milkins 4-1 up

[cebs]

Ding has a nice chance to close this out now, nice to see him in a bit of form.

I also think he is seems to have lost some weight in his face and his eye tick doesn't appear to showing so much. I noticed it loads at this years wc but it didn't seem to affect him.

Fingers crossed for Ding, I've been waiting for him to win a tournament since the masters final that he lost to Ronnie.

[cebs]

Missed the black as i was typing !

[rivercard]

Milkins has always been a dangerous player but he has a problem with his ego. If anyone has a copy of the June 2003 issue of Snooker Scene then you'll know what I mean. I also think he took a long time getting over the defeat in the 2005 Irish Masters semi final where he lead 8-5 against Matthew Stevens only to lose 9-8.

I guess I remember that match.. I think Milkins was only a red or a red+colour away from victory in one frame when Stevens fired in a red on the side cushion to the green pocket then cleared the table and Milkins never really had a chance after that.

[johnno147]

well what has mark king done there?

chance for milkins to get into the quarter finals

[darrus]

5-1 it is. Good victory for Ding

[doorag]

well played ding.. hope he beats ebdon in the next round