2007 NI Trophy Discussions thread

[Fuu]

Tennis and snooker are hardly comparable in terms of their player fields, of course. Snooker has a far, far wider field of possible tournament winners and the difference in quality between the top players (top 16/32) of snooker is simply a lot smaller than the top of tennis.

na, sure you can't compare. but still we get spoiled by having a fav in another sport that usually wins when you get the chance to watch him

anyway, I'll not stop watching snooker just because my favs dropped out. it's still an amazing sport, it's just even better when people I favour are still playing ^^

[encipher]

Has anyone watched Hendry's Match vs. Gould? How was his performance overall? Do you think he has a chance at beating Murphy in the Last 16?

[Maija]

Tomorrow will bi great match - Hendry vs Murphy.

Ouch. No, that's not going to be great. Judging by how the Hendry-Gould match "looked" on live score... no. I don't want to finish that sentence

I hope I'm wrong, though, and that Stephen will be super-focused and bring his best long potting and breakbuilding tomorrow!

Edit: Just read the post-match interviews on WSA:

A despondent Higgins, who has yet to reach a ranking quarter-final this season, said: "I was garbage, I missed so many easy balls it was untrue. I'm not really practising that much, I've got other things to do.

"I'm not putting in the work you need to win tournaments, that's been the story of my life. I'll deal with it - I've had bad beats before and I'll have them again. Good luck to Fergal, he made four great breaks during the match."

Right. Garbage and UNTRVE. Tschöö, Higgins. Good thing I'm not a fan. Eh. Wait. Fck

[MysteryG]

xD

Sounds like he doesn't really enjoy or care about it anymore or something.

Oh well. If you say you're determined to stay on top and then say you don't practice much, then maybe you're not really that determined to stay on top.

[Semih_Sayginer]

i suppose with his wife expecting another baby, and having not performed great since the worlds has made him not feel too bothered about playing too often at the club etc, but as he says, hes went through it before....

[PaulTheSoave]

At the preview of the season (Alex0paul) i claimed Higgins would take his foot of the gas pedal. Winning his second world title was what he really wanted and succeeded. Therefore it does not surprise me he had his priorities elsewhere.

[MysteryG]

i suppose with his wife expecting another baby, and having not performed great since the worlds has made him not feel too bothered about playing too often at the club etc, but as he says, hes went through it before....

Yeah that's right I guess. I already thought "have other things to do" referred, for the most part at least, to the pregnancy of his wife. Something like that is far more important than snooker of course, so it's understandable.

Well, we'll see eventually. It's still not as bad as Williams, whose career will die if he keeps this up.

[Anastasia]

[QUOTE=Maija]Ouch. No, that's not going to be great. Judging by how the Hendry-Gould match "looked" on live score... no. I don't want to finish that sentence

I hope I'm wrong, though, and that Stephen will be super-focused and bring his best long potting and breakbuilding tomorrow!


I hope too that you wrong And hope too hi will bi in best form
We see tomorrow

[snookersfun]

Barry Hawkins on a max here? 96 points and counting (oh to equal 2-2)
edit: awwww, 112 only

and Tom Ford is in great form 3-1 to him

[Fuu]

grah, being able to watch the selby match only in live ticker is not excactly doing any good to my health...

ford has been pretty good, it's nice to see him play so well GO LEICESTER BOYS ... ^^

higgins really wasn't too great this afternoon, I hope he comes back stronger once he's able to focus on training more. absolutely understandable though, that he's got other things on his mind right now. family should always come first.

[Wim]

Perhaps we should open a thread about Higgins being a better player than his results reflect

[snookersfun]

oh buggers, now TG4 stopped transmitting 'snucar beo', and in the middle of the game also....arrrrrgghhhhhhhhhh

was just getting comfortable and happy with the nice transmission...

gah, back to stupid lice scoring now:

Ronnie seems to pull one back though 2-3 (have to say am/was impressed with Ford's clinical play)

edit: Ali ahead 3-2 now

[Fuu]

Ronnie seems to pull one back though 2-3 (have to say am/was impressed with Ford's clinical play)

tom is really impressing me too... like what I see there

[April madness]

well, Tom gets off position so often that just has to do those crazy and spectacular shots but hats off, he pots them all.

[Fuu]

well, Tom gets off position so often that just has to do those crazy and spectacular shots but hats off, he pots them all.

it's actually more the way he behaves around the table that surprises me ...staying very calm and focused there. I like that.