2007 NI Trophy Discussions thread

[Ekphantos]

Should be a good final, not nerve wrecking, as none of the two is one of my favourite, but both are established enough to not break down due to pressure. So hopefully good standard.

[missneworleans]

Is it me, or does it look like Fergal is playing Kimi Raikkonen?!

Haha, so cold! Well I think he shows more emotions than finn

[issha]

ill put some pocket money on over 15 frames for 2.50...

i hope for a long final....

[The Statman]

Was that Paulthesoave getting Fergal's autograph?

Yes it certainly was! Shot of the championship!

[ADR147]

Come On Fergal! If it came off it would have to be my greatest prediction beating Greece to win Euro 2004, Ding to win Uk 2006 and Dott to be in a world final in 2004. Allen needs to win another frame though.

lol sometimes you make these predictions without truely thinking it will happen - i bet on dominic dale to win in china but deep down i never expected it!

[JoanneT63]

This is Maguire's chance. He will win the final hopefully, and become the provisional number 1.

Maguire on fire.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I make the provisionals as follows:

Murphy 29250
O'Sullivan 28950
Maguire (if he wins) 28825
Higgins 28775

or

Murphy 29250
O'Sullivan 28950
Higgins 28775
Maguire (if he loses) 27825

Not much between the top four at all....

[Maija]

So, the final has started and no stream to be found. Tg4 is showing footie, Eur is showing tennis and the web streaming starts in 14 minutes.

Fergal got off to an 8-point start, at the moment Mags is on the table, on a break of 17.

I don't understand why Eur can't just stream the whole thing. Perhaps it has something to do with tg4 showing footie, seeing as the footage is probably delivered by them, but then again, Eur has been streaming when tg4 cut their transmissions earlier in the week. This way or the other:

@Jo: That is cirka what was said on Eur as well.

[April madness]

TG4 is starting snooker also half past... interesting scheduling

[Maija]

Mags takes the first frame, with an initial break of 60 and another run of 40-odd points.

Mags v FOB 1-0

[Maija]

TG4 is now working. It seems they have Ken Doherty as an expert commentator for the final, though not during the frames.

Mags v FOB 1-1

Fergal in first in the third frame, on a break of 40 now.

[Monique]

Now 2-2 ...

[Maija]

Mags v FOB 4-3
109-8 (60) 0-84 (84) 0-87 69-46 135-0 (135) 72-62 56-65 (Maguire 56)

A very exciting and interesting match so far. A great 135 from Mags, but also very impressive breaks from Fergal. He seems to have met the wall a little during the last few frames, only nicking the last one as Maguire missed a long red.

As for the ranking issues: "If he [Maguire] wins tonight he will be up to third in the provisional rankings, if he loses he will stay fourth." (WSA)


Now I'm off to look for raisins, almonds and suitable alcohol (red wine, vodka) to make gløgg.

[Marc]

A nice break of 135 by maguire to lead 3-2

In frame six, O'Brien missed a red on break of 58, then later made a bad saftey shot on the yellow, badly under-hitting an attempted snooker. Maguire then went on and potted the yellow and a long green and then he cleared up with a tricky black to lead 4-2.

next frame fergal missed a black on a 41 break maguire then got to 56 but wobbled the last red in the jaws of a baulk corner. fergal cleared from there to trail by just one frame going into tonights session.

maguire 4 v obrien 3

[Black_cat]

I absolutely HAVE to say this: if O'Brien wins tonight, I'm organising a posse whose sole purpose would be to pilfer Alex's crystal ball.
Please PM me.

[Alex0paul]

As expected O'Brien is trailing just like Fu and Dale did at the end of the first session.