Shanghai Masters Discussions Thread

[The Statman]

Yes, he didn't give a miss, though FOB wanted one obviously, but the ref was satisfied that Davis had given his best. I think it really upset FOB...

Can you explain this in more detail for those of us who have to read and imagine what actually happened on the table!

(And who is the referee?)

[Ellena]

Mon Mags ! ty for the score Mai.

Ding's 2-0 up too.

[rytter]

It is now 1-1 and Carter leads 1-0, on a break of 1, in the third, as I write.

where do you get this?

[hegeland]

I understand why O'Brien got so upset. IMO Johan Oomen should have let Davis try one or two more times before calling a foul without miss as he was so near on his first attempt.

Statman, you are one of the most accomplished referees among us here (if not the most), what is your opinion?

[The Statman]

where do you get this?

World Snooker live scoring at:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/livescor...entcode=0708SM

[The Statman]

I understand why O'Brien got so upset. IMO Johan Oomen should have let Davis try one or two more times before calling a foul without miss as he was so near on his first attempt.

Statman, you are one of the most accomplished referees among us here (if not [/I]the[I] most), what is your opinion?

I don't know! I didn't see it.

[mentalk]

how fast of an update is theh worldsnooker site?

[The Statman]

how fast of an update is theh worldsnooker site?

I believe it is updated about every 36 seconds and you can go back to the match index to change which you view.

[rytter]

World Snooker live scoring at:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/livescor...entcode=0708SM

ok thanks.
Didn't work yesterday afternoon and earlier today for me, but now it runs fine

[JPK123]

World Snooker live scoring at:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/livescor...entcode=0708SM

Ah, it's finally working. Then again, you should expect nothing better from the superb WSA.

[Maija]

Ding's 2-0 up too.

Even though he's 2-0 up (2-1 now), I don't get the impression that he's dominating the match. It could've easily been at least 1-1, if not 0-2. Then again, my head's spinning a bit from playing helpdesk and watching.

I'm not going to try to describe the sitation with Davis/FOB, just hope that we get a re-run and Statman's opinion. My opinion, worthless as it is, is that Davis should've made a couple of more attempts.

[The Statman]

Even though he's 2-0 up, I don't get the impression that he's dominating the match. It could've easily been at least 1-1, if not 0-2. Then again, my head's spinning a bit from playing helpdesk and watching.

I'm not going to try to describe the sitation with Davis/FOB, just hope that we get a re-run and Statman's opinion. My opinion, worthless as it is, is that Davis should've made a couple of more attempts.

Well the way Hegeland describes it as "Davis coming very close to it", suggests that a good enough attempt may have been made, depending on the difficulty of the snooker – i.e. was it a one-cushion escape, four or five cushions maybe?

A Miss should not be called because a player got so close he should hit it next time; a Miss should mean that he DIDN'T get close enough and should improve next time.

A full description (or even better, a diagram) of the table layout of the time and the difficulty of the shot would be helpful.

I do not have the wherewithal to watch anything on the internet here at work!

[The Statman]

...meanwhile Carter goes 2-1 down and Yu gets a frame to also trail 2-1.

[Semih_Sayginer]

regardless of whether or not the ref should or shouldnt have called it, Fergal shouldnt have let it upset him, or at least not as much, as the ref isnt going to change his mind...

(thats not to say he was or wasnt correct to question it)

[hegeland]

Ding 3-1 Delu