Shanghai Masters 2009 - Qualifyers and WC round discussions

[wildJONESEYE]

really? i think Liang will win quite comfortably...5-2 i say..

spot on lol

but it wasent as comfortable as the score suggest...

after 7 frames Gilbert could easily be 4-3 up.

[JiangYu]

Good nervy clearance by Liang, after trailing 63-0. Well done, Liang and well done Spike for correctly predicting the match score!

[very.tee]

Actually we probably won't see Doherty with Robertson. Higgins is on the first TV table, and on second it's supposed to be Ebdon vs Wenbo. Maybe should Wenbo lose today, they'll change their minds?
And also no Hendry-Campbell match tomorrow

WHAT?! I want to see Mark Selby

EDIT: Yey, Matthew Selt's through I see

[JiangYu]

really? i think Liang will win quite comfortably...5-2 i say..

Hm, I don't know. By the way Gilbert is playing at the moment, it doesn't look like he's really settled down and saying that he hasn't played a particularly good cannon into the pack so he's forced to take the safety.
Liang is also not playing at his best but he does seem to be the more comfortable of the two. If it becomes 3-1, I'd say it'll be 5-1.

EDIT: Haha, I made a mistake! I really meant to say that I think it will be 5-1 to Liang! . I don't know why I wrote 5-4.

[spike]

I think Liang will win this 5-4

really? i think Liang will win quite comfortably...5-2 i say..

[JiangYu]

I think Liang will win this 5-4

[darrus]

Actually we probably won't see Doherty with Robertson. Higgins is on the first TV table, and on second it's supposed to be Ebdon vs Wenbo. Maybe should Wenbo lose today, they'll change their minds?
And also no Hendry-Campbell match tomorrow

[Odrl]

I think they were gambling that we would see Doherty against Robertson and Dott against O'Sullivan anyway, while the two Chinese players were arguably expected to only play this one match.

[wildJONESEYE]

I'm not patronising anyone. The standard and interest of a match is made by the combination of both players and some other factors aswell. It is natural that China wants to show some of its prospects and takes these kind of opportunities to do so, and it's also natural that people whould root for their own countrymen. Tian is no sluch. I wasn't expecting him to win but I was expecting a very close match because I know he's good. No luck there at all.
Showing a good local player in what could be expected to be a hard fought battle is a very reasonable choice.

yes its natrual and im sorry for calling you patranizing didnt meen it in the way it came over

but i think china has moved on and watching Ken Doherty is more apealing than watching local players against un recognisable faces.

but im more interested in best match ups on paper and i did think Pengfei v Higginson was a worthy TV Match with Pengfei experianced on the main tour...

but my point is across the world watching Ronnie v a jerneyman isnt as apealing than watching Selby v Higgins but we all know whitch match they will show

[Monique]

monique with respect thats patronizing the Chinese to only wanting to see their own players

its moved on and the chinese couldnt care less who they are now and would want to watch the best standards not local players for the sake of it.

as it turned out Pengfei played well but thats more luck than judgement.

I'm not patronising anyone. The standard and interest of a match is made by the combination of both players and some other factors aswell. It is natural that China wants to show some of its prospects and takes these kind of opportunities to do so, and it's also natural that people whould root for their own countrymen. Tian is no sluch. I wasn't expecting him to win but I was expecting a very close match because I know he's good. No luck there at all.
Showing a good local player in what could be expected to be a hard fought battle is a very reasonable choice.

[wildJONESEYE]

Well Wild, Chinese snooker fans are "peole" as well ... and certainly overcome the Brits in numbers by a wide margin. Maybe you should take into account what THEY want to watch, especially when, for once, it's happening in their country and during their daytime!

monique with respect thats patronizing the Chinese to only wanting to see their own players

its moved on and the chinese couldnt care less who they are now and would want to watch the best standards not local players for the sake of it.

as it turned out Pengfei played well but thats more luck than judgement.

[Monique]

yes i understand that but this local crap has to stop same thing in wales for welsh players...

they got to look at it objectively and put on the best out of 4 matches.

same hapened with 110sporttv qualifieng rounds it wasent thought through who people want to watch not what they think should be shown.

Well Wild, Chinese snooker fans are "peole" as well ... and certainly overcome the Brits in numbers by a wide margin. Maybe you should take into account what THEY want to watch, especially when, for once, it's happening in their country and during their daytime!

[wildJONESEYE]

The tournament is in China. Chinese channels are showing two Chinese players. Perfectly understandable logic
I would've preferred to watch Doherty's match. But...

yes i understand that but this local crap has to stop same thing in wales for welsh players...

they got to look at it objectively and put on the best out of 4 matches.

same hapened with 110sporttv qualifieng rounds it wasent thought through who people want to watch not what they think should be shown.

[darrus]

you got to question that with 2 former world champions playing in shoe boxes.

The tournament is in China. Chinese channels are showing two Chinese players. Perfectly understandable logic
I would've preferred to watch Doherty's match. But...

[wildJONESEYE]

Yes, I know. But there wasn't any stream to Dott's match, or I missed it. I'm using Eurosport player myself

no the 2 match that was on TV Tables was Campbell and Higginson..

you got to question that with 2 former world champions playing in shoe boxes.