WSC 2012 on TALKSPORT

[ferret]

See the draw now - http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...it-live-169910

[Masterdoctorgenius]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ronnie has ebbo

this will be war

[nrage]

There are some amusing match-ups all right

[scapps42]

Ronnie will be calling this a fix , of all the people he could of drawn , dear o dear

[ferret]

Mark Allen v CAO YUPENG.
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty.
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry.
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkings.
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Johnes.
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel.
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale.
Graeme Dott v Joe Perry.
Ding Junhui v Ryan Day.
Martin Gould v David Gilbert.
Mark Williams v LIU CHUANG.
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson.
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Ebdon.
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu.
Ali Carter v Mark Davis.
John Higgins v Liang Wendo.

[willtyson]

Some great draws there. Trump v Dale will be interesting. Needless to mention O'sullivan v Ebdon, great first round :snooker:

[cueman]

Ronnie will be calling this a fix , of all the people he could of drawn , dear o dear

My thoughts exactly. I said to both my mates yesterday that Ronnie will draw Ebdon! Cannot for the life of me see Ronnie beating him the form Ebdon is in and the fact Ebdon knows how to do a number on him, especially in the longer frame matches. Just wait to see what odds Ebdon is and I'll be putting on a minimum wager of £50 on this.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

trump will fluke his way thourh the first rounds like in the uk

still feel for dom

[Odrl]

It had to happen didn't it? O'Sullivan managed to get Maguire twice, Ding, Liang and Ebdon in recent years, when they were the most dangerous qualifiers.

I'm quite happy in general, as I don't like to see the best qualifiers paired with the best seeds. Other than O'Sullivan-Ebdon, there is no really strong pairing. And even here you could argue that O'Sullivan is not among the top seeds anyway.

[CueInAction]

Anyone know if/when the schedule is released

[chasmmi]

This is the first time I have looked at a Crucible draw and not seen a dead-cert thrashing jump out at me.

COuld be a very good first round.

Feel for Hendry, manages to avoid all the big names only to draw the guy that has a nasty habit of beating him at Sheffield.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

already on the worldsnooker.com website m8

[spike]

Looking forward to see how Luca Brecel, Cao Yupeng and Jamie Jones handle the pressure of the Crucible. Tie of the round and most intriguing match looks to be O'Sullivan v Ebdon..

[nYLo]

I really hope Ronnie just laughs about it and trys to dictate the match.
But actually it's probably more likely that he freaks and looses a thrilling 9-10 match after 15 hours just to retire afterwards.

[carlos1981]

The extra few quid i paid on eBay for the Ronnie tickets has just come good! Cannot wait for this one!