UK championship qualifiers

[JaneDoe]

yay its back! phew!

MTFR!

[April madness]

working now!!

[snookersfun]

R?
Higginson and Fergal playing today... Fergal in the balls....yay! (sorry got carried a way a bit...)

[JaneDoe]

R?

yes, R!

see my siggy

[snookersfun]

yes, R!

see my siggy

lol, yes, that would explain the R Good Luck!!!

Also not sure why there seems to be a general lack of interest in these qualifiers for some reason. Its the second biggest tournament after all but there seemed to be far more interest in the NIT and Grand Prix qualifiers.

we might miss Maija here and her commentary.... Is she still in Koeln?

[cueman]

Rodney Goggins (Irl) bt Judd Trump (Eng) 9-8

Shock of the qualifiers!

Don't know what to make of Trump now. As a junior he won everything and broke nearly all junior records. Yet on his second season of the MT he seems incapable of beating lower ranked players, in fact I cannot believe his provisional ranking of 45th, there must be a flaw in the ranking system for him to be so high yet he hardly wins any matches!

[dannyd0g]

Yet on his second season of the MT he seems incapable of beating lower ranked players, in fact I cannot believe his provisional ranking of 45th, there must be a flaw in the ranking system for him to be so high yet he hardly wins any matches!

This is just one instance of that. Its not fair to say he cant beat low rankers based on just 1 loss. Overall he must be doing quite well to have risen to 45 in his second year. TBH I dont know his results offhand but is supect this is more likely than a flawed ranking system.

[April madness]

surely getting to play at the Crucible last season gave him a lot of ranking points to have a fairly high place in rankings?

[Alex0paul]

Shock of the qualifiers!

Don't know what to make of Trump now. As a junior he won everything and broke nearly all junior records. Yet on his second season of the MT he seems incapable of beating lower ranked players, in fact I cannot believe his provisional ranking of 45th, there must be a flaw in the ranking system for him to be so high yet he hardly wins any matches!

It is actually his thrid season on the main tour. His ranking is good because he generally wins his first match thus ensureing he doesn't get half points.

[JaneDoe]

wot no decider in the rw's match? aww shame, i was this close to the loony bin!

seriously though, great ending to the match, a 128 and 9-7! well done!

[April madness]

lol Ja, congratulations!

[JaneDoe]

lol ty madz!
so sem was right! lol now we know what it really takes to win a snooker match!

[kellie-text]

Not lookin good for John Parrott, he's 5-1 down to Ian Preece.

Poor John.

[dannyd0g]

Not lookin good for John Parrott, he's 5-1 down to Ian Preece.

Poor John.

With all the talk about whether Jimmy should retire, forumers same may soon start asking the same about JP. Although he hasnt fallen as far as Jimmy and really played well during last years W/C i think it was, he generally struggles badly nowadays.

I guess they all keep plugging away hoping and praying for a consistent return to form.

[kellie-text]

With all the talk about whether Jimmy should retire, forumers same may soon start asking the same about JP. Although he hasnt fallen as far as Jimmy and really played well during last years W/C i think it was, he generally struggles badly nowadays.

I guess they all keep plugging away hoping and praying for a consistent return to form.

I think they all feel they can still play to a great standard.

Parrott proved at the world championship that he's still got a good game occasionally. Like Jimmy, he's well past his best but enjoyment is probably their main aim these days and if they want to carry on, who are we to say otherwise.