UK championship match discussion thread

[hegeland]

I'm sooo jealous of you lot going! Gutted to see all tickets sold when I finally made up my mind to go!

Have fun!

[PaulTheSoave]

saturday morning. is it not Ron on saturday then?

wish i had booked tomorrow as well, but cant have it all.

Thanks, Gustav. You could have bought me that drink!

i really cant wait to get there tomorrow now - Ronnie was amazing.
I'm hoping for a Ron vs Stevie final too.

what day are you arriving Paul?

[littleminx147]

yeah Ronnie is on Saturday - i think.

see you saturday then.

[hegeland]

Thanks, Gustav. You could have bought me that drink!

Indeed. In fact, I owe you more than one. Oh well, some day, somewhere I'll buy you a dozen drinks...

[dantuck_7]

Good frame on at the moment between Fu and Selby....


Selby always seems to end out battling it out into the small hours.

[dannyd0g]

It's a fact that some players even though they perform greatly, don't have charisma. Peter Ebdon is a great player, but still no one likes him.

Several people have already disagreed with this and i do too. Plenty of people like Ebdon, myself included. I also think he has a lot of charisma, in his own way of course.

[dannyd0g]

And another thing, are you all Ronnie's fans? My opinion is that there are loads of better players on the circuit. (Higgins, Murphy, Maguire, Day.....)

The only tone suitable for a reply to this is a Wity or Atthebookies tone - so - What rubbish ! How long have you been following snooker ! ? Since the w/c last year i bet.

John Higgins may have equalled Ronnie in some ways, but in no way are any of them better, least of all the last 3 named.

[dannyd0g]

He underestimates his opponents .

Also rubbish - the reason he sometimes plays so well against the likes of Higgins and Ding and Cope today, is because of all the respect he has for them, and he is acknowledging how dangerous they are.

Apologies if it seems im 'having a go' at you Matoski but your confidently stated "facts" are just plain wrong im afraid.

[zombieman]

Selby and Fu just put out the new "longest televised frame in a ranking event", beating Dott and Ebdon's from their Crucible final.

The time was, according to my own entirely non-official timing, 77 minutes 29 seconds when it was over.

[Alex0paul]

That frame was awesome.

[PaulTheSoave]

I hope saturday we wont get another after midnight session!! Seems standard procedure with Selby! unless it gets to 9-8, i wont mind.

[Fuu]

That frame was awesome.

absolutely seconded. eventhough it was HORRIBLE for my poor (already exam-preparation-wrecked) nerves...
fantastic frame.

[HarmySandwhich]

Unlucky Fu, well played Selby and always a pleasure to watch. It's good to have someone like Selby on the circuit because he breaks such a tense situation. I loved it when he motioned towards the skies and where he had a fit when he thought the cue ball didn't reach the brown when he tried the snooker.



Great quality and all rounded player. I'll be wanting him or Rodders to win. It's evident that one of them will win anyway since they're facing each other but I believe Ronnie's got the upper hand, especially at this form he's showing. He probably kicked himself for how poorly he played against Holt.

[miscuehamburg]

Yeah, nice to watch, even if it wasn't the uttermost frame (8-8). Think Selby earned the victory & hope him good luck against ROS. BTW Did you notice Selby's mimic after potting the green in the last frame. Not before he looked up on the scoreboard, did he obviously notice it had been the frame ball. Such was his concentration on the position for brown (which failed).

[snookersfun]

Good frame on at the moment between Fu and Selby....

Selby always seems to end out battling it out into the small hours.

That frame was awesome.

oh, nice! match discussions are back
Was happy to catch up on the Selby game coming home yesterday and was glued to the TV until the sweet end watching snooker history being made (longest frame)!
Couldn't believe it got so close, but Marco seemed to methodically get his breaks in there for several frames in a row. Of course, wanting Selby to win, Fu's concentration approach for every ball drove me nuts.

But, in the end well done Selby and yes his expressions, priceless!! (well especially compared to the lack of them in opponent).

Now for today hoping for Maguire to win (well, know that Murphy plays awsome snooker as well, so that won't be easy).
Think Ronnie in his state so far should get through tomorrow. But great semis and final ahead anyway.... and maybe, just maybe, this will be Ronnies game!