Who will win the 2011 World Championships?

[ADR147]

mark allen

can't see that. not just yet.

[ore]

same - maybe matthew stevens? gould is in good form? could be a few.

wanted to reply no way, and then remembered that selby and ding dont have the title yet...

don't see others psychologically mature enough not to flop constantly in every single session.
stevens gets good for a match (or even two incl last Qual round) and then reverts to miss-fest frames again.
gould... well maybe he would have done better than against murphy in PTC Finals final in a much longer format match.

allen, ali, fu, maguire... dont know if they're ready yet (or anymore) to go all the distance. or at the moment.

higgins, MJW, murphy, robbo, [ronnie], dott, those are ready.
ebdon ready too for sure, just the form aint there anymore.


who and how good is Jimmy Robertson? the only new face this year.

[ADR147]

wanted to reply no way, and then remembered that selby and ding dont have the title yet...

don't see others psychologically mature enough not to flop constantly in every single session.
stevens gets good for a match (or even two incl last Qual round) and then reverts to miss-fest frames again.
gould... well maybe he would have done better than against murphy in PTC Finals final in a much longer format match.

allen, ali, fu, maguire... dont know if they're ready yet (or anymore) to go all the distance. or at the moment.

higgins, MJW, murphy, robbo, [ronnie], dott, those are ready.
ebdon ready too for sure, just the form aint there anymore.


who and how good is Jimmy Robertson? the only new face this year.

paggy is new also - to be honest higgins is the man to beat.

[cally]

Yip, higgins is the man to beat this year i feel too...

Would love to see ron or mark j win it but i dunno, higgins is gonna be real hard to peel off that table and out the comp this year...

[mick 142]

I hope he loses in R1 so he can get the hell out of the Top 16 soon.

there is always one .

[ADR147]

there is always one .

of course - he sort of brought that on himself though.

[the montrealer]

Hi i would think my money is on Higgins however if Ronnie holds his cool he can go all the way cheer Leonard from Canada

[Looki]

Stephen Lee has been in great form lately, so I think he could be a contender. Higgins and Williams are obviously favorites, especially Higgins. I hope Williams would finally get past second round but he's got a tricky first round draw, so does Higgins. But there are many others who has a great chance to reach the final and win it, Robbo, Selby, Murphy, Dott... And you never know about Ronnie, he'll hardly lose in early rounds. I wouldn't rule him out by no means. So hard to pick a clear favorite.

Some people have mentioned Gould. I think he doesn't have the game to win it. He's a way too aggressive (even suicidal) at times. He gave hard time for Robbo last year and then threw it away. So IMO he has to develop to have any chance.

[Jools]

Apart from all the predictable choices above, Maguire or Gould are realistic outsiders.

[Rane]

There hasn´t been so much focus on the top draw, but someone from there has to go all the way to the final. Looking at the latest results Ding and Selby must be the most obvious choices, I can see Robertson breaking the jinx though.

My favorits are still Williams and Higgins, but the bottom half looks so tough with onform players like Day, Murphy and Lee plus O´Sullivan that whoever comes through might be mentally drained when he comes to the final. I would really love to see Williams and Higgins battling it out in the semifinals.

[khizzy]

stephen hendry

[João]

11 people are delusional.

[jrc750]

11 people are delusional.

Your an idiot !

[Caroline]

Ding - Higgins Final
Ding will win it by getting the snooker he needs in the decider

[Elaine]

11 people are delusional.

I have to say I agree on that one strange some people think Ron has a chance

Mark Williams for me