world champs qualifiers discussion thread

[steedee]

I´m very surprised to see, that Trump had such a big loss. No doubt Tom Ford´s a good player, but I had expected Trump to do well in the long distance matches.

ive been expecting things from Tom Ford for some time now, he's shown a lot more this season and im hoping he can start living up to his ability. he is for me as fustrating as Michael Holt in that given his talent he could be pushing the top 16. i have put it down to his pool playing, dont know if he's given it up or not but he's definatly improved of late. baring in mind Trumps well discussed inconsistentcy im not suprised Ford was able to do this

[Matt_2745]

He started working with Steve Feeney a year ago and it seems to have really worked for him. Note that Mark Davis started work with him a couple of seasons ago and look how he is doing now...

Trump is a strange one, I was at the EISS last year as he saw a 6-2 lead overhauled by Stephen Lee and now today against Tom. Last year he started brilliantly as the underdog and faltered once in the lead with the expectation levels raised. Today he came in as the seeded player with all of the expectation upon him from the off and he struggled immediately (though Tom did punish every mistake well). I'm possibly reading too much into that but perhaps there is a pattern there...

My full report on the day:

http://prosnookerblog.com/2010/03/09...om-tops-trump/

[Looki]

And the live scoring froze immediately...............

[gazza147]

A Few Upsets......

The Big One for me is to See Matthew Stevems Lose 10-9 to Marcus Cambell as I Follow Matthew, Mark Williams Coming from this Part of the World WALES

Also the Other People Losing Quite Easy was... Joe Swail losing 10-1 to Ken ....Joes alot better than that but Obviously didn't Play as he Can. Althou did think Ken would win but not 10-1.

Judd Trump Losing 10-3 to Tom Ford.....That was another Thrashing really althou Judd is Hot and Cold and Obviously Took Tom too Easily and Got Beat.

I am Glad to See Michael Holt go throu as he is a real Cracker to Watch and quite entertaining Especially when he Breaks a Knuckle or two....Joke!

Gaz.

[foolsgold]

And the live scoring froze immediately...............

Indeed. Stuart Bingham potted a red and apparently has taken 35 minutes so far to line up his next shot. I know the final round of qualifying is nerve-wracking but really...

[Looki]

What is going on with the Dott v Michie match? They have been on the MSI for quite some time now... It's not the live scoring this time.

[gazza147]

Something Must have Happend as they have Taken that Match Off Now?

I wonder if Dott had enough lost his Head?


Gaz.

[JanieWatkins]

Something Must have Happend as they have Taken that Match Off Now?

I wonder if Dott had enough lost his Head?


Gaz.

It's 3-1. they're on their interval. About to go back on again.

[wildhoney28]

From Matt's twitter:

# They are making it worse and not better here, could be a while yet before we get some play! 1 minutes ago via txt
# Amusingly Jimmy Michie is up here watching while the sort it! 8 minutes ago via txt
# Still no play on the Dott table, definitely problems with levelling the table. Gary wilkinson and co working overtime. 9 minutes ago via txt
# Work being done on the Dott/Michie table at the interval, very interesting. Testing to see if it is level by the looks of it. 26 minutes ago via txt

http://twitter.com/ProSnookerBlog

[betelgeuse]

According to the pro snooker blog tweets they are having problems with the table:

"Still no play on the Dott table, definitely problems with levelling the table. Gary wilkinson and co working overtime."

[Looki]

Ok. Thank for the info, guys! Hopefully get to continue the match quickly.

[JanieWatkins]

The table has been deemed unplayable. They will continue the match on the first table that comes available.

[snooky147]

They should start the dott match from scratch if table was unplayable, it is a total disgrace.

[snooky147]

The live scoring freezes yet again, bloody useless lot.

[Mr Snooker]

The final black ball (don't know who own it ?) perhap you can email world snooker when the world championship starting, they might tell everyones who own that black ball.

Good question mate !

I think they gave it to Dennis Taylor