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Haha yeah I need a chill pill :P
Much prefer Hendry commentating.
Much prefer Hendry commentating.
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Good stuff, close to one-visit snooker for most of the match. I had a feeling Robertson was going to make enough in that visit, he is very strong in deciders like that. Excellent pot from the snooker as well, could have cost him the frame.
Allen himself had a good chance with that red near the pocket. He should have gone for frame and match and played on a colour really. :smile:Comment
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Good match. I feel sorry for Allen, he didn't do anything wrong really but lost anyway. Neil was a little lucky with the starting red but then made a good break so win was deserved as far as I'm concerned. Well played to both. Best match so far.Comment
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I repeat, you're a jammy sod SouthPaw!Originally Posted by SouthPaw View PostLol you don't seem the type to be bitter, you maybe just have good taste
Did you see the interview with Robertson on the BBC after the match? Trying to convince us he went for the pot and position on the black!
he's soooo modest. 
Mind you, the look on Allen's face when he saw the outcome, was priceless. :biggrin:
Crackin' match though, they BOTH had a 95% pot rate at one point, (9th frame I think) that's not too shabby is it. Robertson's looking pretty good atm isn't he, he'll take some beating if he keeps that form going. Just two more matches between him and retaining the title, that's all. :wink:
-The fast and the furious,
The slow and labourious,
All of us, glorious parts of the whole!Comment
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I thought before this match whoever wins has a great chance of winning the title, it was a toss of a coin in my eyes, I think Mark slightly deserved it with the way he played in the balls, and the round before as well, but that's snooker and Neil is a great competitor ; )!Originally Posted by PatBlock View PostI repeat, you're a jammy sod SouthPaw!
Did you see the interview with Robertson on the BBC after the match? Trying to convince us he went for the pot and position on the black! he's soooo modest. Mind you, the look on Allen's face when he saw the outcome, was priceless. :biggrin:
Crackin' match though, they BOTH had a 95% pot rate at one point, (9th frame I think) that's not too shabby is it. Robertson's looking pretty good atm isn't he, he'll take some beating if he keeps that form going. Just two more matches between him and retaining the trophy, that's all. :wink:
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Yes Pat he looked like he was trying to fool himself, he started twitching, maybe should have kept it modest!
One more game then I might have to decide what player I want on my wall lol...Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning...Comment
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Might have gone for it, hoped for all this to happen. Basicly, it's hit and hope from that distance.Originally Posted by PatBlock View PostComment
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Exactly, good luck to him though, it was a brave shot, could easily have left Allen on.Originally Posted by Looki View Post
-The fast and the furious,
The slow and labourious,
All of us, glorious parts of the whole!Comment
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He didn't have any other choice, to be honest. He had the luck and took the chance very well. Funny game.Originally Posted by PatBlock View PostComment
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He definitely played to pot the red. Not saying he expected to pot it but he played it thinking if it didn't go in he at least had a good chance of moving it away from the pocket and not leaving it on. A bit lucky perhaps but people seem to be forgetting that the red only scored him one point and there were still 13 reds on the table. How many other players would have made a frame winning break from that position under all that pressure?Originally Posted by Looki View Post
Mark was very unlucky to lose but Neil wasn't lucky to win (if that makes sense!). He won because he produced a moment of magic when it mattered most.Comment
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Of course he played to pot it. That's one thing but to say that he went for the position is another. That he could only hope that to happen from that distance. I don't want to take anything away from him, he made a good break, he had to pot the balls and because of that, as I said earlier, he deserved to win.Originally Posted by Where's Willie? View PostComment
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Robertson was lucky to pot it as I imagine he'd miss more than he'd get if he played it again and again and Allen was unlucky but that's snooker and for a change it was a cracking match with two in form confident players going for it and making breaks, good stuffComment
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Ok...next one please
Higgins vs Murphy...hoping for a real classic to be remembered for years to come....Comment
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What a bunch of weird misses by both players
Very unusual scrappy stuff atm. Enjoyable though...a touch of the twilight zone 
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Once again, not sure whether to laugh or get annoyed by Mike Hallett's commentary about the "three misses" situation. After years of misleading the viewers, saying players needed to see both sides of a ball on for the rule to apply, he now had the opportunity to hear Camilleri's explanation to Murphy. And he had the nerve to say Camilleri might be wrong. :redface:
He said he was going to check, but I bet he forgets all about it the next time this situations presents itself. :wink:
Anyway, good frame for Higgins to win, because Murphy was always ahead in that colour scrap, and he might feel like he threw that one away. :smile:Comment
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Yeah and Mike's been rather crass in his commentary after that titbit trying to cover up his mistake, knowing he was wrong. He is not a very good commentator in my book...to put it mildly. He has no clue and is often a glass half empty kinda person. Today he's even worse than the other MikeOriginally Posted by Odrl View Post
Anyway...a match close to my heart. Lots of weird moments, misses, scrappy frames, much safety play, a real battle...what more do you want
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