2013 Masters discussion

[cally]

Great.. soon as the snooker starts my sky decides to get no signal... D'oh...

Wish this snow would clear aye....

[daffie]

Great.. soon as the snooker starts my sky decides to get no signal... D'oh...

Wish this snow would clear aye....

Ouch that sucks! Must be able to watch online in the meantime though?

[cally]

yeh i'll have too watch on TV catchup i suppose....

Heres hoping for a great final, should be a good one...

[daffie]

yeh i'll have too watch on TV catchup i suppose....

Heres hoping for a great final, should be a good one...

Good start imo...lots of back&forth between both players

[prince07799]

Just put the BBC on like the rest of us!

[SouthPaw]

I much prefer Selby playing more aggressive, hopefully he sticks with having a bit more bottle, and make's this into a 19 frame special!

ps Just need Neil to wake up and realize he's in the final...

[daffie]

I much prefer Selby playing more aggressive, hopefully he sticks with having a bit more bottle, and make's this into a 19 frame special!

ps Just need Neil to wake up and realize he's in the final...

Yup he needs to wake up fast or else I'm afraid Selby will put him to bed (yeah I know...leaving the door open to all sorts of sarcastic remarks). 2-0 up now and in amongst the balls.

[streamer45]

Century break, 3-0!He's so focused!

[daffie]

Selby is playing like he wants to prove to everyone that he is a worthy champion. And he is! Great job so far...3-0 up. Neil really needs to win the next frame.

[daffie]

@Patblock...that wasn't me in the crowd with the 'we love Hazel' tshirt on

[The Rook]

Personally, I find all of this quite amusing. I'm sure anyone looking through this thread tomorrow will find some of the statements quite bizarre. We had stuff like:

• Selby can't score centuries
• Selby will never be remembered for playing anything special, he doesn't go for any challenging pots, he only plays safety
• Selby is a terrible positional player (would be better if he worked on it rather than boring his opponents)
• Selby plays thin safeties to avoid opening up the reds
• Selby isn't good enough to pot, so he hides behind other balls
• It's embarrassing for the sport that Selby is number one, being so average
• The only way Selby can compete is with disgustingly negative anti snooker
• Selby's game consists of ****ty breaks of 20, cheap snookers and lifeless crowds, among other things
• People don't like snooker because of players like Selby
• Selby is destroying snooker
• Selby is a cancer, you cannot fight him forever

Pick your favourite. :wink: On top of that, we had the usual complaining about Selby's luck. And of course, whenever a frame goes scrappy or the balls go awkward, it's Selby's disgusting plan to bore Dott, while Dott is just an innocent victim of his. :smile:

Couldn't agree more with this. Personally I have absolutely no issue with people who find Selby's play boring. We all have our favourite players and styles. What I don't respect is the faceless keyboard warriors on here who continually attack Selby's character. Some of the things these people say are comically stupid and provably false (can't score a century, just a lucky player). However, saying that Selby is "smug", "unclassy", or describing him as a "cancer" is just plain personal and uncalled for. Snooker is only a game, and Mark hasn't done anything wrong.

[daffie]

Can we focus on the snooker now and hopefully an entertaining final?

[The Rook]

Can we focus on the snooker now and hopefully an entertaining final?

I wouldn't dream of inhibiting your speech daffie. Post away pal, it's a free forum.

[sberry]

A possible 11 frames starting at 8pm

Judging by last night that could go on well past 1am. We're getting fresh snow in london, it's packing and icing up and public transport wil stop at midnight - good luck if you're driving in for the final session.

[daffie]

I wouldn't dream of inhibiting your speech daffie. Post away pal, it's a free forum.

Will do Didn't mean to come across condescending, just want to keep things in this thread on a more positive note than it was yesterday.

Meanwhile...Neil in with a pretty good chance to put his 1st frame on the board. Very important frame for Neil.