World Snooker Championships Discussion

[Ronnie's tip]

ROS has really yet to settle. Missed a black/green from the spot and never really had position on anything. Carter isn't playing great either.

I was surprised at how people are favoring ROS over say, Trump. Obviously it's early days but ROS has shown nothing to suggest he can go all the way yet, whereas last year he showed glimpses of greatness in all his matches.

[daffie]

Judd had just potted the pink and stayed at the table to pot the black because he always wants to and Marco ran off before he could. That's how it went down.

Wow! In that case, and if it happened just like you described, then indeed that was imo disrespectful of Marco! But I'll have to see it again myself as well...

[brusque]

Oh Selby .. what have you done .... i had 200 dkk on you and you missed a dozen chances to kill the frame off .... ... looks like hawk will take some heart from this now ... interesting match .. much better than ROS vs Carter

[P.Smith]

Yeh Selby totally bottling that last frame there.

[Ronnie's tip]

Interesting about Fu....though tbh I do like that sort of thing. It makes it interesting because now the match will have become personal. I've gained an interest in the match simply by reading the comments on here and if the BBC can highlight these incidents, they'll attract more viewers.

People love a rivalry.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

ROS has really yet to settle. Missed a black/green from the spot and never really had position on anything. Carter isn't playing great either.

I was surprised at how people are favoring ROS over say, Trump. Obviously it's early days but ROS has shown nothing to suggest he can go all the way yet, whereas last year he showed glimpses of greatness in all his matches.

as long as he is in the tournament he has a chance to improve and win the tournament

and his C game is as good as most of the players C game believe it or not

[Masterdoctorgenius]

Yeh Selby totally bottling that last frame there.

i loved it how he bottled that black

normally its the other way around

[P.Smith]

Interesting about Fu....though tbh I do like that sort of thing. It makes it interesting because now the match will have become personal. I've gained an interest in the match simply by reading the comments on here and if the BBC can highlight these incidents, they'll attract more viewers.

People love a rivalry.

I didn't realise snooker had become WWE all of a sudden.

[stephenm2682]

so ROS needs to be potting balls off the lampshade to have a chance? Trump as played nearly 2 matches so far so it's a bit early to judge ROS

[Masterdoctorgenius]

hawkins what have u done

selby looks very vulnerable

this frame is key

[Masterdoctorgenius]

and selby form doesnt suggeset either that he gonna win the tourney

[Ronnie's tip]

I didn't realise snooker had become WWE all of a sudden.

That's a tad......dramatic?

We're talking about a player mimicking his opponent and walking out of the arena early - if that's too 'edgy' for snooker then it really has no chance of attracting a young, mainstream audience in the UK.

so ROS needs to be potting balls off the lampshade to have a chance? Trump as played nearly 2 matches so far so it's a bit early to judge ROS

Of course not, but he's not shown enough to be considered the clear favorite.

[DeanH]

... his C game is as good as most of the players C game believe it or not

I think you meant ROS's C game is as good as most players B/A game

he has definitely settled into the match quicker than Ali

[P.Smith]

That's a tad......dramatic?

We're talking about a player mimicking his opponent and walking out of the arena early - if that's too 'edgy' for snooker then it really has no chance of attracting a young, mainstream audience in the UK.

No it would actually be far too dramatic for the media to make a 'rivalry' out of it when that clearly isn't the case atm. It would also be very unfair to the players to make out there was some sort of personal issue when it may well be completely nonexistent.

[cyberheater]

ROS is such a clever player. Just gentle little nudges here and there and suddenly he's got another frame in the bag.
He makes it look so easy.