The Masters Jan 11 - 18, 2015

[bingo]

Afternoon lads (though its near midnight for me), how are we feeling about Marco Fu tonight?

[PatBlock]

I only ask because he never seems to do well at the major tournament's with a few exceptions and he's dreadful at the Crucible.

He was going mad was he not in the practice room at a recent tournament and he certainly wouldn't be behaving like that if he didn't care, that's more likely with frustration because it's not happening for him and he has a ridiculous amount of ability

Don't know too much about that incident or what provoked it. It just seems to me that he folds rather than bottles, if you see what I mean. Shame though, because as you say, his talent is phenomenal.

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[GeordieDS]

Not sure about that, I think people tend to bottle it because they care so much, maybe too much. But I sometimes wonder if Ding actually cares enough?

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I only ask because he never seems to do well at the major tournament's with a few exceptions and he's dreadful at the Crucible.

He was going mad was he not in the practice room at a recent tournament and he certainly wouldn't be behaving like that if he didn't care, that's more likely with frustration because it's not happening for him and he has a ridiculous amount of ability

[PatBlock]

Is Ding a bottler?

Not sure about that, I think people tend to bottle it because they care so much, maybe too much. But I sometimes wonder if Ding actually cares enough?

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[robertmac]

Well 2 of my fave players are now out... Trump and Ding
but hopefully my other fave player Robertson can make
it thru and win this but he hasnt been playing near his
best.
Trump simply didnt stay focused and wasnt playing his
best and Ding isnt the same player as he was last season
and I agree its probably because he isnt playing enough.
Some interesting matches to go tho but generally the
level of play hasnt been top notch in my opinion.

[GeordieDS]

Is Ding a bottler?

[PatBlock]

Very poor show from Ding, but hats off to Joe.
So much for the decider and re-spotted black. Still, there's always tomorrow. C'mon Marco!

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[Odrl]

Nice match again, particularly those two frames that came down to the final black. :smile:

Ding just wasted too many chances in the end... I think he is just not playing enough snooker at the moment. One ranking semi-final all season, and even that wasn't the kind of snooker he was playing last season. It will be interesting to see how his title defence goes in Berlin in a couple of weeks.

Perry played quite well, as did Allen today, so it should be a good match between them in the quarter-finals. :smile:

[jrc750]

Well done Joe, Ding just never showed up

[robertmac]

Ding is all but out now. So many big players out.
Quite a shock.

[em@rel]

What an entertaining game this has turned out to be regardless of who wins.

[daffie]

Holy crap was that a deja-vu or have I really seen perry do the exact same thing last year in some tournament...missing all the reds on a hit and hope...with the reds in pretty much the same position.

I must be losing my marbles!!!

[PatBlock]

Cracking pink from Ding, and just what we needed to take us to 4 - 3.

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[daffie]

Lovely pink from Ding.

Great match to watch this one.

[daffie]

And Ding's right eye is twitching as well !

I mentioned that just a bit earlier...he would make a very bad poker player.