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Of the matches I watched, they all played crap, it was like watching amateurs play, not professionals. Yawn. Not for me.
I'm not a big fan of it, but I don't agree with the crap bit? If you factor in the stop clock with the noisy crowd then, it gives an unusual setup for the players,
but a few of the games I watched were fine.
It's been running for a few years, used to be on Sky. Moved to ITV4 last year.
It's never been my cup of tea, but not really had a problem with it until it became a ranking event.
It would have been fine if they had kept it non-ranking, but the fact that they've now put points on it and
with the David Gilbert controversy it just makes it quite laughable really?
Perhaps. But consciously or otherwise the guy who fouled against Gilbert played all of his shots on the late side. I don't think he fouled deliberately at all but I think he was trying to max his time on every shot
Smee
I think he even fouled the shot before the timeout incident with his shirt on the blue.
Perhaps. But consciously or otherwise the guy who fouled against Gilbert played all of his shots on the late side. I don't think he fouled deliberately at all but I think he was trying to max his time on every shot
It's not good at all that it was allowed to happen, but what surprised me more, was that more players weren't maximising their shot time allocation. Several players could have used that to their advantage and appeared not to maximise the opportunity available to them. At a certain point, towards the end of the game, time becomes critical and it would be very easy to legitimately 'waste' time
Smee
So, even the winner says this tournament is a coin-toss tournament and no way should it be a ranking event. Well done to McGill for being honest. Not surprisingly, that part of the interview was cut from World Snooker's report. Barry Hearn needs strong opposition right now or he will ruin this game.
The minute he start messing with the worlds is when it will be ruined.
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