2019 World Snooker Championship

[mikeyd100]

The general attitude towards Wilson on here is another clue that he may indeed be the next Selby. :wink:

Selby has also developed another habit, he has a frequent mouth twitch when under pressure.

[gavpowell]

I felt a bit ambivalent about this year's tournament so far, but when I think about it I enjoyed:
O'Sullivan-Cahill, Cahill-Maguire, Maguire-Penfei, Selby-Xintong, Selby-Wilson, Trump-Thepchaiya, Wilson Hawkins, the bit I saw of Higgins vs Bingham and the last session of Trump vs Ding.

The quarter-finals look like great matches all round, so I think it's just the fact that there've been too many batterings in the early stages to make late-night highlights worth watching.

[neuronic]

The general attitude towards Wilson on here is another clue that he may indeed be the next Selby. :wink:

Three-time winner at the Worlds and the Masters? 215 consecutive weeks of being No.1? "The Torturer"?
We'll see about that...

[kibo]

The general attitude towards Wilson on here is another clue that he may indeed be the next Selby. :wink:

Unless Selby returns and brings his A game

[Odrl]

The general attitude towards Wilson on here is another clue that he may indeed be the next Selby. :wink:

[mikeyd100]

That and the rubbing the shaft with his hand pre shot routine [ which virtually every one does now ] drives me nuts ……...can't watch him play .

Ever since Ronnie started with cue wxxking ……….every bugger down the club now does it as well

Haha, so true.
Next your fellow club players will be shaving their heads after a bad spell.
Also re Kyren I've noticed that ever so slight jitter when he delivers the cue.

[The Artful Dodger]

Annoys me too - only because he does that thunderbird puppet impression walking into the shot

[PatBlock]

Yeah, but he's a Proud Dad though, so we must respect the boring c***.

Nice.

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[nevets]

Oh, and by the way: again I'm already annoyed by Kyren Wilson and his whole... well, dunno, existAnce.

It's a hater thing, I guess...

Yeah, but he's a Proud Dad though, so we must respect the boring c***.

[neuronic]

Oh, and by the way: again I'm already annoyed by Kyren Wilson and his whole... well, dunno, existAnce.

It's a hater thing, I guess...

[JimMalone]

Bingham vs Dott has to be one of the most thrilling matches I seen in recent years here. Same for Selby vs Wilson. Robertson vs Murphy was brilliant snooker. That first session of Hawkins was stellar. Trumps last session yesterday was stellar. Also vintage Higgins yesterday.

But this is the perception of someone who's watching snooker because he wants ROS to win. When he's out, the tournament is just really bad quality. And boring.

It's hilarious

The ending of Bingham - Dott was thrilling, I'll give you that. Selby vs. Wilson was rather frustrating for me with so many simple mistakes by Selby, not exactly a great level. And Robertson vs. Murphy was just too onesided in the end.

I definitely don't want ROS to win. The two last years he went out early as well and I enjoyed both World Championships a lot. Maybe I'm spoiled because there were so many good till great World Championships recently. But after a reasearch I have to admit that the two first rounds of 2018 were definitely not better than this year (2017 was though). So there's still hope.

[PatBlock]

Bingham vs Dott has to be one of the most thrilling matches I seen in recent years here. Same for Selby vs Wilson. Robertson vs Murphy was brilliant snooker. That first session of Hawkins was stellar. Trumps last session yesterday was stellar. Also vintage Higgins yesterday.

But this is the perception of someone who's watching snooker because he wants ROS to win: when he's out, the tournament is just really bad quality. And boring.

It's hilarious

Yep.

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[daffie]

Oh yes, it's been absolute rubbish hasn't it. Far too many giant killings, exciting comebacks, and close matches for my liking as well. And there were only 30+ centuries in the 2nd round.

Seriously, what is it you people want from snooker?

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Seriously...

It has been a wonderful tournament so far imo as well. As you say...giant slayers, close battles all around, wizards and dragons. Oh wait...that's GoT

Loving every minute so far...!

[neuronic]

Bingham vs Dott has to be one of the most thrilling matches I seen in recent years here. Same for Selby vs Wilson. Robertson vs Murphy was brilliant snooker. That first session of Hawkins was stellar. Trumps last session yesterday was stellar. Also vintage Higgins yesterday.

But this is the perception of someone who's watching snooker because he wants ROS to win: when he's out, the tournament is just really bad quality. And boring.

It's hilarious

[PatBlock]

To be honest I'm not too high on this World Championship as well. I really enjoyed Hawkins vs. Wilson and Higgins vs. Bingham. Then there were some more interesting matches like Un-Nooh - Trump and Cahill - O'Sullivan as well. So actually this would probably be average for this stage and I could be content.
The thing is though that I'm afraid that the deciding stages of the tournament will be a letdown with the players and matches involved, while this should usually be the most intriguing ones.

I hope I'll be wrong though.

I think it's been a great tournament so far, and what may or may not happen in future matches only bothers me when it's actually happening.

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