2019 World Snooker Championship

[PatBlock]

wtf r the BBC doing?

What they're always doing, f'king it up! I wouldn't mind but Cahill v Maguire is supposed to be on the eurosport player as well but it's not. So at the moment that match has no coverage and no live scoring. Sometimes snooker.....

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[Tim65]

wtf r the BBC doing?

[JimMalone]

Murphy's inferiority in the safety department is the key difference in this match so far.

[Tim65]

Never been a fan of Murphy but following his switch to a shorter bridge he seems to be hitting the ball less hard.I much prefer this less "bam-bam" style of play.

[Stony152]

I'm sure not many will agree with this, but I think Neil Robertson at his peak is the best potter/break builder ever. (or at least equal to O'Sullivan) That was an amazing clearance to steal the 9th frame.

[JimMalone]

The loss of that frame will hurt Murphy.

[vmax]

And finally they're now using the Chinese ball-tracking tech, so there should be no more arguments or deliberation about where a ball goes.

That's the reason they gave Leo Scullion the final, the worst ref out there for replacing balls, apart from that pretty good.

[JimMalone]

Is James Cahill the real deal? Chris Henry thinks so. Why do you experts think?

https://youtu.be/n_KaXfb4ddo

Well, I'd be the first to admit, that Chris Henry certainly knows much more about Snooker than I do.
But anyways, just my five cents from what I saw, which is only the match vs. O'Sullivan and the one against Selby at the UK Championship: There are many parts about Cahill I really like. But he's a little bit to attacking for my taste, but not quite consistent enough with his potting to back this up. I'm not really impressed with this tactical game and his break-building needs to be improved as well.
However he has one of the most important assets that are hard to learn: He has the right temper and nerves.

[DeanH]

I get the impression from Lisowski that he has zero patience for the very game he’s decided to take up as a living.

oh no, not another one!


:wink:

[JimMalone]

Boy, the chances Selby missed in the last frame. Really should have made it 4-4 instead of 3-5. Can't be pleased with the 2-2 after the interval
Good to see how well Gary Wilson copes with the pressure. And nice to see the two even chatted in the midsession interval.

[Billy]

I get the impression from Lisowski that he has zero patience for the very game he’s decided to take up as a living.

[gavpowell]

Is James Cahill the real deal? Chris Henry thinks so. Why do you experts think?

https://youtu.be/n_KaXfb4ddo

He's beaten plenty of top players and payed some good stuff, but he needs a lot more experience before he's likely to win a tournament.

[DeanH]

See the last one minute.

https://youtu.be/_cqlK0_Ak0A

thank you

[Billy]

Maybe 2019 is the year when his boat comes in.

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Badum-tish!

We all know what Selby’s like, though. He can’t aford to let up for a second.

[Steven G]

After Gary Wilson beats Selby, only Trump stands in his way of getting to the final (slight north-east bias here)!