World Championship 2009 - Final Discussion

[brettski]

Well its early and I was tired of there being no thread yet so here we are folks Higgins vs Murphy after the thrill of both Higgins and Murphy getting over the line yeasterday what will happen now? Two hours is a very very long time to wait.

[matoski]

Well, this final couldn't work out better for me. On one side there is my all time favorite player and on the other side is my favorite cueist. Can't pick between them, just hoping for a high quality match and let the better man within these two days win. Good luck to both of them!

[brettski]

Aye more of a Higgins man myself I'll be cheering pint in hand, BBQ later this afternoon.

[cajt]

Come on John!

As the rankings show, John has been the best player this season by a mile* and a third world championship would be just reward.

*over 5,000 points more than any other player this season as it stands now.

[brettski]

The encouraging thing is that Higgins and Murphy seemed to get their bad frames/sessions out of the way yeasterday so I'm sure we'll see a very high standard today and less scrappy frames.

[spike]

It's not the World Final i was dreaming for, but it has "quality" written all over it none the less!
This Final has the look & feel of going to the wire - but i just wonder with all the close finishes Higgins has had & after the session with Allen yesterday how much has all of that now taken out of John Higgins.
I think both are evenly matched & it's likely to go very very close....but i feel that it will be Shaun Murphy that will be World Champion come tomorrow.

[brettski]

As much as I like Higgins I think your right yeasterday definitly took more out of Higgins than Murphy, although that Scot will not be giving up and if Murphy gets as sloppy as he did yeasterday he'll get punished.

[gettingbetter]

Come on John!

As the rankings show, John has been the best player this season by a mile* and a third world championship would be just reward.

*over 5,000 points more than any other player this season as it stands now.

I want John to win, but in saying that, I think Muprhy has been the best player in the tournament.

In addition, as I said in a previous post. For John to retire not being a 3 times WC would be a tragedy.

[spike]

I want John to win, but in saying that, I think Muprhy has been the best player in the tournament.

In addition, as I said in a previous post. For John to retire not being a 3 times WC would be a tragedy.

Yes, he's way too good a player not to have one it more than twice!
I would've said the same of Mark Williams a few years back too..

[RocketRoy1983]

I think Higgins has been the best player in the tournameny followed second by Shaun Murphy so this is the right final and things have worked out right in the end. I have a feeling Higgins will be too strong for Shaun today although I hope im wrong naturally.

[JiangYu]

I hope Higgins will win but I think Shaun Murphy will. Please make this a good final!

[João]

Come on John!

As the rankings show, John has been the best player this season by a mile* and a third world championship would be just reward.

*over 5,000 points more than any other player this season as it stands now.

Without having played Bahrain Championship too.

Anyway, if Murphy wins he will have 2 World Championships on him and a UK so far. He would be well in time to win two or three times more since he's still very young and join the list of the all time greats.

[RocketRoy1983]

Shaun comes out WITHOUT his Extension!!

[RocketRoy1983]

And who says this final will be one with no excitement??

[mushka]

Shaun comes out WITHOUT his Extension!!

Was he allowed to retrieve it?