2012 United Kingdom Championship Qualifying

[jw147]

Another disaster, didnt see the match but jimmy should be able to get over the line from 4-2 ahead, very very annoying, another soul destroying defeat for jim and his legion of fans, sick of it.

[attilahun]

Another disaster, didnt see the match but jimmy should be able to get over the line from 4-2 ahead, very very annoying, another soul destroying defeat for jim and his legion of fans, sick of it.

It is a shame he did not killed the match after 4-2 but Advani had some incredible luck in the last part of the match. Even it the decider after Jimmy got the 2 snookers he required, Advani missed the shot on the yellow but left it almost glued to it. If not Jimmy could have won the frame by 1 point...

[Snooky335]

Advani certainly had the run of the balls but Jimmy missed so many easy balls, I could hardly believe what I was watching. I also thought he was more negative in his shot selection than he used to be and also a bit careless in his safety play - if he ran a bot out of position he just got down and played a quick safety.

Some of Advani's flukes were solar-plexus blows though so I felt for poor Jimmy!

[jw147]

It is a shame he did not killed the match after 4-2 but Advani had some incredible luck in the last part of the match. Even it the decider after Jimmy got the 2 snookers he required, Advani missed the shot on the yellow but left it almost glued to it. If not Jimmy could have won the frame by 1 point...

Nightmare, sounds very similar to his match last year against jamie jones, totally devestating defeat, sickened. Jimmy hasnt an ounce of luck, never had anywa, so not expecting any now at this stage of his career.

[sberry]

I thought Jimmy was playing some really casual safety play and while he is much slower around the table these days he seems at times to speed up and get more careless when the pressure is on and he needs a snooker or to keep it really tight.

Advani had the run at the end but he won fair and square, Jimmy just let him back in and wasn't tight enough to close it down.

Still, more legends night dates with Ronnie...

[narl]

but Jimmy missed so many easy balls, !

Par for the course these days, the amount of simple pots he's missing is killing any chances he gets to be back on the TV stage of tournaments. Id be surprised if the casual snooker fan even knows he still competes these days, he's on tv once in a blue moon.

[Inoffthered]

Well done Andy Hicks I believe this is his first competive 147 after 21 years been a professional, and he won the match as well bit of Form for Andy

Yeah. Andy's frickin' class.. best player from Devon by a long way ( South of Bristol anyways ). Go Hicksy go.

[mythman69]

Poor Jimmy - I was hoping he could make it through to play Steve Davis in the next round. That would be interesting to watch. Hopefully there is still some gas left in the tank for the Whirlwind! Any idea if the final frame is on youtube (or similiar)? I also missed the Andy Hicks 147 - any footage of that break?

[jw147]

Poor Jimmy - I was hoping he could make it through to play Steve Davis in the next round. That would be interesting to watch. Hopefully there is still some gas left in the tank for the Whirlwind! Any idea if the final frame is on youtube (or similiar)? I also missed the Andy Hicks 147 - any footage of that break?

same, im gutted, was looking forward to chilling out tomoro morning and watching white v davis .... typical jim eh, seems just when you think its safe, he seems to let you down....maybe thats why us fans love him? but its painful, thats for sure.

[mythman69]

Any footage? I hope so!

[sberry]

Thing is, a game between Steve and Jimmy today would be a bit of a struggle probably with both of them missing plenty of pots and struggling to get a fifty break or put the frame away in one visit.

[mythman69]

Maybe - but I would still love to see the old legends of the sport going frame for frame with the occassional 147 thrown in.

; )

[sberry]

for 147 points you'll need to aggregate the scores from two frames. Guodong/Duffy have just started their fourth frame while Davis/Advani are still on their second, Michaela is not being over stretched by the 20 and thirty breaks they are making either, it's dead man walking stuff, neither of them should qualify really

[LittleMissAlexa]

2 147s now one for lisowski

[sberry]

Davis came close, he's got 30 off 7 reds