World Snooker Championships Discussion

[alabadi]

Yu De Lu Nicks the 17th frame to go 9-8 up

[mythman69]

Mark King won 10-9 . . .

[alabadi]

Mark king wins a decider. 10-9.

Shame that he had to revert to his usual antics of punching the table with his fist or banging it with his cue when he misses , everyone gets frustrated however they take it on the chin, I felt it was unsportsmanlike from him. I felt Yu Delu deserved better respect.

[mythman69]

I wonder if Jimmy White will be back next year . . . any ideas TSF?

[alabadi]

I wonder if Jimmy White will be back next year . . . any ideas TSF?

this was Jimmy's best chance for ages, i went to see the evening session of this match, he made too many errors when it mattered, he could have won the first 3 to make it 6-6 but missed easy shots or made a bad decision.

even the last frame that lost him the match he was 66 points ahead with 67 remaining, he played a very tough shot to the middle which he missed then Milkins made 4 reds and blacks to get to 32 and laid a snooker. which eventually won him the match.

why didn't Jimmy just play safe and wait for another opportunity, it was the story of the match. i'm not sure he will get another chance like this, we will have to see.

[SnookerFan]

It all starts on Saturday!

[SnookerFan]

I'm so excited. I just can't hide it.

I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it.

[Byrom]

this was Jimmy's best chance for ages, i went to see the evening session of this match, he made too many errors when it mattered, he could have won the first 3 to make it 6-6 but missed easy shots or made a bad decision.

even the last frame that lost him the match he was 66 points ahead with 67 remaining, he played a very tough shot to the middle which he missed then Milkins made 4 reds and blacks to get to 32 and laid a snooker. which eventually won him the match.

why didn't Jimmy just play safe and wait for another opportunity, it was the story of the match. i'm not sure he will get another chance like this, we will have to see.

I totally agree but he had some bad run which may have effected his mindset and Milkins had a lot of luck which cost Jimmy a number of frames but overall I thought Jimmy was pretty easy to pick off and one dimensional going for everything as if he did not care. I thought it was poor match play that cost him in the end and why he did not play safe when he ran out of position or got a kick is beyond me - he deserved to loose.

[daffie]

I'm so excited. I just can't hide it.

I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it.

Pointer Sisters?

I'm the same though...can't wait for the Worlds to start!

[Mr Snooker]

Pointer Sisters?

I'm the same though...can't wait for the Worlds to start!

also can't wait til Saturday because our cricket season starts on the same day be like a child on Christmas Day with the World snooker championships and cricket season starting - good luck to all 32 players taking part at the Cruciable this year, also is anybody doing a prediction contest or lucky dip competition this year, if not I can set up a prediction contest once the draw is made.

[coomsey76]

So the 16 qualifiers are.....

Ben Woolaston
Michael White
Matthew Selt
Jack Lioswski
Dechawat Poomjaeng
Michael Holt
Marco Fu
Alam Mcmanus
Martin Gould
Mark Davis
Mark King
Marcus Campbell
Sam Baird
Dominic Dale
Peter Ebdon
Robert Milkins

Nice little mix of old and new faces for the Crucible...... Roll on the 20th!!

[scapps42]

Ronnie will be happy to draw Campbell , should be a fairly easy opener for him

[Masterdoctorgenius]

So the 16 qualifiers are.....

Ben Woolaston
Michael White
Matthew Selt
Jack Lioswski
Dechawat Poomjaeng
Michael Holt
Marco Fu
Alam Mcmanus
Martin Gould
Mark Davis
Mark King
Marcus Campbell
Sam Baird
Dominic Dale
Peter Ebdon
Robert Milkins

Nice little mix of old and new faces for the Cruible...... Roll on the 20th!!

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN - MARCUS CAMPBELL (very much do-able)

Judd Trump - Dominic Dale (hello again they draw each other, how on earth this happened, poor dale)
Mark Williams - Michael White
John Higgins - Mark Davis
Barry Hawkins - Jack Lisowski
Stuart Bingham - Sam Baird
Matthew Stevens - Marco Fu
Ali Carter - Ben Woollaston
Neil Robertson - Robert Milkins
Mark Selby - Matthew Selt
Ricky Walden - Michael Holt
Shaun Murphy - Martin Gould
Ding Junhui - Allen McManus
Stephen Maguire - Dechawat Poomjaeng
Graeme Dott - Peter Ebdon
Mark Allen - Mark King

[daffie]

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN - MARCUS CAMPBELL (very much do-able)

Yes indeed...would be nice to see Marcus come through. Although ROS (depending on which one turns up) is attractive to watch...

Judd Trump - Dominic Dale (hello again they draw each other, how on earth this happened, poor dale)

Keeping my fingers crossed for Dominic, as always.

Mark Williams - Michael White
John Higgins - Mark Davis
Barry Hawkins - Jack Lisowski
Stuart Bingham - Sam Baird
Matthew Stevens - Marco Fu
Ali Carter - Ben Woollaston
Neil Robertson - Robert Milkins
Mark Selby - Matthew Selt
Ricky Walden - Michael Holt
Shaun Murphy - Martin Gould
Ding Junhui - Allen McManus
Stephen Maguire - Dechawat Poomjaeng
Graeme Dott - Peter Ebdon
Mark Allen - Mark King

Rooting for :

Williams
Higgins
Hawkins
Bingham
Stevens or Fu
Woollaston
Neither Robertson nor Milkins
Selby (yes indeed)
Walden
Murphy (all the way to the trophy this year!)
McManus (such a nice guy)
Maguire (need some fire on and off the table every now and then right)
Dott (close call this one)
King (likable lad, and Allen not so)

[Erwan_BZH]

Official anouncement: World snooker offers FREE TICKETS for the Dott v Ebdon match......

More seriously, the only annoying part for me is the fact ROS and Higgo could meet as soon as the quarters. Would be a heck of a match!
Besides that, I like the Welsh battle between Old Williams and Young White!