Possible 2nd round / Quarter final matches at the worlds

Some crackers could happen this year

round 2

Murphy v Ding

Selby v Hendry

Ronnie v Williams

Day v Allen

Maguire v Ebdon

potential quarter finals

higgins v robbo

murphy or ding v carter

maguire v allen

selby v ronnie

cant wait what a great worlds it could be this year

I think Ronnie will prevail somehow !

Agree that there are some potentially excellent matches and at this time of year its hard not to be distracted by what is on the horizon.

Throw into the mix the excellent potential qualifiers:

Cope
Wenny
Trump
Walden
Dott
Gould
McLeod

I am now studying the qualifying draw because nothing is ever straightforward.

There are some crcking possible 2nd round matches and i feel that a few of the stars may stumble. I think that Williams may be too good for Ronnie given his latest show of form.

ronnies route is looking harder and harder williams finding good form and selby and thats just up to the semi's

GJtheaussiestud wrote:ronnies route is looking harder and harder williams finding good form and selby and thats just up to the semi's

Yup. Who is Allen due to face in QF/SF ?

What's with the Martin Gould love in on this site? I wouldn't have him in my top 10 list of dangerous qualifiers....

NedB-H wrote:What's with the Martin Gould love in on this site? I wouldn't have him in my top 10 list of dangerous qualifiers....

he fluked one win against stevnes dont understand the love for him either

Martin Gould is very average, and I don't think Stevens was too bothered when he played him last year. Unfortunately Stevens rarely looks bothered.

Cope, Trump, Dott, Stevens, Wenbo are all men I'd like to avoid

thetubberlad wrote:Martin Gould is very average, and I don't think Stevens was too bothered when he played him last year. Unfortunately Stevens rarely looks bothered.

Cope, Trump, Dott, Stevens, Wenbo are all men I'd like to avoid

my top ten dangerous qualifiers, in reverse order

10. Hamilton
9. Lee
8. Trump
7. Doherty
6. Swail (this being the Crucible)
5. Dott
4. Stevens
3. Walden
2. Cope (unless you're Ronnie or Higgins)
1. Liang

imo Stevens cant cope against the big players in the big matches. Also he will have to win his first round match to stand a chance of the top 16 so there will be extra pressure on him

Gould has got bottle and will have learned a lot from last years experience at the Crucible.

He is a decent player and I would say he is dangerous to several players in the 16 should he qualify.

Martin Gould can play the game & will make any player work hard such is the nature of the way he plays the game.

JohnFromLondonTown wrote:Martin Gould can play the game & will make any player work hard such is the nature of the way he plays the game.

thanks John, some sense at last

Useful player, sure, but so are most of the qualifiers; I wouldn't say an in form Martin Gould was any better than an in form Peter Lines or Robert Milkins for example; they could all give a good player a shock on an off day, but I don't see any of them getting close to the top 32.

thetubberlad wrote:Martin Gould is very average, and I don't think Stevens was too bothered when he played him last year. Unfortunately Stevens rarely looks bothered.

Cope, Trump, Dott, Stevens, Wenbo are all men I'd like to avoid

if he dont care about playing at the crucible isnt it time he quit.

NedB-H wrote:Useful player, sure, but so are most of the qualifiers; I wouldn't say an in form Martin Gould was any better than an in form Peter Lines or Robert Milkins for example; they could all give a good player a shock on an off day, but I don't see any of them getting close to the top 32.

Gould had a good season last year this year its been a flop.

peter lines is 27th on the one year list this season next year he could get relagated off tour.

they all can play and if things goes their way they can win and get on a roll but they can also roll down hill over a cliff.