by SnookerFan » 14 Apr 2011 Read
nice_shoes_ken wrote:My Saturday will hopefully go to plan, 6.30 wake up horrible feeling, a taxi at 7.15 catch train at 7.55 and hopefully arrive at about 9.15 in Sheffield. Have a picture with Hairbear and Ryan 147
watch Robertson v Trump walk around for a bit then come home for the end of Williams v Day, then Robbo v Trump to a finish, happy days
I've never actually spoken to Hairbear, though it's hard not to see him walking around. What's he actually like? Everybody who has met him talks him up a lot?
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by Alex0paul » 14 Apr 2011 Read
The excitement has really hit me today. Just watching some classic matches.
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by simplysnooker » 14 Apr 2011 Read
To be honest, I'll probably be asleep by the highlights so will have to tape and watch in the morning. Excitement really has started now!
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by SnookerFan » 14 Apr 2011 Read
Alex0paul WC wrote:The excitement has really hit me today. Just watching some classic matches.
Next few days is all about seeing friends, partners and family members one last time before The Crucible starts. Those not interested in snooker will be second fiddle for your attention in the next few weeks.
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by simplysnooker » 14 Apr 2011 Read
Only missing two days as at school, rest of time will be watching snooker, got to love holidays
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by Alex0paul » 14 Apr 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Alex0paul WC wrote:The excitement has really hit me today. Just watching some classic matches.
Next few days is all about seeing friends, partners and family members one last time before The Crucible starts. Those not interested in snooker will be second fiddle for your attention in the next few weeks.
Im pretty lucky that my mum and gran love snooker so i'll some human contact.
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by SnookerFan » 14 Apr 2011 Read
Alex0paul WC wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Alex0paul WC wrote:The excitement has really hit me today. Just watching some classic matches.
Next few days is all about seeing friends, partners and family members one last time before The Crucible starts. Those not interested in snooker will be second fiddle for your attention in the next few weeks.
Im pretty lucky that my mum and gran love snooker so i'll some human contact.
Yeah, I will too. My parents like it, to the extent that they can sit through it.
I've got a couple of mates interested in it, but I'm at the age where all my friends have kids. So watching with mates sometimes involves listening to crying, and playing with toys whilst the game is on.
With my time off, I plan to seperate my time watching it with friends and family, watching it in the local pub with whatever group of drunks decide to turn up, and having some slobby alone time with junk food and snooker.
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by Bourne » 14 Apr 2011 Read
They've gone all out imagination with those 5 haven't they ?
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by SnookerFan » 14 Apr 2011 Read
Just read that earlier. Good stuff. I didn't realise that Pagett was the player who had his name forgotten by the MC at the six-red World Championship.
It'll make it a good story if he wins the match.
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
I've got to sort myself out with booze and snacks for my mate to come round tomorrow. As this will involve me buying myself some cans of beer, and them some bacardi (also I'll need to get some 2ltr bottles of cola for mixing the bacardi with, as well as general consumption.)
I might have to stagger this, as I can't carry loads of beer, and 2ltr bottles of drink at once. On the way home I have to stop in Sainsburys, so I might pick up the beer then. And maybe the snacks. (As well as tonight dinner.) After dinner, I could then pop out for the bacardi and the cola based beverages. Or I could wait until tomorrow morning. But last time I tried to do an early morning shop, they didn't allow me to buy beer because it was 5 minutes before 9am, and they didn't serve alcohol until 9am.
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by nice_shoes_ken » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Looks like the Crucible carpet will be red this year by Jan Verhaas twitter picture, for anybody interested know someone made a thread about it but I cba to find it.
Not long to go now, until a 6.15 wake up
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
I've just wasted an entire afternoon at work typing up my analysis of players that a colleague who knows little about snooker has asked me for. I've done about ten minutes of work.
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by Smart » 15 Apr 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:I've got to sort myself out with booze and snacks for my mate to come round tomorrow. As this will involve me buying myself some cans of beer, and them some bacardi (also I'll need to get some 2ltr bottles of cola for mixing the bacardi with, as well as general consumption.)
I might have to stagger this, as I can't carry loads of beer, and 2ltr bottles of drink at once. On the way home I have to stop in Sainsburys, so I might pick up the beer then. And maybe the snacks. (As well as tonight dinner.) After dinner, I could then pop out for the bacardi and the cola based beverages. Or I could wait until tomorrow morning. But last time I tried to do an early morning shop, they didn't allow me to buy beer because it was 5 minutes before 9am, and they didn't serve alcohol until 9am.
why not steal a supermarket trolley
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by Smart » 15 Apr 2011 Read
nice_shoes_ken wrote:Looks like the Crucible
carpet will be red this year by Jan Verhaas twitter picture, for anybody interested know someone made a thread about it but I cba to find it.
Not long to go now, until a 6.15 wake up
is it a thin pile or a thick shag pile
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by Wildey » 15 Apr 2011 Read
just so that we all know as if anyone needs reminding but i bet some tit will ask whos playing tomorrow well before a tit asks here it is
Saturday 16th of April10amNeil Robertson v Judd Trump
Jamie Cope v Andrew Pagett
2.30pmAllister Carter v Dave Harold
Mark Williams v Ryan Day
7pmNeil Robertson v Judd Trump
Shaun Murphy v Marcus Campbell
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by vodkadiet » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Wild wrote:just so that we all know as if anyone needs reminding but i bet some tit will ask whos playing tomorrow well before a tit asks here it is
Saturday 16th of April10amNeil Robertson v Judd Trump
Jamie Cope v Andrew Pagett
2.30pmAllister Carter v Dave Harold
Mark Williams v Ryan Day
7pmNeil Robertson v Judd Trump
Shaun Murphy v Marcus Campbell
Murphy and Campbell will have the arena to themselves from about 8pm so I wonder if that will work in Murphy's favour?
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by Smart » 15 Apr 2011 Read
vodkadiet wrote:Wild wrote:just so that we all know as if anyone needs reminding but i bet some tit will ask whos playing tomorrow well before a tit asks here it is
Saturday 16th of April10amNeil Robertson v Judd Trump
Jamie Cope v Andrew Pagett
2.30pmAllister Carter v Dave Harold
Mark Williams v Ryan Day
7pmNeil Robertson v Judd Trump
Shaun Murphy v Marcus Campbell
Murphy and Campbell will have the arena to themselves from about 8pm so I wonder if that will work in Murphy's favour?
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by simplysnooker » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Hope BBC's afternoon coverage is of Williams/Day and not Carter/Harold.
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by Bourne » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Who's playing tomorrow ?
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:Who's playing tomorrow ?
Jamie Cope vs Andrew Pagett. It's the match of the first round.
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
vodkadiet wrote:Murphy and Campbell will have the arena to themselves from about 8pm so I wonder if that will work in Murphy's favour?
See guys, now there's a Judd hatah!
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by Bourne » 15 Apr 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:vodkadiet wrote:Murphy and Campbell will have the arena to themselves from about 8pm so I wonder if that will work in Murphy's favour?
See guys, now there's a Judd hatah!
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
So, if I watch the Cope match tomorrow, will I lose a lot of respect?
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by Bourne » 15 Apr 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:So, if I watch the Cope match tomorrow, will I lose a lot of respect?
You have to question why they scheduled it for tomorrow AM, aside the biggest R1 match we've ever seen ... surely there was another window the Cope match could have squeezed into ?
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Feels a bit weird not being in the hotel bar now, talking to people about snooker.
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by SnookerFan » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:SnookerFan wrote:So, if I watch the Cope match tomorrow, will I lose a lot of respect?
You have to question why they scheduled it for tomorrow AM, aside the biggest R1 match we've ever seen ... surely there was another window the Cope match could have squeezed into ?
Though, if I go with my full match plan, I miss the Ding first session, and Hendry vs Perry first session.
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by GJ » 15 Apr 2011 Read
Robbo has beaten proper legends of the game a few times each , hendo , john higgins and steve davis so i hardly think beating trump will be seen as a big scalp for robbo
Nice try at mind games though juddy boy
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