Re: Selby: Hands off the World's
wildJONESEYE wrote:im going Round in circles here but i dont see the Need in shortening the Final or Semi Final its worked and it has always worked so why change it .
yes you could play around with sessions theres the First Thursday and Middle Sunday Morning Sessions that can be used there is also the need in Playing Final Sessions earlier also Spread out the Final so more Frames is played on the 1st day of the final at the Moment theres 16 played on Day 1 increase that to 18 and play 8 frames on Monday Affo with a Possible 9 Monday Evening session starting at 7pm
we could be Going in to the Final session 13-13,14-12,15-11 instead of 12-12,13-11,14-10
the key for me is getting the finalist on sooner in the day because they are Working Off Nervous Energy thinking about the Match when they would rather be out there playing.
Thats how the final used to operate, when Davis beat Mountjoy he led 10-8 at the end of the first day. The problem with that and why it'd never be chosen, as stupid as it sounds is because the match could be won in a single day if the match was 18-0.
The norm for other finals have developed from the best of 17, to 19 - with the WO changing only the Welsh has best of 17 frames for the final. - So players are more used to playing 19 frames. Starting at 2pm and 7pm could do the trick tbh. I went to the last session of the 2005 final - and we got 11 frames done in 4 and a half hours.
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