by Witz78 » 11 Jul 2011 Read
GJ wrote:Wild wrote:randam05 wrote:ut this still pisses all over everything else on TV Next week by a mile.
very well said wild! me and you are on the same wavelength sometimes.
Cycling is the most dull sport ever to watch. Its the same thing over and over again!!! how can that be entertaining seriously. I can go to the cycle path near here and watch people ride bikes. Formula one is boring as hell too. Just a machine going round the same bit of road over and over again. Tennis is okay I suppose. But nothing...i mean, NOTHING compares to snooker.
But the open golf I believe is this week? hmm maybe ill record that for the summer I dont know.
i respect the Tour de france for sticking to a traditional format over modernizing and shortening....
snooker should follow their lead....
WILD
simples side kick talking his usual BS
you seemed to be a fan of the World Open format last season GJ, I wonder why?
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by Witz78 » 11 Jul 2011 Read
First observations...
1) Where the hell is the crowd
2) A tournament like this should be played in the UK definetly, so theres a mix of fans supporting most of the nations
3) What a waste of prize money, thats almost double whats on offer at the bog standard rankers, woulda far rather sae another ranker instead of this.
4) On a seperate note, there was an argument that tournaments could only be held in the UK if there was TV coverage for them, im sure Eurosport would cover them anyway so what would be the issue.
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by Dannyboy » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Hopefully the sponsors instead of World Snooker are putting up that level of prize money. It is staggering to say the least!
Forgot this was on today - what has the standard like of the 'lesser known' players?
Hopefully the event will be better supported later in the week. We saw how crap some of the crowds were at Wuxi last week.
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
standard on the whole been poor to say the least Pakistan beat Ireland 3-2 with a best break of 25 and Ireland had 2 Centuries.
some of the amataurs playing very negative and it is dragging out matches.
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Witz78 wrote:First observations...
1) Where the hell is the crowd
2) A tournament like this should be played in the UK definetly, so theres a mix of fans supporting most of the nations
3) What a waste of prize money, thats almost double whats on offer at the bog standard rankers, woulda far rather sae another ranker instead of this.
4) On a seperate note, there was an argument that tournaments could only be held in the UK if there was TV coverage for them, im sure Eurosport would cover them anyway so what would be the issue.
you are missing whats happening here.
Thailand Approached World Snooker to stage a tournament i suspect Scotland didn't.
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by Roland » 11 Jul 2011 Read
The crowd will all be outside drinking in the sunshine watching it on the big screen
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
marco so bloody negative its unreal
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Sonny wrote:The crowd will all be outside drinking in the sunshine watching it on the big screen
good point
as a tudor square veteran he should know snooker fans dont actually go in the arena
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Monday 11th of July
7am
Republic of Ireland 2-3 Pakistan
Thailand 2 3-2 Afghanistan
Followed By
Belgium 2-3 Brazil
Hong Kong 2-3 Poland
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by Witz78 » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Fair win for Brazil considering theyve a team of snooker novices playing 2 pros.
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Witz78 wrote:Fair win for Brazil considering theyve a team of snooker novices playing 2 pros.
entertaining match that 1.
Brecel showed glimpses of real class hope he qualifies for a few events.
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Better crowd this afternoon Wattana playing
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by Calm » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Is Robertson up 1st?? Who's playing in what order for NI???
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by Calm » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Cool, 1-0 to NI. Did Allen win that frame or the other guy??? 15-1 to Thailand in the 1st frame, is that against Robertson?
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by Calm » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Who's playing now in Aus v Thai??? Is it Robertson v Wattana or was that 1st match?
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Calm wrote:Who's playing now in Aus v Thai??? Is it Robertson v Wattana or was that 1st match?
Poomjang v Misfud and Thailand levels it up at 1-1
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by Alex0paul » 11 Jul 2011 Read
This Mifsud looks like some player.
Ranked higher than Calabrese
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by Alex0paul » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Robertson looks thoroughly bored.
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by Alex0paul » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Would be pretty awesome to see a 147 in the doubles format.
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by Calm » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Would be pretty awesome to see a 147 in the doubles format.
Pretty unlikely though!! I hope Aus can win the doubles because I reckon Wattana is gonna win his singles, so pretty much whoever wins this doubles should win the match!
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
the northern ireland team looks in good form and settled in to the format better than any today.
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by Calm » 11 Jul 2011 Read
How far was Ding ahead in that frame! Can't believe he let Drago back in to nick it :(
At least Wenbo should equalise....
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by Calm » 11 Jul 2011 Read
I guess Malta gotta be the faves for the doubles though, Drago has a lot of experience from Mosconi Cup and other Pool stuff.......
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
its tea pot time
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by Bourne » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Just switched on for the first time, where is the crowd ?!
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by Wildey » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:Just switched on for the first time, where is the crowd ?!
yes crowd been disapointing the Aussie v Thailand match was not bad but others been poor
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by Bourne » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Nice painting in the background
Lasse seems very nervous at the moment which is understandable
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by Witz78 » 11 Jul 2011 Read
why is there no banter between players in the doubles
are they not allowed to discuss what shot their partner should play etc
and one other thing i cant work out, why if Figuerido is strapped for cash and is only going to be playing the big events did he turn down the chance to represent Brazil in this? worst case scenario he was going to be sharing £4,500 with his partner, very likely to be claiming far more cash which is more than hes ever likely to make from a main tour ranker.
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by Odrl » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Very interesting to see the doubles matches. I think it's probably an advantage to have the stronger player playing the colours in a break. Ding was getting Liang in perfect position for every red, but Liang still managed to miss.
It will be interesting to see the teams with two strong players. Williams often relies on good recovery pots in his breakbuilding, but it's the other guy that has to recover position if you mess up here, so Wales could struggle a bit. On the other hand, England could be strong here, and perhaps Scotland as well, with two very good positional players.
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by Bourne » 11 Jul 2011 Read
Wasn't long ago that people were bigging up Liang to be better than Ding overall
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