Betfred.com World Draw and Pre Tournament Discussion !!!

Wild wrote:

nice_shoes_ken wrote:

Wild wrote:

nice_shoes_ken wrote:28 minutes to go.

Come on!!!!

i thought it was 1.30pm ??

Yeah 28 minutes to start when I put that.

next time you make me look little kittens playing stupid ill delete the little kittens playing chameleon mother and baby kangaroo posts

Owned.

That is a pukka draw!

Mark Davis - Ali Carter, definitley the best match

simplysnooker wrote:

Wild wrote:

nice_shoes_ken wrote:

Wild wrote:

nice_shoes_ken wrote:28 minutes to go.

Come on!!!!

i thought it was 1.30pm ??

Yeah 28 minutes to start when I put that.

next time you make me look little kittens playing stupid ill delete the little kittens playing chameleon mother and baby kangaroo posts

Owned.

That is a pukka draw!

I pressed the 5 by accident and changed it, thought it would come up with 28 mins when Wild looked but obviously didn't.

There was no pukka pies involved when making the draw, so god knows where you got that from.

Matches of the first round for me.

O'Sullivan v Ebdon
Selby v Hawkins

Wild wrote:Last 32 Draw

Crucible Appearances in Red

1 John Higgins 18 vs Liang Wenbo 4
16 Stuart Bingham 6 vs Stephen Hendry 27
9 Graeme Dott 14 vs Joe Perry 11
8 Stephen Maguire 9 vs Luca Brecel Debut
5 Shaun Murphy 10 vs Jamie Jones Debut
12 Stephen Lee 17 vs Andrew Higginson 2
13 Allister Carter 10 vs Mark Davis 7
4 Judd Trump 3 vs Dominic Dale 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Mark Williams 16 vs Liu Chuang 2
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20 vs Peter Ebdon 21
11 Martin Gould 4 vs Dave Gilbert 2
6 Neil Robertson 8 vs Ken Doherty 18
7 Ding Junhui 6 vs Ryan Day 8
10 Mark Allen 6 vs Cao Yupeng Debut
15 Matthew Stevens 13 vs Marco Fu 12
2 Mark Selby 8 vs Barry Hawkins 7

Good draw for -

Hendry
Allen
Williams
Gould

Very bad draw -

Selby
Stevens
Lee
Dott

My favourite matches:

Ronnie vs Ebdon
Trump vs Dale
Robertson vs Doherty
Gould vs Gilbert
Higgins vs Wenbo

Less interesting matches:

Davis vs Carter
Lee vs Higginson
Dott vs Perry

Casey wrote:

Wild wrote:Last 32 Draw

Crucible Appearances in Red

1 John Higgins 18 vs Liang Wenbo 4
16 Stuart Bingham 6 vs Stephen Hendry 27
9 Graeme Dott 14 vs Joe Perry 11
8 Stephen Maguire 9 vs Luca Brecel Debut
5 Shaun Murphy 10 vs Jamie Jones Debut
12 Stephen Lee 17 vs Andrew Higginson 2
13 Allister Carter 10 vs Mark Davis 7
4 Judd Trump 3 vs Dominic Dale 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Mark Williams 16 vs Liu Chuang 2
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20 vs Peter Ebdon 21
11 Martin Gould 4 vs Dave Gilbert 2
6 Neil Robertson 8 vs Ken Doherty 18
7 Ding Junhui 6 vs Dominic Dale 7
10 Mark Allen 6 vs Cao Yupeng Debut
15 Matthew Stevens 13 vs Marco Fu 12
2 Mark Selby 8 vs Barry Hawkins 7

Good draw for -

Hendry
Allen
Williams
Gould

Very bad draw -

Selby
Stevens
Lee
Dott

Dale plays two opponents cause hes so good does he wild?

My favourite matches:

Ronnie vs Ebdon Cant wait for this one
Trump vs Dale
Robertson vs Doherty
Gould vs Gilbert
Higgins vs Wenbo
Maguire vs Brecel
Ding vs Day
Allen vs Yupeng

Less interesting matches:

Davis vs Carter
Lee vs Higginson
Dott vs Perry

Very similar to you randam

Wild wrote:Last 32 Draw

Crucible Appearances in Red

1 John Higgins 18 vs Liang Wenbo 4
16 Stuart Bingham 6 vs Stephen Hendry 27
9 Graeme Dott 14 vs Joe Perry 11
8 Stephen Maguire 9 vs Luca Brecel Debut
5 Shaun Murphy 10 vs Jamie Jones Debut
12 Stephen Lee 17 vs Andrew Higginson 2
13 Allister Carter 10 vs Mark Davis 7
4 Judd Trump 3 vs Dominic Dale 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Mark Williams 16 vs Liu Chuang 2
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20 vs Peter Ebdon 21
11 Martin Gould 4 vs Dave Gilbert 2
6 Neil Robertson 8 vs Ken Doherty 18
7 Ding Junhui 6 vs Dominic Dale 7
10 Mark Allen 6 vs Cao Yupeng Debut
15 Matthew Stevens 13 vs Marco Fu 12
2 Mark Selby 8 vs Barry Hawkins 7

How the buck did Dom Dale get two entries this year? #careless Mr Wild

Ebdon

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Ebdon

Won't be a problem for Ronnie, didn't he beat him at the UK a couple of seasons back 9- 3 or something like that. Ronnie will be fine.

simplysnooker wrote:

Wild wrote:Last 32 Draw

Crucible Appearances in Red

1 John Higgins 18 vs Liang Wenbo 4
16 Stuart Bingham 6 vs Stephen Hendry 27
9 Graeme Dott 14 vs Joe Perry 11
8 Stephen Maguire 9 vs Luca Brecel Debut
5 Shaun Murphy 10 vs Jamie Jones Debut
12 Stephen Lee 17 vs Andrew Higginson 2
13 Allister Carter 10 vs Mark Davis 7
4 Judd Trump 3 vs Dominic Dale 7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Mark Williams 16 vs Liu Chuang 2
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20 vs Peter Ebdon 21
11 Martin Gould 4 vs Dave Gilbert 2
6 Neil Robertson 8 vs Ken Doherty 18
7 Ding Junhui 6 vs Dominic Dale 7
10 Mark Allen 6 vs Cao Yupeng Debut
15 Matthew Stevens 13 vs Marco Fu 12
2 Mark Selby 8 vs Barry Hawkins 7

How the buck did Dom Dale get two entries this year? #careless Mr Wild

you do it then if you so bucking perfect

bucking Hell ive had a Gutfull of Pick on bucking wild go to buck the whole bucking lot of you bucking bankers

what's that in english?

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Ebdon

yes i'm with you snooker overdrive... everyone seems to think Ronnie will beat Ebdon easily, but I don' know.. last time Ronnie played Ebdon at the crucible we all know what happened

Ronnie now can cope slightly better with slow players, but he still he can get very frustrated if things arent going his way, the match goes scrappy and of course ebdon's average shot time..

Might be similar with the match he had with Selby at this season's Welsh Open... just hope Ronnie can get past Ebdon there

Andre147 wrote:My favourite matches:

Ronnie vs Ebdon Cant wait for this one
Trump vs Dale
Robertson vs Doherty
Gould vs Gilbert
Higgins vs Wenbo
Maguire vs Brecel
Ding vs Day
Allen vs Yupeng

Less interesting matches:

Davis vs Carter
Lee vs Higginson
Dott vs Perry

Very similar to you randam

Yeah, apart from I hate ding and day, rather watch paint dry!

Since I have been watching snooker I have never seen Ebdon beat Ronnie but Peter is in top form again and this first round match is now much tougher than it could have been for Ronnie.

"Check, check and check again Mr Wild Sir!"

Yep some very good matches.

O'Sullivan v Ebdon - Few people knew that would happen, the hare against the tortoise
Selby v Hawkins - Hawkins has been good this season, a test for Selby that is
Robertson v Doherty - Robbo will get through, but hopefully Doherty plays like he did in qualifying
Stevens v Fu - Not that glamorous, but could certainly be a 10-9 match

Will be good to see what Brecel, Yupeng and Jones can do against Maguire, Allen and Murphy.
And a possible second round encounter between Higgins v Hendry is of course possible.

Cannot wait 6 days to go.

Ronnie v Ebdon, just what we all wanted

Looking forward to these lot:

Williams v Chuang
Gilbert v Gould
Higgins v Wenbo
Mags v Luca

But there is only one Ebdon v Ronnie

I'd say the qualifiers least likely to cause an upset are Doherty, Day, Yupeng and Hawkins. All the others, well who knows?

Higgins - Wenbo:
I don't think Liang has a realistic chance to dethrone the Champion except John is completely out of sorts.

Bingham - Hendry:
Not a good draw for Stuart and I think Stephen will beat him in a close match.

Dott - Perry:
Graeme is not having a good season but I expect him to win this one especially in the Crucible.

Maguire - Brecel:
Luca isn't a good draw and Stephen will be put under a lot of pressure but he is having a very good season so far and so I expect Maguire to progress.

Murphy - Jones:
Jamie beat Walden 10-2 and he will have to play exactly like that to have a chance. Shaun is very strong in the Crucible and I fancy him to win but an upset could be on the cards.

Lee - Higginson:
Stephen is having one of the best seasons of his career and he is very consistent, so Lee clear favourite in this one.

Carter - Davis:
Mark Davis has the chance of his life to reach the last 16 and I think he will edge this one although this a very open 50-50 match.

Trump - Dale:
Judd level dropped a bit after some close defeats in the Masters, German Masters and Welsh Open. After that he didn't look the same player he was half a year ago. Dale could have a slim chance on a good day but it's very unlikely over such a long distance.

Williams - Chuang:
Mark will be too strong for Liu execpt he's completley out of form.

O'Sullivan - Ebdon:
Ronnie gets the toughest draw available. The German Masters Champion vs the China Open Champion sounds very promising. Peter is in form but I think he's unfortunate to get Ronnie because he hasn't done that well against him in the last 6 years or so. I don't think Ronnie will let Peter get into his head but it's always a possibility. Ebdon hasn't won a Crucible match since 2008.

Gould - Gilbert:
It could havebeen a lot worse for Martin. David qualified convincingly but I think Gould will be too strong for him.

Robertson - Doherty.
I would love to switch Ken with Peter. Neil won't have to much trouble disposing poor old Ken. Robbo again with a very easy path to quarters.

Ding - Day:
Ding will hammer Ryan.

Allen - Yupeng:
Mark will take advantage of Cao's inexperience and beat him comfortably.

Stevens - Fu:
On paper Matthew is favourite but I have a feeling this might be Marco's day.

Selby - Hawkins:
Not a good draw for Mark. Barry is a very dangerous opponent who can beat any of the top players on a good day. But this is the Crucible and unless there's a Selby bottle job coming up, Mark will win this match.

Anybody drawing up a World Championship Preview on the blog page this year.

Always enjoy reading them, I do blogs myself but don't know if I can be trusted to write up a good piece if Sonny lets me.

I was going to ask Reanne to do it, she agreed but to be honest, I really can't get the enthusiasm up for writing up a WC preview piece or even proof reading one, I don't care for them.

simplysnooker wrote:what's that in english?

WHAT IS runt IN ANY bucking LANGUAGE

simplysnooker

Dott v Perry

Wild wrote:

simplysnooker wrote:what's that in english?

WHAT IS runt IN ANY bucking LANGUAGE

simplysnooker

Alex0paul wrote:Dott v Perry

What's the problem with the Gentleman? I don't think it's a bad draw for Graeme.