Betfair German Masters Qualifying Discussion !!!!

Wild WC wrote:Thursday 29th of November

10am

Matthew Selt v Robbie Williams
Alfie Burden v Sean O'Sulllivan
Mike Dunn v Pankaj Advani
Mark Joyce v Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Barry Pinches v Luca Brecel streamed
Alan McManus v Tony Drago streamed

2.30pm

Nigel Bond v Scott Donaldson streamed
Jimmy White w/o Mohamed Khairy
Yu De Lu v Dechawat Poomjaeng
Andy Hicks v Sam Baird
Liu Chuang v Adrian Gunnell streamed
Jamie Jones v Michael Leslie

7pm

Steve Davis v Simon Bedford streamed
Cao Yupeng v Thepchaia Un-Nooh
Jamie Cope v Anthony Hamilton
Martin Gould v Fraser Patrick
Allister Carter v Rory McLeod streamed
Mark Davis v Xiao Guodong

Streams:

Luca vs Pinches - good choice, more we see of Luca the better and from memory this is a world champs qualifier re-match.

It seems like they got a hard on for streaming Drago and Steve Davis matches. Really its time to show the other talent - its a joke now, glad I dont pay for their marmite choices of stream.

MCD vs Guodong - now thats a match I would enjoy.

Yupeng vs Un-Nooh - ditto, lets see some oriental fisty cuffs.

Andy Hicks vs Sam Baird - battle of Devon, surely world snooker know this fact or are they totally clueless.

Dunny vs Pankaj - would of liked to have had that streamed too.

All in all another set of very poor streams from WSA.

Fromsport

loose safety from Scruffy, followed by quickfire 30 from Luca then runs awkward.........

Luca 1-0 Scruffy

Smart wrote:Luca 1-0 Scruffy

93 break, missed the black

Luca in again, lovely cue action

I Agree Smart Snooker needs to Publicise Younger players and showcase them its not 1985 now Lets move on.

the amount of streaming Steve Davis has had over the Past 2 weeks is a joke its not as if hes in form he makes 2 centuries in 25 frames with very little else.

he beat Advani 6-5 with only 3 Breaks over 30 a 37,42 and 136

in 2 qualifying matches he made only 3 breaks over 50

then the PTC he made 1 over 50

in 25 frames hes made only 4 50+ breaks

its one big struggle for him that sort of form doesn't deserve streaming time.

all credit for qualifying but do it away from streaming.

Smart wrote:Luca in again, lovely cue action

LH, RH, lovely pace

exactly 100 break and now leads 2-0

Wild WC wrote:I Agree Smart Snooker needs to Publicise Younger players and showcase them its not 1985 now Lets move on.

the amount of streaming Steve Davis has had over the Past 2 weeks is a joke its not as if hes in form he makes 2 centuries in 25 frames with very little else.

he beat Advani 6-5 with only 3 Breaks over 30 a 37,42 and 136

in 2 qualifying matches he made only 3 breaks over 50

then the PTC he made 1 over 50

in 25 frames hes made only 4 50+ breaks

its one big struggle for him that sort of form doesn't deserve streaming time.

all credit for qualifying but do it away from streaming.

how much influence does he have though ?? I would be embarrassed to be continually streamed when "producing" the sort of snooker he is, considering his status. Total joke. I am not saying he should retire cos he is a real battler and a great ambassador but time for others to have some spotlight.

what a steal from Luca, 61 behind, dished up no problem at all - fearless

3-0

Matthew Selt 2-0 Robbie Williams
Alfie Burden 3-1 Sean O'Sulllivan
Mike Dunn 0-3 Pankaj Advani
Mark Joyce 2-0 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Barry Pinches 1-3 Luca Brecel
Alan McManus 2-2 Tony Drago

Smart wrote:

Wild WC wrote:I Agree Smart Snooker needs to Publicise Younger players and showcase them its not 1985 now Lets move on.

the amount of streaming Steve Davis has had over the Past 2 weeks is a joke its not as if hes in form he makes 2 centuries in 25 frames with very little else.

he beat Advani 6-5 with only 3 Breaks over 30 a 37,42 and 136

in 2 qualifying matches he made only 3 breaks over 50

then the PTC he made 1 over 50

in 25 frames hes made only 4 50+ breaks

its one big struggle for him that sort of form doesn't deserve streaming time.

all credit for qualifying but do it away from streaming.

how much influence does he have though ?? I would be embarrassed to be continually streamed when "producing" the sort of snooker he is, considering his status. Total joke. I am not saying he should retire cos he is a real battler and a great ambassador but time for others to have some spotlight.

yea i dont have any enjoyment watching a player that was once feared look a bit pathetic im not saying he should retire its up to other players to retire him but i honestly hope if he drops out of the top 64 that's that i dont want to see any wild cards for old players to retain tour status same goes for jimmy.

time to move on.

Luca is a Great Player/prospect but his concentration goes walk about with a Big lead he loses commanding leads very often and thankfully gets it back in time to win.

but you cant carry on doing that

Matthew Selt 3-1 Robbie Williams
Alfie Burden 4-3 Sean O'Sulllivan
Mike Dunn 1-4 Pankaj Advani
Mark Joyce 4-0 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Barry Pinches 2-3 Luca Brecel
Alan McManus 4-3 Tony Drago

Mike Dunn 1-5 Pankaj Advani

mike dunn just cant win a match and on the contrary Advani is building up a very good debut season and a aim for a top 64 during next season.

Luca in trouble here

Smart wrote:Luca in trouble here

Scruffy just messed up big style with a chance to go 4-3, snookered himself on the yella ball - big buck up indeed

Smart wrote:

Smart wrote:Luca in trouble here

Scruffy just messed up big style with a chance to go 4-3, snookered himself on the yella ball - big buck up indeed

Luca snookered on the yella, escapes, but the escape involves the yella being potted BUT also the white - disaster - and Lucas grin hides his dissapointment

Smart wrote:

Smart wrote:Luca in trouble here

Scruffy just messed up big style with a chance to go 4-3, snookered himself on the yella ball - big buck up indeed

on second thoughts

Scruffy 4-3

Alan McManus has made the trip to Berlin with a 5-4 win over Tony Drago and plays Fellow Scott Stephen Maguire in the Last 64

anyone know what happened at the end of the Drago v McManus match ??

Wild WC wrote:anyone know what happened at the end of the Drago v McManus match ??

McManus shook Drago hand and then shook the ref hand

Apparently Drago conceded early then tried to retract it and McManus wouldn't accept it.

Sonny wrote:Apparently Drago conceded early then tried to retract it and McManus wouldn't accept it.

4-4 Luca

51-43, blue, pink, black left

Luca trailing

bugger, he fouled on the blue and Scruffy slotted it in from medium range and sunk the pink for good measure - gutting

Thursday 29th of November

10am

Matthew Selt 5-3 Robbie Williams
Alfie Burden 5-3 Sean O'Sulllivan
Mike Dunn 1-5 Pankaj Advani
Mark Joyce 5-1 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
Barry Pinches 5-4 Luca Brecel
Alan McManus 5-4 Tony Drago

Tony not a happy bunny then right now

Nigel Bond 2-1 Scott Donaldson
Jimmy White w/o Mohamed Khairy
Yu De Lu 1-3 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Andy Hicks 2-2 Sam Baird
Liu Chuang 2-0 Adrian Gunnell
Jamie Jones 1-3 Michael Leslie