Williamhill.com UK Championship Last 128 Discussion !!

Sonny wrote:Apparently Pagett had no idea who Xiao was, only that "He'd reached a final"

Well I suppose with that kind of attitude to his opponents he deserves to be blitzed.

Cheers for the heads up on the Jimmy docu

was looking forward to this then totally forgot, what with watching the footy tonight but have set the recorder and will watch it tonight too.

Sure well have seen all the footage before but cant beat reliving some of the classic footage and banana shots. An emotional rollercoaster this will be id imagine with his cancer scare, world title heartache, various demons, death of Alex etc but Jimmys a battler.

I'll watch it later.

I just Sky+ everything nowadays even when I can watch it live so I can fast forward through ads. Well except live sport.

"Infact im told that Alex Higgins has bet £300 on Jimmy to win this particular match" haha

Witz78 wrote:"Infact im told that Alex Higgins has bet £300 on Jimmy to win this particular match" haha

Loved that one too.

This Muir v King match is a bit dog rubbish like.

Brilliant documentary on Jimmy there

Yes, just watched the documentary. Very entertaining.

His eldest daughter Lauren is very engaging - and clearly, knows him well.

Yeh it was good, enjoyed the fact a lot of it was talking as opposed to endless footage weve seen before.

Was quite good the overlaps between old interviews and his present day thoughts.

Hard not to feel a bit sorry for him though.

And the clips of the really young Hendry near the end are class, especially the one of him getting out of a Mercedes. He didn't even look legal to drive back then.

That miss on the black in the 94 final never gets any easier to watch nearly 20 years later though. I still find myself praying Hendry will miss one of the easy reds when he gets to the table.

What a difference a year makes.

This time last year I saw Joyce shock Trump in York in the arena and on tv. Now hes unceremoniously pumped out by a journeyman long before the tournament really "starts"

Muir bows out early.

And the resemblance between Jimmy and his mum was uncanny

This means the day passes us with the following last 64 matches:

Gary Wilson v Vinnie Calabrese
Sean O'Sullivan v Noppom Saengkham
Xiao Guodong v Jamie O'Neill
Mark King v Fergal O'Brien

Wildey wrote:

Witz78 wrote:What a difference a year makes.

This time last year I saw Joyce shock Trump in York in the arena and on tv. Now hes unceremoniously pumped out by a journeyman long before the tournament really "starts"

tournament started today.


you been crying out for flat 128 and now it doesn't count as start of the tournament

didn't you notice the " and the " ?

Its tongue in cheek but as I said earlier, for this the 2nd biggest ranker of the year, of course i'm not against a flat 128 but the organisation and structure should have been far better so this tournament hit the ground running from the off.

snooker loopy wrote:This means the day passes us with the following last 64 matches:

Gary Wilson v Vinnie Calabrese
Sean O'Sullivan v Noppom Saengkham
Xiao Guodong v Jamie O'Neill
Mark King v Fergal O'Brien

the pros of the flat 128 system already evident as hardly have expected a lot of the players in the top 3 matches to emerge from the minefield of the old tiered qualifying.

Trust me Wild, the deadwood will be weeded out. Today gave me in (and with it being in a longer format too)

Sorry but this is a pile of twiddle. Hardcore snooker fans know the score but this is terrible for the casual fans. Read the comments on the BBC article, imho this is a massive step backwards in selling the sport as a TV event.

There's your foot.......ready, aim.....FIRE!!!

Witz78 wrote:What a difference a year makes.

This time last year I saw Joyce shock Trump in York in the arena and on tv. Now hes unceremoniously pumped out by a journeyman long before the tournament really "starts"

Your 'Journeyman' Jamie O'Neill just doubled his total earnings since the start of the 2012/13 season - have to say I admire the fact he's been plugging away where other players so far behind have given up, could he suddenly have hit on what it takes? Probably not, but nice to see Jamie get some small reward for all the effort.

zzz -- Wake me up when we get to the exciting stages.