Re: 888.com World Grand Prix Last 16 Discussion !!!
If Mark wins it though it'll be on a decider.
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TheRocket wrote:Gould is known for choking sometimes when he's leading. I still expect Selby to win this.
Clara8633 wrote:TheRocket wrote:Gould is known for choking sometimes when he's leading. I still expect Selby to win this.
Me too, but he's going to have to win three frames in a row now and his safety is letting him down a bit.
Wildey wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:he was scaring the life out of him. poor ref
you think?
i thought the ref was laughing in his face
Ronnie was bang out of Order.
Skullman wrote:Typical. He starts playing well when he's about to lose. Why can't he play like this earlier?
TheRocket wrote:Clara8633 wrote:TheRocket wrote:Gould is known for choking sometimes when he's leading. I still expect Selby to win this.
Me too, but he's going to have to win three frames in a row now and his safety is letting him down a bit.
Even if he loses. If I was a Selbyfan I wouldnt bother too much about this tournament to be honest. It seems to me that scoring wise Selby is playing as good as ever or at least as good as he was in 2011. He's playing very good stuff atm and will be going with a lot confidence into the WC to defend this title. And it's all about the WC atm.
Winning any tournament is nice of course but I think, that the very topplayers see this more as a kind of match practice to peak for the World Championship. It's like in tennis where the very topplayers peak for the Grand Slams.
Cloud Strife wrote:Gould held up surprisingly well under pressure there.
TheRocket wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Gould held up surprisingly well under pressure there.
Yep. Didn't expect that. He's always been a good player but playing under pressure/closing out a match was his main problem. If he improve in that department, he could win tournaments.
Cloud Strife wrote:Wildey wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:he was scaring the life out of him. poor ref
you think?
i thought the ref was laughing in his face
Ronnie was bang out of Order.
Yeah, Ronnie was being a idiot there. Hate people who take out their bad mood on someone else. Unacceptable.
TheRocket wrote:Clara8633 wrote:TheRocket wrote:Gould is known for choking sometimes when he's leading. I still expect Selby to win this.
Me too, but he's going to have to win three frames in a row now and his safety is letting him down a bit.
Even if he loses. If I was a Selbyfan I wouldnt bother too much about this tournament to be honest. It seems to me that scoring wise Selby is playing as good as ever or at least as good as he was in 2011. He's playing very good stuff atm and will be going with a lot confidence into the WC to defend this title. And it's all about the WC atm.
Winning any tournament is nice of course but I think, that the very topplayers see this more as a kind of match practice to peak for the World Championship. It's like in tennis where the very topplayers peak for the Grand Slams.
Andre147 wrote:TheRocket wrote:Clara8633 wrote:TheRocket wrote:Gould is known for choking sometimes when he's leading. I still expect Selby to win this.
Me too, but he's going to have to win three frames in a row now and his safety is letting him down a bit.
Even if he loses. If I was a Selbyfan I wouldnt bother too much about this tournament to be honest. It seems to me that scoring wise Selby is playing as good as ever or at least as good as he was in 2011. He's playing very good stuff atm and will be going with a lot confidence into the WC to defend this title. And it's all about the WC atm.
Winning any tournament is nice of course but I think, that the very topplayers see this more as a kind of match practice to peak for the World Championship. It's like in tennis where the very topplayers peak for the Grand Slams.
Yeah agree, Selby will be in great shape come the Worlds.
I dont think he'll break the Crucible Curse, but he can definately reach far in the event, say Semis or even the Final. Hopefully someone will have the game to beat him there.
Goldenballs147 wrote:http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/watch-ronnie-osullivan-praises-world-8871721
Okay Ronnie played better tonight than he played on Monday (which wouldn't be difficult) but two/three centuries? Come on. I know we only see what the camera shows us but I only saw one occasion where they got in each other's way and it was because the referee needed to get the ball out of the pocket so that the frame could continue.
I love ROS but his attitude is really grating on me at the minute. I get that he doesn't like the events with 128 players and he doesn't feel he makes enough money anymore, but at the end of the day he's a professional snooker player and if he gets his act together he could be finishing the week with a 100K cheque in his hand. Not bad for a weeks work surely. There's no point in taking his attitude out on the referee in public. A quiet word backstage would have sufficed.
At least he praised the event and the venue. I think it has been fantastic. Alan McManus is a top class commentator also.
Goldenballs147 wrote:http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/watch-ronnie-osullivan-praises-world-8871721
Okay Ronnie played better tonight than he played on Monday (which wouldn't be difficult) but two/three centuries? Come on. I know we only see what the camera shows us but I only saw one occasion where they got in each other's way and it was because the referee needed to get the ball out of the pocket so that the frame could continue.
I love ROS but his attitude is really grating on me at the minute. I get that he doesn't like the events with 128 players and he doesn't feel he makes enough money anymore, but at the end of the day he's a professional snooker player and if he gets his act together he could be finishing the week with a 100K cheque in his hand. Not bad for a weeks work surely. There's no point in taking his attitude out on the referee in public. A quiet word backstage would have sufficed.
At least he praised the event and the venue. I think it has been fantastic. Alan McManus is a top class commentator also.
Cloud Strife wrote:Goldenballs147 wrote:http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/watch-ronnie-osullivan-praises-world-8871721
Okay Ronnie played better tonight than he played on Monday (which wouldn't be difficult) but two/three centuries? Come on. I know we only see what the camera shows us but I only saw one occasion where they got in each other's way and it was because the referee needed to get the ball out of the pocket so that the frame could continue.
I love ROS but his attitude is really grating on me at the minute. I get that he doesn't like the events with 128 players and he doesn't feel he makes enough money anymore, but at the end of the day he's a professional snooker player and if he gets his act together he could be finishing the week with a 100K cheque in his hand. Not bad for a weeks work surely. There's no point in taking his attitude out on the referee in public. A quiet word backstage would have sufficed.
At least he praised the event and the venue. I think it has been fantastic. Alan McManus is a top class commentator also.
Yeah, I agree with you and I feel the same way. I've been following Ronnie's career from the very start and there's comes a time when you just become tired of the man's antics. A lot of it can be entertaining if taken in the correct context, but his behaviour towards the ref today wasn't entertaining at all, it was just plain rude and disrespectful. And he even saw fit to lambast the poor ref afterwards in his press conference as well.
I thought this kind of attitude from him was a thing of the past after his resurgence in the last 3 years under Peters, but clearly its reared its ugly head again which is a great shame. I hope he sorts his head out before the World Championship otherwise he won't be lifting the trophy there, that's for sure.
armchair de critique wrote:Ronnie had a go at the young ref for not getting out his way during the break