World Championship (Thurs April 23rd) Last 32 & Last 16 !!

Wildey wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Snooker Overdrive wrote:It's pretty simple. As it is we have a concluding match every session and if these two matches are already pretty much decided as it is the case today we can watch both of the more interesting last 16 matches.

The only question I have: why not 3 sessions today?

Because they want the tournament to finish on bank holiday Monday and as such need a couple of 2 session days he and there.

That's another problem right there. Bank holiday is a British thing and for the sport to grow it's counterproductive that the biggest snooker day of the year is taking place on a regular weekday for mainland Europe and many other countries.

Erm, May Day isn't exactly a British thing...

May Day in other parts of the World falls on 1st of May this year that is Friday.

The only real solution is forcing some poor sod to recloth the tables on a Wednesday night?

It will stay on a Monday till they move the WC out the crucible.

SnookerFan wrote:TWITTER ATTACK!

Michaela Tabb @MichaelaTabb I couldn't believe that scoreline! Is this Matthews year?

Woman of taste I've always liked Michaela

Barely watched any of this so far due to work but day off today and having had a quick glance at the second round line-up, we've got some cracking games on our hands over the next few days.

COME ON ALI!

TheSaviour wrote:I watched those 147s efforts from Ricky Walden, Ronnie O´Sullivan and Ding Junhui. 13 reds and 13 blacks, but those last two reds are always going to be the most difficult to make, aren´t they.. Lot´s of overrunning from Ding. Still think he will beat John Higgins..

I still can't believe that Ding took that blue.

If you do a youtube search for '147 attempt' you find some fascinating and exciting breaks. One which springs to mind is when Ronnie beat future World Champion 'Silky smooth' Selty 6 - 0 in the UK last year. He made the maxi in the final frame, but he had a go at one the frame before and in that break are more outrageous and brilliant shots than in the actual 147.

'When it went to 104, I knew it was going to be a 147'

I remember that max attempt by ROS. I was in the arena at the time and called it on the first black.

Lucky wrote:The whole of world time is based on Greenwich. .....so it's only right that sporting events are centered on England. That's what makes us great.

yea right

Skullman wrote:I remember that max attempt by ROS. I was in the arena at the time and called it on the first black.

:) Ace! There's an outrageous red to the middle just before he breaks down.

I was at the 147 in the final frame of the Welsh against Ding. I walked right past Ronnie on the way back into the arena just before and gave him a big smile. Then he knocked in a maxi for my birthday :)

Yes I thanked him personally afterwards, and he said he could tell it was my birthday (I was wearing my birthday cake on my head at the time) and so he had a word with Ding and said to him 'stick me on a red I'll do a maxi for this guy it's his birthday'

Mark Selby v Anthony McGill Selby leads 2-1
**Judd Trump 7-2 Stuart Carrington Never played before

7pm

**Shaun Murphy 7-2 Robin Hull Murphy leads 2-0
Ding Junhui v John Higgins Ding junhui leads 9-7





The Trump/Carrington,Murphy/Hull matches= no comment.




Selby v McGill.


Well,with me it,s always the Scots who i root for first,but if McGill loses which he probably will,i certainly won,t be dissapointed as Selbys also one of my favourite players.






Ding v Higgins.


I personaly think this one is a very tough one to call.
Both are just about as unpredictable as each other at the mom.

Everyone knows Dings had a disasterous season and the disaster continued in the first few frames he played against Mavis,but after bein 4-0 down he finaly got the finger out and produced the goods.

This little good run he showed against Mavis still has,nt convinced me that he,ll continue to produce though,in fact i won,t be suprised at all if he starts to mis-fire again and reproduces the drivvel he,s produced for most of the season.



Hats off to Higgins,i really thought he was gone,well n truly,but out of the blue the dumpling ended up winnin the Welsh Open (for a record breakin 4th time) and since then has played pretty good stuff,especially in his first round match against Milkins,in that very match he rattled in a century,plus three 70+,three 60+ breaks.

As i say,i think it,s a tough one to call,even though he,s found and been able to maintain some good form,i also won,t be surprised if he collapses in this match.

Either way,it,s gonna be an very intrestin match.



COME ON JOHN!.

Dan-cat wrote:Yes I thanked him personally afterwards, and he said he could tell it was my birthday (I was wearing my birthday cake on my head at the time) and so he had a word with Ding and said to him 'stick me on a red I'll do a maxi for this guy it's his birthday'

The only thing Ronnie does for my birthday is not turn up to the Wuxi Classic.

Which is all I really wanted from him, tbh.

SnookerFan wrote:Higgins vs Ding later.

Discuss.

Ding will win easily if he can keep his head together, that's a big if these days though.

did the wc always finish on the bank holiday monday, did the 89 or 90WC finish on the sunday as the tournament started on a friday ?

Cloud Strife wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Higgins vs Ding later.

Discuss.

Ding will win easily if he can keep his head together, that's a big if these days though.

He looked very much at ease though on Tuesday, both during and after the match. That's a new one for him at the Crucible.

daraghj82 wrote:did the wc always finish on the bank holiday monday, did the 89 or 90WC finish on the sunday as the tournament started on a friday ?

In 1982 it finished in the middle of May!

SnookerFan wrote:I wonder how Ladies Day at The Crucible is going?

I dressed as a lady just to get into the spirit of the day.

SnookerFan wrote:Something has just occurred to me. Wasn't this supposed to be the most open WC in ages? Yet few very qualifiers made it through.

Open as in there's no clear favourite amongst the contenders. It's good that very few qualifiers got through, they would only have shat themselves later in the tournament.

C'mon Mark. Win this match more easily this time .

BTW, why doesn't the SnookerRoom.tv site work anymore? All I get is a 403 error.

The chemistry between Ken and Steve is top notch said nobody ever

come mcgill

he may win the WC before ding and trump do

Because we watch for the chemistry between the pundits...