by kolompar » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Good stuff. Do you bump into snooker pros every week?
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by kolompar » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Mehta on a 147.
Pots the 12th red, but announces his foul, push shot.
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by kolompar » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Doubles match is alternate innings not scotch doubles.
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by PoolBoy » 15 Jun 2015 Read
kolompar wrote:Doubles match is alternate innings not scotch doubles.
Came on here to ask that very question. I've played Scotch Doubles at pool, but it would be difficult having alternate shots in a snooker game!
eg Selby pots yellow, Bingham pots green, Selby back to pot the brown then Bingham returns to pot the blue etc!
Would allow for no fluency and some very 'broken' play; but it's perfectly viable in pool.
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by Dan-cat » 15 Jun 2015 Read
kolompar wrote:Good stuff. Do you bump into snooker pros every week?
never before! Well except at tournaments of course. Two in one week! :)
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by SnookerFan » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Speaking of Tony Drago, I bumped into him in soho last week. He said he was supposed to be practising but had to have a new tip put on that day so had given himself the day off. We chatted for about 15 minutes about all sorts. He's a lovely and gentle man.
And then yesterday, I bumped into Ronnie on Broadway market, where I proceeded to chew his ear off for about 10 minutes without letting him get a word in, fanning him with fanboy love. I held onto his hand for a little too long after I shook it, and then fist bumped him at the end. Oh god. I'm cringing.
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by kolompar » 15 Jun 2015 Read
PoolBoy wrote:kolompar wrote:Doubles match is alternate innings not scotch doubles.
Came on here to ask that very question. I've played Scotch Doubles at pool, but it would be difficult having alternate shots in a snooker game!
eg Selby pots yellow, Bingham pots green, Selby back to pot the brown then Bingham returns to pot the blue etc!
Would allow for no fluency and some very 'broken' play; but it's perfectly viable in pool.
Yeah, it was scotch doubles last time and nobody liked it for that reason but I think it was the only way it was really a team match and it's only one frame per match anyway.
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by hendry_fan » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Hi all,hope your all well!.
I,m still a bit disappointed at Scotland losin to England at the World cup of darts last night,but i guess bein the 2nd best country that took part aint that bad.
I read that England lost there first match in this Snooker World cup though,4-1 against Thailand!.
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by Andy Spark » 15 Jun 2015 Read
This England team, are NOT the "dream team". Even a brain dead moron can work out that a team of Trump and O'Sullivan would be the dream team that would ACTUALLY SCARE the other countries. If you're playing Bingo and Slowby you'll go, "whatever", however, if you know you're up against Trump and Rocket you go "rubbish, we'll have to play well to win that one"!
In football terms Trump/O'Sullivan would be Brazil.
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by SnookerFan » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Andy Spark wrote:This England team, are NOT the "dream team". Even a brain dead moron can work out that a team of Trump and O'Sullivan would be the dream team that would ACTUALLY SCARE the other countries. If you're playing Bingo and Slowby you'll go, "whatever", however, if you know you're up against Trump and Rocket you go "rubbish, we'll have to play well to win that one"!
In football terms Trump/O'Sullivan would be Brazil.
Aren't the teams chosen based on rankings, rather than who will make the opponents go; "rubbish"?
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Andy Spark wrote:In football terms Trump/O'Sullivan would be Brazil.
I hope they never have to play Germany then.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 15 Jun 2015 Read
If you had a World Doubles Trump/O'Sullivan would be a good pair. Selby could go with Murphy and Bingham can join Hawkins in the ex-journeyman team.
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by PoolBoy » 15 Jun 2015 Read
England have the best 2 players available to them in Selby and Bingham. As they're the best two players in the world, it surely is a 'dream team'!
Selby has been World no. 1 for FOUR seasons now. Add in the World Champion as his partner - who is ranked no 2 = as good as it gets!
No team has been, or can ever be, stronger as this England team!
It's impossible to have a stronger two-man team than the best two players! Simples!
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by fridge46 » 15 Jun 2015 Read
First day done and dusted. Really happy they moved to alternate visit - no more committee meetings after each shot!!
Out of interest, does anyone know who played which frames in the Malta/Austria, Brazil/Belgium, Poland/N Ireland and UAE/Germany matches.
Many thanks in advance.
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by biisk » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Belgium - Brazil:
Brecel - Santos 0-1
Skalski - Figuereido 0-1
Doubles 1-0
Skalski - Santos 1-0
Brecel - Figuereido 1-0
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by fridge46 » 15 Jun 2015 Read
biisk wrote:Belgium - Brazil:
Brecel - Santos 0-1
Skalski - Figuereido 0-1
Doubles 1-0
Skalski - Santos 1-0
Brecel - Figuereido 1-0
Thanks!
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by Wildey » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Monday 15th of June
5.30am
Group C
Australia 3-2 Qatar
Wales 5-0 Pakistan
Poland 0-5 Northern Ireland
NB 7.30am
Group D
England 1-4 Thailand
Republic of Ireland 1-4 China B
United Arab Emirates 2-3 Germany
12.30pm
Group A
China A 3-2 India
Norway 3-2 Singapore
Malta 5-0 Austria
NB 2.30pm
Group B
Hong Kong 3-2 Malaysia
Scotland 4-1 Iran
Brazil 2-3 Belgium
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by Wildey » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Tuesday 16th of June
6am
Group A
China A v Singapore
Norway v Malta
India v Austria
NB 8am
Group B
Hong Kong v Iran
Scotland v Brazil
Malaysia v Belgium
12.30pm
Group C
Australia v Pakistan
Wales v Poland
Qatar v Northern Ireland
NB 2.30pm
Group D
England v China B
Republic of Ireland v United Arab Emirates
Thailand v Germany
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by Andy Spark » 15 Jun 2015 Read
Rankings are a poor method of selecting the "best" players for the team. Fans who look at rankings to see who's best need to wake up and realise they are being taken for a ride by the various governing bodies in sport. Of course the WPBSA will manipulate the ranking system for their own ends, and the degree of your ignorance will dictate the degree of manipulation. The WPBSA aren't interested in accurately ordering the players according to who's best. How would that help them? No, the WPBSA, World Snooker and fundamentaly Matchroom want to better their own key performance measures, things like EPS growth, profitability per event etc; these can be increased by manipulating the ranking system to encourage "star name" attendance.
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by Wildey » 16 Jun 2015 Read
you have to have some sort of method of selecting players.
how is selecting players at random fair?
every player on tour has a chance of playing in tournaments same system for all players nobody getting favoritism.
you have pinpointed what you disagree with however you not come up with a better method.
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by kolompar » 16 Jun 2015 Read
First session was all whitewashes including Malta's win over Norway. If they beat China or India they will probably go through.
Now Brazil is 2-1 up on Scotland, needed lots of chances to win the doubles frame.
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by Andy Spark » 16 Jun 2015 Read
Wildey wrote:you have pinpointed what you disagree with however you not come up with a better method.
Well, I would use an ELO rating based method for World Cup selection. Competitive chess uses ELO a lot. One advantage of using world rankings as they are currently is that they are a little more easy to understand and thus players feel more confident about where they stand in relation to the system. However, for a once in two years team event I see no reason why a more accurate "best" player selection method cannot be used as a basis instead.
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by kolompar » 16 Jun 2015 Read
I don't get what you say Andy, as boring as the current English team is, they are still the last two world champions.
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by Wildey » 16 Jun 2015 Read
Selby and bingo was the only two players to win more than one ranker last season
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by Muppet147 » 16 Jun 2015 Read
Why is O'Sullivan not in the England team?
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by Dan-cat » 16 Jun 2015 Read
Muppet147 wrote:Why is O'Sullivan not in the England team?
He told me when I bumped into him on Sunday that his next comp is December!?
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by JDM375 » 16 Jun 2015 Read
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by Adan » 16 Jun 2015 Read
And Calabrese strikes again.. Bring back Ben Judge!
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by SnookerFan » 16 Jun 2015 Read
Muppet147 wrote:Why is O'Sullivan not in the England team?
They used the highest ranked players from each country.
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