by Wildey » 09 Jan 2016 Read
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by Ronnie79 » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Does anyone else get the feeling if Robbo beats Fu he will be in the final ?. Cant see Trump or the others beating him in that section
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by SnookerFan » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Ronnie79 wrote:Does anyone else get the feeling if Robbo beats Fu he will be in the final ?. Cant see Trump or the others beating him in that section
He's certainly in with a shout. But you know, one match at a time.
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by GJ » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Really tough opener Marco in great form so should be a close one.
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by SnookerFan » 12 Jan 2016 Read
GJ wrote:Really tough opener Marco in great form so should be a close one.
Robbo's form is greater. COC winner, UK Champion.
Fu won't be easy, but I fancy Robertson to win.
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by Andre147 » 12 Jan 2016 Read
SnookerFan wrote:GJ wrote:Really tough opener Marco in great form so should be a close one.
Robbo's form is greater. COC winner, UK Champion.
Fu won't be easy, but I fancy Robertson to win.
Robbo didn't play Gibraltar, first round loser at German Masters against amateur Ashely Huggill.
I agree he should win it, but I won't be surprised at all to see Fu as the winner.
Silly CL apart, they are tied at 4-4 in the head to head.
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by SnookerFan » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Andre147 wrote:
Robbo didn't play Gibraltar
So?
I'll give you that his loss to amateur proves form? But how can you say the fact that he missed a PTC proves that he has no form?
By that logic, Ronnie is the worst player on the tour, because he has barely played this season.
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by Andre147 » 12 Jan 2016 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Andre147 wrote:
Robbo didn't play Gibraltar
So?
I'll give you that his loss to amateur proves form? But how can you say the fact that he missed a PTC proves that he has no form?
By that logic, Ronnie is the worst player on the tour, because he has barely played this season.
Yes skipping Gibraltar was probably due to him winning CoC and UK, but still should never have lost to an amateur like that, I watched that match and he was simply pathetic to say the least, lost count the amount of blacks off its spot he missed.
Of course this is a totally diferent prospect, but I do fancy Fu's chances here. Hope he can send Robbo packing.
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by Cloud Strife » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Fu is just about the easiest draw Robertson could have gotten here. I expect him to win comfortably, 6-1 or 6-2.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Someone said it in another thread earlier and I'll repeat it here. I think Robbo is set up to fail here at the Masters. It's incredibly difficult to keep the good form and intensity going after winning two big tournaments in a row. He might win this match but I can't see Robbo getting past Trump.
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by Andre147 » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Someone said it in another thread earlier and I'll repeat it here. I think Robbo is set up to fail here at the Masters. It's incredibly difficult to keep the good form and intensity going after winning two big tournaments in a row. He might win this match but I can't see Robbo getting past Trump.
Yes if Fu can't get the job done, Trump will get him found out.
For once I shall be rooting for Judd if they do meet.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Andre147 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Someone said it in another thread earlier and I'll repeat it here. I think Robbo is set up to fail here at the Masters. It's incredibly difficult to keep the good form and intensity going after winning two big tournaments in a row. He might win this match but I can't see Robbo getting past Trump.
Yes if Fu can't get the job done, Trump will get him found out.
For once I shall be rooting for Judd if they do meet.
Me too. I don't like players being too dominant in the game (unless it's Ronnie of course).
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by Snooker Overdrive » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Fu is just about the easiest draw Robertson could have gotten here. I expect him to win comfortably, 6-1 or 6-2.
Ding, Bingham, Perry, Hawkins currently tougher draws than Fu?
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by Clara8633 » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Fu is just about the easiest draw Robertson could have gotten here. I expect him to win comfortably, 6-1 or 6-2.
Ding, Bingham, Perry, Hawkins currently tougher draws than Fu?
Even amateurs are lucky to face Ding in a draw nowadays.
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by Andre147 » 12 Jan 2016 Read
Clara8633 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Fu is just about the easiest draw Robertson could have gotten here. I expect him to win comfortably, 6-1 or 6-2.
Ding, Bingham, Perry, Hawkins currently tougher draws than Fu?
Even amateurs are lucky to face Ding in a draw nowadays.
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by Andre147 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Hopefully Fu can send the Aussie packing
If not, like I said yesterday, Robbo will get found out against Trump. As SO also mentioned, Robbo is due to have a failure in this event, almost impossible nowadays to dominate the Majors.
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by Skullman » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Selby won the first two of the season only three years ago...
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by Cheshire Cat » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Every time they call Marco the 'Silent Assassin' I can't help but think of him slipping into the arena, blitzing a 6-0 win and then just disappearing without even showing up for the post-match interviews. Very ninja-like.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Skullman wrote:Selby won the first two of the season only three years ago...
But not the CoC. Very similar to the Masters.
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by Dan-cat » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Cheshire Cat wrote:Every time they call Marco the 'Silent Assassin' I can't help but think of him slipping into the arena, blitzing a 6-0 win and then just disappearing without even showing up for the post-match interviews. Very ninja-like.
Have you noticed that you never see ninjas anymore? They must be getting better
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by Ronnie79 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
The CofC is not a major though. I would even have the international ahead of it.
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by Ronnie79 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
I like jason mohammed but he was talking some rubbish today saying "when you have had a nightmare season like marco you dont want to draw robertson first round". He has won 2 events since november and had a good run in the uk. Check your facts man
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by SnookerFan » 13 Jan 2016 Read
I'm back, baby.
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by Andre147 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Ronnie79 wrote:I like jason mohammed but he was talking some rubbish today saying "when you have had a nightmare season like marco you dont want to draw robertson first round". He has won 2 events since november and had a good run in the uk. Check your facts man
Yes he can be a bit clueless at times.
And absolutely, the IC is way ahead of the CoC, nowadays it's like we have 4 Major tournaments like in tennis and golf, with the IC, UK, Masters and Worlds. The UK though has lost a lot of it's prestige.
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by Ronnie79 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Do you say that since they shortened the matches ?. I dont know about that it would be impossible to play best of 17 with the 128 player field
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by Skullman » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Don't think snooker really has the same four majors model as tennis and golf. Worlds is head and shoulders above the rest in terms of prestige and format (and money), and there's no real consensus on whether the IC (or any other event) counts.
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by Ronnie79 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
Everyone now raves about the CoC being a major the first round there is best of 7
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by Skullman » 13 Jan 2016 Read
CoC is more Masters lite. I like it, but more because of ITV's good coverage/commentators and being all one table set up, rather than any real prestige/entry requirements.
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by Ronnie79 » 13 Jan 2016 Read
I know Skullman but there used to be 4 major its a shame the BBC dropped that or rebranded it as that world open crap and then dropped it
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