Coral World Grand Prix Semi Finals !!

Johnny Bravo wrote:

Chalk McHugh wrote:

KatherineParsons wrote:I enjoy watching the shootout but think it's crazy to have it as a ranking tournament.

Shall we have a 15 minute 5-a-side weekend in middle of football season and give 3 premiership points to the winners? Exactly.

As for this tournament, with Trump Long-Head, Captain Moron and Egg Hawkins the leftovers still in it I regrettably won't be watching any more of my 'home' tournament. Hopefully one or all of them will get some of that equine flu that's hanging around here.

As for me, new plans are to watch 'The Punisher' season 2 in 4K with my cat!


Catch up with you all for the Welsh Open :)

Honest, hard hitting and to the point. Catch ya later man. There's more to life than snooker and plenty of snooker to choose from.

Dude, you do realize this poster is probably a woman,

HappyCamper wrote:The last time I went to an Indian restaurant I was served by a waitress. It does seem less common than in European or East Asian style eateries but it's hardly unheard of.

Ash147 wrote:

Chalk McHugh wrote:

Ash147 wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:
At first I thought it was a very strange decision, now I'm not too fussed, to be honest. Barry Hearn knows the inner workings of snooker better than anyone and if he thinks the sport will benefit in some way by the Shootout becoming a ranker then so be it. We should trust his judgement.

Is that supposed to be sarcasm?

Anyway... I love the Shoot-Out, different to anything else and fun... however should never have been a ranker and only for fun purposes and to give players lower down the rankings TV exposure.

I feel much the same. I've always enjoyed watching it, as I've always found it to be a fun change to the regular formats. It has no business in being a ranking event though, and it amazes me that anyone would think otherwise.

Honestly, i couldn't care less about ranking points. I like watching snooker, thats all.

Do you not think that the idea of someone getting 32,000 ranking points for winning it is a bad thing? Not only does it get them into the Champion of Champions, but it could also give that player enough points to qualify for things like the Masters, and the other ITV Coral events.

Chalk McHugh wrote:

Johnny Bravo wrote:

Chalk McHugh wrote:

KatherineParsons wrote:I enjoy watching the shootout but think it's crazy to have it as a ranking tournament.

Shall we have a 15 minute 5-a-side weekend in middle of football season and give 3 premiership points to the winners? Exactly.

As for this tournament, with Trump Long-Head, Captain Moron and Egg Hawkins the leftovers still in it I regrettably won't be watching any more of my 'home' tournament. Hopefully one or all of them will get some of that equine flu that's hanging around here.

As for me, new plans are to watch 'The Punisher' season 2 in 4K with my cat!


Catch up with you all for the Welsh Open :)

Honest, hard hitting and to the point. Catch ya later man. There's more to life than snooker and plenty of snooker to choose from.

Dude, you do realize this poster is probably a woman,

Says the man who never realised Ezra Scarlet was a lady haha . Oops sorry my mistake.

SnookerFan wrote:I didn't realise Tramp vs Hawkins were 9-9 in the head to head.

SnookerFan wrote:Mark Allen white flag concession.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O4nUjwcY74o

SnookerFan wrote:

D4P wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:I didn't realise Tramp vs Hawkins were 9-9 in the head to head.

It's 4-3 Tramp in real matches.

What are the rest, Championship League?

SnookerFan wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:Xiao looking for his third ranking final after losing to Ding in Shanghai and to McGill in a Final Frame Decider in the 2017 Shootout

That statement got very near a 10 year ban from Snooker Island.


Shootout isnt and never will be a ranking event no matter what Barry Hearn or anyone else says.

Unfortunately it is a ranking event. It carries ranking points.

I don't like it any more than you do, and have refused to watch it since it became a ranking event. I even sent World Snooker an e-mail telling them this.

Sadly, it's not up to me. Despite it being the worst and most unfair decision in the history of sport, it is a ranking event.

SnookerFan wrote:Anything interesting on pre-match chat?

SnookerFan wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:My Indian hasn’t arrived yet. Getting concerned

Check to see whether the delivery person is male or female.

SnookerFan wrote:How is the match going?