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Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby Ck147

Badsnookerplayer wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Higgins already looking poor.


Or not.

There has been scant discussion of Higgins as a feasible contender. Short is the memory of sporting fans.


Reading around other sites it seems a lot of people don't want him contending

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby Badsnookerplayer

Ck147 wrote:
Badsnookerplayer wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Higgins already looking poor.


Or not.

There has been scant discussion of Higgins as a feasible contender. Short is the memory of sporting fans.


Reading around other sites it seems a lot of people don't want him contending

Definite contender IMO

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby Lemnas

Badsnookerplayer wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Higgins already looking poor.


Or not.

There has been scant discussion of Higgins as a feasible contender. Short is the memory of sporting fans.

He has already won the World Championship after a bad season in the past too.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby SnookerFan

Badsnookerplayer wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Higgins already looking poor.


Or not.

There has been scant discussion of Higgins as a feasible contender. Short is the memory of sporting fans.


Oh, he's a contender. But probably not a favourite. There is a difference.

Saying that, he's been in the previous two finals.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby Cloud Strife

TheRocket wrote:No doubt that Ding is a real threat for Trump if they meet in the 2nd round.

Looks very sharp and already better than everything I've seen from him this season.


He looks good now, up against an opponent who isn't going to trouble him. As ever with Ding though, it's about how he reacts when he encounters the first bit of adversity.

Probably his head will drop and he'll quit on the challenge. We've seen it so many times with Ding.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby Lemnas

Cloud Strife wrote:
TheRocket wrote:No doubt that Ding is a real threat for Trump if they meet in the 2nd round.

Looks very sharp and already better than everything I've seen from him this season.


He looks good now, up against an opponent who isn't going to trouble him. As ever with Ding though, it's about how he reacts when he encounters the first bit of adversity.

Probably his head will drop and he'll quit on the challenge. We've seen it so many times with Ding.

He hasn't won against McGill yet.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby Badsnookerplayer

Cloud Strife wrote:
TheRocket wrote:No doubt that Ding is a real threat for Trump if they meet in the 2nd round.

Looks very sharp and already better than everything I've seen from him this season.


He looks good now, up against an opponent who isn't going to trouble him. As ever with Ding though, it's about how he reacts when he encounters the first bit of adversity.

Probably his head will drop and he'll quit on the challenge. We've seen it so many times with Ding.

Ding is too emotional.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby HappyCamper

Everything happens at The Crucible,
Every degree from triumph to despair.
Here is where you either win or lose it all.
This place is special, not just anywhere.

For two weeks Sheffield is the centre
Of our universe. We snooker fans
Watch as cue-clutching players enter –
The likely winners and the also-rans.

The balls line up, the referee awaits,
The cloth is smooth, the pockets flex their jaws,
The air is thick with history, the greats
Prepare to beat already record scores

While even lesser players’ reputations rise
Just by joining in this great event
That’s gone in a flash before their very eyes.
Like us they’ll wonder where the fortnight went.

But all will start again soon next year.
Thrills in The Crucible are never over.
They echo daily in the fine-tuned ear
Of every dedicated snooker lover.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sun April 21st) Last 32 !!

Postby TheRocket

Cloud Strife wrote:
TheRocket wrote:No doubt that Ding is a real threat for Trump if they meet in the 2nd round.

Looks very sharp and already better than everything I've seen from him this season.


He looks good now, up against an opponent who isn't going to trouble him. As ever with Ding though, it's about how he reacts when he encounters the first bit of adversity.

Probably his head will drop and he'll quit on the challenge. We've seen it so many times with Ding.


I'd agree but dont forget in 2017 he did produce against ROS and Selby under pressure (even though he lost that one).