Betfred World Championship (Mon Aug 10th) Quarter-Finals !!!

Pink Ball wrote:

Andre147 wrote:Wild Selby is your favourite player I understand, but do try to be less bias sometimes...

Don't call us idiots, Selby was ganite in his safety play yes, BUT he didn't force Robbo to take 30 sec every shot did he? Even in his normal breaks he was overthinking. Selby only gets to his opponents heads because they allow him to. Same thing has happened with Ronnie.

yes brilliant tactic by Selby, but it's his opponents fault for failing to see they are taking way too much time than their normal.

What has happened in this match is totally different to what we've seen him do to O'Sullivan, though. It's not that Ronnie slows down or changes his rhythym. He just stops presenting opportunities to O'Sullivan. If Selby beats O'Sullivan or Williams in the semi-final, I'm almost certain it won't be by actually disrupting their usual pace or rhythym. They are too clever to fall for that. Selby would beat them by just playing exceptionally good granite snooker.

That was never going to be the case with Robertson, and it isn't the case.

Andre147 wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:

Ck147 wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:Utterly dreadful performance by Robertson.

Couldn't have been much worse could it? Just don't get it, we all know how good he can be, he came into the match with totally the wrong strategy. Like someone else said, does he have a coach, or someone in his corner to slap him round the chops? He bloody needed that today. I hope a night of painting war puppets and playing pac-man sets him up for producing a great come back tomorrow.

And keep in mind... all this happened last year against Higgins as well. He is letting himself down badly.

yes this happens against other players, not just against Selby.

So something is wrong there.

SnookerFan wrote:

ROS147 wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:Playing 2:30pm and then 7pm is exactly what they do in most finals. Stop crying about it

1 pm and 7pm.

12pm and 7pm.

Working 9 to 5. What a way to make a living.

SnookerFan wrote:Turned over to Judd for a bit when on the MSI and John Parrott is on.

Did I sin in a previous life.

Ck147 wrote:

Scooper wrote:Has anyone enjoyed today?

Not really, no

Pink Ball wrote:This is horse rubbish and you know it is. This doesn’t just happen against Selby, FAR from it. Robertson does this several times a year. He was knocked out of last year’s World Championship because of this. Not by Selby. This is a massive failing in his game, what is so hard to understand about this? The only fella I can think of who has this quirk so glaringly is Ricky Walden.

It is possible to think Selby has played really well without accepting that he has done something special or unique here.

Wildey wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:This is horse rubbish and you know it is. This doesn’t just happen against Selby, FAR from it. Robertson does this several times a year. He was knocked out of last year’s World Championship because of this. Not by Selby. This is a massive failing in his game, what is so hard to understand about this? The only fella I can think of who has this quirk so glaringly is Ricky Walden.

It is possible to think Selby has played really well without accepting that he has done something special or unique here.

How do you think Steve Davis won so much by allowing Alex Higgins and Jimmy White to play their natural game or stop them playing their natural game? same with Ray Reardon.


In that match Neil went for every long pot he got, and he potted most yea in the past hes backed away from that, but he didn't in that match he tried to get things going, but he just couldn't either balls was awkward or safeties was good i thought Robbo's safety play was brilliant at times but Selby's safety wet up a notch in this match and it made chances difficult for Neil.

you lot only see what you want to see facts dont matter.

Wildey wrote:i was just thinking The Winner of Selby v Robbo plays Ronnie or Williams maybe Ronnie would rather lose to williams than go 4 sessions of torture

Wildey wrote:you lot only see what you want to see facts dont matter.

mozb wrote:Ronnie to win today, get his revenge on Selby in the semi-final, and walk over Wilson in the final, I have seen it!

SnookerFan wrote:I'm going for a beer in the garden.

vodkadiet1 wrote:I have a result from Crucible 2022:

Stephen Maguire beat Ronnie O'Sullivan.