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badtemperedcyril wrote:

Iranu wrote:

badtemperedcyril wrote:Foulds said in commentary a few days ago that he hoped the excellent Welsh referee, John Pellew would be chosen this year, but alas, it’s the usual faces.

Leo Scullion must have some dodgy photos of Jason Ferguson or something.

I also don’t think Rob Spencer’s a particularly good referee compared to other, less-used refs.

Jan himself isn’t very good these days IMO. Made some poor decisions in the past 2 or 3 WC’s. Remember ROS v MJW free ball at a crucial moment. He basically gave into Ronnie. A ref should have some conviction and stand by his decisions.

I like to see a ref on occasions NOT award a miss but there’s very few with the balls to do it, no matter how difficult the snooker.

badtemperedcyril wrote:Foulds said in commentary a few days ago that he hoped the excellent Welsh referee, John Pellew would be chosen this year, but alas, it’s the usual faces.

badtemperedcyril wrote:

Iranu wrote:

badtemperedcyril wrote:Foulds said in commentary a few days ago that he hoped the excellent Welsh referee, John Pellew would be chosen this year, but alas, it’s the usual faces.

Leo Scullion must have some dodgy photos of Jason Ferguson or something.

I also don’t think Rob Spencer’s a particularly good referee compared to other, less-used refs.

Jan himself isn’t very good these days IMO. Made some poor decisions in the past 2 or 3 WC’s. Remember ROS v MJW free ball at a crucial moment. He basically gave into Ronnie. A ref should have some conviction and stand by his decisions.

I like to see a ref on occasions NOT award a miss but there’s very few with the balls to do it, no matter how difficult the snooker.

SnookerFan wrote:

badtemperedcyril wrote:

Iranu wrote:

badtemperedcyril wrote:Foulds said in commentary a few days ago that he hoped the excellent Welsh referee, John Pellew would be chosen this year, but alas, it’s the usual faces.

Leo Scullion must have some dodgy photos of Jason Ferguson or something.

I also don’t think Rob Spencer’s a particularly good referee compared to other, less-used refs.

Jan himself isn’t very good these days IMO. Made some poor decisions in the past 2 or 3 WC’s. Remember ROS v MJW free ball at a crucial moment. He basically gave into Ronnie. A ref should have some conviction and stand by his decisions.

I like to see a ref on occasions NOT award a miss but there’s very few with the balls to do it, no matter how difficult the snooker.

Now you mention it, during Carter and Stevens, he made a couple of mistakes.

He respotted the blue at one point, after Stevens potted it, after the reds had already been potted. Some guy shouted; "Pot it agsin."

Later in the match, he forgot to get one of the colours, the yellow I think, out of the pocket when potted.

chengdufan wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:3 tricky qualifiers and the rest are dross

Not only do you have no idea what you're talking about, but you're very negative to boot. Not a great combination

Alex0paul wrote:

chengdufan wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:3 tricky qualifiers and the rest are dross

Not only do you have no idea what you're talking about, but you're very negative to boot. Not a great combination

Seems that my statement has been spot on as usual.

Andre147 wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:

chengdufan wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:3 tricky qualifiers and the rest are dross

Not only do you have no idea what you're talking about, but you're very negative to boot. Not a great combination

Seems that my statement has been spot on as usual.

No it hasn't. You were just bitter Dott lost.

Alex0paul wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:

chengdufan wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:3 tricky qualifiers and the rest are dross

Not only do you have no idea what you're talking about, but you're very negative to boot. Not a great combination

Seems that my statement has been spot on as usual.

No it hasn't. You were just bitter Dott lost.

2 qualifiers through, one of which was Maguire and barely a close game. My statement was correct

Alex0paul wrote:
2 qualifiers through, one of which was Maguire and barely a close game. My statement was correct