by Wildey » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Saturday 21st of April- Monday 7th of May at the Crucible Theatre,Sheffield Tuesday 1st of May
10am
Stephen Hendry v Stephen Maguire
Ryan Day v Matthew Stevens
2.30pmJamie Jones v Ali Carter
Neil Robertson v Ronnie O'Sullivan
7pmStephen Hendry v Stephen Maguire
Ryan Day v Matthew Stevens
on this date in 1989 Steve Davis Beats John Parrott 18-3 to win his 6th World Title
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by Skullman » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Err aren't world finals normally first to 18?
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by Skullman » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Anyway c'mon Mags, Captain Carter and Stevens!
And of course:
Come on Robbo!
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
So, the Quarter Finals start tomorrow...
Hendry v Mags and Day v Stevens in the opening session...
Will pay more attention to the match between the two Stephen's, but will also keep a close eye on the other one as I always do.
Definately not the quarter-finals lineups everyone was expecting, but still we should have plenty of good and exciting matches.
Cant wait for Robbo and Ronnie..
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2012 Read
on this date in 1989 Steve Davis Beats John Parrott 13-3 to win his 6th World Title
Bit of a short final
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Carter v Jones is too close to call
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by Wildey » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Alex0paul wrote:on this date in 1989 Steve Davis Beats John Parrott 13-3 to win his 6th World Title
Bit of a short final
a typo
now corrected
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by The Cueist » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Carter v Jones is too close to call
I reckon he could get under Carters skin if he starts well,If he dont,Then he is curtains.
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Carter v Jones is too close to call
For me, probably the easiest one is Hendry and Stephen, although even in that one there could be an upset.
Day and Stevens also very difficult, and Ronnie v Robbo not that easy too
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by The Cueist » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Andre147 wrote:Alex0paul wrote:Carter v Jones is too close to call
For me, probably the easiest one is Hendry and Stephen, although even in that one there could be an upset.
Day and Stevens also very difficult, and Ronnie v Robbo not that easy too
Is the predictions comp causing these "Sitting on the fence" comments?
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by PLtheRef » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Wild wrote:Alex0paul wrote:on this date in 1989 Steve Davis Beats John Parrott 13-3 to win his 6th World Title
Bit of a short final
a typo
now corrected
You could have had that for today as Steve did take a 13-3 lead over JP into the Monday.
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by The Cueist » 30 Apr 2012 Read
The Cueist wrote:Andre147 wrote:Alex0paul wrote:Carter v Jones is too close to call
For me, probably the easiest one is Hendry and Stephen, although even in that one there could be an upset.
Day and Stevens also very difficult, and Ronnie v Robbo not that easy too
Is the predictions comp causing these "Sitting on the fence" comments?
Oh! well i must be onto something.
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
The Cueist wrote:Andre147 wrote:Alex0paul wrote:Carter v Jones is too close to call
For me, probably the easiest one is Hendry and Stephen, although even in that one there could be an upset.
Day and Stevens also very difficult, and Ronnie v Robbo not that easy too
Is the predictions comp causing these "Sitting on the fence" comments?
Yeah probably because of that.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Selby, Higgins and Trump are all out - Robertson is the one player remaining capable of beating Ronnie in a big match.
I have to admit: I badly want Ronnie to beat Robbo. This is the one super tough match he just has to win somehow.
He should have beaten Higgins last year but he wasn't really match fit and missed a lot of simple chances, he should have beaten Selby in 2010 but he let it slip away in the final session.
But this year Ronnie is stronger than in 2010 or 2011, maybe even stronger than in 2008.
Come on Ronnie, just one more match and you're nearly there!!!
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by simplysnooker » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Really looking forward to Robertson/Ronnie, the two who have played the best in the tournament (maybe Hendry, but he did have a lot of help from Higgins). Match of the tournament.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 30 Apr 2012 Read
I just looked at the latest provisional rankings:
Only 2 players of the top 9 made it to the quarter finals with the top 4 all out already.
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Selby, Higgins and Trump are all out - Robertson is the one player remaining capable of beating Ronnie in a big match.
I have to admit: I badly want Ronnie to beat Robbo. This is the one super tough match he just has to win somehow.
He should have beaten Higgins last year but he wasn't really match fit and missed a lot of simple chances, he should have beaten Selby in 2010 but he let it slip away in the final session.
But this year Ronnie is stronger than in 2010 or 2011, maybe even stronger than in 2008.
Come on Ronnie, just one more match and you're nearly there!!!
Yeah, maybe this is Ronnie's best chance to win another World Title in his career, if he lets this one slip away,i reckon he won't win it again....
I wonder what you would do if Ronnie lost in the semis against Day or Stevens
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2012 Read
O'Sullivan has lost in the quarter final for the last two years that plays session 2 and 3 on wednesday afternoon and evening.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 30 Apr 2012 Read
By the way Ronnie overtook Walden and Gould by winning his match today and is now ranked No. 13.
O'Sullivan collected 31.360 points this season even though he skipped Australia, the World Open and the PTC Grand Final.
John Higgins for example collected "only" 32.000 last season even though he won the WC, the UK and the Welsh Open.
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
simplysnooker wrote:Really looking forward to Robertson/Ronnie, the two who have played the best in the tournament (maybe Hendry, but he did have a lot of help from Higgins). Match of the tournament.
Definately, in terms of drama and excitment, the best so far has been Carter v Trump by a country mile, but even if Ronnie and Robbo doesn't reach that level of drama, I think performance and breakbuilding wise it will be the best.
If both are on top of their capabilities, the high breaks could be flying around.. so it should be a cracker... Cant wait for it
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:By the way Ronnie overtook Walden and Gould by winning his match today and is now ranked No. 13.
O'Sullivan collected 31.360 points this season even though he skipped Australia, the World Open and the PTC Grand Final.
John Higgins for example collected "only" 32.000 last season even though he won the WC, the UK and the Welsh Open.
Don't forget he only started to play in late November
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Higgins' ranking next season is going to be very weird as he will naturally go up with no points to defend but with loads to defend after the first cut off he could be in danger of dropping right out of the 16.
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by randam05 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Yeah agreed, this robbo/ronnie clash is going to be absoloutley superb. Such a shame it isnt a final, really is. Or even a semi would be great!
Nevermind, its going to be absoloutley amazing.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Andre147 wrote:Yeah, maybe this is Ronnie's best chance to win another World Title in his career, if he lets this one slip away,i reckon he won't win it again....
Thank you for these calming words
That takes off a lot of pressure
I wouldn't be very pleased
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by simplysnooker » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Not trying to give it the barry or anything, but I do think it will be surpass the carter/trump match, which was phenomenal, definitely giving that another watch after exams
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by Muppet147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Fair to say, whoever wins it will be hot favourite to win the tournament.
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by Skullman » 30 Apr 2012 Read
I suddenly have a really bad feeling about this match. We're all expecting it to be really close and so far all the the matches we've been expecting to be close haven't. And somehow I can't see Robbo running away with it...
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
simplysnooker wrote:Not trying to give it the barry or anything, but I do think it will be surpass the carter/trump match, which was phenomenal, definitely giving that another watch after exams
Maybe, we'll just have to wait and see
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by Andre147 » 30 Apr 2012 Read
Skullman wrote:I suddenly have a really bad feeling about this match. We're all expecting it to be really close and so far all the the matches we've been expecting to be close haven't. And somehow I can't see Robbo running away with it...
But I can't see Ronnie running away with it either, so I'm almost certain it will be close this one, despiste all that has happened in this year's tournament.
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