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Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Wildey

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Saturday 20th of April~Monday 6th of May at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Only 6 days to go until the start of the 37th Snooker visit to The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. A lot has changed in snooker since John Spencer inaugural win in 1977 but the one thing that remains constant is the annual trip to Sheffield.

This season has witnessed a lot of great and not so great snooker played but its been exciting and entertaining traveling from an Asian PTC in Zhangjiagang, China in June to The Bank of Beijing China Open in March. That's 10 Months on the Road and now only one thing left, to crown a World Snooker Champion.

Who will it be?

Seeds

Ronnie O'Sullivan (21st appearance)
John Higgins (19th appearance)
Mark J Williams (17th appearance)
Graeme Dott (15th appearance)
Matthew Stevens (14th appearance)
Shaun Murphy (11th appearance)
Allister Carter (11th appearance)
Stephen Maguire (10th appearance)
Mark Selby (9th appearance)
Neil Robertson (9th appearance)
Barry Hawkins (8th appearance)
Mark Allen (7th appearance)
Stuart Bingham (7th appearance)
Ding Junhui (7th appearance)
Judd Trump (4th appearance)
Ricky Walden (3rd appearance)

Qualifiers

Peter Ebdon (22nd appearance)
Alan McManus (17th appearance)
Mark King (14th appearance)
Marco Fu (13th appearance)
Mark Davis (8th appearance)
Dominic Dale (8th appearance)
Michael Holt (6th appearance)
Robert Milkins (5th appearance)
Martin Gould (5th appearance)
Marcus Campbell (4th appearance)
Ben Woollaston (debut)
Jack Lisowski (debut)
Michael White (debut)
Matthew Selt (debut)
Dechawat Poomjaeng (debut)
Sam Baird (debut)

The Draw will Appear on Here sometime after 1.30pm BST Monday 15th of April


And Then the countdown really begins to The Crucible.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby nice_shoes_ken

:D :D :D

Whats everyone's thoughts on the qualifiers?

Good or bad?
Good Mixture?
What players are you looking forward to seeing the most?
Who will make the biggest impact?

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Skullman

Think I'll wait for the draw before giving my full thoughts on the qualifiers. Think we have a good mix. 6 debutants, some good players chasing a top16 spot, some tough journeymen and some former top players.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby snooky147

Golfing crap removed. Don't post it again. Keep this ON TOPIC PLEASE.
I'll be fitting a new motherboard, cpu, fan, memory and graphics card to this PC tomorrow
but I'll keep up to date on the tablet. Hope everyone gets who they want.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby gallantrabbit

I think we`ve got a quality tournament to feed on. A few quality youngsters like Liwowski and White, and some good solid players with points to prove like Holt, King, Dale and Milkins. Plus one or two relatively unknown quantities. If the qualifiers play the balls not the names we may have some surprises. All hand rubbingly good.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

Sorry for any offence caused by my golf posts earlier

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Wildey

Witz78 wrote:I feel this is the year THE FORCE makes an impact at the Worlds again after 3 or 4 poor years

not a chance in hell.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Wildey

Robert Milkins hasent played at the Crucible since 2005 when he lost 10-1 to Mark Williams with a 147 thrown in.

2006 Last 48 Lost 10-4 to Mark Selby
2007 Last 48 Lost 10-4 to Mark Allen
2008 Last 64 Lost 10-4 to Barry Pinches
2009 Last 80 Lost 10-7 to Jamie Jones
2010 Last 64 Lost 10-8 to Mike Dunn
2011 Last 48 Lost 10-6 to Martin Gould
2012 Last 48 Lost 10-5 to Mark Davis

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

I want Mark Allen to draw Dechawat Poomjaeng. I'd like to hear Allen's opinions on Thai players. I bet he thinks they're awesome. :spot on:

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

Morning lads


:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Hopefully i will be back down to earth by sat <cool> :spot on: :spot on:

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

Lucky wrote:So how will BH want the 'random' draw to go?



ronnie v jack <ok>

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Lucky

SnookerFan wrote:
Lucky wrote:So how will BH want the 'random' draw to go?


A big Ronnie vs Ebdon grudge match.



Thats what i thought....but would he run the risk of ronnie going home before the events really started. I fancy ronnie will get some cannon fodder.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

Lucky wrote:
Thats what i thought....but would he run the risk of ronnie going home before the events really started. I fancy ronnie will get some cannon fodder.


I'd pick Ronnie to beat Ebdon easily at this stage of his career.

To be honest though, I wouldn't be much surprised if Ronnie drew Jack Lisowski either.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

baz will want a blockbuster start ronnie v jack is like ronnie v maguire years ago

10-9 either way

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

I'd quite interested to see who Ali Carter draws.

If I'm honest, I think Ali Carter just isn't capable of beating Ronnie in the second round. (Should they face.) Ali has too much of a mental block when playing him.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

ideally he gets m white and carter is sent packing

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Wildey

they will get who they get and let the tournament begin.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

Wild WC wrote:they will get who they get and let the tournament begin.



GOOD DAY

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Wildey

whoever is online and can do it just post the draw on here as it happens.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

Wild WC wrote:they will get who they get and let the tournament begin.


That's true. They can't get somebody they don't get.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Wildey

SnookerFan wrote:
Wild WC wrote:they will get who they get and let the tournament begin.


That's true. They can't get somebody they don't get.

but people are trying to predict a bloody draw lol

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

Wild WC wrote:but people are trying to predict a bloody draw lol


It's just exciting to think that it all starts on Saturday, that is all.

Though, I take your point. The word 'predict' could be replaced with the word 'guess'.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby GJ

SnookerFan wrote:
Wild WC wrote:but people are trying to predict a bloody draw lol


It's just exciting to think that it all starts on Saturday, that is all.

Though, I take your point. The word 'predict' could be replaced with the word 'guess'.



im not excited yet

im on cloud 9 :D

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

GJ wrote:
im not excited yet

im on cloud 9 :D


What, because of something that happened in golf?

You're turning into Dennis Taylor.
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Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby Lucky

Wild WC wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
Wild WC wrote:they will get who they get and let the tournament begin.


That's true. They can't get somebody they don't get.

but people are trying to predict a bloody draw lol



You think people like BH let anything in their control be totally random.......very niave.

Re: Crucible Countdown 2013

Postby SnookerFan

Any news on the referees? Who is doing the final?

I tweeted Michaela asking if she was in Sheffield this year, but got no reply.


   

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