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Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

Ever popular Chinese sensation Zhanger's route:

R1 vs Anthony Hamilton (the Sherrif of Pottingham, not had a good time of it lately)

ADC's Verdict: This R1 match is a pretty even battle - close fought, likely to be 10-7, 10-8 either way.

R2 vs Mark Joyce / Ian Burns

ADC's Verdict: If Zhanger progresses (and he is a long course specialist), then I fancy him to win this R2 match in some style. Likely result 10-5.

R3 vs Zhou Yoelong / Zak Surety / Liang Wenbo / Chris Norbury

ADC's Verdict: I expect Wenny to progress to this R3 encounter with Zhanger, and then we have a mouth-watering Chinese battle for the Crucible spot. Zhanger to win 10-8, in a high quality match.

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

Jimmy White has a very slim chance IMVHPO.

R1 vs James Wattana.

ADC's Verdict: Toss of a coin, both well past their best, the match is likely to be littered with errors.

R2 vs Matt Selt / Lyu Chenwei

ADC's Verdict: Likely that the much improved Selt will progress to R2 and beat either White or Wattana with something to spare.

R3 vs Tom Ford / Andrew Norman / David Gilbert / Goerge Pragnall

ADC's Verdict: Unless Pragnall progresses which I find extremely unlikely then any one of the others will have too much for White IMVHPO.

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

Interesting bottom quarter featuring Brecel, Higginson, Milkins.

Milkins should progress to R3 comfortably but who would he face. Brecel has got to start showing some consistency of performance. He is capable of beating Higginson but it is by no means a dead cert, then it would be a R3 battle with Milkins. Very tasty match that one.

ADC's Verdict:

Milkins to qualify.

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby GJ

ADC

Do you see the RF qualifying , to me Gilby looks his only threat.

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby PoolBoy

Will there be another draw to decide who the 16 qualifiers play at the Crucible? - or will 'qualifier 1' from today's draw automatically be playing Selby and likewise 'qualifier 16' meeting Ronnie?

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

PoolBoy wrote:Will there be another draw to decide who the 16 qualifiers play at the Crucible? - or will 'qualifier 1' from today's draw automatically be playing Selby and likewise 'qualifier 16' meeting Ronnie?


another draw will be made once all the qualifiers are known :wave:

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby GJ

armchair de critique wrote:
GJ wrote:ADC

Do you see the RF qualifying , to me Gilby looks his only threat.


RF will qualify :D



Aye I nice easy opener for one of the seeds :hatoff: <ok>

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

GJ wrote:
armchair de critique wrote:
GJ wrote:ADC

Do you see the RF qualifying , to me Gilby looks his only threat.


RF will qualify :D



Aye I nice easy opener for one of the seeds :hatoff: <ok>


...and he can spend the rest of the 2 weeks playing golf with his mate Hendo rofl

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby GJ

armchair de critique wrote:
GJ wrote:
armchair de critique wrote:
GJ wrote:ADC

Do you see the RF qualifying , to me Gilby looks his only threat.


RF will qualify :D



Aye I nice easy opener for one of the seeds :hatoff: <ok>


...and he can spend the rest of the 2 weeks playing golf with his mate Hendo rofl


:parrot: :evilgrin:

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby PoolBoy

Thanks, armchair.
That'll be an interesting draw when it comes around.
I remember a televised draw a few years ago when John Inverdale was presenting and had the then seeded Hendry and unseeded Bingham (I think it was) in the studio for post draw 'reaction'.

Now, Hendy could only draw one of 16 opponents, of whom, Bingham was one.
Any player he drew represented a 1-in-16 chance
.....and indeed, Hendry and Bingham ended-up being drawn together - something Inverdale just couldn't get his head around, proclaiming 'the odds of that happening must be literally millions-to-one'!!!

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

PoolBoy wrote:Thanks, armchair.
That'll be an interesting draw when it comes around.
I remember a televised draw a few years ago when John Inverdale was presenting and had the then seeded Hendry and unseeded Bingham (I think it was) in the studio for post draw 'reaction'.

Now, Hendy could only draw one of 16 opponents, of whom, Bingham was one.
Any player he drew represented a 1-in-16 chance
.....and indeed, Hendry and Bingham ended-up being drawn together - something Inverdale just couldn't get his head around, proclaiming 'the odds of that happening must be literally millions-to-one'!!!


It has been done on the radio the last few years from memory.....talksport I think did it. <ok>

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby Cloud Strife

armchair de critique wrote:
PoolBoy wrote:Thanks, armchair.
That'll be an interesting draw when it comes around.
I remember a televised draw a few years ago when John Inverdale was presenting and had the then seeded Hendry and unseeded Bingham (I think it was) in the studio for post draw 'reaction'.

Now, Hendy could only draw one of 16 opponents, of whom, Bingham was one.
Any player he drew represented a 1-in-16 chance
.....and indeed, Hendry and Bingham ended-up being drawn together - something Inverdale just couldn't get his head around, proclaiming 'the odds of that happening must be literally millions-to-one'!!!


It has been done on the radio the last few years from memory.....talksport I think did it. <ok>


Doing it on the radio leaves the whole thing open to all kinds of underhand influences, imo.

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby GJ

Talk marmite are known Ronnie fan boys so I agree its better to be drawn elsewhere

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby armchair de critique

Cloud Strife wrote:
armchair de critique wrote:
PoolBoy wrote:Thanks, armchair.
That'll be an interesting draw when it comes around.
I remember a televised draw a few years ago when John Inverdale was presenting and had the then seeded Hendry and unseeded Bingham (I think it was) in the studio for post draw 'reaction'.

Now, Hendy could only draw one of 16 opponents, of whom, Bingham was one.
Any player he drew represented a 1-in-16 chance
.....and indeed, Hendry and Bingham ended-up being drawn together - something Inverdale just couldn't get his head around, proclaiming 'the odds of that happening must be literally millions-to-one'!!!


It has been done on the radio the last few years from memory.....talksport I think did it. <ok>


Doing it on the radio leaves the whole thing open to all kinds of underhand influences, imo.


It should be done on tv for proper transparency and really as it is a BBC tournament they should be the ones taking the lead. No doubt if there is some money to be made out of it then Barry will flog the rights to the draw to whoever and sod the transparency - hence it ends up on Talksport :|

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby Cloud Strife

GJ wrote:Talk marmite are known Ronnie fan boys so I agree its better to be drawn elsewhere


They've got Andy Goldstein on there who is the biggest Hendry fanboy known to man.

Re: Route to the Crucible (selected player's)

Postby Dan-cat

Before I joined Snooker Island I didn't pay the Crucible qualifiers much more than lip service, I'm way more excited about them this time thanks to you lot. Some interesting match ups.

Doherty vs Reanne
Jamie Cope vs the Nug
Jimmy vs Wattana
Stephens vs Ahmed Saif
Aditya vs Jak Jones
Ebbo vs Lu Ning
Woolaston vs O'Sullivan (No not him. The other one)
Brecel vs Nasir
Baird vs the Tornado
Nigel Bond vs Figgy Pudding
Angles vs Wasley
MAFOOOOOOO vs David Grace