by eraserhead » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Ding has blown it.
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by kolompar » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Stevens makes his first century of the season.
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by eraserhead » 31 Oct 2018 Read
127 TC
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by TheRocket » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:An in-form Matthew Stevens is a beast.
Definitely. People should watch that quarterfinal against Higgins in 2002.
Even that world final in 2000 against Williams. He was absolutely destroying him and led 13:7. And then obviously bottled it.
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
kolompar wrote:Stevens makes his first century of the season.
Stevens earned £107k last season (in ranking events.) Take away tour expenses (approx £25k) and add exhibitions that's not a bad salary to play a ball game considering the amount of time off you get, particularly if you are going out early in a lot of tournaments.
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by SnookerFan » 31 Oct 2018 Read
I'm bored at work.
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by masterdoctorgenius » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Ding has lost some kind of focus in the last few seasons. Not consistent anymore as he used to be. Losing early in many tournaments lately.
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by Cloud Strife » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:kolompar wrote:Stevens makes his first century of the season.
Stevens earned £107k last season (in ranking events.) Take away tour expenses (approx £25k) and add exhibitions that's not a bad salary to play a ball game considering the amount of time off you get, particularly if you are going out early in a lot of tournaments.
Good post.
Alot of people will scoff at that and say is that all, but you have to keep it in perspective. Yeah, it's not millions, but would you rather be earning 70k a year, travelling the world and doing something you love or 70k working some boring office job?
That's why I never feel too sorry for alot of these journeymen on the tour that complain about prize money. Sure, you're not earning the big bucks like the top boys, but you're still getting a great wage compared to the average man on the street.
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by TheRocket » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Decider
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by eraserhead » 31 Oct 2018 Read
In Stevens hands now.
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Looks like Stevens has got it!
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by eraserhead » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Stevens deserves it after the way he played following the MSI. Back to the drawing board for Ding.
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by TheRocket » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Stevens wins the decider. And he plays O'Donnell tomorrow. Every chance for him to get to the semis.
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Sunny 4-5 down to Ali...
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
TheRocket wrote:Stevens wins the decider. And he plays O'Donnell tomorrow. Every chance for him to get to the semis.
His first quarter since 2014 Australian Open.
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by TheRocket » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:TheRocket wrote:Stevens wins the decider. And he plays O'Donnell tomorrow. Every chance for him to get to the semis.
His first quarter since 2014 Australian Open.
Imagine if he won this now though. Would be a much bigger shock and surprise result than MJWs WC win.
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by Alex0paul » 31 Oct 2018 Read
I can see the Crucible
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by carayip » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Matthew Stevens! So pleased for him!
It’s quite amusing to hear Foulds keep complaining about him not using the rest lol
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by carayip » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:An in-form Matthew Stevens is a beast.
Stevens is last generation’s Barry Hawkins. A mystery how he didn’t win more titles.
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
carayip wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:An in-form Matthew Stevens is a beast.
Stevens is last generation’s Barry Hawkins. A mystery how he didn’t win more titles.
It's a good comparison.
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by kolompar » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:kolompar wrote:Stevens makes his first century of the season.
Stevens earned £107k last season (in ranking events.) Take away tour expenses (approx £25k) and add exhibitions that's not a bad salary to play a ball game considering the amount of time off you get, particularly if you are going out early in a lot of tournaments.
It's a shame he can earn so well despite being so bad recently.
But this was a passing of the baton match, Ding is the new Stevens, was a good player when he was young but useless after he turned 30.
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by Deewee » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Stevens earned 61k last season and 46k the season before that.
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Deewee wrote:Stevens earned 61k last season and 46k the season before that.
He had 107,000 points in 17/18 season
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by carayip » 31 Oct 2018 Read
I think Ding now only has the UK and China Open as his ranking events before the WC. Some pressure for him if he wants to keep his top 8 ranking.
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by Cloud Strife » 31 Oct 2018 Read
kolompar wrote:Dan-cat wrote:kolompar wrote:Stevens makes his first century of the season.
Stevens earned £107k last season (in ranking events.) Take away tour expenses (approx £25k) and add exhibitions that's not a bad salary to play a ball game considering the amount of time off you get, particularly if you are going out early in a lot of tournaments.
It's a shame he can earn so well despite being so bad recently.
But this was a passing of the baton match, Ding is the new Stevens, was a good player when he was young but useless after he turned 30.
Too much pressure being put on Ding's shoulders from the 3bn+ Chinese people. It's ruined him.
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by kolompar » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Too much pressure being put on Ding's shoulders from the 3bn+ Chinese people. It's ruined him.
Yeah, he's a mental weakling.
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by Dan-cat » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Most very top players have had entire seasons without titles.
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by Deewee » 31 Oct 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Deewee wrote:Stevens earned 61k last season and 46k the season before that.
He had 107,000 points in 17/18 season
In the two-year ranking list, yes.
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by kolompar » 31 Oct 2018 Read
SnookerFan wrote:When do the Champion of Champions fixtures/groups get announced?
I know one of the places depends on who wins this tournament, but you'd think they could work around that fairly easily.
http://www.worldsnooker.com/champion-of ... -two-days/
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by SnookerFan » 31 Oct 2018 Read
So, as I ballsed up earlier with the Judd match, will watch Ding vs Matthew Stevens instead.
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