by Iranu » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Deewee wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:Foulds saying Dott has limited ability but still achieved a lot. Bit harsh.
It's a compliment. He's made a lot out of relatively little.
I just think he (and other pundits) can be very patronising to Dott. They always call him things like “a feisty little character”, “like a terrier”, “tenacious”.
They talk about how he’s made the most of “limited ability” as if he can barely string 5 pots together. They do it every time he’s playing.
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by csprince » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:csprince wrote:Iranu wrote:csprince wrote:mick745 wrote:What a day that was.
Ronnie losing, another two of the favourites Allen and Trump in serious difficulty, Bingham almost blowing a 8-1 lead.
Tournament now wide open. Pick a winner folks, cause i can't. Anything could happen and probably it seems like it could be a very unpredictable tournament.
it"s gonna be a gary wilson james cahill final at this rate
I’d actually kind of love that!
thinking about it would"t be a bad final
That final would be shitness personified.
i"d prefer that to selby higgins or selby vs anyone
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by Souvent » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Iranu wrote:Deewee wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:Foulds saying Dott has limited ability but still achieved a lot. Bit harsh.
It's a compliment. He's made a lot out of relatively little.
I just think he (and other pundits) can be very patronising to Dott. They always call him things like “a feisty little character”, “like a terrier”, “tenacious”.
They talk about how he’s made the most of “limited ability” as if he can barely string 5 pots together. They do it every time he’s playing.
Yeah, and they're talking about someone who went to 3 WC finals and won 1.
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by Chalk McHugh » 23 Apr 2019 Read
I like and respect Foulds but i too was a little surprised at his comment about Dott being a good player with limited ability. This is a former world champion and runner up. Dott is a top player deserves better than being patronised.
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by Cloud Strife » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Ash147 wrote:Iranu wrote:Ash147 wrote:Iranu wrote:Ash147 wrote:It’s been one of the most rubbish days for Snooker that I can remember. Completely disappointed with every result today. This World Championship needs something really good to happen now, because I’m very close to losing interest in it. I hope tomorrow is a better day.
Surprised you were rooting for Dott. He’d have been a bye for Higgins in the second round.
I’d root for anyone who plays Bingham. I’ve got no problem with Higgins either, and am now hoping he puts Bingham back in his place.
Strange player to have a hatred for. Any particular reason?
Bingham is one of those players who’s made the top 16 by entering everything, but winning very little. He spends the majority of the season doing nothing, then eventually gets a good run in a tournament and wins something. He’s almost the polar opposite to someone like Ronnie, because he focuses more on quantity than quality. He’s benefited massively from the large increase of tournaments since Hearn took over, which has allowed his mostly mediocre performances to be rewarded.
There’s a reason the likes of Bingham and Hawkins were nobodies until the 2010’s, and that’s because the game focussed more on quality of play than quantity of tournaments.
Yes, but do you hate him?
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by Ash147 » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Ash147 wrote:Iranu wrote:Ash147 wrote:Iranu wrote:Surprised you were rooting for Dott. He’d have been a bye for Higgins in the second round.
I’d root for anyone who plays Bingham. I’ve got no problem with Higgins either, and am now hoping he puts Bingham back in his place.
Strange player to have a hatred for. Any particular reason?
Bingham is one of those players who’s made the top 16 by entering everything, but winning very little. He spends the majority of the season doing nothing, then eventually gets a good run in a tournament and wins something. He’s almost the polar opposite to someone like Ronnie, because he focuses more on quantity than quality. He’s benefited massively from the large increase of tournaments since Hearn took over, which has allowed his mostly mediocre performances to be rewarded.
There’s a reason the likes of Bingham and Hawkins were nobodies until the 2010’s, and that’s because the game focussed more on quality of play than quantity of tournaments.
Yes, but do you hate him?
No I don’t hate him. Although his uncanny resemblance to Humpty Dumpty doesn’t help.
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by Holden Chinaski » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Chalk McHugh wrote:I like and respect Foulds but i too was a little surprised at his comment about Dott being a good player with limited ability. This is a former world champion and runner up. Dott is a top player deserves better than being patronised.
Indeed.
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by PLtheRef » 23 Apr 2019 Read
Well.
Every sympathy goes to Dott after that, but fair play to Bingham to withstand what would have been one of the Crucible's greatest ever fightbacks.
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by Vallomas » 23 Apr 2019 Read
The top four players of the season were ROS, Trump, Robertson and Allen. The first is already out and two of the rest are in serious danger.
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by csprince » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Vallomas wrote:The top four players of the season were ROS, Trump, Robertson and Allen. The first is already out and two of the rest are in serious danger.
no30 is still in(ding)
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by SnookerFan » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Ash147 wrote:Iranu wrote:Ash147 wrote:Iranu wrote:Ash147 wrote:It’s been one of the most rubbish days for Snooker that I can remember. Completely disappointed with every result today. This World Championship needs something really good to happen now, because I’m very close to losing interest in it. I hope tomorrow is a better day.
Surprised you were rooting for Dott. He’d have been a bye for Higgins in the second round.
I’d root for anyone who plays Bingham. I’ve got no problem with Higgins either, and am now hoping he puts Bingham back in his place.
Strange player to have a hatred for. Any particular reason?
Bingham is one of those players who’s made the top 16 by entering everything, but winning very little. He spends the majority of the season doing nothing, then eventually gets a good run in a tournament and wins something. He’s almost the polar opposite to someone like Ronnie, because he focuses more on quantity than quality. He’s benefited massively from the large increase of tournaments since Hearn took over, which has allowed his mostly mediocre performances to be rewarded.
There’s a reason the likes of Bingham and Hawkins were nobodies until the 2010’s, and that’s because the game focussed more on quality of play than quantity of tournaments.
He is a multiple ranking winner. You make it sound like he's won nothing.
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by gallantrabbit » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Bingham's superior technique was always going to hold up against Dott. Dott was skewing balls long before the decider and I think Bingham had it in his head that it was going to a decider.
It's better for the tournament. Higgins would have beaten Dott to 3 or 4.
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by mick745 » 24 Apr 2019 Read
It’s been one of the most rubbish days for Snooker that I can remember. Completely disappointed with every result today. This World Championship needs something really good to happen now, because I’m very close to losing interest in it. I hope tomorrow is a better day.[/quote]
Surprised you were rooting for Dott. He’d have been a bye for Higgins in the second round.[/quote]
I’d root for anyone who plays Bingham. I’ve got no problem with Higgins either, and am now hoping he puts Bingham back
There’s a reason the likes of Bingham and Hawkins were nobodies until the 2010’s, and that’s because the game focussed more on quality of play than quantity of tournaments.[/quote]
He is a multiple ranking winner. You make it sound like he's won nothing.[/quote][/quote]
Plenty of the 128 pros enter everything and get nowhere near a ranking win, or even a qf for that matter. Bingham is a great player and shows good consistency.
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by SnookerFan » 24 Apr 2019 Read
People do talk some bullocks.
An amateur beat the World Number one. The first session of Judd and Thep was fast and exciting. Dott forced a decider from 8-1 down. After the first two frames, Zhou played really well.
And this was a poor day of snooker to you people?
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by Chalk McHugh » 24 Apr 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:People do talk some bullocks.
An amateur beat the World Number one. The first session of Judd and Thep was fast and exciting. Dott forced a decider from 8-1 down. After the first two frames, Zhou played really well.
And this was a poor day of snooker to you people?
Some people must have very high standards because as you say it was a pretty dramatic day overall. If every day was similiar it would be super dooper.
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by Dan-cat » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Chalk McHugh wrote:SnookerFan wrote:People do talk some bullocks.
An amateur beat the World Number one. The first session of Judd and Thep was fast and exciting. Dott forced a decider from 8-1 down. After the first two frames, Zhou played really well.
And this was a poor day of snooker to you people?
Some people must have very high standards because as you say it was a pretty dramatic day overall. If every day was similiar it would be super dooper.
+2
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by Cloud Strife » 24 Apr 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:People do talk some bullocks.
An amateur beat the World Number one. The first session of Judd and Thep was fast and exciting. Dott forced a decider from 8-1 down. After the first two frames, Zhou played really well.
And this was a poor day of snooker to you people?
TBF it was only really one person saying that.
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by SnookerFan » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:SnookerFan wrote:People do talk some bullocks.
An amateur beat the World Number one. The first session of Judd and Thep was fast and exciting. Dott forced a decider from 8-1 down. After the first two frames, Zhou played really well.
And this was a poor day of snooker to you people?
TBF it was only really one person saying that.
Yeah, Dan-Cat is getting a bit out of line.
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by Dan-cat » 24 Apr 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:
Yeah, Dan-Cat is getting a bit out of line.
Seema said no! I'm sorry.
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by SnookerFan » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:SnookerFan wrote:
Yeah, Dan-Cat is getting a bit out of line.
Seema said no! I'm sorry.
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by Alex0paul » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Seema is currently noshing Ebdon off
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by SnookerFan » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Seema is currently noshing Ebdon off
Okay.
I'll grant you that's a bit unprofessional.
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by Cloud Strife » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Seema is currently noshing Ebdon off
The lucky bastard, that Ebdon.
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by Chalk McHugh » 24 Apr 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Seema is currently noshing Ebdon off
Sometimes you gotta gag to get the gig.
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by SnookerFan » 27 Apr 2019 Read
Ash147 wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:Ash147 wrote:The rest of you Ronnie fans should have accepted this defeat yesterday. It amuses me that you all still think he’s got a chance in this match.
You're not a fan mate.
You’re right, I don’t support people who play like sausage heads.
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by Ash147 » 27 Apr 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Ash147 wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:Ash147 wrote:The rest of you Ronnie fans should have accepted this defeat yesterday. It amuses me that you all still think he’s got a chance in this match.
You're not a fan mate.
You’re right, I don’t support people who play like sausage heads.
That's not how you use that meme. Noob.
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by Holden Chinaski » 27 Apr 2019 Read
FFS Cahill.
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by Ash147 » 27 Apr 2019 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:FFS Cahill.
I think you're in the wrong thread.
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by Holden Chinaski » 27 Apr 2019 Read
Ash147 wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:FFS Cahill.
I think you're in the wrong thread.
Why are you using words? Don't you have a meme for this? Some of your incel friends must have made a really cool one.
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by Ash147 » 27 Apr 2019 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:Ash147 wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:FFS Cahill.
I think you're in the wrong thread.
Why are you using words? Don't you have a meme for this? Some of your incel friends must have made a really cool one.
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