by Wildey » 13 Sep 2020 Read
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by Ck147 » 13 Sep 2020 Read
Come on Robbo!
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by SnookerFan » 13 Sep 2020 Read
Will be a bit busy this week.
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by SnookerEd25 » 13 Sep 2020 Read
No Mifsud?
No comment.
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by Juddernaut88 » 13 Sep 2020 Read
I hope Stephen Hendry will play in this. He really should in my opinion.
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by Deewee » 13 Sep 2020 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:I hope Stephen Hendry will play in this. He really should in my opinion.
He's not.
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by HappyCamper » 13 Sep 2020 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:I hope Stephen Hendry will play in this. He really should in my opinion.
unlikely to play in anything before the uk championship.
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by SnookerFan » 13 Sep 2020 Read
HappyCamper wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:I hope Stephen Hendry will play in this. He really should in my opinion.
unlikely to play in anything before the uk championship.
What's the point in coming out of retirement, if he's not going to play in everything? Or at least most tournaments.
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by D4P » 13 Sep 2020 Read
If Hendry doesn't play before the UK, would he inevitably be seeded #128...?
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by HappyCamper » 13 Sep 2020 Read
D4P wrote:If Hendry doesn't play before the UK, would he inevitably be seeded #128...?
probably, he'll be 129 in the rankings. mifsud won't enter. remains to be seen about a few other like fu.
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by Ck147 » 13 Sep 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Will be a bit busy this week.
I guess finishing off the t-bag dvd's takes priority
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by Wildey » 14 Sep 2020 Read
D4P wrote:If Hendry doesn't play before the UK, would he inevitably be seeded #128...?
He has said he would like his first opponent back to be Ronnie or Judd waiting for the UK is the best bet to make that happen
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by Andre147 » 14 Sep 2020 Read
Wildey wrote:D4P wrote:If Hendry doesn't play before the UK, would he inevitably be seeded #128...?
He has said he would like his first opponent back to be Ronnie or Judd waiting for the UK is the best bet to make that happen
He'll likely get smashed 6-0 if that happens, but he wants to play the big names I guess.
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by D4P » 14 Sep 2020 Read
Andre147 wrote:He'll likely get smashed 6-0 if that happens, but he wants to play the big names I guess.
I suppose there must be a part of him who thinks that if he's going to lose, he would much prefer that it be to a top player than to a numpty. There's little to lose and much to gain against top players, but little to gain and much to lose against the numps...
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by McManusFan » 14 Sep 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:HappyCamper wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:I hope Stephen Hendry will play in this. He really should in my opinion.
unlikely to play in anything before the uk championship.
What's the point in coming out of retirement, if he's not going to play in everything? Or at least most tournaments.
Didn't Hearn make him decide very quickly? It could just be that he doesn't think he's ready to enter tournaments straight away, and he's set the UK as the target for his comeback.
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by SnookerFan » 14 Sep 2020 Read
Ck147 wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Will be a bit busy this week.
I guess finishing off the t-bag dvd's takes priority
There's a load more on You Tube too.
Plenty of T-Bag to go around.
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by SnookerFan » 14 Sep 2020 Read
McManusFan wrote:SnookerFan wrote:HappyCamper wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:I hope Stephen Hendry will play in this. He really should in my opinion.
unlikely to play in anything before the uk championship.
What's the point in coming out of retirement, if he's not going to play in everything? Or at least most tournaments.
Didn't Hearn make him decide very quickly? It could just be that he doesn't think he's ready to enter tournaments straight away, and he's set the UK as the target for his comeback.
Maybe.
I was wondering if he was only trying to get back for the 'big' events. Maybe he's easing himself in, or getting some practice.
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by Cloud Strife » 14 Sep 2020 Read
I think deep down he is already regretting his decision to come back, but he has to go through with it now otherwise he'll look like a fool.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Sep 2020 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:I think deep down he is already regretting his decision to come back, but he has to go through with it now otherwise he'll look like a fool.
You're probably right.
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by Wildey » 14 Sep 2020 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:I think deep down he is already regretting his decision to come back, but he has to go through with it now otherwise he'll look like a fool.
Doubt that Stephen is in a great position Everything to gain and nothing to lose.
He's retired people expect him to get hammered against top players and here's the crux if he makes a match of it then the pressure to re produce that next match then it gets difficult.
But for first match back Ronnie or Judd is perfect.
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by SnookerFan » 14 Sep 2020 Read
Imagine Ronnie vs Hendry being a non-televised last-128 match in York.
And the first year in a few that I wouldn't be going to, as well.
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by chengdufan » 15 Sep 2020 Read
Anyone going skiing with me on Monday?
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by Wildey » 18 Sep 2020 Read
So BetVictor is sponsoring the European Masters and its added to the BetVictor Series.
2020 BetVictor Championship League, September 13-20, September 28 to October 5 and October 26-30
2020 BetVictor European Masters, September 21-27
2021 BetVictor German Masters (Dates TBC)
2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open (Dates TBC)
2021 BetVictor Shoot Out (Dates TBC)
2021 BetVictor Welsh Open (Dates TBC)
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by SnookerFan » 18 Sep 2020 Read
Wildey wrote:So BetVictor is sponsoring the European Masters and its added to the BetVictor Series.
2020 BetVictor Championship League, September 13-20, September 28 to October 5 and October 26-30
2020 BetVictor European Masters, September 21-27
2021 BetVictor German Masters (Dates TBC)
2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open (Dates TBC)
2021 BetVictor Shoot Out (Dates TBC)
2021 BetVictor Welsh Open (Dates TBC)
Hearn really needs to pull his finger out with these sponsors.
Relying on one industry seems a dangerous option, and came back and bit the sport on the bottom when it relied on tobacco sponsorship.
Granted, it's highly unlikely that it'll become law to abolish gambling sponsorship any time. But, it's not good that one industry sponsors pretty much all of the tournaments. Especially with so many tournaments sponsored by the same few companies.
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by Wildey » 18 Sep 2020 Read
This year he's doing brilliant to get any sort of sponsor and keeping prize money high even Dave Hendon expected the European Masters prize money to be less than last year.
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by SnookerFan » 18 Sep 2020 Read
Wildey wrote:This year he's doing brilliant to get any sort of sponsor and keeping prize money high even Dave Hendon expected the European Masters prize money to be less than last year.
Fair point.
Though you can say that he's been doing a brilliant job ensuring that there's any snooker at all this season. And yet all you've done is moaned that it's all in Milton Keynes.
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by Wildey » 18 Sep 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Wildey wrote:This year he's doing brilliant to get any sort of sponsor and keeping prize money high even Dave Hendon expected the European Masters prize money to be less than last year.
Fair point.
Though you can say that he's been doing a brilliant job ensuring that there's any snooker at all this season. And yet all you've done is moaned that it's all in Milton Keynes.
And the fact they're not testing players this week its even more baffling why they in Milton Keynes.
i thought the whole point of this was this Bubble thing.
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by Iranu » 18 Sep 2020 Read
Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Wildey wrote:This year he's doing brilliant to get any sort of sponsor and keeping prize money high even Dave Hendon expected the European Masters prize money to be less than last year.
Fair point.
Though you can say that he's been doing a brilliant job ensuring that there's any snooker at all this season. And yet all you've done is moaned that it's all in Milton Keynes.
And the fact they're not testing players this week its even more baffling why they in Milton Keynes.
i thought the whole point of this was this Bubble thing.
I guess if anything the lack of testing makes it even more important than they can be in an isolated bubble. The risk to each other is bad enough but risking the public as well would be even worse.
I can only imagine the well-documented test shortages have forced them into it. Personally I’d have cancelled the tournament, though.
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by SnookerFan » 18 Sep 2020 Read
Wildey wrote:And the fact they're not testing players this week its even more baffling why they in Milton Keynes.
Yes, that's a weird one.
I'm happy for them to be in the same venue for a few months, if that's what they feel is the safest. The hotel and the venue are both inside the same venue, so they can easily socially bubble. But the lack of testing is baffling. And at best, irresponsible.
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by SnookerFan » 18 Sep 2020 Read
Iranu wrote:I guess if anything the lack of testing makes it even more important than they can be in an isolated bubble. The risk to each other is bad enough but risking the public as well would be even worse.
I can only imagine the well-documented test shortages have forced them into it. Personally I’d have cancelled the tournament, though.
I know I have moaned about this before, but I have tickets to the weekend of the Champion Of Champions in November. (I ordered them in November.)
Weirdly, they're still selling tickets at the moment, but it's looking unlikely that there will be fans there. (Though not impossible knowng Hearn's stubborn nature.) I haven't bothered to book train tickets yet.
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