O'Sullivan just got another 147. Most talented sportsman that ever lived in my opinion. But I am a snooker fanatic, so...

8 hours ago, Cheese said:

Cracking match between Higgins and Williams. 8-8 going into tomorrow mornings session.

along with Ronnie the longevity of their careers is just incredible 

15 hours ago, Cheese said:

Cracking match between Higgins and Williams. 8-8 going into tomorrow mornings session.

was even better this afternoon, pure drama, classic 

47 minutes ago, L/H White said:

was even better this afternoon, pure drama, classic 

Only managed to watch the final frame. Chuffed Williams won it.

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

was even better this afternoon, pure drama, classic 

Darts and Snooker? - you watch some shit you do

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

Darts and Snooker? - you watch some shit you do

Stop being mean about Snooker 😢

25 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Stop being mean about Snooker 😢

I actually don't mind playing it, but as a spectator sport I just can't get on with it, when I know that it's so readily open to match fixing, especially now the Chinese are so heavily involved 

47 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I actually don't mind playing it, but as a spectator sport I just can't get on with it, when I know that it's so readily open to match fixing, especially now the Chinese are so heavily involved 

Good for you. 👍

3 of the class of 92 in the semis 

Remarkable 

4 hours ago, Sweep said:

I actually don't mind playing it, but as a spectator sport I just can't get on with it, when I know that it's so readily open to match fixing, especially now the Chinese are so heavily involved 

Is it the next WC that youre going to play or have you not got snooker shoes?

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

3 of the class of 92 in the semis 

Remarkable 

Don't think Higgins gets a lucky loser place in the semis

10 hours ago, Casino said:

Is it the next WC that youre going to play or have you not got snooker shoes?

Like Darts, given a year of playing 4 or 5 hours a day, you'd easily make the world top 10. If you're not knocking in century breaks after a month of playing every day, then you probably need to go and see a Doctor, as you must have some "motor control" issues. Snooker, I'd argue, is even easier to play than darts. It's piss easy. The fact that those who were the best in the world, 25 years ago, still pretty much are, shows how piss poor a sport it is.

 

I can't believe the BBC still show it, it must get the shittest viewing figures known to man these days. They'd be better spending the money and time showing another few episodes of Mrs Browns Boys

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

Like Darts, given a year of playing 4 or 5 hours a day, you'd easily make the world top 10. If you're not knocking in century breaks after a month of playing every day, then you probably need to go and see a Doctor, as you must have some "motor control" issues. Snooker, I'd argue, is even easier to play than darts. It's piss easy. The fact that those who were the best in the world, 25 years ago, still pretty much are, shows how piss poor a sport it is.

 

I can't believe the BBC still show it, it must get the shittest viewing figures known to man these days. They'd be better spending the money and time showing another few episodes of Mrs Browns Boys

14 hours ago, maaarsh said:

Don't think Higgins gets a lucky loser place in the semis

fat fingers, still them lot getting this far is remarkable 

unsure of this is good or bad for snooker 

only Chinese players coming through really now it seems, most kids playing darts instead of snooker now

Xintong is a world champion in waiting. Ronnie is on for a hammering unless he turns up soon.

20 minutes ago, L/H White said:

fat fingers, still them lot getting this far is remarkable 

unsure of this is good or bad for snooker 

only Chinese players coming through really now it seems, most kids playing darts instead of snooker now

Youth of today chasing the big darts money, makes you sick

5 minutes ago, Farrelli said:

Xintong is a world champion in waiting. Ronnie is on for a hammering unless he turns up soon.

Haven't caught any of his matches yet, but stuck he's only managed 1 century all tournament, and isn't winning many frames to nil - recipient of a good draw or just loses interest after the winning line?

13 minutes ago, maaarsh said:

Haven't caught any of his matches yet, but stuck he's only managed 1 century all tournament, and isn't winning many frames to nil - recipient of a good draw or just loses interest after the winning line?

I wouldn’t read too much into that. His long potting is as good as anyone and very cool under pressure. Safety needs some work but he is a very good player.

There must be other weaknesses beyond safety if he can only make 1 century when other semi-finalists have made 4, 7 & 11 respectively. Top players win frames at 1 visit occasionally, if you're always needing more than 1 chance you're going to need a lot of fortune to get the job done.

Oh for sure. His shot choice and positional play are not as good as some others but the overall potential is obvious and he will be a world champion if not this year then soon.

Well we'll see - he's never getting a draw this easy again, best player on the 1 year list he'll have to face before the final ranked 13th

I'm struggling to back a match fixer 

13 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

I'm struggling to back a match fixer 

Between that and Ronnies constant self pity it makes Williams the only likeable one of the feted 3.

15 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

I'm struggling to back a match fixer 

they're 100% all at it

22 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

I'm struggling to back a match fixer 

He didn’t fix a match

Neither did Higgins, technically, but Zhao seems to have escaped a similar amount of criticism