Snooker World Championship 2014

SarahBM · 24-04-2014 1:37am

That's a really interesting point, but would the players really be able to hear that clearly. Often on the train or something, people have their headphones in listening to the radio or music. You can hear it but its never clear enough to make it out. I'm jot sure if the players can hear clearly enough for the commentary to influence the shots they may or may not take. Well that's just what I think.

Backstreet Moyes · 24-04-2014 9:36am

420 wrote: »

Anyone else reckon that players are sometimes being coached by commentators during play as audience have ear peices? so all i watch sport wise is snooker pool f1 . anyone that watches the snooker will know that players can hear these headsets/ear peice and sometimes the referee has to ask them to turn them down.
There was time in the dale v Davis match where Dale was complating on a shot . 3 red at bulk and one other red that looked an impossible to cut into bottom right corner. So he taking his time on what shot to play , he's about play a red along bottom cusion when next you hear is griffets saying' if he pays this shot he could leave a red
open an i think the red to the corner is cuttable' Dale jumps up and takes on the cuttable red.
Another example was in the trump match. He sort of snookers himself on a red blocked by blue . He takes a long hard look at it and is unsure if white ball
will pass blue for red. Looks at it for a min .You can hear Taylor say 'lets see if hawkeye can see', 'yes it does pass' and he then takes his shot.
Does this infringe on the rules , where no coaching is allowed?

Ps Dale will win!

First of all the person next to you would struggle to hear clearly what the commentators are saying nevermind the players who are so far away. If the players could hear them then all the audience could and they would be banned.

Also if you think professional players need to be coached about what shot to play your mad. They know every shot in the game from millions of hours of playing. They look up their options and can change their mind from time to time which is normal.

Backstreet Moyes · 24-04-2014 9:38am

Gringo180 wrote: »

Does anybody think Marco Fu can win it this year? He is playing some nice stuff.

FU has been the most impressive player alongside Hawkins in the first round imo. FU while he is slow i love watching him break build he has lovely cue ball control. I just worry at times that he is not aggressive enough to kick on and dominate games.

seanhynes · 24-04-2014 4:01pm

Selby in excellent form here ,he's not giving Carter a sniff

SarahBM · 24-04-2014 9:50pm

anyone watch Robertson? how was he playing. he won 10-2, seems convincing.

cherryghost · 24-04-2014 9:53pm

Dale looked fairly solid in his first round too

pmy.murphy · 25-04-2014 4:00am

Anyone see John Higgins and Alan Mcmanus the other day? The ending to that match fascinated me especially the way Higgins came back. For about 3 or 4 frames it looked like the Higgins of old up until he missed the blue. Hopefully John can regroup now and come back strongly next season. One of my own favourite players

Glenman · 25-04-2014 10:02am

SarahBM wrote: »

anyone watch Robertson? how was he playing. he won 10-2, seems convincing.

It will be a tough one for Mark Allen.

redbuck · 25-04-2014 10:11am

Got a good feeling about Ken today against Alan McManus I think he'll beat him.

thelad95 · 25-04-2014 10:24am

Who is Ken likely to play if he gets through?

redbuck · 25-04-2014 10:50am

The winner of Selby and Carter I think.

StephenHendry · 25-04-2014 11:01am

redbuck wrote: »

The winner of Selby and Carter I think.

that's right , ken plays the winner of this match. hopefully ken continues his good form so far , it will be a great among arguably 2 great tacticians, i see ken winning 13-10 against angles

SarahBM · 25-04-2014 12:44pm

I forgot to set it to record.

Backstreet Moyes · 25-04-2014 1:35pm

Anybody else think the pockets look massive?

purplecow1977 · 25-04-2014 1:37pm

Nuts102 wrote: »

Anybody else think the pockets look massive?

In a way,but the corners jut out making it a narrower route.

I really like Selby but half hoping Carter wins this,although he's made some basic errors

cack_handed · 25-04-2014 2:26pm

Have heard people talking about more receptive pockets for years but have never noticed it so blatantly as these worlds. Ronnie shaking his head when one dropped in his opening match, Steve Davis surprisingly referring to the size of the pockets in commentary, Joe Perry nearly half way back in his seat yesterday as a ball somehow dropped in off the angle. Along the top rails balls can brush the cushion six inches from the pocket and still fall in....can seem a little bit farcical at times.

And yet, without figures to hand, it would seem the number of centuries is down on previous years so go figure! Does that suggest the overall standard is even lower than we thought...one possible conclusion at least

SteM · 25-04-2014 2:58pm

Full schedule here is anyone is interested...

http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/SessionList/Tournament/13681

Am going over for an evening session on the 29th and then the morning session on the 30th

Would be nice to see Doherty play if he can get past McManus.

Absoluvely · 25-04-2014 3:01pm

Ken looks like he's going to take the first frame.

>KD 37 - 26 McM

Just the colours left now.

willmunny1990 · 25-04-2014 3:05pm

Perry coming back well and looking strong.

This will be a tough test for O Sullivan if he can keep this up.

seanhynes · 25-04-2014 3:08pm

fascinating opening frame in KD AM ,so many mistakes haha. u could bet on there to be a foul in frame 1 EVENS ,i counted 5

SteM · 25-04-2014 3:10pm

Doherty wins the first frame, goes in off form the break in the second.

Pighead · 25-04-2014 3:30pm

Gentleman Joe really putting it up to Ronnie here. 7-4 now.

seanhynes · 25-04-2014 3:31pm

7-4 to joe perry hes playing very well after ronnie took the opener of the session,great cushion now,ronnie needs the next or id say he'll meltdown

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 3:31pm

cack_handed wrote: »

Have heard people talking about more receptive pockets for years but have never noticed it so blatantly as these worlds. Ronnie shaking his head when one dropped in his opening match, Steve Davis surprisingly referring to the size of the pockets in commentary, Joe Perry nearly half way back in his seat yesterday as a ball somehow dropped in off the angle. Along the top rails balls can brush the cushion six inches from the pocket and still fall in....can seem a little bit farcical at times.

And yet, without figures to hand, it would seem the number of centuries is down on previous years so go figure! Does that suggest the overall standard is even lower than we thought...one possible conclusion at least

the record for century breaks in a season(individual) has been broken every year for the past 4 years

prior to that the record stood for 15 years

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 3:33pm

seanhynes wrote: »

7-4 to joe perry hes playing very well after ronnie took the opener of the session,great cushion now,ronnie needs the next or id say he'll meltdown

I don't think he meltsdown quite so easily these days

gordongekko · 25-04-2014 3:38pm

Looks like he will get it but not the usual freeflowing snooker from Ronnie

seanhynes · 25-04-2014 3:38pm

tomdempsey200 wrote: »

I don't think he meltsdown quite so easily these days

true i know his temperment has been outstanding the last year or two,but he used to get bored if he wasnt the frontrunner and give up quite easily,hope im wrong and he wins it out wont be the same if hes not involved in the business end

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 3:42pm

cack_handed wrote: »

And yet, without figures to hand, it would seem the number of centuries is down on previous years

http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/seasonComparisons.php?centuriesMaximums

SarahBM · 25-04-2014 3:57pm

Ken 2-1 down and mc manus made a 107 break in the 3rd frame. Hope Ken gets through. Would be great. Would prefer to see him play carter than Selby I think. Just checking on my phone coz I'm at work. Cant wait to go home and watch the snooker for the evening.

Feels like less centuries this year too.

seanhynes · 25-04-2014 4:01pm

SarahBM wrote: »

Ken 2-1 down and mc manus made a 107 break in the 3rd frame. Hope Ken gets through. Would be great. Would prefer to see him play carter than Selby I think. Just checking on my phone coz I'm at work. Cant wait to go home and watch the snooker for the evening.

Feels like less centuries this year too.

hes been on his seat too much and making too many fouls,mcmanus confidence is high after that 107 break,think he may pull away unless Ken makes a half century or so hes not being able to get his breaks going

cack_handed · 25-04-2014 4:14pm

tomdempsey200 wrote: »

http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/seasonComparisons.php?centuriesMaximums

Am only referring to the current tournament. Think there were 19 centuries in total in the first round matches which would seem low to me, but am open to correction on that

thelad95 · 25-04-2014 4:15pm

Ken Doherty hasn't gotten into it at all yet. Too many unforced errors.

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 4:28pm

cack_handed wrote: »

Am only referring to the current tournament. Think there were 19 centuries in total in the first round matches which would seem low to me, but am open to correction on that

ok I don't know too much anyway

just watching now and the width of the pockets seems to be massive

I know that's not the only factor involved

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 4:30pm

this'll be a test for Ronnie

still fancy him to do it

cack_handed · 25-04-2014 4:35pm

May still do it tom but doesn't look as if Perry is going to hand it to him, been really solid so far though probably should be another frame ahead

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 4:42pm

hmm

Will be a struggle here if this goes to 10-6

Witcher · 25-04-2014 4:44pm

Perry always looks like he could nut someone at any moment:pac:

willmunny1990 · 25-04-2014 4:50pm

Never seen Perry play so well.

If he gets the next id fancy him to win the match out.

Forthright · 25-04-2014 4:50pm

Huge frame for Ronnie. 9-7 is very doable. 10-6 is a big ask even for the great man.

tomdempsey200 · 25-04-2014 4:51pm

Ronnie to close with big break I reckon

seanhynes · 25-04-2014 4:53pm

unreal pink to miss

Forthright · 25-04-2014 4:55pm

seanhynes wrote: »

unreal pink to miss

Awful. That shot to put Perry back in was worse.

Forthright · 25-04-2014 5:01pm

Doherty 4-1 down. If he can get out of there just 5-3 down, he will be delighted.

Grimebox · 25-04-2014 5:08pm

Its a comedy of errors in this final frame of Perry/O'Sullivan

seanhynes · 25-04-2014 5:12pm

cant get my head around that pink from Perry, he bottled that

willmunny1990 · 25-04-2014 5:13pm

Grimebox wrote: »

Its a comedy of errors in this final frame of Perry/O'Sullivan

Lucky to get that.

Perry left him get away with that big time.

Absoluvely · 25-04-2014 5:31pm

Doherty has McManus in a very nasty snooker thanks to a fluked red.

KD 27 - 41 McM <

SarahBM · 25-04-2014 5:39pm

What did someone in the crowd say there to make everyone laugh?

Hendry is so depressing to listen to.

SarahBM · 25-04-2014 5:54pm

the red button doesnt work on UPC!!! feck sake!

Absoluvely · 25-04-2014 5:56pm

Eurosport Channel 423 on UPC. Scheduled coverage ends in 1 minute though.

Snooker World Championship 2014

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