Snooker World Championship 2014

celticfc · 22-04-2014 12:02am

Ding OUT!!!

Best two frame session of snooker in a long time, Delighted for the young man!

Muppet Man · 22-04-2014 12:03am

Wow, those last two frames of snooker were two of the best I have seen in the crucible for a long time. Dings last three snookers on the pink were just brilliant.

Gutted for ding, (and I lost 20 euro on him) , but wasley was damn impressive and deserved the win.

Muppet man

thelad95 · 22-04-2014 12:09am

Well done Michael Wasley. Horrible fluke but definitely deserved the win. Ding looked decidedly off form. Can't help but feel a more experienced player would have put him away earlier.

MJ23 · 22-04-2014 12:11am

Delighted for the young lad. I don't like Ding. He never smiles or shows any emotion, and has as much personality as an empty box of Weetabix.

Say Your Number · 22-04-2014 12:20am

The last two days have been brilliant, I thought this sport was meant to be in decline.

SarahBM · 22-04-2014 8:06am

I would rather stay home and watch snooker than go to work. I'll have to make do with highlights programs

melon_collie · 22-04-2014 9:54am

Ding looked to be under serious pressure there yesterday. I think that the weight of expectation on his shoulders from the Chinese people got to him in the end. The fact that he had won 5 ranking titles this season made the expectation all the greater. Fair play to Wasley though. White put up a great performance against Selby also. I must say that the standard of snooker in this years first round has been the best that I can remember. Hopefully it will get better as the tournament progresses and that someone will be able to put it up to Ronnie.

cack_handed · 22-04-2014 10:20am

Agree re the weight of expectation on Ding, has to explain why he is so good everywhere else but just cant get it together in sheffield. Nearly pulled it out of the fire in the end, though, so at least he went out fighting. Could see Wasley making the semis now, some story for a guy who only scraped through the first qualifying round against an amateur 10-9 and then needed Robert Milkins to miss an easy black off the spot in the final qualifying round - Wasley's fourth match - to get a crack at Ding.

Been a blistering start to the tournament and still 14 days to go!

Absoluvely · 22-04-2014 12:05pm

McManus just needs one more frame against Higgins.

Here's Ken's run to the semi-final (just the bottom half of the draw):

Gringo180 · 22-04-2014 1:30pm

This is some bottle job from McManus.

SarahBM · 22-04-2014 1:33pm

Gringo180 wrote: »

This is some bottle job from McManus.

score?

Absoluvely · 22-04-2014 1:35pm

Safety shots at the moment.

Higgins has won the last three frames from 4 - 9.

Absoluvely · 22-04-2014 1:44pm

McManus wins 10-7 after a shocking miss on the blue into the middle pocket from Higgins.

So McManus vs Doherty on Friday & Saturday.

redbuck · 22-04-2014 1:46pm

I think Ken can take McManus I fancy him to make a decent run at it this year.

Michael Collins · 22-04-2014 2:57pm

redbuck wrote: »

I think Ken can take McManus I fancy him to make a decent run at it this year.

He has a decent chance against McManus and even Higgins would have been doable, especially in Higgins' current form. A Doherty Crucible quarter final would be nice.

Not sure I'd fancy him against Selby or Carter though.

I obvisouly have other favourite players apart from Ken, but no-one makes me quite as....eh, well, nervous! It often comes down to the wire with Ken.

cherryghost · 22-04-2014 3:52pm

Alan McManus says Social Media is to blame for the younger guns not making an impression on this years tournaments. Any thoughts?

I do know the players in their mid-late 30's are making a resurgence in their careers, but is that really the reason?

Glenman · 22-04-2014 4:28pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Alan McManus says Social Media is to blame for the younger guns not making an impression on this years tournaments. Any thoughts?

I do know the players in their mid-late 30's are making a resurgence in their careers, but is that really the reason?

Have the younger guns not made an impression this year? How is social media to blame?

cherryghost · 22-04-2014 4:54pm

Look through the tournaments this year. Trump has won one minor and all the oldheads have dominated the others. The facts are there that the younger players have failed to impress this year. However I never said I agreed with McManus' statement. Just thought it was a bit wild myself and wondering what everyone else thought.

Pighead · 22-04-2014 4:56pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Look through the tournaments this year. Trump has won one minor and all the oldheads have dominated the others. The facts are there that the younger players have failed to impress this year. However I never said I agreed with McManus' statement. Just thought it was a bit wild myself and wondering what everyone else thought.

Is Ding considered an oldhead? Hasn't he won quite a few tournaments this season? I know he's on the scene a long time but he's still only 27.

cherryghost · 22-04-2014 5:00pm

Besides Ding and Trump, who else has made an impression and in their teens/20's?

cack_handed · 22-04-2014 11:08pm

No question that there's a lack of young blood breaking through at the top in recent years but seems a bit simple pinning it down to social media. You'd imagine with the rise of better facilities, snooker academies etc that more and more young players would be taking over but it's not happening. When Ding came on the scene we were told the chinese would be taking over within a decade, but Liang Wenbo apart, not many of them have come through either. Aside of Trump the only other players to break into the top 16 in recent years were already seasoned pros like Hawkins, Walden and Bingham. I recall Luca Brecel being hailed as the new Ronnie O'Sullivan several years back, but his progress seems to have stalled for now.

It's a good question and I can't think of any plausible answers. I've often heard Doherty and others of his generation talk about the money matches they used to play in east london and elsewhere and that seemed a good place to learn how to play pressure snooker. Maybe the academies are breeding too mentally soft players, just one theory perhaps...

seanhynes · 22-04-2014 11:13pm

Appaling potting and shot taking in this frame of walden v Wilson ,some of the misses are amazing

SarahBM · 23-04-2014 8:37am

seanhynes wrote: »

Appaling potting and shot taking in this frame of walden v Wilson ,some of the misses are amazing

There were points in that last frame where I wanted to beat Walden over the head with the que. Unreal. He should really have put Wilson away sooner. He was leading by 4 frames at one stage and Wilson was quiet nervous at points.
Anyway. Will be interesting to see how Trump does.

redbuck · 23-04-2014 8:53am

On a somewhat unrelated topic does anyone know if Judd Trump is the lovechild of John Virgo? He can do no wrong in Johns' eyes.

Glenman · 23-04-2014 11:21am

Just reading McManus's claims on BBC website. I doubt if the internet is putting them off their practice but he could be right;

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/snooker/27116258

elgriff · 23-04-2014 12:33pm

"McManus, who has reached the semi-finals at the Crucible twice, will play another veteran, 1997 world champion Ken Docherty, in round two."

ebbsy · 23-04-2014 1:06pm

Trump looks like a shambles at the moment, if Ford keeps his head he will take him.

ebbsy · 23-04-2014 1:20pm

So many shots being missed.

glued · 23-04-2014 3:30pm

Terrible shot choice from Williams there after all the good work.

The Golden Miller · 23-04-2014 4:11pm

A bit of a contradiction I know, but for me it seems the standard has gone up in snooker in the last decade or so, but in general it seems the players at the top don't have the same natural ability as the players at the top from even the early/mid 2000's, barring the likes of Higgins/O'Sullivan who have been there throughout both. The exception would be Trump, but he's been highly inconsistent of late. Bags of talent though

Snooker World Championship 2014

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