World Snooker Championship 2012

zack01

Here is the revised draw for this years championships....


John Higgins v Liang Wenbo
 
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry
 
Graeme Dott v Joe Perry
 
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel
 
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
 
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson
 
Ali Carter v Mark Davis
 
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
 
Mark Williams v Liu Chang
 
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Ebdon
 
Martin Gould v Dave Gilbert
 
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
 
Ding Junhui v Ryan Day
 
Mark Allen v Cao Yupeng
 
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
 
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins


Play starts this Saturday morning with the defending champion John Higgins first up against a very capable opponent and previous quater finalist Liang Wenbo.
Some cracking ties to look forward to none more so than O'Sullivan v Ebdon. Ken Doherty will look forward to his game against Neil Robertson and i would give Ken every chance of causing an upset against the 2010 champion.
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel will catch the eye for a lot of people, Maguire is having a great 2012 and that match will provide lots of talking points.
My prediction for the semis are

Higgins v Trump and Robertson v Ding

Enjoy !!!
 

jimmymal

just to be clear,
you give ken every chance of an upset but you have robertson in the semi-finals?

hopefully i'll manage to catch a few games during the week. come on ken!

zack01

jimmymal wrote: »

just to be clear,
you give ken every chance of an upset but you have robertson in the semi-finals?

hopefully i'll manage to catch a few games during the week. come on ken!

I do give Ken every chance but my personal pick would be Robertson and for him to maybe go on and win the tournament.

JBarnes1986

I hope Ken can put a good run together,he needs it(provisionally No.35 in the rankings).He's got a tough draw,I'll be surprised if he does overcome Robertson to be honest.Can't understand how a player of his ability is so low in the rankings that he had to qualify in the 1st place.

zack01

JBarnes1986 wrote: »

I hope Ken can put a good run together,he needs it(provisionally No.35 in the rankings).He's got a tough draw,I'll be surprised if he does overcome Robertson to be honest.Can't understand how a player of his ability is so low in the rankings that he had to qualify in the 1st place.

Kens ranking really denotes the season he's had, one semi final appearance in Austrailia has been the highlight.
The new ranking format with it's three cut off points per season is the fairest system the game has had since the rankings were introduced. If you are consistently playing well and winning than your ranking will show it, the greatest example being Stephen Lee, he is now a top ten player again due to his recent winning run whilst O'Sullivan just about held on to his top 16 place and avoid qualifying for Sheffield simply because he has not enjoyed the best of seasons.

JBarnes1986

Hopefully his winning 62 clearance in the final frame against Hamilton gives him a much needed boost.He always had bottle had Ken.

zack01

JBarnes1986 wrote: »

Hopefully his winning 62 clearance in the final frame against Hamilton gives him a much needed boost.He always had bottle had Ken.

There is one thing that Ken always had and that was the bottle to produce under pressure. You can be sure he'll make Robertson fight all the way, I have tipped Robertson to win the tournament but the carrot for both players not that they need one is a best of 25 frame second round match against Gould or Gilbert to reach the quaters.

Silvio.Dante

Are there any links to Kens final round clearance? I was following it on a Stream and it burned out at 9-8

I cannot wait for Ebdon/O'Sullivan...:D Come on Peter!!!

califano

Im with UPC so its going to suck having no red button coupled with the shortened live coverage on BBC this year. Eurosport aren't the most reliable either but im hoping for the best.

Silvio.Dante

rounders123 wrote: »

Im with UPC so its going to suck having no red button coupled with the shortened live coverage on BBC this year. Eurosport aren't the most reliable either but im hoping for the best.

I'm in the same boat

I think I'll be relying on Streams alot...

califano

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

I'm in the same boat

I think I'll be relying on Streams alot...

Strangely if i have to resort to live streams i tend to prefer watching the scoreboard on world snooker instead!, i get quite the kick out of that actually.

Im hoping the 750 EPG test page is the beginning of all things red button!. But i suspect its for testing for rte player platform etc. Not that sky would allow their content under upc red button but id settle for bbc red button content!

zack01

zack01 wrote: »

Here is the revised draw for this years championships....


John Higgins v Liang Wenbo
 
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry
 
Graeme Dott v Joe Perry
 
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel
 
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
 
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson
 
Ali Carter v Mark Davis
 
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
 
Mark Williams v Liu Chang
 
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Ebdon
 
Martin Gould v Dave Gilbert
 
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
 
Ding Junhui v Ryan Day
 
Mark Allen v Cao Yupeng
 
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
 
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins


Play starts this Saturday morning with the defending champion John Higgins first up against a very capable opponent and previous quater finalist Liang Wenbo.
Some cracking ties to look forward to none more so than O'Sullivan v Ebdon. Ken Doherty will look forward to his game against Neil Robertson and i would give Ken every chance of causing an upset against the 2010 champion.
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel will catch the eye for a lot of people, Maguire is having a great 2012 and that match will provide lots of talking points.
My prediction for the semis are

Higgins v Trump and Robertson v Ding

Enjoy !!!
 

Just realised I didn't name my tip, I'm going for Robertson to be world champion!!

califano

Just for a run for my money i went for Mark Allen and Shaun Murphy last nite, both 16/1 on BFair.

Silvio.Dante

I'll go for Mark Allen...:)

zack01

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

I'll go for Mark Allen...:)

You could do a lot worse, he's got the monkey off his back by winning a ranking title this season but recently seems to be struggling for some form. Mind you he does'nt seem to be doing much practising today, he uploaded a photo to the web of him sitting in a hair salon getting his barnet done for the Cruicble.

Silvio.Dante

zack01 wrote: »

You could do a lot worse, he's got the monkey off his back by winning a ranking title this season but recently seems to be struggling for some form. Mind you he does'nt seem to be doing much practising today, he uploaded a photo to the web of him sitting in a hair salon getting his barnet done for the Cruicble.

Good to see he's got his priorities straight...:D

zack01

Snooker HQ has a special world championship podcast here.....

http://m.soundcloud.com/snookerhq/world-championship-preview

yomtea98

Hopefully Trump does not win.Something about him makes me dislike him.I think Robertson will win but Ken will put up a good fight.

Backstreet Moyes

I like Trump but he doesnt deserve to be favourite. I just think he is reckless but seems to get away with it alot. My tip is Ronnie if he has his head sorted he wont be beaten in this longer format imo. But 7/1 is short for somebody who could do anything. Also going to have a bit of Brecel to beat Maguire think he is going to be a player to thrive on the big occasion.

dekop

The rocket will win this year

martin kelly.

Don't care who wins wants its not Higgins

mickm86

hi, does anyone know what time the judd trump match is on at? thanks

zack01

mickm86 wrote: »

hi, does anyone know what time the judd trump match is on at? thanks

He plays Dale Tuesday morning 10.00am and Wednesday afternoon at 2.30pm

zack01

BBC commentator and 1991 World Champion with his thoughts on the contenders for this years championships.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17720729

zack01

Flights just sorted, I'm heading over saturday afternoon for two nights to catch Ken's match. Back Monday morn then back over for the final w'end.

Silvio.Dante

zack01 wrote: »

Flights just sorted, I'm heading over saturday afternoon for two nights to catch Ken's match. Back Monday morn then back over for the final w'end.

Oh my God thats fantastic!!! I hope you have a great time and see Ken on the table on both of your visits...;)

zack01

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Oh my God thats fantastic!!! I hope you have a great time and see Ken on the table on both of your visits...;)

I'll watch it in the players lounge, couldn't sit outside in the arena, I'd be twitching too much!!

zack01

'WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS just around the corner. shame its played in the crucible, shxt hole, hopefully it will be in china soon'

As tweeted by Mark Williams this morning !!

Silvio.Dante

zack01 wrote: »

I'll watch it in the players lounge, couldn't sit outside in the arena, I'd be twitching too much!!

Do you know Ken personally, may I ask..?

Silvio.Dante

zack01 wrote: »

'WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS just around the corner. shame its played in the crucible, shxt hole, hopefully it will be in china soon'

As tweeted by Mark Williams this morning !!

Great way to insult one of the core traditions of the sport...:(

zack01

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Do you know Ken personally, may I ask..?

I do, I travelled with him on the tour for 11 years, '92 - '03

califano

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Great way to insult one of the core traditions of the sport...:(

I think he is trolling the droolers that will come out of the woodwork once a year and cry 'DISGRACE';)

zack01

rounders123 wrote: »

I think he is trolling the droolers that will come out of the woodwork once a year and cry 'DISGRACE';)

Could not agree with you more.

zack01

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Great way to insult one of the core traditions of the sport...:(

To be honest I wouldn't expect anything better from him, really sums him up as the person he is.

Silvio.Dante

zack01 wrote: »

I do, I travelled with him on the tour for 11 years, '92 - '03

I see

Well wish him all the best from Boards...:D

JBarnes1986

zack01 wrote: »

To be honest I wouldn't expect anything better from him, really sums him up as the person he is.

Yep,Williams and his twitter buddy,Allen,come across as the most arrogant pair in the game.

zack01

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

I see

Well wish him all the best from Boards...:D

I certainly will, he may not be doing as well these days but he's a very popular player and I'm sure the reception he gets when he enters the arena tomorrow night will show that.

zack01

JBarnes1986 wrote: »

Yep,Williams and his twitter buddy,Allen,come across as the most arrogant pair in the game.

When you look at what the game has given them over the years and the remarks and comments they give back you would wonder if they don't like it why dont they pack it in.
Arrogance is only the tip of the iceberg with those two.

JBarnes1986

zack01 wrote: »

When you look at what the game has given them over the years and the remarks and comments they give back you would wonder if they don't like it why dont they pack it in.
Arrogance is only the tip of the iceberg with those two.

I think with Williams,there's a fair bit of tongue in cheek there as well but Allen is a different kettle of fish.His lack of respect in unbelievable.His slagging off of Stuart Bingham,"no bottle,no balls" quote was so disrespectful.I know Ken has had his issues with him as well over the last few years.The guy is just a P****k

Setun

rounders123 wrote: »

I think he is trolling the droolers that will come out of the woodwork once a year and cry 'DISGRACE';)

Tbh I think he is trolling Mark Allen who made similar comments in China recently.

zack01

zack01 wrote: »

'WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS just around the corner. shame its played in the crucible, shxt hole, hopefully it will be in china soon'

As tweeted by Mark Williams this morning !!

More on this .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17786195

JBarnes1986

zack01 wrote: »

More on this .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17786195

Ha,ha!The funniest thing he said was that he'd rather play in Pontins,sounds about right for him.He's a classy guy is Mark.

zack01

Criticism of Trump, fair or unfair??

http://m.mirror.co.uk/article?id=799846/

cherryghost

To be fair I like Trump's attitude. Make the most of life etc, so he should enjoy spending his money and do whatever he pleases in his spare time, as long as he still puts in the practice and has the love for the game.

zack01

Mark Williams won't like this......

http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2742527,00.html

zack01

cherryghost wrote: »

To be fair I like Trump's attitude. Make the most of life etc, so he should enjoy spending his money and do whatever he pleases in his spare time, as long as he still puts in the practice and has the love for the game.

I say good luck to him, he has a great talent, has brought many new fans to the sport, he knows what he has to do to win,and he puts the hours in practising with the likes of O'Sullivan and Lisowski at the Grove in Essex. It's typical of the tabloids to run a story like this around this time, they even had him down as earning £500K last season!!

zack01

zack01 wrote: »

I say good luck to him, he has a great talent, has brought many new fans to the sport, he knows what he has to do to win,and he puts the hours in practising with the likes of O'Sullivan and Lisowski at the Grove in Essex. It's typical of the tabloids to run a story like this around this time, they even had him down as earning £500K last season!!

Here's a far more honest piece on Judd Trump and surprise surprise it doesn't come from a tabloid.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/9217692/Judd-Trump-leads-younger-snooker-players-revolution-who-put-entertainment-and-victory-ahead-of-safety-first.html

SkyDiving

Can anyone tell me when coverage starts for the snooker please?

zack01

zack01 wrote: »

Flights just sorted, I'm heading over saturday afternoon for two nights to catch Ken's match. Back Monday morn then back over for the final w'end.

Flight at 12.30 to Manchester, a lift waiting and should be sitting in the press room by Ken's mid session interval.

Setun

zack01 wrote: »

zack01 wrote: »

Flights just sorted, I'm heading over saturday afternoon for two nights to catch Ken's match. Back Monday morn then back over for the final w'end.

Flight at 12.30 to Manchester, a lift waiting and should be sitting in the press room by Ken's mid session interval.

Great, enjoy the match! Best of luck to Ken

zack01

Higgins begins his defence by winning the first frame, a scrappy frame with both players having several chances. This could well be the way this match goes with Higgins winning more of the scrappy frames. Wenbo is the type of player who doesn't seem fazed by the Cruicble, it's going to be a tough match but I still fancy Higgins.