World Snooker Championship 2012

Holy Diver

That break was sublime.

Shows why ronnie still is the biggest draw in snooker, and will be for a while.

C'mon the Rocket - get that fourth title

K-9

It's something else when when Robertson just got 2 shots in 2 frames!

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Turtwig

I actually think O'Sullivan would make a great sports person for mental health awareness campaigns.

Turtwig

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I don't so either, but if Robertson slows the game down and breaks O'Sullivans momentum and frustrates him then anything is possible. Unlikely, but possible.

zack01

Mid session interval and time to finish packing, Cruicble bound tommorow for the semis and final !!!

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Turtwig

You could see Neil's heart in his throat when O'Sullivan potted that long red, and the relief on his face when Ronnie missed that black was amazing. I know it was early, but did anyone else think Ronnie was too focused on the maximum there?:D

deafroadrunner

Jernal wrote: »

You could see Neil's heart in his throat when O'Sullivan potted that long red, and the relief on his face when Ronnie missed that black was amazing. I know it was early, but did anyone else think Ronnie was too focused on the maximum there?:D

i wanted him to do a maximum

Bruthal

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It can definitely be done.

Turtwig

O'Sullivan reminding me of his approach to Maquire when he only required one frame. Taking some high risk shots. Only two frames in it now.

Turtwig

13-10 O'Sullivan wins, looked like he just wanted to get out of there. Who knows what would have happened if Robertson frustrated him more and brought it back to 12-11. In any case, deserved win and he's got to be the favourite now to win the tournament now.

PauloMN

Carter v Jones, last few frames have been absolutely brilliant...... and that white, how did it not go in??

12-11 now to Carter. Jones should have been out of this a few frames ago but has put in an excellent comeback.

K-9

Jernal wrote: »

13-10 O'Sullivan wins, looked like he just wanted to get out of there. Who knows what would have happened if Robertson frustrated him more and brought it back to 12-11. In any case, deserved win and he's got to be the favourite now to win the tournament now.

Robinson just seemed to run out of position nearly continuously and even his brilliant potting couldn't save him all the time.

I think he lost it in the afternoon. While I agree with zack01 in that Robinson took too long to make the frames tighter, I don't think Robinson had much control over that. Ronnie blew him away so much that Robinson couldn't rely on his safety. In the 12th to 14th frames he had chances to play good safety shots but his mind was gone, and that was down to Ronnie.

O'Sullivan vs. Carter would be the best test for both players and the championship IMO. Psychological warfare!

PauloMN

Congrats Carter, hard luck Jones - a hard-fought win.

Turtwig

K-9 wrote: »

Robinson just seemed to run out of position nearly continuously and even his brilliant potting couldn't save him all the time.

I think he lost it in the afternoon. While I agree with zack01 in that Robinson took too long to make the frames tighter, I don't think Robinson had much control over that. Ronnie blew him away so much that Robinson couldn't rely on his safety. In the 12th to 14th frames he had chances to play good safety shots but his mind was gone, and that was down to Ronnie.

O'Sullivan vs. Carter would be the best test for both players and the championship IMO. Psychological warfare!

Anyone recall the time O'Sullivan and Carter met in the final. That year they both had to share the prize for 147s but O'Sullivan totally blitzed him and Carter was in tears towards the end of the match. I'm sure he would dearly love to clear up that record but with the form O'Sullivan's in and, although I didn't see the full game, Carter looked uncomfortable at times. I'd heavily fancy O'Sullivan vs Carter. It'd be Stevens I'd consider O'Sullivans banana skin. But perhaps I'm not giving Carter enough credit.

JBarnes1986

Jernal wrote: »

Anyone recall the time O'Sullivan and Carter met in the final. That year they both had to share the prize for 147s but O'Sullivan totally blitzed him and Carter was in tears towards the end of the match. I'm sure he would dearly love to clear up that record but with the form O'Sullivan's in and, although I didn't see the full game, Carter looked uncomfortable at times. I'd heavily fancy O'Sullivan vs Carter. It'd be Stevens I'd consider O'Sullivans banana skin. But perhaps I'm not giving Carter enough credit.

It's not Carter that you're not giving enough credit to but Maguire.I fully expect him to beat Carter.As much as I'd love to see Matthew Stevens win a World Title I can't see him troubling O'Sullivan too much.

pconn062

JBarnes1986 wrote: »

It's not Carter that you're not giving enough credit to but Maguire.I fully expect him to beat Carter.As much as I'd love to see Matthew Stevens win a World Title I can't see him troubling O'Sullivan too much.

Agreed, Maguire is the strongest player I've seen all week. Just got the job done and he's had a good year. As much as I'd like to see Ronnie win another world title, I don't think I'd like to bet against Maguire if they met in the final.

croker1

I think it will be an O'Sullivan vs Maguire final. I think Maguire goes under the radar a lot and people almost forget he's there! He goes about his business and sees off players! I think he'll see off Carter handy enough.

Or maybe im just biased because I cant stand Carter! I think he is such a sour loser. A touch of scumbag in him dare i say it! :eek:

zack01

The problem with Maguire is that he's had a pretty easy path to the semi's, Brecel, Perry and especially Hendry hardly put him under any pressure and that is exactly what Carter will do. Maguire tends to buckle when under it, no doubting he is a great player and if gets a good lead he can be a very tough opponent, but he has'nt been behind in any matches yet and as i said i fully expect Carter to play good match snooker against him.

I fancy Carter to beat Maguire over the next three days.

Setun

Safe trip zack, I'm sure you're in for a treat seeing all the action live - you'll get your fill of drama, that's for sure.

As an aside, from all the talk of rivalries and people giving out about each other, which players actually get on well with each other away from the snooker table? They mentioned the other day about Ryan Day and Matthew Stevens are good mates, must be strange playing against each other in a big tournament.

zack01

Daddio wrote: »

Safe trip zack, I'm sure you're in for a treat seeing all the action live - you'll get your fill of drama, that's for sure.

As an aside, from all the talk of rivalries and people giving out about each other, which players actually get on well with each other away from the snooker table? They mentioned the other day about Ryan Day and Matthew Stevens are good mates, must be strange playing against each other in a big tournament.

Really looking forward to the weekend, always head over for the final w'end but this year i think it's going to be really special.

Regarding rivalries, i did nearly 11 eleven years of travelling with Ken right up to 2003, and to be honest i dont go to many events anymore, married life, kids etc put a halt to that !!

Then and even now the majority of players get on with each other, some socialise and go out for a drink or meal between tournaments, other just like their own company and hole up in the hotel room for the duration of the event and go through a box set of dvd's.

When i travelled on the circuit i found it was always the same group who went out, you had Hendry, Doherty,O'Sullivan, Higgins, Hunter to name a few whilst other players would have a few pals travel with them and they did their own thing.

Other players would travel on their own and more or less stay on their own, not because they did'nt get on with others i just think they preferred to be alone, Steve Davis was a prime example of that, but when you did get him out he was great fun.
The only rivalries i ever saw was when we were away in Asia and there would be a midweek football match on, these were normally on around 3am and the hotel bar would be full because nobody could sleep with the time difference so there was always a few winds ups going on then.

I have heard though that Trump likes to do his own thing and brings an entourage everywhere with him, i've never met him so i can't really say much, i know that Ken tends to socialise with his fellow commentators a lot more now when on duty with the BBC.

It's strange alright when they play each other, you may have been out for a meal the previous evening together but then you see them play each other and the friendship is put aside and it's down to business. Afterwards though it's back to being pals again.

With Day and Stevens that must have been partically hard, they are really good friends who practice together and see a lot of each other, yes you have a job to do but it must be hard to see your friend struggle and collapse as Day did yesterday.

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zack01 wrote: »

Really looking forward to the weekend, always head over for the final w'end but this year i think it's going to be really special.

Regarding rivalries, i did nearly 11 eleven years of travelling with Ken right up to 2003, and to be honest i dont go to many events anymore, married life, kids etc put a halt to that !!

Then and even now the majority of players get on with each other, some socialise and go out for a drink or meal between tournaments, other just like their own company and hole up in the hotel room for the duration of the event and go through a box set of dvd's.

When i travelled on the circuit i found it was always the same group who went out, you had Hendry, Doherty,O'Sullivan, Higgins, Hunter to name a few whilst other players would have a few pals travel with them and they did their own thing.

Other players would travel on their own and more or less stay on their own, not because they did'nt get on with others i just think they preferred to be alone, Steve Davis was a prime example of that, but when you did get him out he was great fun.
The only rivalries i ever saw was when we were away in Asia and there would be a midweek football match on, these were normally on around 3am and the hotel bar would be full because nobody could sleep with the time difference so there was always a few winds ups going on then.

I have heard though that Trump likes to do his own thing and brings an entourage everywhere with him, i've never met him so i can't really say much, i know that Ken tends to socialise with his fellow commentators a lot more now when on duty with the BBC.

It's strange alright when they play each other, you may have been out for a meal the previous evening together but then you see them play each other and the friendship is put aside and it's down to business. Afterwards though it's back to being pals again.

With Day and Stevens that must have been partically hard, they are really good friends who practice together and see a lot of each other, yes you have a job to do but it must be hard to see your friend struggle and collapse as Day did yesterday.

Very interesting stuff! Enjoy your trip. Would love to hear more stories of how your weekend goes

cherryghost

Enjoy, take some photos and share them with us, won't you?

btw I now officially hate Thursday mornings. It's so boring!

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brandon_flowers

Not a regular poster here but a lot of websites are blocked where I work so I have a favour to ask.

I backed Matthew Stevens outright at 22/1 when he was 5-3 down to Barry Hawkins and again at 18/1 when he went 6-5 up. Just wondering what price he is now and what price the others are?

markc1184

brandon_flowers wrote: »

Not a regular poster here but a lot of websites are blocked where I work so I have a favour to ask.

I backed Matthew Stevens outright at 22/1 when he was 5-3 down to Barry Hawkins and again at 18/1 when he went 6-5 up. Just wondering what price he is now and what price the others are?

O'Sullivan 4/7
Maguire 11/4
Carter 7/1
Stevens 10/1

All with Paddypower.

Turtwig

Note to self : Tune in on time today otherwise you might just miss three frames again. Curse you O'Sullivan. *shakes fist*

brandon_flowers

markc1184 wrote: »

O'Sullivan 4/7
Maguire 11/4
Carter 7/1
Stevens 10/1

All with Paddypower.

Cheers... just needs Stevens to win the first two or three frames and then lay it all off!!

zack01

zack01 wrote: »

Really looking forward to the weekend, always head over for the final w'end but this year i think it's going to be really special.

Regarding rivalries, i did nearly 11 eleven years of travelling with Ken right up to 2003, and to be honest i dont go to many events anymore, married life, kids etc put a halt to that !!

Then and even now the majority of players get on with each other, some socialise and go out for a drink or meal between tournaments, other just like their own company and hole up in the hotel room for the duration of the event and go through a box set of dvd's.

When i travelled on the circuit i found it was always the same group who went out, you had Hendry, Doherty,O'Sullivan, Higgins, Hunter to name a few whilst other players would have a few pals travel with them and they did their own thing.

Other players would travel on their own and more or less stay on their own, not because they did'nt get on with others i just think they preferred to be alone, Steve Davis was a prime example of that, but when you did get him out he was great fun.
The only rivalries i ever saw was when we were away in Asia and there would be a midweek football match on, these were normally on around 3am and the hotel bar would be full because nobody could sleep with the time difference so there was always a few winds ups going on then.

I have heard though that Trump likes to do his own thing and brings an entourage everywhere with him, i've never met him so i can't really say much, i know that Ken tends to socialise with his fellow commentators a lot more now when on duty with the BBC.

It's strange alright when they play each other, you may have been out for a meal the previous evening together but then you see them play each other and the friendship is put aside and it's down to business. Afterwards though it's back to being pals again.

With Day and Stevens that must have been partically hard, they are really good friends who practice together and see a lot of each other, yes you have a job to do but it must be hard to see your friend struggle and collapse as Day did yesterday.

One of the nicest players I forgot to mention and he'd never forgive me is Joe Swail, an absolute diamond