Northern Ireland Open, Waterfront Belfast 16-23 October. Eurosport and Quest

Arthur Daley

Waterfront is a great venue for this Home Nations event. Very popular with many on the circuit.

Can the lean, mean Mark Allen defend his title?

Can Neil Robertson win to give him a clean sweep of Home Nation titles.

Is Selby back in business

Will Ronnie blast his way through the field.

Could we see another outsider emerge from the pack?

Only one way to find out.

Looking forward to the week. Snooker weather outside by now.

Sweet Talkin Romeo

and Shaun Murphy is thru, with a comfortable 4-0 victory against Xu Si

Trump is on course to win 4-1 here, as has a healthy lead, and still on the table, in frame five,,

could be a deviation from his usual early rounds' brinkmanship in these best of sevens 😊

Ricky Walden goes out - losing 4-1 to Xiao Guodong; first seeded player to be knocked out methinks

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Good to see Rachel back in studio - she's 'one of our own' 😁

Sweet Talkin Romeo

looking at odds for Selby/Evans match

no odds offered on 'frame betting' - least not on BF

Over 4.5 frames - 6/5 ; under 4.5 frames 8/13 😁

thought it's funny meself 😋

EDIT - with same book, Reanne were 80/1 and no odds offered for t'Jester 🤣

Arthur Daley

Zhao is gone early doors.

He'd really need to find some form quickly if he is to defend his UK title in York and capitalise on last season.

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Joe's rewriting history a bit there (albeit, directly after),, Reanne smiled alright, but not cos she 'got away with it' 😂 twas more on account of playing a 'foolish looking' (them thin cut hits always are) shot, and ended up not fouling, after missing intended red 🤗

Sweet Talkin Romeo

that necklace Reanne's wearing could well cause her to foul at some stage; ,,, meanwhile, she's gotten a decent chance here, in frame three

Arthur Daley

Reanne hit that red too hard, no need, should have given it a chance to drop.

Still, Selby is in a match here.

Sweet Talkin Romeo

she's looking good for 2 apiece here is Reanne 😊

Sweet Talkin Romeo

she's gotten plenty "rub a da green" in this frame, has Reanne. might even go ahead yet ! 😮

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Modren day snooker commentators have messed up us viewing pleasure a lot, imo

they rarely shut up 😂 and, when they do, a bit of anxiety takes over - it's like I want to scream at me telly: "SAY SOMETHING !" 😂

Hendry about the only one what tends to not mind keeping his trap shut, but he's only on t'Beeb 🤗

back in the days, a viewer could almost watch it in a 'trance-like' state; and just watch, and listen to the sound of the balls clacking - almost hypnotic it were - dem days is gone 🤣😢

Genghis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119752474#Comment_119752474

You should try watching some of the back tables on Discovery+ app. Yesterday was there not just no commentary, there was also no score-board, and no top cushion or pockets in shot.

Was left to the viewer to work out the score, how many points are remaining, how many reds remain, if a snooker was made etc.

This was a match between 2 Chinese prospects ranked 15th and 41st in world (Yan Bingtao Vs Liang Wenbo)!

Arthur Daley

I saw a bit of that match on the Eurosport App and while it wasn't a main table match, it certainly had scores and looked acceptable enough. Considering it is first round and not a show table.

Maybe it is the Discovery app.

Joe_ Public

Think i read somewhere the eurosport app is being phased out and it will all be on discovery from then on, not sure on exact timeline though. As long as we continue to get the bookies feeds, i don't really mind one way or the other!

Joe_ Public

Ah, Fergal will be kicking himself there, real chance to take that to a decider against higgins, just ran slightly out of position and left himself little awkward one to middle and stayed out. Frustrating game sometimes!

Genghis

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119754888#Comment_119754888

I think Eurosport app is being phased into the Discovery+ app. When I open Eurosport I get:

"Sorry, you can no longer subscribe via the Eurosport Player app. To subscribe, please go to our Discovery+ application, available in the Google Play Store, to enjoy all the Eurosport content and much more."

The bad camera picture was fixed from frame 3 or maybe 4 on. I took a screenshot of it but it came in black (assume Discovery+ app prevents screenshotting).

Sweet Talkin Romeo

SHAME ON YA SELBY !! 😒

he hitt dat Yella did Craigie = disgusting from Selby; clear as day - on the replay anyhow

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Allen looking good here - 4-0 odds on now!!

Spiderpig92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119756878#Comment_119756878

Don't think it is as straightforward as that to be honest - we had the benefit of seeing that from a head on camera angle - and even in real time you wouldn't have been 100% sure that it had hit. Selby had the worst view of the lot as the cue ball would have blocked him from seeing the yellow rock.

Like a broken record - they have monitors there so they should use them for instances like that...

Joe_ Public

Pretty astonishing miss by Ding in the decider against Michael White there. Thin enough pink to middle but didn't think it was anywhere near thin enough to miss the damn ball completely! Anyway, good to see White playing well and progressing, another player who seems to be getting his act together a bit more lately. Far too good a talent not to be getting to business end of tournaments with more regularity.

Joe_ Public

Feel for Jackson Page if he doesn't win this match but that was a very careless shot on the blue when he was within a couple of pots from the match. Should be sitting on eurosport couch, looking ahead to next round already. Allowed himself to get well and truly Higginsed there.

The Nal

Huge match for Aaron Hill tonight.

Strumms

Jesus, Jimmy White very aggravated with Williams and receives a warning after words are exchanged and a gesture from Jimmy.

White gets whitewashed 4-0. Had his chances but kept blowing his position.

The Trump vs Hill match is live on Eurosport later .

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Jackson Page; can't fault him for trying, but that plant was never likely,, now he's out of the comp as Higgins clears up after

Joe_ Public

Hope Aaron just goes out and enjoys it tonight, nothing to lose really so no need to be putting pressure on himself. Easy to say on the internet, of course! Game still not quite there yet on what i've seen so far this season, but his defeats have come against Gilbert, Hawkins, MJW and Maguire so no real shame in any of it whatsoever. He could really do with a bit more luck in the draws tbf, including this week, but if it all clicks, as it did that night against O'Sullivan, who knows? Looking at Page earlier, he was always a couple of years ahead of Aaron in the juniors, a real good talent i think, but still taking him time to really establish himself as a proper contender. Today was one that got away from him, defeat like that even against one of the greats, can't help mentally. It's a pretty brutal apprenticeship for these guys, you'd have to say!

Sweet Talkin Romeo

lovely yellah to middle there from Aaron - hopefully a framewinner

Muppet Man

Luck of the Irish at the start but looked very comfortable to win the frame. Delighted for him.

Joe_ Public

3 flukes and made the most of the last one. Couple of very loose ones from trump. More of this would be pretty pretty good!

Sweet Talkin Romeo

plenty of luck Aaron's getting - great help from Judd there! needs to make the most of it before Trump starts getting the rub 🤣

Strumms

The plant had less risk for Aaron there, 1-1 it should be I think.

AllForIt

Are Quest not showing the evening sessions?

edit: no doesn't look like it looking at the guide, odd. Highlights at 4am!

Joe_ Public

Bit unlucky with his attempted safety, was in bother there. Thought maybe plant was probably worth a try alright but result may well have been same anyway.

Strumms

That was always a risky pot for Judd. Odds of getting on a colour were tiny. Ended up snookered.

Muppet Man

Agreed plant was marginally easier I would have thought. Unlucky situation to end up in either way.

Arthur Daley

Rare to see Jimmy getting a little bit thick earlier with the ref. Although that referee Ben Williams does seem to wind some people up just with his manner. I think Ronnie had quite a coming together with him a few years ago.

I know Jimmy says this is very serious, not an exhibition and other players have their mortgages to worry about.

But when you think back to how Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Big Bill and Dennis Taylor used to mess around at the Crucible back in the day on the old BBC 'entertainer' montages. Maybe we are in danger of taking the game a little bit too seriously at times these days.

Muppet Man

This third frame feels like a Club game at the moment.

Muppet Man

That was huge... really had to dig deep there for the win. Very impressive!

Joe_ Public

Took those really well in the end i thought. Judds a good bit off so this is a chance you'd have to say. Of course, judd can flick it on again like a switch so not getting carried away just yet!

Sweet Talkin Romeo

close to a situation there where it was almost impossible not to foul - cueball almost encircled by reds; has to have happened at some stage

Aaron's still getting bit of luck, which is always good 🤣

Lovely red to middle !! hon AAron

Arthur Daley

Thats a beautiful red to middle

Arthur Daley

All there for the taking now. 2 up with 3 to play.

Muppet Man

That was solid. Trump looks nervous.

Joe_ Public

Pity about the ton but no matter. He'll surely get at least one chance to finish it, you'd think, hope he can be clinical if or when it comes.

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Trump is only 5/4 v Aaron 4/7 according to layers

Sweet Talkin Romeo

Watta red !

Joe_ Public

What a red that was! Hold your nerve now lad and you're there!

Arthur Daley

Oh another great red

Sweet Talkin Romeo

"A nation holds its breath!"

Joe_ Public

2 pots away! Hopefully do nothing rash, let Judd have a go at something and see what he leaves.

Muppet Man

Wow... that yellow in the middle was ballsy... massive credit to Aaron. Huge win.

Arthur Daley

Well deserved win. Great yellow at the end. He was smacking the ball nice and true. Great result for him there.