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World Snooker Championship 2016

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    #122
    tinpib
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    EdIt: Balls! Wrong thread!


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    #123
    HisJills
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    tinpib wrote: »
    EdIt: Balls! Wrong thread!

    Lol


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    #124
    Comic Book Guy
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    Baird getting a nice run of the balls last couple of mins, ha feel if Selby can eek this out it could be massive in terms of the rest of the tournament


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    #125
    tinpib
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    HisJills wrote: »
    Lol

    Meant to show my sensitive outside of crucible second round matches....


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    #126
    skipper_G
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    HisJills wrote: »
    Is that Larry Bird or Charlie Bird? :-p autocorrect I'm guessing!! ;-)

    Stupid autocorrect!

    *blames autocorrect for fat fingers*


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    #127
    Permabear
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    #128
    Arthur Daley
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    Not the best quality at the end of baird selby here. The jester would want to improve. Ebdon is a definite head wrecker on commentary. Views swinging too much this way and that, harsh on baird one frame, all excited about some fairly average shots by him the next.


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    #129
    Torricelli
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    Virgo is some pain in the ass to listen to.

    Hard luck to Baird. His safety let him down big time. Great game.


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    #130
    TheRiverman
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    Torricelli wrote: »
    Virgo is some pain in the ass to listen to.

    Hard luck to Baird. His safety let him down big time. Great game.

    Denis Taylor is the best commentator.


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    #131
    tinpib
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    That was a gripping last frame, brilliant stuff. Saw it on Eurosport and the commentators were OK. Timed beautifully to finish up just as UFC starts too :)


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    #132
    Permabear
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    #133
    511
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    They're changing the cushions on the tables because of the players complaining about the bounce.


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    #134
    tanko
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    511 wrote: »
    They're changing the cushions on the tables because of the players complaining about the bounce.

    The cushions on the table McManus and Carter played on were a joke.


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    #135
    HisJills
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    tanko wrote: »
    The cushions on the table McManus and Carter played on were a joke.

    I think that's the 4th or 5th time they've changed them on that table now in just over a week. Scandalous really for a WC. I don't see this happening regularly at other events throughout the season (watch a good few tournaments but admittedly not all of them so open to correction) over the last few years. Is this just a crucible issue or are they using different table manufacturers for the WC?


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    #136
    HisJills
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    skipper_G wrote: »
    Stupid autocorrect!

    *blames autocorrect for fat fingers*

    Lol your fat fingers or my fat fingers lol


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    #137
    skipper_G
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    HisJills wrote: »
    Lol your fat fingers or my fat fingers lol

    100% mine :)

    On the tables, while they're clearly not optimal the conditions are the same for all the players. They should focus on what they can control ie; their game. It's a cop-out for a top professional to keep blaming just the tables.

    Still, fingers crossed the change reduces the bounces off the cushions.


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    #138
    jimmii
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    HisJills wrote: »
    I think that's the 4th or 5th time they've changed them on that table now in just over a week. Scandalous really for a WC. I don't see this happening regularly at other events throughout the season (watch a good few tournaments but admittedly not all of them so open to correction) over the last few years. Is this just a crucible issue or are they using different table manufacturers for the WC?

    They blamed temperature difference between the tables as the reason which seems pretty bizarre for it being so horrible to play on. Hopefully they have been able to resolve it over night as it seems like quite a ridiculous situation for the flagship event of the sport.


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    #139
    hdowney
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    I'm having to watch the refreshing live scores on the BBC website to keep abreast of the scores on the tables today. I'm working :(


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    #140
    jimmii
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    hdowney wrote: »
    I'm having to watch the refreshing live scores on the BBC website to keep abreast of the scores on the tables today. I'm working :(

    At least it's just the start of Ding v Trump this should be a cracker!


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    #141
    jimmii
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    I love these frames where there is a safety exchange on the pink.


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    #142
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    #143
    Torricelli
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    The Allen v Wilson game not even on the BBC red button? Don't have Eurosport.


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    #144
    major bill
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    whats going on with the Allen fella:eek:

    Doubt he will have the bottle to come back, Interval will save him

    on a side note how good is Ding, some quality Snooker out of him


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    #145
    jimmii
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    Torricelli wrote: »
    The Allen v Wilson game not even on the BBC red button? Don't have Eurosport.

    Think it was only streaming on BBC sport outside of that.


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    #147
    RoadhouseBlues
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    bajer101 wrote: »
    John Virgo. I think he's an awful prick. He was only ever an average player and he went out of his way to try and destroy Alex. He is also a very poor commentator. He is nearly always wrong with his shot calls. He rarely gets it right. He would be in the booth with Willie Thorne and Willie would call a shot and Virgo would disagree and would invariably be wrong. I think he is a tosser.

    Just wondering what happened with him and Alex. I can't remember hearing anything. I don't think he is too impartial. I said on another thread, that he worships Ronnie, and whoever he is playing, even if they make a good shot, he just dismisses it.


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    #148
    Torricelli
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    RoadhouseBlues wrote: »
    Just wondering what happened with him and Alex. I can't remember hearing anything. I don't think he is too impartial. I said on another thread, that he worships Ronnie, and whoever he is playing, even if they make a good shot, he just dismisses it.
    It's his condescending tone I can't get over, even to his co-commentator.

    Hope they have Dennis Taylor and Stephen Hendry on for the final.


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    #149
    RoadhouseBlues
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    Torricelli wrote: »
    It's his condescending tone I can't get over, even to his co-commentator.

    Hope they have Dennis Taylor and Stephen Hendry on for the final.

    Aye I noticed that too. He seems to think that he is the only one that is right. I think Hazel is great as a presenter by the way. Still miss David Vine though:-)


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    #150
    hdowney
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    Torricelli wrote: »
    The Allen v Wilson game not even on the BBC red button? Don't have Eurosport.
    jimmii wrote: »
    Think it was only streaming on BBC sport outside of that.

    yea the mammy said it wasn't on Eurosport neither.

    Dear goodness the score in it. What happened to Allen?


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