2018 World Championship

Permabear · 19-04-2018 12:38pm #1

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ArmaniJeanss · 19-04-2018 1:44pm

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Bear in mind he's a 40yold who hasn't played since the start of the year, underwent serious eye surgery and has talked about possible retirement.
That's all pretty much built into the 100/1 quote.

Joe_ Public · 19-04-2018 2:05pm

Dont think it's the worst shout myself and Fu is probably in the weakest section too. As for lack of playing time, I recall them saying Ronnie couldn't possibly be a contender when he swung by in 2013 without hardly playing a competitive frame that season and we all know how that turned up. Okay, he's Ronnie O'Sullivan, best player the game has known, and we're talking about Marco Fu but it does show convention can be turned on its head at the Crucible.

Permabear · 19-04-2018 2:52pm

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Arthur Daley · 19-04-2018 3:10pm

Yes a bit of value in Allen, now he has got over the line in a major tournament.

Permabear · 19-04-2018 3:40pm

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zuutroy · 19-04-2018 9:12pm

Can't wait for the next 2 weeks. As I get older and more world weary I find myself less interested in sport, but still love the snooker and the permanence of the World Championship at the Crucible. Told my wife shortly after we met that the May bank holiday weekend is sacrosanct. My dog died on the final Monday last year. Hoping for uninterrupted viewing of Ronnie's 6th this year!

mdwexford · 20-04-2018 12:16am

Heading over next Wednesday.

Going to three sessions and Ronnies second round game will be that Friday morning if he beats Maguire so may try and pick up tickets for that also.

This is the only pure snooker tournament left. If you go 4 nil down it's not pretty much game over. Love the drama of the long drawn out multi session marathons.

walshb · 20-04-2018 12:52pm

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I read that. It's utter bull.....

Made it faster than Ronnie's 5 mins 20 seconds, and two frames beforehand he made a 135....

Odd why someone would claim it...

Joe_ Public · 20-04-2018 1:25pm

walshb wrote: »

I read that. It's utter bull.....

Made it faster than Ronnie's 5 mins 20 seconds, and two frames beforehand he made a 135....

Odd why someone would claim it...

Why is it utter bull? Cant think either why anyone would want to claim it...other than it was true. What's so preposterous about it anyway? The kid is obviously very talented, whether he will have the mental skills and fortitude necessary to be a top player will be another matter entirely.

walshb · 20-04-2018 1:33pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Why is it utter bull? Cant think either why anyone would want to claim it...other than it was true. What's so preposterous about it anyway? The kid is obviously very talented, whether he will have the mental skills and fortitude necessary to be a top player will be another matter entirely.

Come off it...

Have you read it.....

Grainy cctv images, him and Allen...

Aged 13...

Go watch what Ronnie did in 1997. It is one of sports most skilled ever performances, and all done in just over 5 minutes...

Any yet we're meant to believe some 13 year old bettered this by 16 seconds just because he and Allen said so?

Not a shred of actual proof here.....

And, who timed it, made sure it was above board and within the rules?

Why would they claim it? Only they know....

Joe_ Public · 20-04-2018 1:43pm

Why do I need to go and watch what Ronnie did? I know what Ronnie did. Who really cares anyway? Sound like you want to get the CID involved. The kid might well have done what they say he did, it's not obviously utter bull like you say. If they want to compare it to ROS or claim a world record, let them. The obvious different is ROS did that in competition which is a different ball game to doing it down the local club. I'd be fairly certain ROS has knocked in numerous 147s quicker than 5 minutes in practice, probably too many to count.

But the claims are not obviously utter bull. I've seen lots of precociously talented kids in several sports, I dont see what's obviously preposterous about it.

walshb · 20-04-2018 1:58pm

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Why do I need to go and watch what Ronnie did? I know what Ronnie did.

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Do you really have to ask?

Maybe to give you a sense of perspective here. To watch the greatest ever snooker talent (as an adult) compiling the sports ultimate feat in such a short space of time....

Then say to yourself, sure the 13 year old down the road did that in the local snooker hall, only faster.......Sure there it is for all to see on that CCTV that you barely make out....

Joe_ Public · 20-04-2018 2:11pm

walshb wrote: »

Do you really have to ask?

Maybe to give you a sense of perspective here. To watch the greatest ever snooker talent (as an adult) compiling the sports ultimate feat in such a short space of time....

Then say to yourself, sure the 13 year old down the road did that in the local snooker hall, only faster.......Sure there it is for all to see on that CCTV that you barely make out....

Ok walshie, thanks for the history lesson, much appreciated. Sure a 13 year old making a maximum, even in practice, is rare enough and doing so in such a time is unusual. But then rare and precocious talents exist in sport so I dont see any reason to join in and calling them liars.

I just say good luck to the kid, he's obviously very talented and has got a good start in the game. Long way to the top, though, even for a kid knocking in maximums at 13. Hope they don't start hyping him up and flinging the Ronnie comparisons around at every opportunity. Sort of stuff wont do him any good.

Anyway...enough of this nonsense. The worlds start in 20 hours....the first Saturday at The Crucible, outside of Day One Cheltenham and All Ireland hurling final day, my favourite sporting day of the year.

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 9:42am

Who do folk fancy to win it out? I’m hearing it described as a very open tournament but I just can’t see beyond the usual elite group. A few seeds to fall first round I think, then business as usual from then on. I’ll be surprised if between Selby, Higgins, Ding and Ronnie, there aren’t at least 3 out of those 4 in the semis. Taking it on faith with Ronnie, of course, that he won’t sabotage himself and decide that the 15 day grind isn’t for him. Wouldn’t want any of the quoted 2/1 about him anyway, that’s for certain.

On balance think I like Ding. Was ready to write him off completely a couple of years ago, but think he’s been showing signs of getting it together lately and we know he has the ability and potting talent. I’m confident he’ll emerge from his section at least, with the Hawk as the main danger.

Arthur Daley · 21-04-2018 10:01am

Mark Allen. Which means it will be one of 31 others.

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 10:07am

Coventry man in a snappy shirt in the Coventry colours.

Arthur Daley · 21-04-2018 10:07am

Coventry man has smartened up and got himself a sky blue and white shirt with collar. So no sports gear rule is taken seriously.

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 10:29am

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Mark Allen. Which means it will be one of 31 others.

I’d love Allen to do well, about time he had a serious run at this tournament.

Arthur Daley · 21-04-2018 10:46am

Ding at 11/1 looks a reasonable bet also.

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 10:59am

Ropey Selby this morning, making heavy weather of winning a frame. Why change a winning formula?

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 11:11am

Perry probably goes favourite now.

Ultimate Seduction · 21-04-2018 11:13am

Murphy at 25/1 is serious each way value on first glance, I presume he has a horrible route to the final? Will still have a small bit on him

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 11:15am

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Murphy at 25/1 is serious each way value on first glance, I presume he has a horrible route to the final? Will still have a small bit on him

Would go s bit shorter if Selby got done. Long way to go in that match it has to be said.

Loafing Oaf · 21-04-2018 11:40am

Commentator: "I can't see Selby making any more mistakes"

*misses easy red by a mile*

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 21-04-2018 12:06pm

This is the first year I’ve got Sky Q while the snooker world choampionships are on. Is there any way to add the red button station?

ziggyman17 · 21-04-2018 1:00pm

Hope Joe can keep this up, would love to see him do Selby.. Joe needs to keep doing what he is doing and hold his nerve..

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 1:03pm

3-6 a must for Selby you would imagine..

Loafing Oaf · 21-04-2018 1:17pm

how are they playing a ninth frame of the session here?

Frankie Lee · 21-04-2018 2:05pm

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

how are they playing a ninth frame of the session here?

The 9 frame 1st sessions came in a couple of years ago IIRC. Just caught the last couple of frames this morning, Selby can't possibly come back from this. The match sharpness from the qualifiers is a big help.

Frankie Lee · 21-04-2018 2:09pm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Coventry man has smartened up and got himself a sky blue and white shirt with collar. So no sports gear rule is taken seriously.

I thought at first it was their 1914/15 kit and that he had upped his game. Terrible killjoys.

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 2:32pm

Remember the talk of Ronnie missing this to be in Australia? That dried up pretty quickly. Not a hint of him missing it since he said it.

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 3:33pm

Frankie Lee wrote: »

The 9 frame 1st sessions came in a couple of years ago IIRC. Just caught the last couple of frames this morning, Selby can't possibly come back from this. The match sharpness from the qualifiers is a big help.

Playing in the qualifiers certainly does no harm anyway I’m sure. Though doubt that could be any excuse for OSullivan here. He’d be 4-0 down to Ronnie Wood the way he’s playing.

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 3:45pm

Well this is terrible!

ben36 · 21-04-2018 3:46pm

zuutroy wrote: »

Remember the talk of Ronnie missing this to be in Australia? That dried up pretty quickly. Not a hint of him missing it since he said it.

He was talking about this years Uk championship not the worlds

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 3:52pm

Nope definitely the worlds.

https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2017-2018/ronnie-o-sullivan-threatens-to-miss-world-championship-for-reality-tv_sto6418593/story.shtml

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 3:55pm

zuutroy wrote: »

Nope definitely the worlds.

https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2017-2018/ronnie-o-sullivan-threatens-to-miss-world-championship-for-reality-tv_sto6418593/story.shtml

What a cringe inducing load of cr@p, even by Ron’s standards.

ben36 · 21-04-2018 3:57pm

zuutroy wrote: »

Nope definitely the worlds.

https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2017-2018/ronnie-o-sullivan-threatens-to-miss-world-championship-for-reality-tv_sto6418593/story.shtml

Oh ok,i thought you talking about the interview he gave about him going on this years I'm a Celebrity which is on around the same time as the UK Championship

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 4:00pm

Ah yes I remember that one too. Needs 3/5 here to have a chance. Maguire is the type of guy who can get very 'woe is me' when things go against him so that's Ronnie's lifeline.

ben36 · 21-04-2018 4:03pm

Hopefully,it won't be the same with him gone after the first round.Tournament will be blown right open with him and Selby in trouble after the first round.

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 4:11pm

Virgo is so bad. One loose red = 'gilt edged opportunity'

Loafing Oaf · 21-04-2018 4:15pm

ben36 wrote: »

Hopefully,it won't be the same with him gone after the first round.Tournament will be blown right open with him and Selby in trouble after the first round.

My O'Sullivan/Selby final bet not looking too clever right now...Feels like Ronnie's been doing this "I've lost my love for snooker, I might quit" thing for about 15 years now, must be really tiresome for serious snooker fans. Course everyone knows he doesn't mean and now he's coming up to actual retirement age he's going to drag every last ounce of his career, come back year after year losing to journeymen in the first round...

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 4:22pm

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

My O'Sullivan/Selby final bet not looking too clever right now...Feels like Ronnie's been doing this "I've lost my love for snooker, I might quit" thing for about 15 years now, must be really tiresome for serious snooker fans. Course everyone knows he doesn't mean and now he's coming up to actual retirement age he's going to drag every last ounce of his career, come back year after year losing to journeymen in the first round...

Impossible to know what goes on in the dark caverns if that fascinating mind. I am as certain as can be that he still truly loves the game and would dearly love to match or even beat Hendrys record but there’s a part of him that just can’t get over the relentless slog that is crucible fortnight. He’s a drama in himself and will be always interesting as well as thrilling to watch.

zuutroy · 21-04-2018 4:25pm

He went 8/13 favourite when he was 30 up in this frame. It's like a switch just flipped.

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 4:28pm

You don’t try to figure this guy out. Just watch and enjoy the ride!

Loafing Oaf · 21-04-2018 5:26pm

Ronnie 6-3 down after session 1, not quite as dire straits as Selby but still a lot to do to win...

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 5:30pm

A fair result I think. Overall a very poor session for ROS, one briefly sustained flourish apart. Fascinatingly poised though, csnt predict how it will go, although in trouble it’s always hard to go against Ronnie.

seanhynes · 21-04-2018 7:38pm

That Coventry supporter is hogging that seat for far too long, must be over a decade,I hope now that the season tickets have been scrapped at the end of the championships that someone else gets in for a change,same faces at this for too long

Joe_ Public · 21-04-2018 7:47pm

The season tickets are a relic of an older era when there were lots of empty seats and people were rewarded for their loyalty. I can’t recall if there was a time limit on the contract but it seems to have taken Hearn some time to get their measure. Have sympathy for them and will miss them but they had a good go of it too in fairness.

Snake Plisken · 21-04-2018 7:53pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

The season tickets are a relic of an older era when there were lots of empty seats and people were rewarded for their loyalty. I can’t recall if there was a time limit on the contract but it seems to have taken Hearn some time to get their measure. Have sympathy for them and will miss them but they had a good go of it too in fairness.

I wonder what happened to the lad with the big Afro he was nearly at every match but I haven’t seen him in a couple of years.

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