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Masters 2020

  • 08-01-2020 11:07am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭


    Happy new year snooker fans!

    The masters is starting at the weekend. Ronnie is out of it, so Judd Trump is the current favourite for the tournament.

    Predictions?

    Seems the BBC are giving daytime coverage only, until the QF stage..


    Sunday 12 January – First round

    Ding Junhui v Joe Perry

    1:00pm (BBC2)

    1:00pm (Eurosport 2)

    Mark Selby v Ali Carter

    6:45pm (Eurosport 2)

    Monday 13 January – First round

    Neil Robertson v Stephen Maguire

    1:00pm (BBC2)

    1:00pm (Eurosport 2)

    Mark Allen v David Gilbert

    6:45pm (Eurosport 2)

    Tuesday 14 January – First round

    Judd Trump v Shaun Murphy

    1:00pm (BBC2)

    1:00pm (Eurosport 2)

    John Higgins v Barry Hawkins

    6:45pm (Eurosport 2)

    Wednesday 15 January – First round

    Kyren Wilson v Jack Lisowski

    1:00pm (BBC2)

    1:00pm (Eurosport 2)

    Mark Williams v Stuart Bingham

    6:45pm (Eurosport 2)


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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Obviously very disappointing theres no Ronnie but some good first round games there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    The first 'World Snooker Tour' event! Looks like I'll have to buy a new cup in Sheffield this year.

    https://twitter.com/WeAreWST/status/1215211694923943937


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    No evening session on the BBC? Was that always the case? Most frustrating.

    It'll probably be on the red button.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Evenings must be on the red button. There are highlights about 11.15 then. It is just that they won't show a frame of two at 7 to 7.30 or 8pm daily. But it's a few years since they did that anyway.

    Entire afternoon sessions will be on BBC2.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Entire afternoon sessions will be on BBC2.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Evenings must be on the red button.

    Yes, evening sessions are live on the red button.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Interesting match first up. Ding a former winner but very mixed record in this event. Last time Perry was here he beat ding on the way to giving ronnie a decent rattle in the final. My money on another upset here.

    Been impressed with selby form of late so think he should handle carter with something to spare.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    I think Ding's cue case is the biggest I've ever seen!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Pot the yellow, hendry says!!! Havin a laugh. Shouldve chinese snookered him, no pun intended.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Lovely 135 break there by Ding to take the second frame. 1-1.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Joe's long potting has been totally wojious this afternoon.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Ding’s safety game is a mile off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    The Ding revolution continues.

    Ronnie sitting in the studio btw wtf


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Is this the first time we have seen 'Corporate hospitality' in the snooker arena? Obviously a bit of this went on in bars and restauants around the Crucible but Barry Hearn really seems to be egging the pudding and tapping into the London market here. Plus we have sofa seats in the audience available at a premium.

    Fair enough for me. It pays the wages and ups the image of attending the snooker. But it does seem to be something that will work in London but it's a more difficult sell in Preston, York or Sheffield.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    At nearly 300 quid a pop I'm not sure i can see the vip concept take off, not outside london anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭taytobreath


    Ken Doherty overuses the word "indeed" way too much


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Nasty snooker for Selby behind the green


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    The look of suppressed anger on Selby’s face there when the ref called that foul on the blue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Trick missed carter. Had all the hard work done there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    I could never warm to Carter. I prefer Selby in this match.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭taytobreath


    its going all the way this match. we'll be hittin the scratcher late I think


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    At nearly 300 quid a pop I'm not sure i can see the vip concept take off, not outside london anyway.

    I'm not a fan of this new setup, with the playing area entirely surrounded by an illuminated advertising hoarding and the front row seats miles back from the table.

    Paying 300 sterling for an evening sitting on a sofa looking at distant players over a glowing neon barrier has no appeal for me. I'd rather buy a nice new sofa for the living room and watch endless hours of snooker on TV for free.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    playing area entirely surrounded by an illuminated advertising hoarding and the front row seats miles back from the table.

    Not a fan either.. There's something a bit tacky about the new branding..

    Two "surprise" wins in the first two matches for Perry and Ali Carter.. Though I did win bets on both!

    Would be hopeful that Allen will play well and win today. Maguire/Robertson could go either way - both players are liable to come out on top form or dire form just as easily as one another.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    Did I hear correctly, that there is a bar as part of the new layout?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Not sure how davis and mcmanus can conduct an in depth analysis of maguire without mentioning the giant jumbo in the room - dodgy temperament. Only thing that's held him back imo.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    The new arena and setup looks quite impressive to me. Already seen two players say that the Masters feels like a bigger tournament than the WC.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    The new arena and setup looks quite impressive to me. Already seen two players say that the Masters feels like a bigger tournament than the WC.

    Was ronnie one of them ;-)

    I can see why players would like it. Its more player friendly than the crucible. But a bigger tournament than the worlds? They're havin a laugh with that sort of gibberish.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    This storm is wreaking havoc with my signal!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Great frame that. Some great pots but total lack of conviction from mags on that last effort. Pity.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Maguire threw that frame away on the black, and Robertson now leads 3-0.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Fella in front row with the binoculars! Not something you see every day.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Have been to the Masters twice in last three years and enjoyed it both times. Great venue in one of the worlds iconic cities. Not great for food, though with a hot dog van on the premises offering overpriced dogs and not much else. Heard there's a new restaraunt this year and if so that is badly needed. Will make a habit of going over every couple of years now as it's a nice holiday in an otherwise bleak month.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    On this years line up it's a shame O Sullivan isn't there. Bit surreal seeing him in the Eurosport studio yesterday when he should have been playing. Especially with his record of 7 wins in 13 or 14 finals. I've long gone second guessing Ronnie at this stage, though.

    Trump is the man to beat although he has a tricky opener v Murphy. Win that and i fancy Judd to go on and do it.

    I give Mark Allen a good chance, also. As we know anything can happen but Trump and Allen my two picks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    On this years line up it's a shame O Sullivan isn't there. Bit surreal seeing him in the Eurosport studio yesterday when he should have been playing. Especially with his record of 7 wins in 13 or 14 finals. I've long gone second guessing Ronnie at this stage, though.

    Its a real shame and cheapens the competition. He only lives 10 miles up the road. An odd one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,479 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    On this years line up it's a shame O Sullivan isn't there. Bit surreal seeing him in the Eurosport studio yesterday when he should have been playing.

    He's not playing but he is commentating for Eurosport?! That is weird.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    If that "what happened next" segment on question of sport is still going, they've got a real zinger for the archives.

    https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1216752215957954562?s=20


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Robbos face sums it up perfectly. Try that a million times, literally one million times, and you'll never replicate that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    You spend a lifetime watching snooker and think there's nothing new you can see and then you witness that.

    Can maguire make a match of this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    You spend a lifetime watching snooker and think there's nothing new you can see and then you witness that.

    Can maguire make a match of this?

    Yep!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Good stuff. But robertson should have nailed this already, had enough chances.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    What a chance for maguire.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Not sure how but maguire wins it. Incredible comeback, fair play to him. Robbo will be sick.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    How has Robertson lost it, great effort by Maguire though. Superb green in the last frame.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    The Pistol has left his bullets back in Belfast.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Black off the spot missed.

    Another player way below their best in this tournament.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    So much for my Masters prediction. Mark Allen looking like he's playing with a hurley he's so bad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    The Maguire shot was extraordinary, but if you hang around snooker clubs forever you'd see something similar eventually. When I saw the replay and the fuss on commentary I thought surely Steve Davis has played or seen a shot like that in the last 40 odd years. Alex and Jimmy used to be up to all sorts of craic.

    He has some cue power Maguire as it didn't even look like he was going for or needed to apply exceptional power but he delivered some amount of force there to get that bounce back and resulting top spin


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    To be honest i didn't think it was that extraordinary. I hung around snooker halls for donkeys years and nothing surprises me on a snooker table. Nothing. Not even that. And Ronnie was correct in saying Maguire had no need to be hitting that red with such force.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Maguire had given up then. He played a few reckless shots around that time in the match. The most remarkable thing is that he went on to win having thrown the towel in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    The Gilbert era has begun.


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