2021 Masters 10/01/21 -17/01/21

sligeach · 13-01-2021 2:52pm

BBC's coverage of the Masters is pitiful. They're not showing Ding v O'Sullivan until 3pm, and probably won't show it live. Just 2 hours and again 2 hours in the evening on BBC4. Why not show the match now on that channel? There's nothing on it until the snooker at 7pm.

weemcd · 13-01-2021 2:55pm

sligeach wrote: »

BBC's coverage of the Masters is pitiful. They're not showing Ding v O'Sullivan until 3pm, and probably won't show it live. Just 2 hours and again 2 hours in the evening on BBC4. Why not show the match now on that channel? There's nothing on it until the snooker at 7pm.

Do you have access to the red button or better yet iplayer? If you go to the site you get full uninterrupted matches.

PS Ding has started brilliantly here while Ronnie has only potted a handful of balls. Ding seems to be cueing well and taking his chances. Any time he's slightly out of position he's recovered well on the next shot.

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 3:01pm

Feels like typical ronnie. No idea whether he really is doing all that running or practising but if he'd said he'd been slobbing out and not picked a cue up since early december, he'd probably proceed to shoot the lights out!

The Nal · 13-01-2021 3:02pm

FYI

BBC red button for Sky.

Page 2 here.

https://ekayi.com/sky-channel-codes-all-you-need/

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 3:30pm

That was good cueing there. Was 98% convinced he'd miss that for miles. Better signs now, looks like he has been practising!

eric hoone · 13-01-2021 3:39pm

Great frame by o'Sullivan to go 3-2. Anyone's match now

weemcd · 13-01-2021 3:39pm

Ronnie with a very inventive break only to pot the white.

I get the feeling Ronnie hasn't played badly at all so far, it's just that Ding has played very well in his own right.

3-2. This looks like it will be a good session of snooker.

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 3:40pm

Didn't look much but that was excellent break from ronnie, 6-7 shots on the blue and finished perfectly top side every time. I don't think there are many pros in the game have that level of control, why he's as good as he is.

The Nal · 13-01-2021 3:49pm

Thats mental that Ronnie played Fred Davis.

Oul Fred was still nippy around the table in his old age!

(Not the Ronnie footage)
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=353602671679436

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 4:00pm

The Nal wrote: »

Thats mental that Ronnie played Fred Davis.

Oul Fred was still nippy around the table in his old age!

(Not the Ronnie footage)
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=353602671679436

Remember fred still being a fixture on the circuit well into the 80s when he himself was in his 70s. Beat alex in the worlds when he was 62. Amazing longevity.

DelBoy Trotter · 13-01-2021 4:04pm

sligeach wrote: »

BBC's coverage of the Masters is pitiful. They're not showing Ding v O'Sullivan until 3pm, and probably won't show it live. Just 2 hours and again 2 hours in the evening on BBC4. Why not show the match now on that channel? There's nothing on it until the snooker at 7pm.

If you read back a few posts you'll see the reason the coverage isn't starting until 3 is due to home schooling programmes

weemcd · 13-01-2021 4:41pm

It's official I've heard my first Virgo "where's this cueball goingggggg" of the year even though the white ended up nowhere near the pocket.

Ronnie on the ropes here. Ding in but it doesn't look like a frame winning opportunity...

I could see this frame getting very scrappy now.

weemcd · 13-01-2021 4:48pm

First sign of nerves on Ding there...

This is enthralling stuff. Ronnie may bring it back to 5-4...

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 4:49pm

Ding hasn't missed much but that was virtual match ball and somehow he contrived to miss it. Head can't be great after that.

eric hoone · 13-01-2021 4:58pm

Cliffhanger!

weemcd · 13-01-2021 4:59pm

Another wobble from Ding potting the white.

Another scrappy frame coming.

I wonder can Ding hold it together? Can Ronnie capitalise?

weemcd · 13-01-2021 5:03pm

5-5

zuutroy · 13-01-2021 5:04pm

Best Ronnie's played in about 2 years.

eric hoone · 13-01-2021 5:05pm

Dings still playing well enough to win but I think he has a mental block about o'Sullivan

Genghis · 13-01-2021 5:07pm

eric hoone wrote: »

Dings still playing well enough to win but I think he has a mental block about o'Sullivan

Happens him practically every match. Early lead to Ding, Ronnie evens up, Ding charges forward to within a ball of the win, Ding wilts.

Reckon Ding is already goosed here, despite his good play.

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 5:10pm

That was tough red. Thought he might have left it.

The Nal · 13-01-2021 5:14pm

Steady stuff from Ronnie. Ding lost that though. Should've put him away.

Great match!

Joe_ Public · 13-01-2021 5:15pm

Was a good match, but old twitchy eye definitely lost it. Should have been home and hosed 6-3. Have to fancy ronnie to win it out now.

eric hoone · 13-01-2021 5:16pm

Ronnie's cuing very well

mrunsure · 13-01-2021 5:53pm

sligeach wrote: »

BBC's coverage of the Masters is pitiful. They're not showing Ding v O'Sullivan until 3pm, and probably won't show it live. Just 2 hours and again 2 hours in the evening on BBC4. Why not show the match now on that channel? There's nothing on it until the snooker at 7pm.

It sounds logical to use BBC Four and would be possible on satellite but not on digital terrestrial TV in the UK because the capacity is shared with CBeebies. The BBC has a policy of platform neutrality so satellite viewers can't have an advantage over terrestrial.

If you listen to Dave Hendon's latest podcast (Snooker Scene) he points out that CBBC is still showing regular children's programmes between 1 and 3 and suggests that could be used for education programmes instead of BBC Two.

Genghis · 13-01-2021 6:01pm

eric hoone wrote: »

Ronnie's cuing very well

His whole demeanour looks positive. He always does well where he joins a tournament late in the first round, he benefits from the near consecutive run of match days to a final; win today, then quarter Friday, semi Saturday, final Sunday. Definite contender for the championship.

sligeach · 13-01-2021 6:03pm

Ding is the perennial bottler. He threw that away and played some shocking stuff in the latter half of the match. He'll never win the World Championship. He should have won 6-3 and blew it.

Arthur Daley · 13-01-2021 6:17pm

mrunsure wrote: »

If you listen to Dave Hendon's latest podcast (Snooker Scene) he points out that CBBC is still showing regular children's programmes between 1 and 3 and suggests that could be used for education programmes instead of BBC Two.

You just know that anyone who suggests putting snooker on over Children's programming at the moment would be rounded on en masse, so they are on a hiding to nothing. Get Eurosport or watch on the website would be the answer.

TheHopeful · 13-01-2021 6:21pm

Ding ding ding. So frustrating to watch. It's seems like every time I see him play Ronnie it's a case of the match is at his mercy and he throws it away every time.

Ronnie played some lovely stuff at times. The 4th frame in particular he had some fantastic brave attacking longish pots.

weemcd · 13-01-2021 6:25pm

Higgins v Allen tonight, makings of another brilliant match.

Winner of that would have to be up there with the favourites.

I'd LOVE to see Higgins take it.

2021 Masters 10/01/21 -17/01/21

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