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2019 World Snooker Championship (Mod Note Post One)

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  • #722
    tinpib
    Registered Users Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭tinpib


    spurshero wrote: »
    This house of frames show they put on at interval with current and former snooker players is absolute cringe stuff


    Is this on Eurosport? Haven't seen it. In general I far prefer Eurosport compared to BBC, just no nonsense coverage.


    It's not Hazel Irvine's fault or the pundits they have on BBC they are being told how to behave by those above them, but it all strikes me as if it is being done by Al Murray pub landlord.



    How wonderful and historic everything is.



    Kinda similar to ITV Racing which I just cannot stomach any more but luckily, like Eurosport for the snooker, there is Racing TV which again is just no nonsense quality coverage.


    Also did ye hear that poor sod in the audience shouting "I'm gonna be sick, quick, quick I'm gonna be sick" about 20 minutes ago? Bit bizarre the ref didn't say/do anything I thought. They usually have a dominant attitude to the audience in the arena, or should have anyway.


  • #723
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    I don't know if this has come up already but where is the old boy that sits in the front row with the Aussi flag tie and the blazer? Hope he's OK.

    He's there alright. They mentioned him on the Eurosport commentary a few days back.

    He didn't seem to be wearing his trademark blazer and Australian tie though.


  • #724
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    9-7 Judd, but it's still anybody's match.

    This is a make-or-break session for Higgins tonight. He will need to up his game if he's to stand a chance of making an eighth world final.


  • #725
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    tinpib wrote: »
    Is this on Eurosport? Haven't seen it. In general I far prefer Eurosport compared to BBC, just no nonsense coverage.


    It's not Hazel Irvine's fault or the pundits they have on BBC they are being told how to behave by those above them, but it all strikes me as if it is being done by Al Murray pub landlord.



    How wonderful and historic everything is.



    Kinda similar to ITV Racing which I just cannot stomach any more but luckily, like Eurosport for the snooker, there is Racing TV which again is just no nonsense quality coverage.


    Also did ye hear that poor sod in the audience shouting "I'm gonna be sick, quick, quick I'm gonna be sick" about 20 minutes ago? Bit bizarre the ref didn't say/do anything I thought. They usually have a dominant attitude to the audience in the arena, or should have anyway.

    It's on BBC and Richard Osman hosts it with McManus, Hendry, K. Wilson and JV as 'contestants'.

    It's very cringe.


  • #726
    zuutroy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    Evalyn Ripe Canvas wrote: »
    9-7 Judd, but it's still anybody's match.

    This is a make-or-break session for Higgins tonight. He will need to up his game if he's to stand a chance of making an eighth world final.

    Wouldn't be surprised to see him retire if he performs poorly over the next 24 hrs.


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  • #727
    DelBoy Trotter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭DelBoy Trotter


    Wonder what that guy said to the ref to get himself kicked out of the arena!


  • #728
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭This is it


    DelBoy Trotter wrote: »
    Wonder what that guy said to the ref to get himself kicked out of the arena!

    Missed that!

    Anyone having issues with the sound on Eurosport? It's like they're flicking active noise cancellation on and off every so often, there's a horrible low level static at the moment. Driving me nuts.


  • #729
    vkus6mt3y8zg2q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭vkus6mt3y8zg2q


    This is it wrote: »
    Missed that!

    Anyone having issues with the sound on Eurosport? It's like they're flicking active noise cancellation on and off every so often, there's a horrible low level static at the moment. Driving me nuts.

    Yep, v annoying!


  • #730
    eric hoone
    Registered Users Posts: 485 ✭✭eric hoone


    Higgins suffering out there


  • #731
    yermandan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭yermandan


    Higgins looks finished here


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  • #732
    DelBoy Trotter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭DelBoy Trotter


    eric hoone wrote: »
    Higgins suffering out there

    His head doesn’t seem in it at all, he couldn’t even work out how to get out of that simple snooker


  • #733
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭This is it


    Bit of JV there on Eurosport. What are they at :rolleyes:


  • #734
    zuutroy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    What are Eurosport at?!


  • #735
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    Dennis Taylor there?


  • #736
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭This is it


    Evalyn Ripe Canvas wrote: »
    Dennis Taylor there?

    How did I get him and JV confused :D


  • #737
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Good effort from Higgins to bring the reds off the cushions, bit unlucky with the result.


  • #738
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    This is it wrote: »
    How did I get him and JV confused :D

    Ha, I'm watching on Eurosport to get away from Dennis Taylor ... and then suddenly there he was. :D


  • #739
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,748 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    I can’t watch it anymore. To see a player of Higgins quality fall to pieces like this is awful. Anyone who’s played snooker competitively knows exactly how he feels right now, I think that’s what makes it worse for me.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #740
    zuutroy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    Apparently the spectator told Marcel to **** off when he was warned over the phone.


  • #741
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭This is it


    Was there a cough just as John hit that!? Great shot to take the blue off anyway


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  • #742
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    Black ball frame now.


  • #743
    FrKurtFahrt
    Registered Users Posts: 899 ✭✭✭FrKurtFahrt


    Brian? wrote: »
    I can’t watch it anymore. To see a player of Higgins quality fall to pieces like this is awful. Anyone who’s played snooker competitively knows exactly how he feels right now, I think that’s what makes it worse for me.

    I'm enjoying Higgins suffer (conscious that he may still win) because his competitiveness was proven to be for sale some time ago. I love the game, but I cannot ignore what a top player tried to do for 30 pieces of silver.


  • #744
    DelBoy Trotter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭DelBoy Trotter


    What an incredible double to win that frame!


  • #745
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    Wow.


  • #746
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Incredible finish, would be hard to see a way back if Higgins lost that.


  • #747
    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Holy bananas that was some shot.


  • #748
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭xi5yvm0owc1s2b


    He basically bet the outcome of a world semi-final on a double off the baulk cushion.


  • #749
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    Almost a case of double or quits


  • #750
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭This is it


    FrKurtFahrt wrote: »
    I'm enjoying Higgins suffer (conscious that he may still win) because his competitiveness was proven to be for sale some time ago. I love the game, but I cannot ignore what a top player tried to do for 30 pieces of silver.

    He was cleared by an independent tribunal, time to get over it.


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  • #751
    FrKurtFahrt
    Registered Users Posts: 899 ✭✭✭FrKurtFahrt


    This is it wrote: »
    He was cleared by an independent tribunal, time to get over it.

    Right


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