World Snooker Championship 2017

[Guest Pistonbroke]

But if you'd spent 35+ years of your life practising and/or playing 8 hours a fucking day, you'd probably be sick of snooker

 

I think Stig has other ideas for the snooker table, although he would be potting the pink and brown. 

[The Golden Eel]

Surprised the bookies had Trump joint favourite.

 

I reckon this year'll be Higgins or O'Sullivan. Anyone but Selby will do though.

It was because he was in the "easy" half of the draw presumably but he was still too short. He's always too short, the bookies seem to be afraid of him

[magicrat]

I watch it on Eurosport most of the time to avoid that insufferable bint Hazel Irvine, Mind you Phil Yates in the commentary box is a nightmare,

The Ian Darke of snooker :full of inane comments and pointless facts and Halett is just an idiot that makes you wonder how he ever managed to hold the right end of a cue, Joe Johnson is brilliant and quite like Neil Foulds,    

[Bjornebye]

Ronnie second favourite to only Selby.

 

Good session from Higgins. Bottom line is that he's a cheat though.

Yer ma

[Babb'sBurstNad]

It was because he was in the "easy" half of the draw presumably but he was still too short. He's always too short, the bookies seem to be afraid of him

 

I think his form coming into this was good, but I assumed the bookies would keep the odds a bit longer as he was inevitably going to fail. Every time he starts hyping himself up before this event he falls flat on his face. Reading his comments before the McLeod match, it was reminiscent of when he said O'Sullivan couldn't live with his potting, just tempting fate.

[The Golden Eel]

I watch it on Eurosport most of the time to avoid that insufferable bint Hazel Irvine, Mind you Phil Yates in the commentary box is a nightmare,

The Ian Darke of snooker :full of inane comments and pointless facts and Halett is just an idiot that makes you wonder how he ever managed to hold the right end of a cue, Joe Johnson is brilliant and quite like Neil Foulds,

Yates is insufferable

[Baltar]

Murphy is such a twat. Why did he have to get involved in Ronnie's dispute with Hearns? Good thing Ronnie twatted him.

[magicrat]

Murphy is such a twat. Why did he have to get involved in Ronnie's dispute with Hearns? Good thing Ronnie twatted him.

I suspect Hearns put him up to it,  "Shaun my old mucker have a bit of a pop at Ronnie for me would you old son; I'll back you up and you know what he's like, He will lose the plot and you'll snot him " 

[Mendoza]

I bet Murphy was a massive grass at school.

[Remmie]

Tough draw for Ronnie, former champion Murphy and then the best current player never to win the tournament, but if he keeps this form up no one is stopping him.

 

The most annoying pundit/commentator has to be Ken Doherty, the way he pronounces through as troo and first as foist is like nails down a blackboard.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

As long as it's not John Virgo doing his trademark "Where's the cue ball going!?!" scream I don't mind.

 

He actually missed an opportunity when Ronnie went in off, but he couldn't let it lie, so he just said "Where's the cue ball gone?" afterwards.

[magicrat]

As long as it's not John Virgo doing his trademark "Where's the cue ball going!?!" scream I don't mind.

 

He actually missed an opportunity when Ronnie went in off, but he couldn't let it lie, so he just said "Where's the cue ball gone?" afterwards.

 

He and Willie Thorne need the bolt gun. Taylor too probably,

[Babb'sBurstNad]

He and Willie Thorne need the bolt gun. Taylor too probably,

 

Taylor especially. Every time he's on, the cameraman will find the player's wife or friend in the crowd so he can bang on about how much he knows about them. "There's Vicki there, his lovely wife, they've been married for three years now and are thinking about buying a new three piece suite from DFS."

[The Golden Eel]

Taylor especially. Every time he's on, the cameraman will find the player's wife or friend in the crowd so he can bang on about how much he knows about them. "There's Vicki there, his lovely wife, they've been married for three years now and are thinking about buying a new three piece suite from DFS."

He was on the Ronnie match yesterday and he said that he was in talking to Murphy's wife and baby son before the game and that "They certainly think he's got a chance of getting back into the game". Made me laugh

[niallers]

Let's hope Selby gets knocked out or taken to a decider! Can't stand the prick. Fucking jester from leicester. The most anti flamboyant player on the circuit since Davis was a robot in the 80s

[magicrat]

He was on the Ronnie match yesterday and he said that he was in talking to Murphy's wife and baby son before the game and that "They certainly think he's got a chance of getting back into the game". Made me laugh

 

Eurosport is better if you can avoid that utter spastic Phil Yates

[The Golden Eel]

Eurosport is better if you can avoid that utter spastic Phil Yates

Nice HD on the BBC always sways me when I have the choice

[Joe Strummer]

Fat bastard McGuire beats McLeod 13-3. Trump must still be sick he lost to the likes of him.

[Mendoza]

40 years at The Crucible doc coming up shortly on BBC2.

[Stickman]

40 years at The Crucible doc coming up shortly on BBC2.

 

 

I was looking forward to that but I thought it was shite, fuck all about the other characters that have been involved in that time. The only good bit was Joe Johnson as his title is hardly spoke about all the other stuff about Higgins, Davis, Hendry, White and co has been done to death........

It felt like it lasted 40 years which isn't surprising seeing as Steve Davis presented it.

 

Oh and did you know that Dennis Taylor won the World Championship 18-17 after trailing 7-0 with a black ball fin.......zzzzzzzzzzzz

[magicrat]

I was looking forward to that but I thought it was shite, fuck all about the other characters that have been involved in that time. The only good bit was Joe Johnson as his title is hardly spoke about all the other stuff about Higgins, Davis, Hendry, White and co has been done to death........

It felt like it lasted 40 years which isn't surprising seeing as Steve Davis presented it.

 

Oh and did you know that Dennis Taylor won the World Championship 18-17 after trailing 7-0 with a black ball fin.......zzzzzzzzzzzz

 

Sounds like just the thing to relieve the depression following events at Anfield earlier 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I reckon Higgins and O'Sullivan would've got to seven titles if they'd faced White in as many finals as Hendry.

[The Golden Eel]

Some banter that Fu/Robertson game

[niallers]

Robertson would have given Selby a much tougher game. Surprised to see that Fu is higher in the rankings though so who knows. Anyone but that tribute to lost Boys Selby.

[Joe Strummer]

What a match that was. Fancied Fu as a decent outside bet at the start of the tournament. Hard to beat Selby though.