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Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

“go down without a fight”

Allister Carter?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Empire State Human

Closer in spirit, but not Carter and not 'go down without a fight'.

The missing word is a single word.

Not Cahill, either.

Clue: said person made his debut in the 1990s.

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

“Lose”

Peter Ebdon

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Empire State Human

SneakerEd25 sneaks in and steals victory at the last gasp.

Turns out that Ebdon beat Steve Davis and Martin Clark on his debut, but eventually he did lose -- 13-7 to Terry Griffiths.

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

“I played like a slow ________”

?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

Empire State Human wrote:actually, the answer may have come to me...

puncture - john parrott?


Perfect. <ok>

After his loss to Steve Davis in the ‘89 World final.

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Empire State Human

"I'm on the front page for __________________. Don't they realise the Belgrano has been sunk and that hundreds of lives have been lost?"

?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby badtemperedcyril

Taking a leak? Alex Higgins.

Just a guess but the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands conflict coincided with the ‘82 world championship. Alex relieving himself in a Crucible plant pot after a late night practice session did make the headlines. So perhaps to do with that?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Empire State Human

Yes, i'll give you that. The exact phrase was 'peeing in a plant pot', but it refers to the incident you describe, and of course it was Alex Higgins. <ok>

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Juddernaut88

Young Jimmy White might have the milk, but I have the bottle?

Steve Davis?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

It was Alex Higgins then, if he called him James.

Am I right, babe? :chin:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

:happy:

Two players with contrasting views at the 1987 British Open :

Player 1 : “It’s not about the _____, it’s about the Ranking Points”

Player 2 : “It’s not about the Ranking Points, it’s all about the _____”

Identify the missing word, and name the players.

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

‘Money’ is the correct word.

Jimmy White was one of the players, he being of the opinion that Ranking Points were more important. So who felt it was all about the money?

(Clue : long retired, not Hallett, Knowles or Foulds)

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

Not Mourtjoy, or Thorburn

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

Or Mountjoy either! :emb:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

Not Spencer or Griffiths. Spencer was a compatriot of his, though, in an early team event