Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &
No change there then.
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randam05 WC wrote:Gotta be honest, I was getting a bit shakey watching dom try to get over the line there, especially after davis won the respot I had a feeling it may be his day, thank god he got over the line! Might/probably be the last time I ever get to watch Dale over a 3 session match so I will enjoy it to the max
randam05 WC wrote:Gotta be honest, I was getting a bit shakey watching dom try to get over the line there, especially after davis won the respot I had a feeling it may be his day, thank god he got over the line! Might/probably be the last time I ever get to watch Dale over a 3 session match so I will enjoy it to the max
SnookerFan wrote:vodkadiet wrote:Dennis Taylor: "For the first time since 1997 Dominic Dale gets himself in to the second round at The Crucible".....
If this dinosaur focused more on snooker than golf he might know Dale reached the quarters in 2000.
Did you see him on Question of Sport? When asked to name a player who'd appeared in The Crucible final who had a surname beginning with T he sat there for ages looking gormless, before realising he was one of them.
He's been talking about 1985 at every opportunity since it happened, you'd think he'd remember.
Andre147 PGC wrote:randam05 WC wrote:Gotta be honest, I was getting a bit shakey watching dom try to get over the line there, especially after davis won the respot I had a feeling it may be his day, thank god he got over the line! Might/probably be the last time I ever get to watch Dale over a 3 session match so I will enjoy it to the max
Dale was never gonna lose that match was he...
And yeah just enjoy his next match, against Wasley won't be easy but hell it's much better than Ding anyway.
Wildey wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Wildey wrote:This frame is a nothing frame really
6-2 or 5-3 in a best of 25 frame match doesent make much difference you still got to come out next session and win the session
Sorry but that's nonsense.
I Never liked a player 6-2 up in a Best of 25 frame 3 session match its so false of a lead
Maybe true, on at least 4 occasions he referred to O'Sullivan being over 100 frames behind Hendry on the career century tally when he wasn't, then when someone eventually told him he was wrong he said he was 30 behind when it was more like 60.Skullman wrote:Maybe he just can't count?
Andy Spark wrote:Maybe true, on at least 4 occasions he referred to O'Sullivan being over 100 frames behind Hendry on the career century tally when he wasn't, then when someone eventually told him he was wrong he said he was 30 behind when it was more like 60.Skullman wrote:Maybe he just can't count?
Vodkadiet is right, he probably spends more time on golf than looking up snooker stats. In fact all these ex players seem to think that they don't need to read up on anything as they were once a very good snooker player. It's like they think commentating is all about being able to cue well yourself and knowing the exact potting angle if they had the same vantage point as the player, which they don't as they are stuck in a box above the table on account of not being that good anymore.
Their disinterest in knowing snooker stats just really annoys me.
Andre147 PGC wrote:Wildey wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Wildey wrote:This frame is a nothing frame really
6-2 or 5-3 in a best of 25 frame match doesent make much difference you still got to come out next session and win the session
Sorry but that's nonsense.
I Never liked a player 6-2 up in a Best of 25 frame 3 session match its so false of a lead
But surely a 6-2 lead is way better than a 5-3 lead, you don't need to be very smart to even realise that.
But I agree with what JP said there, both players will be happy about the result.
Selby won the session 5-3, carter after 5-1 down reduced to 5-3 playing very well.
It is definately nicely poised this match.
Cannonball wrote:He's going senile and in 5 years will be a dribbling mess. He doesn't know anything at all. He simply got lucky in '85, Davis should have murdered him. He had terrible technique and no cue power. This is one of the reasons I don't really count wins before 2000, when players started playing properly, with good technique and snooker became an international game. The WSC until Ding came along was effectively the UK + odd player from Canada/Aus. Those old commentators don't count Joe Davis' titles and I don't count theirs. All Thorne talks about is how to breakbuild off the black. Yeah, how come you never did a maxi or won a world title then? Bottler!
Johnson and Foulds are much better. Davis is a great commentator. Virgo is ok. Taylor and Thorne are muppets, cracking crap jokes which the dafties in the audience laugh at, which puts the players off. This isn't bloody Legends, get a grip. The BBC can have Dom as well, so there's no need to keep these old farts any longer.
Andy Spark wrote:The standard was poor before, but with the last few sessions there are certainly signs that things are heating up. Selby, Carter, Fu, Hawkins and Robertson all playing solid 90%+ PS match snooker now. I feel Ronnie will certainly have his B game tested this year.
Sickpotter wrote:Cannonball wrote:He's going senile and in 5 years will be a dribbling mess. He doesn't know anything at all. He simply got lucky in '85, Davis should have murdered him. He had terrible technique and no cue power. This is one of the reasons I don't really count wins before 2000, when players started playing properly, with good technique and snooker became an international game. The WSC until Ding came along was effectively the UK + odd player from Canada/Aus. Those old commentators don't count Joe Davis' titles and I don't count theirs. All Thorne talks about is how to breakbuild off the black. Yeah, how come you never did a maxi or won a world title then? Bottler!
Johnson and Foulds are much better. Davis is a great commentator. Virgo is ok. Taylor and Thorne are muppets, cracking crap jokes which the dafties in the audience laugh at, which puts the players off. This isn't bloody Legends, get a grip. The BBC can have Dom as well, so there's no need to keep these old farts any longer.
Well done, virtually the dumbest collections of clueless statements I've ever seen in one post since Seifer.
Boy snooker's in good hands with such intelligent fans.