World Snooker International Championship Final !!

Oh, they’re not doing speeches.

Why bother when you can spend time introducing 4,000 dignitaries?

Ash147 wrote:Judd has now made 628 career centuries. Has there been another player who has made that many before the age of 30?

I think this must a record.

He'd have made 800 if he was middle class.

Iranu wrote:Oh, they’re not doing speeches.

Why bother when you can spend time introducing 4,000 dignitaries?

It always amuses me... so much time there and they dont even interview the players.

TheRocket wrote:There might be a chance Trump can get close to 100 centuries this season.

He also loves the CL, so every chance of that. Trump is the only player capable of beating Robbo's 103 tons. Ronnie also if he played enough tournaments but he cant be bothered.

Steve Davis is on The Chase tonight.

Congrats to Trump on another title, first as World Champion.

I think we'll see him peak for the big events this season like this one, and maybe on the lesser ranked ones lose to some journeyman in the Best of 7s. But with him being at his peak, he wants to aim for the big titles, and this is the perfect start for the season.

Think Pink updates are up:
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I was speaking yesterday about good looking trophies, and I've just remembered the Australian Goldfields Open. I miss this event, as well as the trophy.

I prefer silver trophies to glass ones.

How can you call this a rubbish final? You thought the China Championship final was good last season.

Ash147 wrote:How can you call this a rubbish final? You thought the China Championship final was good last season.

To be fair matches that are over quickly aren’t great to watch unless you’re a fan of the player who wins, unless the result is a shock or the performance unbelievably good (e.g. this year’s Masters and Worlds).

Judd was very good today but nobody expected Murphy to make it close and it was clear he wasn’t playing well enough to, so the result was expected.

Plus I always think the feeling’s magnified in Chinese tournaments when the match is over by 2pm.

Wildey wrote:

Ash147 wrote:How can you call this a rubbish final? You thought the China Championship final was good last season.

I Prefer close exciting never know the result til its over matches over one sided rubbish

You should be used to one sided matches as your fav player used to destroy the opposition in the early to mid 90's.

Wildey wrote:

Ash147 wrote:How can you call this a rubbish final? You thought the China Championship final was good last season.

I Prefer close exciting never know the result til its over matches over one sided rubbish

You never know who's going to win between me and my mates, but the quality is bucking dreadful. I'm sure you'd enjoy it though, because the matches are always close.

Wildey wrote:

TheRocket wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Ash147 wrote:How can you call this a rubbish final? You thought the China Championship final was good last season.

I Prefer close exciting never know the result til its over matches over one sided rubbish

You should be used to one sided matches as your fav player used to destroy the opposition in the early to mid 90's.

But the question is how much did you enjoy that?

If the winning player plays to a very high level it can be very enjoyable. Some of the Hendry and Ronnie displays (like World final 1993,Masters 2005) are unforgettable. As it represents perfect Snooker. A man at the peak of his powers.

This one obviously wasnt in that league I have to admit. But I've seen far worse one sided matches. Like the Robertson-Georgiou ,match this year. Everyone thought Robbo played good. Reality was. Even I would have put up a better performance than Georgiou. .

Ace wrote:TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNN

loss count of how many he's made this tournament now!

I can't believe it but Judd's finally, FINALLY has a champion mentality, he has that aura now just like all the other all-time greats.

Doesn't surprise me - many children struggle to count beyond 10.

Keep at it Ace lad.

Its hard to get to the top. Its even harder to stay at the top. Lets see how long Judd can keep his hunger to win titles and practice hard to do so. At the same time that makes you appreciate Davis and Hendry even more.

To keep that hunger and basicially live and breathe Snooker and nothing else for a decade and even longer must be such a huge task. Physically and mentally.

I dont think thats possible in this era. But Judd should aim to win around 2-4 titles (one of them a TC event) every season.

Goodpost TR

Iranu wrote:I wonder if Judd will get the TV tables over Ronnie this season? He’s the first world champion since Ronnie to have that “fan favourite” tag. Now that he’s got the form and prestige to match that I wonder if Ronnie will finally have to spend some time on the outside tables, and how that will affect his ability to steamroll lower ranked players.

Not a cat in hell's chance of that happening.

As someone said later, they'd find a way of putting them both on the main table, one after the other. But given the choice, they would pick Ronnie every single time, and rightly so.

There were matches this week where Judd played in front of the proverbial one man and his dog. That is something that would never happen with Ronnie, he'd draw a crowd anywhere, even in China where the crowd attendances are notoriously bad.

Judd won't get one table over Ronnie, let alone every one this season.

He is a tidy little player is Trump. He works hard at his game and he is getting some rewards.

He fluked The Crucible title at the end of last season and has now fluked another event. It cannot continue however as the rest of the field will start practising soon and will be sharper. Trump has just capitalised on their rustiness.

vodkadiet1 wrote:He is a tidy little player is Trump. He works hard at his game and he is getting some rewards.

He fluked The Crucible title at the end of last season and has now fluked another event. It cannot continue however as the rest of the field will start practising soon and will be sharper. Trump has just capitalised on their rustiness.

Always good for a laugh mate. He got the job done though.

Cloud Strife wrote:

Iranu wrote:I wonder if Judd will get the TV tables over Ronnie this season? He’s the first world champion since Ronnie to have that “fan favourite” tag. Now that he’s got the form and prestige to match that I wonder if Ronnie will finally have to spend some time on the outside tables, and how that will affect his ability to steamroll lower ranked players.

Not a cat in hell's chance of that happening.

As someone said later, they'd find a way of putting them both on the main table, one after the other. But given the choice, they would pick Ronnie every single time, and rightly so.

There were matches this week where Judd played in front of the proverbial one man and his dog. That is something that would never happen with Ronnie, he'd draw a crowd anywhere, even in China where the crowd attendances are notoriously bad.

Yeah that’s probably right.

It would be interesting to see though.

Judd post match interview

http://www.worldsnooker.com/