Betfred World Championship (Saturday May 1st) Semi Finals !!

Didnt sound like Virgo wanted Selby to win did it?

In Bingham’s defence, during that period of the match Selby was on 39 seconds and Bingo (undoubtedly dragged down to) 30.

He does have a bit of a point.

I reiterate my previous comment about post match rubbish stirring interviews producing unwise comments in the heat of the loss.

Also I enjoy watching Selbo play and am hopeful for a fun final with a good style contrast. With how Smurph played today and some of Selby’s play this tournament there is no reason it can’t be a great match.

Bingham calling Selby out for gamesmanship, won me over as a bigger fan now

about damn time these players start calling him out. these is why you get such long matches and it's not a coincidence it always happens with Selby at the crucible, ALWAYS

SnookerFan wrote:

LDS wrote:

Jester82 wrote:

motorhead wrote:wow just saw the quote from the BBC interview, is Bingham for real? lost all respect for him.
They were both at 28ast

What did he say?

Bitching about Selby taking 3 minutes to play a shot as oppose to playing free flowing snooker.

Wasn't pretty much everyone else doing that too?

Probably.

There's been a lot of momentum for speeding up the game in recent years & that will inevitably turn the spotlight on the tactical players.

'Run of the ball' - what about the luck
@markjesterselby
got in the final frame not leaving the yellow, then green on. Utter nonsense, again after a semi final. Same last year when beaten by Ronnie

Good reply

Overall AST isn’t the point, Selby took inordinate amounts of time on some shots.

BUT. Bingham had his chance for the decider. He failed. That has nothing to do with AST especially after the break.

I am so happy my boy Selby is back to try to win his fourth world title.

Great performance from 11-13 down.

And a superb safety shot on the green to ultimately win it it has to be said.

Bingham complaining Selby used gamesmanship taking too long on shots! They had the same average shot time and the bloke Bingham got the most ridiculous run of the ball I've ever seen in the WSC and still lost

He was asked about slow play and said sometimes the frames went awkward with a red over a pocket so they both had to deal with, and there were a couple occasions like the three minute shot that bordered on gamesmanship. Which is pretty accurate.

Prop wrote:In Bingham’s defence, during that period of the match Selby was on 39 seconds and Bingo (undoubtedly dragged down to) 30.

He does have a bit of a point.

yea, of course that's what cost him the match. lmao.

Selby being salty in victory with Stu’s reaction

SnookerEd25 wrote:

mick745 wrote:Didnt sound like Virgo wanted Selby to win did it?

Course not. He’ll be on a flat fee, not paid by the hour.

mick745 wrote:I am so happy my boy Selby is back to try to win his fourth world title.

Great performance from 11-13 down.

And a superb safety shot on the green to ultimately win it it has to be said.

Dat snooker on the green

HappyCamper wrote:He was asked about slow play and said sometimes the frames went awkward with a red over a pocket so they both had to deal with, and there were a couple occasions like the three minute shot that bordered on gamesmanship. Which is pretty accurate.

Yep.

motorhead wrote:'Run of the ball' - what about the luck
@markjesterselby
got in the final frame not leaving the yellow, then green on. Utter nonsense, again after a semi final. Same last year when beaten by Ronnie

Good reply

What about the two flukes Bingham had in the frame? First of which helped him racked up loads of points and the second gave him safety initiative whilst ahead. It balanced out in that frame. Certainly not over the match.

Murphy you better bring your current form to the final. What is their H2H like?

I think Selby pulled the snake hiss for a time last night, but he was generally fine after the warning. Ultimately the better player went through. Bingham didn't really have an answer for some granite matchplay by Selby today.

Iranu wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:He was asked about slow play and said sometimes the frames went awkward with a red over a pocket so they both had to deal with, and there were a couple occasions like the three minute shot that bordered on gamesmanship. Which is pretty accurate.

Yep.

Yes, but he went on to say more, your synopsis cuts out before the more juicy bits.

mantorok wrote:Murphy you better bring your current form to the final. What is their H2H like?

23-22 for Shaun

I was surprised and disappointed by Wilson's capitulation despite supporting Murphy. That was a shocking end to the match for Wilson. Yes, Murphy was on fire the last 4-5 frames but to lose 12 of the last 13 frames is weird for a player so strong.

If Murphy tries a 147, this time the wall will not be lifted...

mick745 wrote:Didnt sound like Virgo wanted Selby to win did it?

Nor Parrott.

motorhead wrote:

mantorok wrote:Murphy you better bring your current form to the final. What is their H2H like?

23-22 for Shaun

Interesting. It’s going to be close isn’t it?

LDS wrote:

Iranu wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:He was asked about slow play and said sometimes the frames went awkward with a red over a pocket so they both had to deal with, and there were a couple occasions like the three minute shot that bordered on gamesmanship. Which is pretty accurate.

Yep.

Yes, but he went on to say more, your synopsis cuts out before the more juicy bits.

I’ve just listened to the Eurosport interview which is a lot more ‘problematic’.

Stu should have done a Ronnie when he was snookered. Hit and hope.

Luck evened out in the end. Luckily for Selby that he got the luck when he needed the most.

Didnt like the celebration before potting the blue. Over the top.

Hopefully Bingham will have had a laid bet - take the edge off the loss

Parrott is terrible at hiding his biases, a pretty stupid trait in a professional commentator. You can always tell when he’s choking on ashes.

If you’re Smurph how are you feeling bout this result? Gutted at not getting a chance to rewrite 2015? Happy you don’t have that one playing on your mind? Buzzing at the chance to pull top quality gurns while Selbo does his eighth slow lap of the table on his way to a scintillating 9?

Badsnookerplayer wrote:Hopefully Bingham will have had a laid bet - take the edge off the loss

Disgusting post