Cazoo British Open Last 64 and Heldover Last 128 !!!

come on Higgins

The commentators really don't think beyond the stats (via Cuetracker). The reason Yuan Sijun dropped off tour was because he didn't hit a ball for 6 months during the 2020 lockdown.

Maxi alert!

SnookerFan wrote:

McManusFan wrote:Maxi alert!

Oooh, from who?

Higgins. 57 so far.

Juddernaut88 wrote:Higgins misses the black on 65. Now can Yuan steal this? Just 1 awkward red to negotiate.

buck! Ken sounds gutted.

SnookerFan wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:The commentators really don't think beyond the stats (via Cuetracker). The reason Yuan Sijun dropped off tour was because he didn't hit a ball for 6 months during the 2020 lockdown.

Yates.

Well, Doherty as well. Yesterday, Hendon and McManus were really slamming Bai Langning. But Bai only returned from China last week, his luggage was lost and he was playing with a borrowed cue. I do think the commentators should know a bit more about the players' situations.

Cruel steal from Yuan. Well played. Hope we get four quick tons from Higgins now.

lhpirnie wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:The commentators really don't think beyond the stats (via Cuetracker). The reason Yuan Sijun dropped off tour was because he didn't hit a ball for 6 months during the 2020 lockdown.

Yates.

Well, Doherty as well. Yesterday, Hendon and McManus were really slamming Bai Langning. But Bai only returned from China last week, his luggage was lost and he was playing with a borrowed cue. I do think the commentators should know a bit more about the players' situations.

I think part of the problem with the above is that particularly the former player commentators are going to get most of their backstage info from talking to the players (you’d expect Hendon and Yates to have other channels and do better) but how much of a relationship do they have with young Chinese players? How much do those players want to converse with say Angles, and how much of an effort does Angles make to cultivate a friendship? Does language barrier play a part in that?

I don’t recall Hendon and McManus particularly slamming Bai any more than they would criticise any other player playing the way he was. But if he was playing under those conditions then that changes the complexion of his performance completely.

Come on Mark

Iranu wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:The commentators really don't think beyond the stats (via Cuetracker). The reason Yuan Sijun dropped off tour was because he didn't hit a ball for 6 months during the 2020 lockdown.

Yates.

Well, Doherty as well. Yesterday, Hendon and McManus were really slamming Bai Langning. But Bai only returned from China last week, his luggage was lost and he was playing with a borrowed cue. I do think the commentators should know a bit more about the players' situations.

I think part of the problem with the above is that particularly the former player commentators are going to get most of their backstage info from talking to the players (you’d expect Hendon and Yates to have other channels and do better) but how much of a relationship do they have with young Chinese players? How much do those players want to converse with say Angles, and how much of an effort does Angles make to cultivate a friendship? Does language barrier play a part in that?

I don’t recall Hendon and McManus particularly slamming Bai any more than they would criticise any other player playing the way he was. But if he was playing under those conditions then that changes the complexion of his performance completely.

I think the issue is more with the producers. It should be someone's job to do this research.

McManusFan wrote:I think the issue is more with the producers. It should be someone's job to do this research.

Yep that’s a great point.