World Snooker Championship 2024

[mikeyboy]

World Snooker started yesterday at Crucible  ,  and already a couple of big guns out .

Neil Robertson after an average season , dropped out of the Worlds top 16  and failed to Qualify ,   Luca Brecel last years winner beaten in first road 10-9 .

Selby Higgins O'Sullivan Allen Trump and Williams all in with a chance , add Kyren and Gary Wilson .   Four Chinese players including Ding Junhui there , but no banned Yan Bintao .

Anyone could win ,  I'll go for Mark Selby and Mark Williams to go far ...   

Mikeyboy

 

 

[jocky king]

Was going to open this thread now til I find yours uo already … Thanks Mike . 
 

Crucible curse strikes again , the champion  go out on the first round . Remember Steve Davis went out 1-10 to Tony Knowles … Gilbert fought back from 6-9 to win … I think the pockets is not generous there ? 
 

Backed Selby & Allen to win the World Snooker Championship but hoping for Rocket to win it … tough match for him on Wednesday with Page of Wales . 
 

Strange to see snooker without Neil Robertson whom he got knocked out by Jones of Wales last Wednesday or Thursday… 

[BigLicks]

I have a fiver @11/1 on my fellow countryman Mark Williams, he's on form, buzzin with confidence and has the best temperament thats ever been seen I think!....but!! can Ronnie ever be ignored? the best player that has ever played the game...

I will be in Pattaya for the duration of the tournament, looking forward to some "quiet" nights watching it.

Edited April 21 by BigLicks
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[mikeyboy]

Joe O'Connor 6 - 2 up on Mark Selby  .  Doesn't look Fazed at all .  

Selby has been very inconsistent this season , and said if he didn't improve his play here he would seriously think about giving up .    Retirement is something Ronnie has threatened every week for the last ten years  , but he is still playing and has the game to win an 8th world title .   

 

 

 

[jocky king]

Jak Jones beat highly rated Chinese Zhang 10-4 , he will be a dark horse after beating Neil Robertson 10-9 last week … Selby losing 2-7 at the moment with 1 frame to go . Never write off Selby , O Connor from England??? An Irish name 555

[jocky king]

3 top seed gone , Carter , Brecel and Selby …  O Connor kept his cooL to dash Selby hopes of  a come back .. they are practicing partners at Leicester snooker hall .. 
 

Bingham should have 7-2 up with a last easy black missed , Gary playing terrible will be grateful for 6-3 down .

[mikeyboy]

1 hour ago, jocky king said:

3 top seed gone , Carter , Brecel and Selby …  O Connor kept his cooL to dash Selby hopes of  a come back .. they are practicing partners at Leicester snooker hall .. 
 

Bingham should have 7-2 up with a last easy black missed , Gary playing terrible will be grateful for 6-3 down .

That last easy black that Stuart Bingham missed !  The stuff of nightmares ..

Mark Selby said he needs some help on the mental side of his game , his ability is obvious .  Said he will decide in the Summer whether to continue playing or not .  

 

[jocky king]

Last four days , I see many missed the left pocket on the bottom of your tv screen … very tight pocket I presume , bit like the one on the first table at double kiss third rd , do you agree Mike ? 

[BigLicks]

2 hours ago, jocky king said:

Last four days , I see many missed the left pocket on the bottom of your tv screen … very tight pocket I presume , bit like the one on the first table at double kiss third rd , do you agree Mike ? 

Sure all pockets are identical,  it must be the angle of the dangle that is causing the problems...I see Mark Williams has a lot of work to do to stay in the race, if anyone can do it...he can!

Edited April 23 by BigLicks
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[Ziplee]

Wow, the finals are going to look a lot different, this year.

[mikeyboy]

3 hours ago, jocky king said:

Last four days , I see many missed the left pocket on the bottom of your tv screen … very tight pocket I presume , bit like the one on the first table at double kiss third rd , do you agree Mike ? 

I must admit the pockets at the Crucible have looked very generous for quite a number of years .  The jaw cut on them seem to allow a lot of balls drop that wouldn't drop at local club tables .  

Double Kiss 3rd road pockets are ridiculously tight .   

Interesting that Ding Junhui in i think the third frame, hit a black so hard it bounced before hitting the leather at the back of the pocket and came back out on the table ...

Mikeyboy

[fostraswift]

mark Williams 9-7 down, in real trouble

I like Si Jiahui

i think we could have a new winner this year

trump and ronnie fav, but anything can happen

[jocky king]

Chinese Si nerves is gone , can’t see him win the decider over the experience Williams … he can spell his blood right now … 

[jocky king]

Mark Williams is gone , 6th of 16 Top Seed players out …  Not over yet . 

[Yogi007]

48 minutes ago, jocky king said:

Chinese Si nerves is gone , can’t see him win the decider over the experience Williams … he can spell his blood right now … 

Didn’t enjoy the Williams antics. Well within rules but Si is just a kid. 

[mikeyboy]

12 hours ago, Yogi007 said:

Didn’t enjoy the Williams antics. Well within rules but Si is just a kid. 

I must have missed that ,  what happened ?

Never seen Mark Williams try anything on .    The only time i'm seen him other than placid is when he was getting kicks from the cue ball , something that thankfully rarely happens now. 

Mikeyboy

[Yogi007]

26 minutes ago, mikeyboy said:

I must have missed that ,  what happened ?

Never seen Mark Williams try anything on .    The only time i'm seen him other than placid is when he was getting kicks from the cue ball , something that thankfully rarely happens now. 

Mikeyboy

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27497049/moment-mark-williams-cue-fan-crowd-world-snooker-championship/amp/
 

[mikeyboy]

7 minutes ago, Yogi007 said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27497049/moment-mark-williams-cue-fan-crowd-world-snooker-championship/amp/
 

Thanks for Link , i did miss that .

Well , my two picks for having a decent run this year have already gone out , Mark Williams and Mark Selby . 

Both played very average matches against Players they would generally beat most times  .   Shows that just being off top form in just one session is enough to be dumped out in Selby's case .   

Mikeyboy

[Yogi007]

13 minutes ago, mikeyboy said:

Thanks for Link , i did miss that .

Well , my two picks for having a decent run this year have already gone out , Mark Williams and Mark Selby . 

Both played very average matches against Players they would generally beat most times  .   Shows that just being off top form in just one session is enough to be dumped out in Selby's case .   

Mikeyboy

My least favourite player is Ali Carter, he is such a weirdo. Players sit so close to each other at the crucible and he was constantly trying to make eye contact with his opponent every time he came off the table.

I do like the chinese players, they just get on with it, no complaints, no hassle and are so calm and collected. 

Edited April 24 by Yogi007

[mikeyboy]

Robert Milkins scraped through 10/9 against the Chinese kid Pang , in what was a nervy 1st round match of very poor quality .    Milkins was trying to up the tempo of the game because of Pang's very deliberate play,  and played some shots without much thought going int it .   Pang at times was playing obviously wrong shots as the commentary team noted  .

I watched a fair amount of this match as i had a financial interest in Milkins winning .  Can't see him winning next time out  playing like that . 

Mikeyboy

 

[Yogi007]

I met Jimmy White at a bar in Darkside 2022. 1000 baht for a game with Jimmy. Blacked out my face as my visit to Thailand was when I was supposed to be on a “business trip” 😆😆

[mikeyboy]

Used to drink in the same pub / pubs as Jimmy back in the 80's .    He was already a big name player , but you would not know it .

Just a good hearted regular guy out on the booze .  

[beethoven]

hi

Williams said some 'curious' things after his defeat? something about might not see me here again?

I gather he is making money playing pool in China?  With Arabic and Chinese money floating around could be only a matter of time before the World champs moves to a large venue, money talks!

With all those seeds already out the tournament is really opening up, Trump to win it for me!

Cheers Beet

[Ziplee]

Ronnie is solid... so far.

[gmoule]

Hoping Jamie Jones turns it up against Higgins 2moro only 1 frame in it, we were in school together he's a proper decent guy tbf

Edited April 24 by gmoule