Pork Pie Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) It was a great shot. Getting a 147 is a lot more common now with the higher standard and there being so many tournaments, but that one was one of the best I've seen in a while. It's good to see Selby playing so well after struggling last season. Seeing as it's Selby vs Allen in the last 8 there's going to be at least one lower ranked player in the final. Jamie Jones is meant to be running the London Marathon this Sunday so if I was him I'd be doing all I can to reach the final and avoid doing the run. Edited September 30, 2022 by Pork Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I didn't get to watch it but Allen defeated Selby. He's massively favourite to win the tournament now. From what I've seen he's playing really good snooker. Robbie Williams won the other match to reach the last 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdogg Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, Pork Pie said: I didn't get to watch it but Allen defeated Selby. He's massively favourite to win the tournament now. From what I've seen he's playing really good snooker. Robbie Williams won the other match to reach the last 4. When he's snookered on the red He's loving angles instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Day vs. Williams was a pretty poor standard. I found it entertaining enough but neither player can be happy with how they played. Day was quite terrible but the difference between the two is Day has won finals and has the experience which was just enough to get him over the line. If Day doesnt play better tomorrow he'll be lucky not to lose 10-0 (assuming the final is best of 19) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted October 9, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2022 New record crowd with 9,000 sellout for the final of the Hong Kong Masters. Gutted Marco Fu didn't complete the fairytale against O'Sullivan but his 147 in the decider against Selby in the Semi's is a fantastic moment. Almost had to retire due to eye issues, now back to playing at a fantastic level. Full break is around on YouTube but listen to the roar for the last pots. 9,000 for snooker is just bonkers. More of this.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 9, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Fatty Facesitter said: Marco Fu  5 minutes ago, Fatty Facesitter said: Almost had to retire due to eye issues Is that why he had such a big watch, deteriorated eyesight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch2000 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Jimmy White - King of Endorsements    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Higgins/Page was a belter. The Northern Ireland tourny always has a few low key crackers. Great seeing Aaron Hill representing the Northside of Cork and all. His shirt sponser is the Supervalu I used to get my chicken fillet roles on many a morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I really enjoyed Trump vs Hill. Hill didn't look out of place at all and deserved his win. I'm a Judd Trump fan but he didn't do himself any favours in the post match interview. Basically said Hill didn't play that great and got lucky with some flukes. It must be hard to lose and then get a camera and microphone put infront of you so maybe he wasn't thinking clearly. As far as I'm concerned Hill was the better player and held himself together to be a deserved winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Another big name gone. David Grace beat Ronnie O'Sullivan. I don't believe O'Sullivan would ever go out to lose a match but towards the end he clearly felt he'd already lost and was playing a bit recklessly. But all the credit to Grace. He deserved to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 You can scratch your bingo card for "O'Sullivan says he doesn't care anymore and is sleepwalking through snooker" too. To be fair I can completely empathise at this stage with people who can't stand him. But clowning around like this will make it all the funnier when he winds up winning another world title next year. He's the Kevin Nash of snooker if Kevin Nash was still actually coming back and winning a belt every second WrestleMania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted October 23, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 23, 2022 The trick with Ronnie is to not ask him the same questions each tournament/each round. That's where he loses interest and bats them off. The key to Ronnie is to make him actually *think* about his answer. Case in point - during one of the first snooker tournaments I covered, he'd beaten one of the young Chinese contingent (it was either Zhou Yuelong or Tian Pengfei I think). It was a pretty comfortable win, but he did drop a couple of frames and his opponent picked up a century as a consolation. It was early on in the tournament I think. He batted off the usual questions he gets asked a million times: "How do you reflect on the match?" "What are your hopes for the tournament moving forward?" etc. As expected, he couldn't give a single, solitary shit. I took a different approach and asked about his opponent - despite his faults, he's actually quite complimentary about his opponents a lot of the time* - He gave him some modest praise and said he had a bright future. I pressed him further about who his style of play reminds him off - he then spoke for about three solid minutes in granular detail about how he reminded him of a young Paul Hunter, a young Ding Junhui, think there was even an Alex Higgins mention. He'd hate to admit it publicly, but he's a complete and utter snooker nerd. It's what makes him a top pundit for Eurosport. That's not to say he's not annoying - I've seen him be a total prick to people on multiple occasions. But I'm also amazed journalists don't mix it up with him more often. (*Apart from items like the brilliant line where he told Stephen Hendry to go back to his sad little life in Scotland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 It must get boring for the players answering the same questions over and over. It gets boring as a viewer. You know the answer before they've spoken. Mark Williams is always entertaining when asked questions. Mark Allen is having a good start to the season. He had a couple of close games but he felt like the winner all week. To come from 4-1 down to win the final 9-4 is good going. I like Allen. He's a good player and it's very rare to see him showing signs of pressure. Hopefully it'll be another season of mixed tournament winners. As much as we all love the class of 92 and the others at the top of the game it's time a new crop of young players started to pave way for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Ronnie is definitely winning another Worlds after that interview. Bloke can't help himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Winning a couple more world titles wouldn't surprise me with O'Sullivan. I'm sure he would have been happy to win the Northern Ireland Open and other such tournaments but is he really that inspired by them? World titles are the last big milestone for him. He says he's not bothered by numbers but he clearly loves a challenge and his last meaningful number is beating Hendrys record of 7 world titles. Despite being the greatest player ever O'Sullivan has never dominated one era like Joe Davis, Ray Reardon, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry all did. In some ways it makes it more impressive that O'Sullivan has stayed at the top for 30 years and the standard is so high now that maybe no one can dominate the game these days, but I'm pretty sure a few years ago he said he'd have rather been a winning machine in one era like Hendry. So as much as he plays it down I think he'll give it his all to reach 8 world titles if not more before he retires. It's a pretty big legacy to leave behind as I can't see anyone coming close for a long time. I'd love to see Selby add some more to his 4 world titles but who knows. There's so many good players and it's just one tournament that happens once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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