Paid Members Gus Mears Posted April 12, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2023 Good combo of olf duffers and Young Chinese Players getting through so far. Hoping for Hamilton and Perry to round off the former contingent. Obviously, you never know how a debutant will react to the Crucible, but Wu Yize is one I enjoy watching a lot, can blow folks away on his day even though he's 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Easy day for Day. He went 4-0 up and then Scott Donaldson pulled out of the match due to a tremor. Day also made a break of 146 which gives him a very good chance of getting the £15,000 high break prize. With his form in recent years I was expecting him to be struggling to keep his place on the tour but what a season he's having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted April 12, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2023 Spare a thought for Mark Davis - on the tour since 1991 and needing to reach the Crucible to keep his pro status. He’s in the balls and just needs the pink to do so… Fucking hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 What a cruel way to go out and off the tour. I felt bad for both of them as it can't have been nice for Perry either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I was watching the Perry / Davis match as it was happening and to see that pink missed was heartbreaking. Perry commented on the post match interview that he felt physically sick to finish the match and knock his friend off the tour. Can well believe that. Fingers crossed Davis can make it through Q School now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted April 13, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Some tasty matches in the first round - Ronnie vs Junxu could be quite decent and although Ronaldo will be the red hot favourite, the kid is no slouch. Some really, really tough matches to call. EDIT - Draw for the #BigOne Ronnie O'Sullivan v Pang JunxuDing Junhui v Hossein VafaeiLuca Brecel v Ricky WaldenMark Williams v Jimmy RobertsonJudd Trump v Anthony McGillJack Lisowski v Noppon SaengkhamRobert Milkins v Joe PerryShaun Murphy v Si JiahuiMark Allen v Fan ZhengyiStuart Bingham v David GilbertAli Carter v Jak JonesNeil Robertson v Wu YizeKyren Wilson v Ryan DayJohn Higgins v David GraceGary Wilson v Elliot SlessorMark Selby v Matthew Selt  Edited April 13, 2023 by Fatty Facesitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted April 13, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2023 Ding vs Vafaei in the first round makes me very sad. Connoisseurs favourite of the round (well, mine) is Milkins vs Joe Perry, love both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Wishing Mark Selby a 10-0 win in round one. No idea why I despise Matt Selt so much, just do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted April 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 14, 2023  Cheer up lads. It’s the Worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted April 14, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 14, 2023 Absolutely gutted not to be there covering it this year - really missing the buzz of the media day and seeing all the old faces. Looking at some of the behind the scenes snaps it looks like more media than ever have packed in for this year - that’s lovely to see even if I’m absolutely seething with the worst kind of FOMO and professional jealousy. Next year, going to launch a crowdfunder to attend as UKFF’s official correspondent. Or if I can kip at someone’s gaff in Sheffield I’ll do it for free. Or for sexual favours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Kyren Wilson appears to be the only one who knew a photo was being a taken. It also looks like Murphy wants to murder him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted April 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 14, 2023 Shaun Murphy also looks like a Bobs Burgers character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 44 minutes ago, TheBurningRed said:  Cheer up lads. It’s the Worlds. Mark Allen's shoes!!! Hope he goes out round 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted April 14, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, Pork Pie said: Kyren Wilson appears to be the only one who knew a photo was being a taken. It also looks like Murphy wants to murder him. This reminds me of Smurph’s last run to the final because they’ve got previous - if you recall, Murphy started off behind in their match but pulled it back towards the end of a session and start fist pumping and celebrating with the crowd to get under Wilson’s skin. It worked and he went on to win the match. He then absolutely mullered him in the press conference afterwards saying how some players forget that this isn’t just sport, but it’s theatre and they have a duty to perform for the crowd. Can’t remember the exact quotes but essentially tried to say he was soft as shite. I totally forgot that his round one opponent is the same chap that beat him at the UK a couple of years back and he went on that massive rant about how it was unfair playing against amateurs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Happy Crucible Day to all those that celebrate! Here's to two weeks of the absolute best sporting competition of the year. Couple of decent articles from The Guardian that I've just read. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/14/ronnie-osullivan-focuses-on-being-calm-before-world-championship https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/09/snooker-world-championship-crucible-sheffield-john-parris-cues The latter about cue making was so interesting. May the balls go in easy and the wrist actions be smooth (FNAR FNAR) Oh, and as always, I wish diarrhoea on anyone that shouts "Go on Ronnie!!!" in really quiet moments. You are the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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