Fatty Facesitter's Snooker Loopy thread

[Gus Mears]

Anthony McGill's new beard is a crime against humanity.

[The Gaffer]

Ding and Williams spent more time on the green last night than I did for most my twenties, and it was wonderful:

Sum the sport up in a photo:

[Gus Mears]

Much like November next year, I'll accept anything other than a Trump win.

Handsome Hoss vs Ronnie II - here's hoping to it going closer this time than at thr Crucible.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Gus Mears

[Pork Pie]

I've really enjoyed the tournament so far. There's been some very entertaining matches. 

Trump is on another level at the moment and is the clear favourite but I would love to see the beautiful Vafaei win. There's no one I wouldn't want to see winning it. Ding looked really solid against Williams last night but it's hard to imagine Trump not getting to the final. Trump vs O'Sullivan would be special.

But overall I'm team Vafaei.

[hallicks]

I quite enjoyed Ronnie’s post match interview. 26 minutes in:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001t1z8

[Loki]

Cracking match last night, Ding cracking a bit a smile during it was treated like a sighting of Father Christmas by the commentators.  Sets up a very tasty final!

[Gus Mears]

Enjoyable tournament overall, particularly as we got towards the latter stages. You run out of superlatives for O'Sullivan, there's nothing I can add which wasn't said on commentary yesterday.

And now to the Shoot Out. So a few days off watching for me.

[Loki]

It's been a while since I spent a whole day watching snooker, so it was good it was a decent game.  Ding seems to be having some issues with his technique that I hope doesn't develop into a bigger thing because I do love watching him play.

30 years since Ronnie first won the tournament.  It's weird how your perception of age changes.  When I was very young, it felt like (pre-Davis) all snooker players were old men.  Now it seems Ronnie at 47 is one of the oldest players to compete at this level.  That's my age!!

[Just Some Guy]

Shaun Murphy's maximum at the Shootout was a thing of beauty.

[The Gaffer]

Yeah, really impressive given the format:

Christ, is it always like this with the crowd though? I assume it is since even with a 147 attempt here you have endless background chatter and all the failed comedians doing snooker's version of shouting clever things during the silence in wrestler's promos. Not a fan of the players dressing like they patrol the pit during kid's laser tag birthdays either. 

It's not Proper Snooker, this. 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Gay as FOOK

[Just Some Guy]

It was a stupid bit of fun at first but making it a ranking event has made any real snooker fan hate it.

I'd have liked to see it played with the due reverence afforded to other tournaments (possibly as  real best of 9's with each frame under these rules).

[Gus Mears]

Masters starting today for anyone who has forgotten. Some tasty matches in the first round - Ronnie vs Ding rematch tomorrow probably the highlight.

[Loki]

Was just in the process of posting the same - Masters Snooker is on!

[Gus Mears]

I'm gutted they've stopped zooming in on Peter Ebdon in the crowd during Lisowski's matches, like Lisowski is the Undertaker and Ebdon is the urn. There was a 18 month spell where Jack couldn't go down for a shot without them either A. panning the camera to Ebdon, sitting there looking like Dominic Cummings and scribbling something in a notebook or B. mentioning that he was mentoring him and how that must be good for his game (fat lot of good it's done).

Anyway, I hope when I make it big I go to seed like Brecel. He's approached the season following his World Champs win like I would in the office the Monday after winning the lottery. Legend.

Edited January 7, 2024 by Gus Mears

[Loki]

Ronnie looks absolutely unbeatable at the moment, scary form.