Red, Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink and Black. It's the General Snooker Thread!

[sigma]

The ****ing camera man zooming in what a ****

 

[Reuben klang]

Gratz man.

 

[chrismscotland]

Nice to see a new winner

 

[Merlin5]

Well done to both! Jak still gets a lot of kudos for doing so well and pocketing £250,000.

 

[Stu999]

Well done to both! Jak still gets a lot of kudos for doing so well and pocketing £250,000.

Not bad!

 

[sigma]

Hazel with the stupid questions

Still would tho

 

[sigma]

It's nice to see the passion from Kyren, makes a change from Ronnie saying he won but isn't happy.

 

[Stu999]

They’re getting the medals from the end of Return of the Jedi.

 

[chrismscotland]

Lovely scenes with his family

 

[UTmaniac]

Well done to both! Jak still gets a lot of kudos for doing so well and pocketing £250,000.

Plus he's in the top 16 for the start of next season!

 

[chrismscotland]

Folk going on as if Jak Jones is an unknown; he was in the quarter final last year!

 

[jaybee]

JJ made it a decent battle in the end but the quality of snooker possibly the worst of a final in a while.

 

[chrismscotland]

Bank Holiday Monday's wouldn't be the same without an evening finish at the World Snooker; I hope it stays in Sheffield

 

[el_dazza]

About 14 years ago, I was chatting to a friend that I used to play Counter-Strike with and somehow we ended up talking about snooker. He said he doesn't really follow it but his cousin was a pro player called Kyren Wilson, I said 'sorry, but I've never heard of him!' now he's world champion

 

[Kelt]

Bank Holiday Monday's wouldn't be the same without an evening finish at the World Snooker; I hope it stays in Sheffield

Zero chance of that happening.

 

[Reuben klang]

If it is, i’m backing Wilson to go out in the first round.

 

[Countcussy]

JJ made it a decent battle in the end but the quality of snooker possibly the worst of a final in a while.

This, 100%.

 

[jaybee]

Zero chance of that happening.

Zero chance of it staying at Sheffield?
It's being talked about quite a lot at the moment. Steve Davis did a film piece on it in one of the mid session intervals yesterday. One thing I would say, is that the people who want it to stay at the Crucible, tend to be the older players and ones that have had success there. Commentators etc. Newer/younger players obviously won't care as much. Stuart Bingham said "history doesn't pay the bills" for example. At the end of the day it is a business that has had its growth stunted by the crucible's small capacity. I personally think the two table format is a bit annoying anyway for both the crowd and players. I wouldn't miss that if it went.
Yes the history...but eventually things have to change.
Could they not expand the Crucible itself and then for a year or two, host it elsewhere?

 

[ic1male]

With the Riyadh Season branding on The Crucible electronic billboard things, I wouldn't be surprised if the Saudi's were gearing up to poach the contract in 2077. I think 50 years at The Crucible is a nice point to end it, if it's going to happen.

 

[jaybee]

With the Riyadh Season branding on The Crucible electronic billboard things, I wouldn't be surprised if the Saudi's were gearing up to poach the contract in 2077. I think 50 years at The Crucible is a nice point to end it, if it's going to happen.

2027 you mean?

I think the problem with if it goes to Saudi is that Brits just won't have access to it as easily so less Brits will go, which means it becomes more of a global event. This is fine when money and audience is the priority above all else, but it will lose its sense of Britishness. It will just become "another major" kind of event. Comparing to golf (which we seem to do a lot with snooker but hey) you have the Masters which is always at Augusta don't you...due to the tradition and history. It makes it feel special.