World Snooker Championship 2016

marc2003 · 29 Apr 2016 at 12:56

McManus with yet another century. What a session. :eek:

MooMoo444 · 29 Apr 2016 at 12:59

McManus showing he's still got it. Nice fightback.

Gerard · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:09

Has anyone figured out why the crowd applaud players coming back from the bog? Well done on that dump, we can smell it from here.

arc@css · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:09

Wow, the last time I saw the score McManus was 9-5 down (9-3 before that). That's my boy. :cool:

Sliver · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:10

Gerard said:
Has anyone figured out why the crowd applaud players coming back from the bog? Well done on that dump, we can smell it from here.

Just showing appreciation for a well sunk brown.

Gerard · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:11

Sliver said:
Just showing appreciation for a well placed brown.

Sliver · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:18

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MooMoo444 · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:18

Sliver said:
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Quoted post.

Nice high break from Ding there.

wildman · 29 Apr 2016 at 13:20

marc2003 said:
Ah yes, the Jester from Leicester. Given he is the complete antithesis of being an entertainer, I can only assume he wants to known as a fool.

either that or he has got a bell stuck up his bum that rings each time he moves ?

Sliver · 29 Apr 2016 at 15:58

Lovely 135 from Marco. 7-5 to Selby now.

C'mon Marco !

Sliver · 29 Apr 2016 at 16:56

7-7 now.

Shaping up nicely now for a nail biter final session.

scrivz69 · 29 Apr 2016 at 17:04

I cannot believe his tip fell off.

Sliver · 29 Apr 2016 at 17:07

Marco Fu's tip just came off his cue.

Never seen this happen before on live TV. This could seriously mess up Marco's game. Game stopped while they fix it, but I wonder how this will affect Marco now.

cheesyboy · 29 Apr 2016 at 17:11

He's bang in trouble. New tip was one of the reasons Mark Williams was so crap against Ding - he reckoned it takes him a week to get used to a new one.

ic1male · 29 Apr 2016 at 17:21

cheesyboy said:
He's bang in trouble.

Maybe not...

Sliver · 29 Apr 2016 at 17:33

8-8. All even then. Hopefully Marco can mop up tomorrow.

Gerard · 29 Apr 2016 at 21:06

cheesyboy said:
He's bang in trouble. New tip was one of the reasons Mark Williams was so crap against Ding - he reckoned it takes him a week to get used to a new one.

Pro snooker players really love to exaggerate things like that, used to be players would say it took them a year to get used to a cue as well, these days players swap and change cues quite a bit.

Stretch · 30 Apr 2016 at 00:34

What do people think about the pocket size debate. Most of the old pros seem sure they are bigger than normal, and I have to say I agree with them. They look embarrassingly huge.

robfosters · 30 Apr 2016 at 00:36

Stretch said:
What do people think about the pocket size debate. Most of the old pros seem sure they are bigger than normal, and I have to say I agree with them. They look embarrassingly huge.

Some of the shots I've seen go in are ridiculous, But Barry Hearn who runs snooker and darts asked Unicorn to widen their trebles and doubles so you would get more 180's and big outshots in darts. Wouldn't surprise me if he's done the same here.

Stretch · 30 Apr 2016 at 00:59

robfosters said:
Some of the shots I've seen go in are ridiculous, But Barry Hearn who runs snooker and darts asked Unicorn to widen their trebles and doubles so you would get more 180's and big outshots in darts. Wouldn't surprise me if he's done the same here.

But in the words of JFK.

we do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard

the whole point of snooker is the table is big, and the pockets are small.

If it's true, it's a bad move imo. There were plenty of centuries/147s already. It makes the overall spectacle fare less impressive if you cheapen the game,