World Snooker Championship 2018

marc2003 · 3 May 2018 at 14:17

marc2003 said:
Time for Wilson to step up and knock Higgins out. A big ask....

Wilson is 3-0 down already, FFS. :mad:

Merlin5 · 4 May 2018 at 11:49

This morning's session was looking like going all Higgin's way at 7-4 but fortunately Wilson has just pulled it back to 7-5.

7-6 now.

Marsman · 4 May 2018 at 13:38

I get feeling that Kyren isn't going to take enough of the chances when they come his way. John didn't play great in that session and is 9-7 up.

If it does get to the nitty gritty of the match, John will keep it together much better than Kyren will.

Merlin5 · 4 May 2018 at 14:04

Marsman said:
I get feeling that Kyren isn't going to take enough of the chances when they come his way. John didn't play great in that session and is 9-7 up.

If it does get to the nitty gritty of the match, John will keep it together much better than Kyren will.

Oh, BBC2 must be showing the replay, I'm still at 8-6. I thought it was still live. That frame 14 was good. Neck and neck score, was looking like Wilson was about to even it out at 7-7. Each of them missing a vital pot and then came right down to just the black ball left on the table and safety shots to decide who would win the frame. Unfortunately it wasn't Wilson.

Marsman · 4 May 2018 at 14:38

Ugh, 'the hawk'. Stupid nickname.

On the subject of terrible things in snooker; the theme BBC have been using for the last however many years, is terrible. When they first changed it, I thought WTF have they done!

I miss the old classic theme.

Gerard · 4 May 2018 at 14:46

Its great to see bbc taking a cue from sky's football coverage and using slow mo camera footage for utterly useless things, Kyren Wilson tapping his cue on the table for example, got about 3 replays of that earlier.... :rolleyes:

Merlin5 · 4 May 2018 at 15:41

Marsman said:
the theme BBC have been using for the last however many years, is terrible. When they first changed it, I thought WTF have they done!

I miss the old classic theme.

Have some nostalgia on me.

'Drag Racer' by the Douglas Wood Group, 1982

And remember this one?

Merlin5 · 4 May 2018 at 17:26

9-7 now to Hawkins.

I wonder why the rest of the world doesn't show much interest in snooker. This is almost another UK championship. Out of thirty two starting players, 25 of them are from the UK & N.I, the remaining seven are 3 from China, 1 from Thailand, 1 from Belgium and 1 from Oz. Hardly any europeans and no canadians (remember Cliff Thorburn). I don't expect the USA because they have their beloved Pool but it would be interesting to see americans in the mix.

16 England
4 Wales
4 Scotland
1 Northern Ireland

3 China
1 Hong kong
1 Thailand
1 Australia
1 Belgium

sityeuropa · 5 May 2018 at 18:08

Can't believe that match fixer is in the final again.

"You don't even have to make a mistake". If he was fearing for his life I doubt he would be so willing to defend the potential success of it all.

What did he do at 4:38.

el_dazza · 5 May 2018 at 19:43

That shot from Williams :eek:

marc2003 · 5 May 2018 at 20:25

Is that Higgins coughing in the audience?

sityeuropa · 5 May 2018 at 20:31

marc2003 said:
Is that Higgins coughing in the audience?

Definitely seems strategic on Williams

marc2003 · 5 May 2018 at 20:42

WTF is going on?

I honestly can't remember seeing any miscues in previous years. There have been loads this year.

Bubo · 5 May 2018 at 21:03

Ronnie O'Sullivan currently commentating on the Hawkins/Williams match on Eurosport and it is very reminiscent of this

marc2003 · 5 May 2018 at 22:18

What a positional shot from Bazza.... then he misses an easy red.

el_dazza · 5 May 2018 at 22:22

sityeuropa said:
Can't believe that match fixer is in the final again.

"You don't even have to make a mistake". If he was fearing for his life I doubt he would be so willing to defend the potential success of it all.

What did he do at 4:38.

You mean the same thing Hawkins has just done on the red? So tough to make those without it being a push shot you know.

marc2003 · 5 May 2018 at 23:54

Can't believe Bazza lost that after leading pretty much the whole match. Still, well done to Williams.... but I don't really fancy his chances against Higgins. Obviously I don't want Higgins to win but I think it's kind of inevitable.

UTmaniac · 6 May 2018 at 00:01

Grandad final it is :eek:

Merlin5 · 6 May 2018 at 01:16

marc2003 said:
Can't believe Bazza lost that after leading pretty much the whole match. Still, well done to Williams.... but I don't really fancy his chances against Higgins. Obviously I don't want Higgins to win but I think it's kind of inevitable.

I wouldn't bet on it tbh. We both thought Hawkins had it in the bag but he lost. Williams could well surprise us and beat Higgins. By the way, I don't believe Higgins is the bad match fixing person we've been led to believe.
He was set up and he only went along with it because he feared he was up against russian mafia. Let's face it, why would a 4 time champion already a multi millionaire need to potentially ruin his reputation and career for £300K. It's not like he needed the money.

Skorpion · 6 May 2018 at 08:50

Good mental strength and experience by Mark Williams to turn that match around.

Well played.