World Snooker Championship 2019

robfosters · 19 Apr 2019 at 20:38

The big one starts tomorrow. Looking forward to two whole weeks of glorious snooker. Would love another Ronnie win, but he seems to be struggling with very long tournaments like the worlds over the past few years, so can’t see it unfortunately.

My fancy is Neil Robertson. He’s had a great season and would have won a lot more biggies if it weren’t for Ronnie. He looked supreme in the China open recently. Definitely a runner.

Can’t see Selby and Trump winning. Bingham been solid this season.

Possible first round upsets could see Higgins go out to Mark Davis, Murphy to Honghao, Ding to McGill and I think Gould has got a good chance against the defending champ, Williams. First round draw here http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/14071/betfred-world-championship-2019

Whatever happens, it should be a great two weeks action!

robfosters · 19 Apr 2019 at 23:15

Have to disagree about Ding. Don’t think he has a world championship in him.

robfosters · 20 Apr 2019 at 17:29

Poor Michael Georgiou’s getting an absolute tonking here. Probably gonna be a 10-0 whitewash.

Robertson is looking absolutely top notch. Middle of the pocket with everything.

robfosters · 20 Apr 2019 at 18:06

Holst1981 said:
Seems a bit cruel to make Georgiou come back for the final frame tomorrow night.

There was only one game scheduled tomorrow night. If they’ve only sold tickets for the active table, then at least no one will be there to watch the formality.

robfosters · 22 Apr 2019 at 21:34

Selby fought back, but it’s a nail biter, 7 a piece. Best of 3.

robfosters · 22 Apr 2019 at 22:07

Holst1981 said:
Best match I've watched so far.

Zhao is playing well but he needs to cut out the casual mistakes if he is going to stand a chance.

Yeah, Selby isn’t winning this, Zhao’s losing it.

robfosters · 22 Apr 2019 at 22:23

Zhao must need to stand 10 feet away from the urinal to hit it!

And that’s why Selby wins world championships. The ultimate matchplay grinder. The modern day Thorburn.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 10:06

Come on Ronnie, let’s get going. No more time for mucking about.

Is it me or is the HD picture on Eurosport miles better than the BBC2 feed? BBC looks almost SD in comparison.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 10:48

Ronnie in real danger! Get your act together ffs, playing like a doughnut.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 11:10

Ronnie’s gone. Struggling mentally.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 11:30

I’m done with this tournament unless they sort the pockets out.

Making a mockery of the sport.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 12:07

This is more like it Ronald.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 12:34

Pigeon_Killer said:
That's just the sign of the times and how much better players are these days.

Don't think Alex Higgins got more than 100 centuries and everyone knows how highly regarded he was.

What's wrong with the pockets this year? Rob mentioned it above but this is the first session I've watched.

They’re total buckets. Pots going in which never should. Yet they’ll go on about record number of centuries showing the quality of player when in fact, it’s the pockets that are causing it. Taking a large element of skill out of the game.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 12:42

Well that’s the tournament ruined lol

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 13:20

Double07 said:
Love to see you make more than 8 on the tables.

I would actually, I’m a good snooker and pool player. Been playing for 30 years.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 13:44

Double07 said:
I've played chess since I was 4, doub't I'd last more than 8 or 9 moves against Magnus Carlsen. Calling them buckets is just silly, you are watching them on TV ffs!

Look at Dott right now, can't hit a bag and he would wipe the floor with 99% of people.

The fact is pots are dropping which just shouldn’t be dropping on a world championship table. The pockets are much more receptive than they should be.

robfosters · 23 Apr 2019 at 17:31

Marsman said:
I was expecting to see more posts from people saying that they aren't interested in watching the snooker now that Ronnie is out. Either snooker is that bad that one player is the difference between watching it or not; or those people aren't really fans of the game..

Ray Reardon only got 53 century breaks and he was 6 times world champion.

No, I’m only jesting tbh, I’ll still watch as much as I possibly can.

Trumps in trouble now. I’m telling you, this is Robbo’s year. Bingham worth an E/W flutter at 10/1.

robfosters · 24 Apr 2019 at 12:05

Uh-Nooh has been his own worst enemy this morning. So many silly mistakes have virtually handed Trump victory.

robfosters · 26 Apr 2019 at 20:48

Blimey, I hope Mark Williams is ok. He’s been taken to hospital with chest pains

robfosters · 27 Apr 2019 at 18:31

Man, this is what the crucibles all about. Tense stuff here!