― The Horse of Babylon's Butler (the pirate king), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)
Hmm, but wanting Stephen Lee to lose would mean wanting Crazy Eyes Edbon to win.
Alan McManus should have "nearly man" on his waistcoat. Umpteen years in the top 16 despite being Not Very Good.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)
Yeah, but I really, really don't like Stephen Lee very much. I'm not quite sure why, he just seems like such a stunningly joyless man. This impression may have been augmented by the 'Stephen Lee Snooker Skills Challenge' video on the BBC website, though.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)
This is pissing me off! I want to watch this! How do they determine UK users, by IP address?
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)
John Virgo just said that McManus has potted 26 out of 26 rest shots so far, which is very impressive. McManus 11-11 Doherty, Higgins 4-4 Murphy.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)
How do I fake a UK ip address?
― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)
some good matches so far but nothing quite close enough to the drama of ronnie vs maguire in the first round...
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 24 April 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 25 April 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)
Ronnie O'Sullivan - Peter EbdonShaun Murphy - Steve DavisStephen Hendry - Matthew StevensAlan McManus - Ian McCulloch
You suspect it's gonna be a Ronnie-Hendry final, but the way things have gone so far this does actually look a bit open...
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)
I would love it if Steve Davis went all the way, but I've been eating red meat too and I'm not likely to; however, Shaun Murphy looks pretty handy too. Could be quite exciting.
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)
hoping for a stevens-sullivan final: wouldn't know who I'd want to win if that happened.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 09:39 (twenty years ago)
Most of my heart is with Davis (for old times sake), but my head says O'Sullivan or Stevens.
― Guilty Boksen (Bro_Danielson), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)
O'Sullivan: 4/5Stevens: 5/1Hendry: 9/1Murphy: 11/1McCulloch: 18/1Ebdon: 25/1McManus: 45/1Davis: 200/1
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)
Elsewhere, Murphy beat Davis 13-4, and Stevens beat Hendry 13-11.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)
― KeefW (kmw), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)
Five minutes for a break of 12.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)
RONNIE'S BUSTED WIDE OPEN!
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 30 April 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 30 April 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 1 May 2005 08:00 (twenty years ago)
but anyway, I thought the last frame of the mcculloch-stevens semi-final is a gd indication as to how the final might go. stevens playing tight and forcing his opponent into mistakes, with stevens potting the long red offered, and potting every single time. Murphy is a great potter but his tactical game isn't quite good enough right now. Stevens has been a great match player and as long as his nerve holds he'll win.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 1 May 2005 08:30 (twenty years ago)
― RickyT (RickyT), Sunday, 1 May 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)