:-) A comeback of Murphy would've been great alone because of the commentary.
"Could this be his final time at the table?""Is this miss his last bid in this final?"
I must say though that I've been without a tv set for three years, and finally was able to catch up this year on the BBC snooker coverage. I think Doherty is a valuable addition to the commentary team. My only hope now is that Virgo quits the bizz, can't stand the guy.
― Krapp's lesser-known First Tape (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 4 May 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
bbc changed it
But he had done more than enough and is now the oldest Crucible champion since Dennis Taylor triumphed at the age of 36 in 1985 against Steve Davis, with Higgins turning 34 on 18 May.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i once walked by Higgins on Sauchiehall street outside Greggs.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Monday, 4 May 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Better than Paddy McGuinness I suppose
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Good Celtic fan, the Higgins
― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
so the bbc stats guy kept reminding everyone.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
do you think Paddy McGuinness might like Celtic?
Hazel's on maternity leave, btw.
― Venga, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
IN-CRUCIBLEILX mole bHigs up live snooker experiencenot using capitals in email for some reason
1. it was an excellent experience. i loved it. it was amazing to see people doing something they are really good at up close. one gets a great view of the table from the front 3 rows. the last frame i attended on friday night i went up the back before sneaking out to get my train and the view was fine from there too/ id say the front was better though. id definitely be up for going back next year - this time for the final
2. i had headphones with bbc commentary. that's the reason why the commentators always say that "the crowd here at the crucible are so knowledgeable" when they are clapping as they are all following the same expert commentary the crowd at home are!
3. the only time i was distracted was in the afternoon and evening sessions on the friday when an absolute beauty of a girl was in my line of vision. it must have been very distracting for allen - that's probably why he crumbled as the girl was also in his line of vision.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, that's nice reporting there - its actually the one sporting venue (apart from Wimbledon, which I went to a couple of years ago) that I would really really love to visit. Must try to do it next year.
As to point 2. - actually having watched loads of snooker pre-headphone era the crowd would applaud and recognize 95% of what the commentary did recognize as great tactical shots. What has changed is that now, if the commentators say something funny the crowd will laugh and this can provoke the ref to tell the crowd to 'settle down'.
3. So that's how Higgins did it! That's also one of the delights of watching snooker, the same cute girl coming up again and again in a particular line of vision/angle.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
World Series Of Snooker (Portugal) :
Jimmy White just lost to Luca Brecel (14 years old)
http://www.theworldseriesofsnooker.com/default.asp
Jimmy White 3 Luca Brecel 4
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
waht
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
White'll still win his "Group 2" probably, next round he's playing Ken Doherty (I think. Don't quite understand this tournament yet)
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
One of the BBC pundits had Brecel in his "who'll be in the top 10 in 5 years" prediction too, IIRC
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
(it's on Eurosport, but I can't bear to watch it, their main camera position has the table looking like a perfect square instead of a snooker table)
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
o_O
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
He'll be disappointed about that, Louis. I just looked up the lad, and google rewarded me with the magnificent sentence: 'Belgisch forum voor snookerfreaks'
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
He's the current under 19 European champion, but that's not on his Wikipedia page yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Brecel
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL @ link to "Belgian Snooker Players" - but he's not on that list of 2
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
obvious choker imo
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, this is just until he discovers girls. :-)
― StanM, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Alain Robidoux slid rapidly down the rankings in subsequent years, partly as a result of losing his favourite cue, which he referred to as the "Eel"; he returned it to its maker - an elderly craftsman in Canada - for repairs, but the craftsman smashed the cue into pieces and sent the remains back to Robidoux, reportedly taking offence because both the cue and the cue-case had a logo for 'Riley', a leading UK cue manufacturer
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 May 2009 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
looooooooooool thats some kill bill shit
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
also, the fukin sauce of it:
― sorry for british (country matters), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Luca Brecel just beat Ken Doherty, to play against Graeme Dott next
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"just" = yesterday (don't know where to get real time info about this, only found out from a Belgian news site)
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:50 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.hbvl.be/imgpath/assets_img_gvl/2009/05/09/458301/luca-brecel-te-sterk-voor-legende-jimmy-white-en-ex-wereldkampioen-ken-doherty_5_460x0.jpg
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Lost to Dott 5-4
― StanM, Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
The Crusher of Dreams
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i bet his voice is lower-pitched than dott's
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 9 May 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
watching the nugget hold on.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
robertson will win this whole thing. i hope.
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
pourquoi?
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the way he plays! plus to have beaten gould the way he did...the winner of that match needs to win, to placate me
o'sullivan-selby is a great match, by the looks of it. two other players i wouldn't begrudge this year's title.
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah idk why i'm watching steve davis tbh. well other than it will probably end soon and i can change over.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
robertson used to be fat
― naglian dialectics 101 (cozen), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
ronnie doing a bit of referee-bullying
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
nagl but still <3 him
I quite want Mark "the Jester" Selby to win, because he's the only snooker player with anything approaching O'Sullivan's charisma levels.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Ronnie - Mark: 11 - 13
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
selby-carter final would be nice.
― not_goodwin, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Selby got stronger and stronger. Ronnie's shot selection was non-existent at the end. Sometimes it amazes me as to how he has managed to win a hat-trick of world titles.
I think Dott might provide a tougher test but I reckon it'll be Robertson - Selby in the final.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 29 April 2010 08:06 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^yes please
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I want dott to win
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
not again! cmon let a flashy first-timer win it
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Wouldn't mind if Dott won -- great to see him back, and I reckon he is playing better than he has ever done.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 29 April 2010 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
given the quality of this second semi so far, robertson is gonna walk this
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Thursday, 29 April 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
selby to win please
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
lol carter is one boring wee dude
― the poster below this is an A-voter (cozen), Saturday, 1 May 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
lol carter will make me a few quid if he keeps this up
― tomofthenest, Saturday, 1 May 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link