Snooker Thread 2020 and beyond

[Landafar]

Was that 8-0? no chance of a comeback, Ronnie will be a broken man now and not his cue.

[Nathan Hughes]

Yes 8-0.. Ronnie seems to prefer the afternoon, evening sessions to the morning and if that’s not a true observation I don’t care, I’m sticking to it…

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[Nathan Hughes]

Virgo raising his voice earlier every time Ronnie was potting a ball..

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[Ghost of Rob V]

Ronnie is useless.

[Nathan Hughes]

Elliot Slessor has been the closet to knocking Zhao Xintong out in the final qualifier taking him to a final frame

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[Cork All Star]

At least we are spared any more whining from O’Sullivan.

[Mike007]

I don’t think Trump will be as generous at giving the sort of chances O’Sullivan was providing in that match. Assuming he is in the final.

[Ghost of Rob V]

Too right CAS.

Ronnie played tonight like he wasn’t bothered but seemed delighted when Xintong won. He must have a penchant for losing to the chinese.

[Cork All Star]

I believe O’Sullivan wanted to lose the last frame. I doubt he fancied coming back tomorrow afternoon 16-8 down.

Of course he is a great player but his constant whining is tiresome. I also believe he is disrespectful to his opponents when he has just beaten them and then says he has played rubbish.

[Nathan Hughes]

Trump himself hasn’t been in great form Mike.

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[Mike007]

“Trump himself hasn’t been in great form Mike.”

I’d still favour the world number one to beat the qualifier on final debut.

[Nathan Hughes]

Trump will be favourite but Zhao is fearless and has such a cool temperament to handle the pressure
I’m just wanting Trump in the final. I’ll get more back if Trumps wins the final than Xintong but I’d rather the Chinese lad wins it.
Trump hasn’t the best record at the crucible and the longer it goes against Williams the more pressure he’ll be under himself

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[Nathan Hughes]

Wow Williams is one frame away

Zhao will start favourite

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[Cork All Star]

Full credit to Williams.

I wonder if the talk of “he has to win another World Championship to be an all time great” is getting to Trump a little bit?

[Nathan Hughes]

One player I didn’t have winning from a few months back was Williams, because he’d been awful and complaining about his eyes…

I did pick Zhao Xintong out at 18’s whilst the qualifiers were on

Feast or Famine ..

Trump is a strange one CAS He’s won plenty of majors ranking events, more than Selby but Selby’s play suits the long format of the crucible whereas for Trump the format seems a bit of a drag

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[Landafar]

Williams played well there, Nathan, you may have a point there about Trump.

Im not expecting this final to go the distance, over in four sessions either way.
Zhou could either freeze or thrive and throw the cue at everything. Which if it comes off, could trouble Williams if he leaves a red free from the break.
Silly correct Scores Zhou 18-8 22s and 18-7 25s.

Looking forward to a good match of different skill sets.

[Nathan Hughes]

If Xintong starts winning frames off the Williams break then Mark will do the roll up break off the back of the pack

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