Tempted to get down the nearest club and start practising regularly if this shitter can get to the world championship final.
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Tempted to get down the nearest club and start practising regularly if this shitter can get to the world championship final.
Must be the piss aura of the Crucible.
I feel like Virgo is contractually obliged to praise the Crucible at least once per frame.
He's so bad!
Just fucking finish it Kyren so I can stop watching this shit.
Virgo is getting sick of his shit now.
I've switched it over to Eurosport, I'm pretty sure Virgo has dementia.
What a fluke :D
Here we go, he's potted a red. Break of 40 or so, then he fucks up an easy pot and hands the frame to Kyren.
Didn't even get to 40 ffs. :D
That black. Christ. Roll it in lad.
Second century of the evening session? No, easy blue missed off the spot!
I do like how little poker face Jones has. Lose a frame? Sits chuntering away to himself. Wins a frame? Happy as Larry.
I really enjoyed how perplexed he was by the plant not going in, and the missed double not going safe.
Contrary to Yev, I loved this tournament. Centuries are overrated anyway, you've already won the frame ffs. Not sure of any other sports where you basically just keep going in that situation, at least a third of the shots in a total clearance are basically superfluous.
I've always thought that, it's like if a cricket team reached the winning target and kept going anyway to get Dhoni to his hundred (let's hope the BCCI aren't reading this for ideas). If I was on the end of a Judd Trump clearance and he started smashing the last few in exhibition-style as he does, I'd want to chin him.
Whether you're bothered by them or not centuries are a good barometer of the level of play in a tournament, given that the players are actively trying to get them.
The Higgins/Allen match was great but beyond that they're wasn't much to get excited about.
Aye, break building is essential. Once they're at the table, that's got to be a forefront of every player's mind. Every ball matters to some degree.
Honestly not trying to be contrary, but I much prefer gritty safety play to breakbuilding. Don't get me wrong, I love some #naughtysnooker, and I appreciate great pots, but when players are just in the zone and ruthlessly clearing the table without ever really losing position (basically optimal snooker that all players are trying to achieve) I find it incredibly boring.
Obviously there's a difference between great safety play and frames getting bogged down cus people keep missing stuff, but I love it either way.
Yev, you're obviously right that lack of centuries is a clear indicator of a lower standard, but I don't really care about that anyway. Give me unfancied randos somehow ending up at the business end of the tournament over Judd and Ronnie and co just smashing everyone.
A bit like votes in safe seats under FPTP - they do, but also they kind of don't. In fairness, I love a 147, but garden-variety 100s can do one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
I love tactical safety battles too but if there's not much jeopardy to them because your opponent is only going to make a break of 30 if he gets a chance and then fucks it up then they're not really as exciting.
Weren't they blaming the tables for the lack of century breaks?
Have they ever been as 'lumpy'? Even aside from that whole mess with the O'Sullivan black, I never seen as many balls come to a stop and then settle left or right of their trajectory.