Looling forward to Vafaei vs Ronnie this afternoon after everything that's been said!!!
Vafaei is absolutely right about O'Sullivan as a person, but probably wasn't tje smartest move to call him out before a match. Think Ronnie will annihilate him. I hope I'm wrong
Dennis Taylor has suggested you come to Ulster, as it’s a potential hotbed of young talent as snooker provides an escape for the youngsters of Northern Ireland who are at risk of getting involved in the ongoing troubles.
You accept his offer, but after some further research and reading up on Dennis, you discover he was born in the same town as Denis Haughey, founding member of the SDLP.
You worry that this is all a ruse and Dennis wants you over there to be seen fraternizing with the SDLP and you’re unsure what associating with a party that advocate for the reunification of Ireland could mean for your reputation to attract Irish players, both north and south of the border. Do you
A) Ring Dennis and make up some excuse about getting sea sick so you can’t go across on the ferry and are also afraid of flying
Ask Dennis what his relationship to Martin McGuiness is
C) convince yourself you’ll find a few gems over there and everything will turn out fine
D) call John Virgo
You to decide to take Dennis up on his offer. Unfortunately for you, it was a trap, and Dennis greets you as you get off the Ferry with a mix of SDLP politicians
You manage to steady yourself as Dennis and his enclave approach, careful not show any emotion after receiving some advice from John Virgo early in the game.
The trip is going well and you think that being associated and here on the invite of Dennis has boosted your profile and you’ve spotted a young talent that you think could be a real star.
Unfortunately, when you go round to that lad’s house, you walk in and see a picture of William of Orange. He comes from a Unionist family.
News has spread that you’re over here at Dennis’ bequest and photos of your arrival and being greeted by SDLP politicians have gotten round Ulster. The parents of the young chap chase you out of their house calling you Fenian scum.
You return home and call John Virgo who tells you that snooker and politics don’t mix, and you’ve learnt a valuable lesson
Vafaei played brilliantly v Ding. All the prematch hype and bullshit has backfired for him. Gifting the second frame with a stupid break-off was insane.
Great win by Brecel v Williams. He plays as though he hasn't a care in the world.
Vafaei played brilliantly v Ding. All the prematch hype and bullshit has backfired for him. Gifting the second frame with a stupid break-off was insane.
Great win by Brecel v Williams. He plays as though he hasn't a care in the world.
Vafaei is a very good player but very naive when it comes to the psychology of sport. Has made himself look pretty foolish trying to play mind games with O'Sullivan.
Winning the last frame helps keep the match alive.
The top half of the draw has completely fallen apart already. I've got tickets for SF1 on Friday and was thinking the most likely match up would be O'Sullivan vs Trump or Murphy. It's now looking like I may be watching Ronnie take on an unseeded player, I'm hoping for Si
Been a very strange tournament this first week. Some very one sided matches plus the pockets seem to be overly forgiving. Seen some good frames but nothing like previous years imo. Even the close match between Selby and Wilson hasn't been all that. Least it's 5 all.
Literally been off here all week, i was on that table. Absolute bar stewards, first time at crucible and was watching the other table from a distance, it was ok but really not the same. Lucky the crucible is smaller compared to other venues and only holds 900 so it wasn't too bad, however still really riles me these protesters. I don't condone violence but would have loved if they got a few kicks back stage after.
The whole thing was very good, we went along to the winter gardens and i had a go on the snooker table, was an easy challenge really but still people were feeding my ego as it was too easy (bare in mind i dont play snooker anymore) it was every pocket 2 reds and pot in the fewest attempts, i skill shot a few so got ahead of the game, missed the black but then had a long black for 10 shots i nailed.
We were mostly drinking on the build up to the match and then the following day again from 10, ended up going to a couple of restaurants (BBQ place first night , Cosmos second) went to Sheffield FC which i wouldn't recommend as we had to get the train back as in the middle of nowhere but a new ground and the first to ever hold a match in UK apparently.
Crossed paths with a few, Steve Davis, Judd Trump, Hossein (haha expected Ronnie to beat him but not by that much) and a few others, Slessor
Been a great tourney so far, some nice shocks, i do think so far Ronnie has had a nice draw including Brecel. Higgins is playing the best, although i have interest in Selby and Mcgill outright (66/1), still a long way to go.. well technically over half way so they say...
Literally been off here all week, i was on that table. Absolute bar stewards, first time at crucible and was watching the other table from a distance, it was ok but really not the same. Lucky the crucible is smaller compared to other venues and only holds 900 so it wasn't too bad, however still really riles me these protesters. I don't condone violence but would have loved if they got a few kicks back stage after.
The whole thing was very good, we went along to the winter gardens and i had a go on the snooker table, was an easy challenge really but still people were feeding my ego as it was too easy (bare in mind i dont play snooker anymore) it was every pocket 2 reds and pot in the fewest attempts, i skill shot a few so got ahead of the game, missed the black but then had a long black for 10 shots i nailed.
We were mostly drinking on the build up to the match and then the following day again from 10, ended up going to a couple of restaurants (BBQ place first night , Cosmos second) went to Sheffield FC which i wouldn't recommend as we had to get the train back as in the middle of nowhere but a new ground and the first to ever hold a match in UK apparently.
Crossed paths with a few, Steve Davis, Judd Trump, Hossein (haha expected Ronnie to beat him but not by that much) and a few others, Slessor
Been a great tourney so far, some nice shocks, i do think so far Ronnie has had a nice draw including Brecel. Higgins is playing the best, although i have interest in Selby and Mcgill outright (66/1), still a long way to go.. well technically over half way so they say...
Ah so it was you! Get off it and stop throwing things!!
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Vafaei is absolutely right about O'Sullivan as a person, but probably wasn't tje smartest move to call him out before a match. Think Ronnie will annihilate him. I hope I'm wrong
Great win by Brecel v Williams. He plays as though he hasn't a care in the world.
Winning the last frame helps keep the match alive.
Even the close match between Selby and Wilson hasn't been all that. Least it's 5 all.
Lisowski is embarrassing himself today.
The whole thing was very good, we went along to the winter gardens and i had a go on the snooker table, was an easy challenge really but still people were feeding my ego as it was too easy (bare in mind i dont play snooker anymore) it was every pocket 2 reds and pot in the fewest attempts, i skill shot a few so got ahead of the game, missed the black but then had a long black for 10 shots i nailed.
We were mostly drinking on the build up to the match and then the following day again from 10, ended up going to a couple of restaurants (BBQ place first night , Cosmos second) went to Sheffield FC which i wouldn't recommend as we had to get the train back as in the middle of nowhere but a new ground and the first to ever hold a match in UK apparently.
Crossed paths with a few, Steve Davis, Judd Trump, Hossein (haha expected Ronnie to beat him but not by that much) and a few others, Slessor
Been a great tourney so far, some nice shocks, i do think so far Ronnie has had a nice draw including Brecel. Higgins is playing the best, although i have interest in Selby and Mcgill outright (66/1), still a long way to go.. well technically over half way so they say...