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Brian wearing a black armband
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This is so tense i dont who is going to win
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They'd better hurry up Hairy Bikers starts in five minutes
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Bye-bye Egg!
Absolutely fantastic that Egg-Bingham is out!! I can relax and enjoy the rest of the tournament regardless of results now. Brilliant work by Carter to dispose of him in round 1, and good riddance. |
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Well done Ali Carter, The Crucible curse continues
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Boom in goes the brown! Well played Ali! Commiserations to Bingham, seemed fated to lose that decider almost it seemed....anyone would think there's a curse or something
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Gibman is back! Where have you been all day?
Great decider which had everything! The Crucible curse has struck again. Great opening day... Sign of things to come hopefully. |
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Great snooker today I thought (apart from Ebdon) and good to see Alan McManus back at the crucible and doing well also.
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Bye-bye Egg!
Absolutely fantastic that Egg-Bingham is out!! I can relax and enjoy the rest of the tournament regardless of results now. Brilliant work by Carter to dispose of him in round 1, and good riddance. |
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Are you a child ? If not why do you act like one ? Name calling and bullying is not clever, far from it. You look like your trolling all the time. Stop doing it and maybe people will take your non idiotic posts seriously
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This is real snooker for me. I find it hard to get into all of these tournaments with their best of 7's. You don't always feel like the best man has won in them short games as any pro is capable of stringing a few frames together then before you know it the game is over!
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Trump is my favourite player and who I'd like to see win this but wouldn't it be nice for Carter to do it?
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What happened with the highlights then?? They cut back to the studio and we never seen the yellow and green potted, bizarre??
The BBC DONT DESERVE TO HAVE COVERAGE OF THIS TOURNAMENT!! |
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Bye-bye Egg!
Absolutely fantastic that Egg-Bingham is out!! I can relax and enjoy the rest of the tournament regardless of results now. Brilliant work by Carter to dispose of him in round 1, and good riddance. ![]() Congratulations to Ali and commiserations to Stuart - I am no fan of all the short best out of nine tournaments of the modern game - they remind me of 20-20 matches whilst the World's are the equivalent to Test cricket at it's best. This is the real deal, the test of champions and so the curse continues. |
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With Bingham gone, his side of the draw is quite open, right now I think Neil Robertson will make the final
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I know sometimes he gets mocked on here but I do have to admit to liking JV as a commentator. Much prefer him to Dennis and Willie as one of the 'lead' men.
I do miss Clive Everton, though. Not the same without him. |
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Well done to Ali and unlucky for Bingham. What a great start to the world's though. This why the format should never change. This is the world championship so its supposed to long and gruelling 2 weeks. I still prefer the UK when it was long frames. Sad fact is though the young fans don't want multiple sessions so if enough people demand a change then just like the UK it will happen and it'll be a sad day when it does.
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My report from yesterday
Morning all,
Had a very enjoyable time yesterday (as ever) in Sheffield, although with me living much further away due to change of job etc it means that there's only going to be two visits this year, so thought it best to make the most of them. I got to Sheffield early and noticed the large hoardings that guide you all the way from the railway station to the Crucible. I know my way, but nice to see that for the first time fan they've got some clear direction. I did spot a rather nice bit of sculpture in the Winter Gardens (a painted elephant snooker style) and also in the Mercure St Paul's opposite Shaun Murphy casually chatting to Dennis Taylor - Shaun seemed quite relaxed actually. Before play I spotted a fair few people heading in, both Alan McManus and Anthony McGill for practice, Ali Carter was his usually good self, as well as refs Zheng Weili and Jan Verhaas. Willie Thorne also spent lots of time with fans too before going in to commentate, although Stephen Hendry arrived late-ish and literally sprinted in! So to the morning session, Ebdon-Fu. I was sat next to the players (you spotted me TC!) and got a good view of the table and an insight into the feeling of what it was like as a player to sit there as your opponent made century breaks. Fu made two 80+ breaks that could have been centuries, and seeing two on the bounce (first two of the tournament) was good, notably the 138 total clearance which is a marker laid down. Fu was in superb form and even Ebdon's methodical methods with two 40+ min frames didn't stop the 6-2 lead. In the final frame of the session (as it turned out) it had got down to the colours and referee Brendan Moore had a word with both players to say it was the last one aa they'd passed the cut off time of 1.45pm to start the final frame of the session. Incidentally the piece Hazel Irvine filmed with her holding the trophy was around 9.45am - and so wasn't live as such - only the bits of her chatting with Ken and Steve (and later John) were. Also when you heard on the telly her chat about Ali Carter, she was at the stairs where the players come out after mid-session and had her reading glasses on, still looking rather lovely - would have had TC's approval!! I only had time to grab a quick sandwich in Boots before the afternoon session, although Terry Griffiths was three people in front of me in said queue and either no one recognised him or everyone was doing what I was and letting him enjoy his lunch break and relax before going back into commentary. So front row for McManus and Maguire, and both players seemed unhappy with the table (as did other observers, seemed too bouncy on the top cushion and the jaws especially). Maguire went 3-1 up but after that McManus started to play some super shots, especially the accuracy of safety play and pinks to the middle a lot of the time. Maguire was doing his usual petulant frustration, especially in the final frame where he banged the rest on the table. I think Olivier Marteel was close to giving him a warning - he did not look pleased. Was happy McManus won five on the spin though! One thing being front row was seeing the two camera men on the floor at work with their trolleys and camera. They're the ones who line up the shots close up and do a superb job. I was able to see McManus line up a black to bottom right corner and the cameraman's picture in line at the same time, with the lights on his display going red when the producer had moved to him to be the live camera. It was fascinating to see and another angle on how it all comes together. If photography was allowed during play, I'm sure there'd have been some crackers to capture from there... The session finished with just enough time to get to the station and the train back to Manchester and my girlfriend's, although I did notice that Winter Gardens had closed earlier to allow some filming for the BBC (and so that Jason Mohammad could take up position) More after Tuesday, but I also have to mention the cracking Stuart Bingham - Ali Carter match. As I said last night, snooker was the winner in this one. A 10-9, two classy centuries from 8-8 and a tense final frame. Pure snooker for the purist, and I like Matt35 said don't want the Worlds to change - there's a reason it's called the World Championship, it should be the ultimate test! |
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Hoping McGill and McManus and Walden, Mark Williams, Gilbert and Michael White build up a decent lead.
So nice to have snooker matches over the proper distances again. **** your Best of 7s and 9s. |
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Why can’t snooker venues ever host 10,000 + like the darts do?
Regarding the crucible, the intimate being on top of the crowd feeling is something players and fans have raved about for years, it's not going to change any time soon. Also, want to correct an earlier comment I made in this thread. Season Tickets end in the 2017 championship, not this year. So keep and eye out for Brian, Chris, Maggie Thatcher and the rest - it may be the last year you see them. |
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Sad to see Bingham go last night. Nowhere near any form but he still battled his heart out.
Represented the sport brilliantly as world champion. Looking forward to seeing Dave Gilbert giving O'Sullivan a good game today. Having the best season of his career so it won't be a walkover for O'Sullivan at all. Also hopefully McManus can despatch Maguire who I think almost sulked himself out of the match yesterday. |
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My pics from yesterday
Here they are for everyone to enjoy (and yes TC, I got Hazel for you
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Great stuff Zawtowers, much appreciated
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I was asked this yesterday and didn't know the answer
Has it ever happened at the Crucible where all 16 seeds have won their 1st round games ? Anyone help ? |
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Watching the Crucible Classic from overnight, Steve Davis v Tony Knowles. Couple of interesting points. There was a female commentator with Jack Karnham for a few frames. The game wasn't finished on Day 1. 9 frames on the Saturday and the final ones on Sunday.
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