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Old 27-04-2016, 22:25
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About Alan Mcmanus, if he wins how will that do with him in the rankings and does that mean he will be given an automatic place in the world championship next year? Meaning the number 16 has to go through the qualifying rounds
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:27
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Ironic to think that the 3 outsiders could be stopped by a Leicester fan (Selby)
ha ha how true
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:36
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About Alan Mcmanus, if he wins how will that do with him in the rankings and does that mean he will be given an automatic place in the world championship next year? Meaning the number 16 has to go through the qualifying rounds
With £330,000 for the winner any player who wins it will be elevated to the top 16. I think Angles would go to number 4 in the world, so number 16 wouldnt be affected
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:37
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Ironic to think that the 3 outsiders could be stopped by a Leicester fan (Selby)
Very good point.

Barry showed tremendous bottle and so did Marco.

So three underdogs and the world number one are left to battle it out. Ding looks fantastic and Selby is below par (for him) - it's all going to be very interesting.
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:39
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About Alan Mcmanus, if he wins how will that do with him in the rankings and does that mean he will be given an automatic place in the world championship next year? Meaning the number 16 has to go through the qualifying rounds
The winner is automatically seeded 1 for the next World Championship, so automatic qualification for Angles would be assured.

If you check the provisional end of season rankings here:
http://www.prosnookerblog.com/rankin...ason-rankings/

Once updated with the QF results, Angles would go to a ranking of 20. If he wins he gets £330k, so could end up ranked a highest of 4.
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:45
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John Virgo and John Parrott were talking about the state of the table when they were playing last night. I wonder when we get to the one table set up they will choose the right table, and not the one with that produces so many kicks and bad bounces off the cushion
Fouldsy was just saying on Eurosport they take the best bits of each otherwise it'd be an unfair advantage for the side of the draw (Selby's) who've been using the good table
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:51
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That was some clearance by Fu to win the match! Nerves of steel.

As for Angles. Just so happy for him. He is a class act.
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Old 27-04-2016, 22:57
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Fouldsy was just saying on Eurosport they take the best bits of each otherwise it'd be an unfair advantage for the side of the draw (Selby's) who've been using the good table
In all the years i have been watching the worlds at Sheffield, i never knew that one half of the draw played on one table and one on the other. Just assumed it was assigned randomly, although i know you play your whole match on the same table.
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:04
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In all the years i have been watching the worlds at Sheffield, i never knew that one half of the draw played on one table and one on the other. Just assumed it was assigned randomly, although i know you play your whole match on the same table.
Ditto it never crossed my mind either!
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:20
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Angles has shown other snooker players who are in his age range that if you keep playing it will reap rewards.
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:23
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Despite me wanting Higgins to win I'm delighted for McManus.

It would be great if he could go on and win it.

Did the BBC have him pencilled in for commentating duties this year?
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:25
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Despite me wanting Higgins to win I'm delighted for McManus.

It would be great if he could go on and win it.

Did the BBC have him pencilled in for commentating duties this year?
Eurosport did. That's all out the window
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:25
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Despite me wanting Higgins to win I'm delighted for McManus.

It would be great if he could go on and win it.

Did the BBC have him pencilled in for commentating duties this year?
British Eurosport did
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:26
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Has any other player taken longer to reach the semi finals since his last appearance in one
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Old 27-04-2016, 23:46
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This is the first SF of any kind for McManus since the 2006 Grand Prix in Aberdeen!
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Old 28-04-2016, 01:11
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McManus? It's like Bobby George.
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Old 28-04-2016, 01:52
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Such a shame the quarters have been a complete letdown. Probably the worst year of Quarters I can remember watching. The only match which is a contest is Higgins/McManus, the others are completely 1-sided.

I really wanted Hawkins to play well and go on to win (or at least be in the final again) but he has completely fallen apart here. At this point, kind of wish Ronnie was still in to give Fu a game.
Spoke far too soon eh! Ooops. Couldn't be more wrong.

Alan McManus is my firm wish to win the World Championship now. He'd surely be in for a very good chance of being BBC Sports Personality of 2016 if he pulls it off. He may have gone 23 years since last having a semi at the Crucible but Marco Fu has also gone a 10 years since his last semi. The old school is back!

Unfortunately my head says it's going to be a Selby v Ding final.
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Old 28-04-2016, 01:56
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The winner is automatically seeded 1 for the next World Championship, so automatic qualification for Angles would be assured.

If you check the provisional end of season rankings here:
http://www.prosnookerblog.com/rankin...ason-rankings/

Once updated with the QF results, Angles would go to a ranking of 20. If he wins he gets £330k, so could end up ranked a highest of 4.
If I understand that table properly it looks like a final place would be enough for McManus to get back into the top 16. Unfortunately, with Kyren Wilson (of all people!) slipping back out.


For the first time in a good while I would have been happy to see any of the top 8 win it. Now with the 4... Selby surely deserves to be a multiple World champ, both Fu and McManus would be amazing stories and a deserved prize for sticking at it. Ding, though, I think would be the best option. To come back from a couple of sticky years, and having to qualify, after seeming to have trouble dealing with the pressure and expectation, would be great. I also think it would be good in terms of pushing things forward. He is young enough (sort of ) that it would seem like a "new generation" thing. Admittedly having been around so long that is not quite the same as if someone like Wilson had won but at least more so than with the others (albeit Selby is not much older but feels more an established figure I would say). Also it could boost the whole China interest aspect which seems to have slowed a bit. I also simply like him and his play so would love to see him make it, ironically just at the point when it started to seem like the inevitable was not going to happen after all.

Whatever happens, a qualifier in the final and so many unpredictable results (and semi-finalists) has made this a great WC.

Ironic to think that the 3 outsiders could be stopped by a Leicester fan (Selby)
Nice one.
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Old 28-04-2016, 08:09
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Prices for the 2016 UK Championship are here - note the half price early bird offer albeit with the wrong dates - should be Saturday 26th to Thursday 30th November I think:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-conte...and-Format.pdf

Prices for the 2017 World Snooker Championship here - note the cheapest ticket is now £20 for a session and a lot of them have gone up a fair bit!

http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-conte...x-officev2.pdf

Can't see any prices for the Masters though, but keep the eyes peeled.
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Old 28-04-2016, 09:36
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We can only have one of two world number 1's after Monday now

If Selby wins the title he is number 1, if its Ding, Angles or Marco it is Bingham who retains that spot

Have to say Marco Fu does come across as the nicest man in sport doesnt he ? Seems a genuinely lovely guy
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Old 28-04-2016, 10:19
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Tickets go on sale this afternoon. Note the half price early bird!!

http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-conte...and-Format.pdf
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Old 28-04-2016, 10:25
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We can only have one of two world number 1's after Monday now

If Selby wins the title he is number 1, if its Ding, Angles or Marco it is Bingham who retains that spot

Have to say Marco Fu does come across as the nicest man in sport doesnt he ? Seems a genuinely lovely guy
LOL it seems no matter what happens in the season it's one of the unwritten laws of snooker that Selby ends the season as world number one. Makes me think he's bound to win it!
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Old 28-04-2016, 11:24
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Big announcement today at 2pm sayz Bazza...
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Old 28-04-2016, 12:44
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If Selby wins the title he is number 1, if its Ding, Angles or Marco it is Bingham who retains that spot
He wouldn't retain it because Mark Selby was the world number one coming into the tournament.
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Old 28-04-2016, 12:48
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I wonder if (and it a big if but you never know) IF Angles could go on and win the whole thing I wonder if he would end up retiring right there and then? Doubt it but who knows
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