Anyone been watching the snooker?

[MacAdder]

Two amazing semi-finals. Let's just hope that the final itself turns out to be half as good.

I think that Mark Selby was upset because Ronnie O Sullivan changed tactics and attacked every shot and to hell with his customary safety. Mark Selby is a poor loser.

As for Big Bill Werbenuick have a look Here!

Thanks for posting that

Now I think about it, I do seem to remember his untimely passing.
Seems like he had a full, if short life.

As for this year's snooker, I did watch the final frames of ROS beating Mark Williams, looks like I chose the wrong game to watch.

Don't know much about Selby but I bet Ronnie just laughed at his reaction, one of sour grapes.
If I am flicking channels and come across ROS playing, he will get me to watch. Anyone else I just keep on flicking.
Like him or loathe him, he is an entertainer.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Two amazing semi-finals. Let's just hope that the final itself turns out to be half as good.

I think that Mark Selby was upset because Ronnie O Sullivan changed tactics and attacked every shot and to hell with his customary safety. Mark Selby is a poor loser.

Yes. Selby's game plan involved drawing Ronnie into a game that wasn't a natural one for him. McGill did the same in his wins. Tactics are a part of the game. You don't hear opponents moaning if Selby etc turn on Ebdon-esque grinding mode, so when a player adopts tactics that disturb that grinding play, then that should be fine as well.

But it was really all about the cue action.

[MacAdder]

Kirk Stevens - he was seen as the flamboyant youngster back then. Canadian kid who wore a kind of stetson hat as his trademark (took it off while playing ).
Geez... he's probably a retired pensioner now!

Yes, proper heart throb.
He had the mother of all mullets.
Also used to wear outrageous clothing, Liverpool FC copied him for their players' suits for an FA Cup final if memory serves.

[SOXY BOY]

I’ve only been watching it if ROS has been playing and I did think Selby had a touch of sour grapes in his interview. What about him, slowing the game down to upset ROS rhythm. It’s funny how all of the great “tacticians” seem to be slow in how they play and less entertaining. I hope Karen Wilson plays well today in his first WC final, as otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by ROS.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I hope Karen Wilson plays well today in his first WC final

Is that on the ladies' tour?

[SOXY BOY]

So funny ! Eric. Is there anyway I can edit my own posts ?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I agree. McGill said later that he politely asked Clarke to move out of his line of shot.
Not the way I saw it. He danced around Clarke and the referee pointing at Clarke and complaining to the referee and suggesting it was 3 times that it had happened.
It was reminiscent of some Italian player surrounding the referee to get his opponent a red card.
He was 7-2 down at the time and I am sure it was pure gamesmanship.
Unfortunately it worked, now everyone feeling sorry for him because of Wilson’s fluke to win it.

Mark Williams suggested on Twitter that the only place Clarke could have stood was behind a cameraman.

My stance has always been that McGill should not have got involved. All he needed to so was to mention the issue to the referee and get Jan Verhaas to sort it out. Players shouldn't be able to take matters into their own hands and do what they like. There is a right, proper and official way to deal with things. Instead, McGill saw an opportunity to bully his opponent.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

So funny ! Eric. Is there anyway I can edit my own posts ?

Only within 5 minutes of posting.

[SOXY BOY]

Thanks,

[Its been emotional]

Ronnie is the greatest snooker player of all time a true genius But his constant bullshite of blaming every miss on his cue action is beginning to really feck me off big time..........................
Mark Williams' interview was spot on and he knows the winging fecker better than most 🙄

[Eric the Half a Bee]

A Wilson comeback looking a bit less likely now.