Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Yes, though in fairness I don't think many expected that from Wright and the irony wasn't lost on me!
However, I'll happily give £50 to a charity of your choice if I'm wrong, but I don't give Price a snowball's chance. At the risk of being wrong again, I'll stick my neck on the line.
Perhaps we shouldn't have been so surprised with Wright's performance. He averages 96 in the previous round and Humphries, for all the talk of him being one of the favourites, had hardly lit up the tournament, despite an incredible year. Wright, as he does, talked the talk beforehand, believed and delivered. I think JtJ made a point about Jo Wright being in better health as well, which has obviously been a big issue. Wright has plenty of previous when it comes to being out of form and then finding it again in big tournaments.
Meanwhile Price has moaned about being there this year, he wants the venue changed, he has been talking of retirement and has barely averaged 92. In virtually every sense he's been the opposite of Wright so far. Price's aggression on the oche is usually the biggest barometer of how he's going to perform and my sister's guinea pig demonstrates more whenever I try to get it out of the cage than he has this year.
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