Snooker

[GiGi]

Kyren is now our honourary Scottish hero in the final. Do it for McGill!

[Karpaty Lviv]

What is the script with nominating a colour when two are close together? I’ve noticed a few times where the colour they end up hitting is next to another but they haven’t declared it. I thought it was mandatory.

[garybs]

Loving the irony of the "Ronneh" fans moaning about Selby not being gracious after the match

[Bully Wee Villa]

Mon Wilson.

[GiGi]

14 minutes ago, Karpaty Lviv said:

What is the script with nominating a colour when two are close together? I’ve noticed a few times where the colour they end up hitting is next to another but they haven’t declared it. I thought it was mandatory.

It's up to the ref. A player can voluntarily nominate if they choose to but if the ref has any doubt to which colour the player is aiming for they'll ask them to nominate before the shot.

The rules are technically that a player needs to nominate a colour after every red but because it's usually obvious and because pros don't tend to miss the colour they were aiming for unless snookered the referee normally lets them get on with it so nomination is now by exception.

[Broomhill Ultra]

Loving the irony of the "Ronneh" fans moaning about Selby not being gracious after the match

We just hope he gets his cue action sorted.

[Karpaty Lviv]

3-1 O’Sullivan at the interval. Can see him pulling away by the end of the session.

[craigkillie]

I know his emotions would have been high and so on, but it was weird to hear McGill say he didn't think he'd put a foot wrong in the final frame and had just been unlucky. The frame was packed with errors, and apart from anything else he went from a position where he was leading the frame to a point where he needed a snooker. Yes, it was a very good (or lucky) snooker by Wilson behind the yellow, but you definitely don't expect a player to rack up that eight misses in a row. I haven't been able to find the details anywhere, but he must have given away at least 50 points in fouls across the entire frame.

[Blootoon87]

I know his emotions would have been high and so on, but it was weird to hear McGill say he didn't think he'd put a foot wrong in the final frame and had just been unlucky. The frame was packed with errors, and apart from anything else he went from a position where he was leading the frame to a point where he needed a snooker. Yes, it was a very good (or lucky) snooker by Wilson behind the yellow, but you definitely don't expect a player to rack up that eight misses in a row. I haven't been able to find the details anywhere, but he must have given away at least 50 points in fouls across the entire frame.

I think it was 35 just on that yellow.

[craigkillie]

1 minute ago, Blootoon87 said:

34 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

I know his emotions would have been high and so on, but it was weird to hear McGill say he didn't think he'd put a foot wrong in the final frame and had just been unlucky. The frame was packed with errors, and apart from anything else he went from a position where he was leading the frame to a point where he needed a snooker. Yes, it was a very good (or lucky) snooker by Wilson behind the yellow, but you definitely don't expect a player to rack up that eight misses in a row. I haven't been able to find the details anywhere, but he must have given away at least 50 points in fouls across the entire frame.

I think it was 35 just on that yellow.

I'm sure he went in off on a couple of separate occasions just before it too.

[GiGi]

I wouldn't read too much into post match interviews. The guy was absolutely raw and just in his own head.

[Jim McLean's Ghost]

36 minutes ago, craigkillie said:

I know his emotions would have been high and so on, but it was weird to hear McGill say he didn't think he'd put a foot wrong in the final frame and had just been unlucky. The frame was packed with errors, and apart from anything else he went from a position where he was leading the frame to a point where he needed a snooker. Yes, it was a very good (or lucky) snooker by Wilson behind the yellow, but you definitely don't expect a player to rack up that eight misses in a row. I haven't been able to find the details anywhere, but he must have given away at least 50 points in fouls across the entire frame.

I think he was specifically talking about his break before he lost position. He was perfect and played a textbook split of the pack with red everywhere and he was really unlucky not to be on one.

In the final it looks like both players could miss anything.

[GiGi]

This is going to be a procession. Wilson is nowhere near clinical enough.

[Steve_Wilkos]

A nice 'goonronnay' to end the session there. 

[microdave]

I haven't watched this afternoon and tbh, I'm not sure if I will. If it keeps going 6-2 to O'Sullivan, it'll be over with a session to spare. Maybe yesterday was the perfect day to stop watching.

[resk]

Wilson fighting, back to 8-5 now. Holy f**k that Jason guy who presents the programme is an irritating c**t.

[meanmistermustard]

WIlson has started to play whereas O'Sullivan has been dire. The final so far has been pretty pish.

[GiGi]

Yeah standard is not good. Think both have not properly recovered from the drama of the semis. But on the current balance of play both are missing but Wilson is missing more and O'Sullivan is getting plenty of easy 40 or 50 break chances to clear up. Wilson has had more than enough chances to actually be ahead but keeps fucking it up.

I reiterate that I don't think he has it in him to win it from here even though he's won that session. I remain hopeful.

[Acastus]

Ah page 147 of the snooker thread.

Pretty shite final so far. O'Sullivan is way off it but still 3 ahead. Wilson's done well to get back into it but will be pissed to lose that last frame. If he took that frame to be 1 behind I'd have fancied him to win it. Depends what O'Sulivan comes out tomorrow but I'd make him only slight favourite the way he's playing and behaving.

As much as I love watching him when he's in full flow he acts like a petulant wee boy when it's not going his way. Even if he wins to get a 6th World title you know his speach is going to be about how terrible he is.

[Derry Alli]

I haven't watched any of the snooker this year mainly because I've been backshift so I've no idea what's went on. I've just seen this interview (again, no idea what happened during the tournament) but it had me in stitches. 

 

Edited August 16, 2020 by Mr. Alli