Recent content by MattPoland

Yes sir.

Phil Yates read this thread. He commented on the live stream that some people pronounce the name al-oh-WISH-us but he said that he asked Yapp and he pronounces it uh-LOY-shus.

I will say the use of a DJ and the crowd seems great. Gives me Mosconi Cup vibes. None of the sharking but just the kind of spectacle you want for pool.

I’m following the process. It’s the end result that bugs me. 12 players. TWELVE PLAYERS. It’s a meaningful prize for a meaningless field. One argument heard in Snooker is that if The Olympics is not the pinnacle of achievement in your sport, it shouldn’t be in The Olympics. I’m confident...

What a joke. Some players are from countries where there is a lucrative reward for medaling. But this is what I think of when people say pool should be in the Olympics. They picture a $1MM prize 256 player field of the world’s best like we see with current world championships. Would it...

True. And you wouldn’t forget to reach out to all the Asian and Polish players when you get the chance.

I appreciate the you citing rule 6.6. I agree clarification is needed. Because like you said there's some nonsensical applications like if you "touch an object ball" that's knocked off the table. And meanwhile there's rule 1.4 where there's scenarios balls are to be spotted. It doesn't...

I think the pro circuit is a close knit group of folks. Yapp has every opportunity to hear how his name is being pronounced if he wants to listen back on a stream and he has more than sufficient access to the commentators to correct them if their pronunciation bothers him. I don’t think this...

He was eligible to request from Matchroom that he represent the USA ever since they had changed their policy for Fedor to only require permanent resident status. So odds are, he’s never made the request. He was eligible to request from WPA that he represent the USA ever since he became a US...

I struggle with this interpretation some. You stated it’s unsportsmanlike conduct to touch balls “out of play”. I know rule 6.17 (b) says it’s unsportsmanlike conduct to change the position of balls “in play”. I always thought you’d interpret balls pocketed to be “out of play”. I was under...

I’m not sure Matchroom refs have ever called it. For sure EPBF and some Asian refs have called it. But I think the WNT refs have not.

Phil Yates on commentary apologizing for mispronouncing Fedor’s name all this time after reading AZB and then asking Fedor. 🤣

She probably calls him more than that. Like a “No good, lazy, tired, boring, son of a…”. When he forgets to take out the trash.

He never got on any of the TV tables in Jeddah. WNT Live Scores has him listed as German for that event.

I think he needs to officially request a change to his country of representation before Matchroom does anything different.