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Ian Anderson is defending the rights of the pool players who fall under the umbrella of the WPA. WPA events have a quota system to ensure fair representation for players from around the globe. It is quite a fair system and past promoters of events have acknowledged it and it has worked...

US players who have a chance are restricted to SVB, Justin and Skylar. But they are unlikely to do so until they close the skill gap that currently exists between them and top players from Asia and Europe. The good news for them is that they have the resources to help them to make this happen...

Karl has been carefully cultivating his image as 'The Man US Pool Fans Love To Hate' and he needs a few more US appearances to live up to his other nickname which is Box Office. He has the game now to play to the crowd but has not yet reached the notoriety level where every US fan is baying for...

Although I am a long term supporter of Matchroom I am disappointed in their decision to make the criteria for selection a ten month qualifying trek where the team is not known until a few week before the event. In reality there are less than a dozen US players currently capable of performing to...

WHAT IF? THE FIVE PLAYERS LIKED PLAYING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. What is to stop them carving out a plan where they have a rota of the major events and only one or two enter each one. This minimises the possibility of knocking each other out and allows them to go deeper in the event. By studying...

Very funny-not! I might be the victim of a cultural thing but I get the distinct impression that many AZ Posters believe that the forum is designed as a sounding board from which they will be propelled to national comedy stars. Almost every thread eventually crashes and burns at the hands (or...

The players are chosen by Matchroom Sport who own and produce the event.There are no hard and fast rules for the selection process but sometimes they pay heed to WPA rankings. So the 31 countries who have two players whose names appear on those rankings get a team spot. The two named players...

Would Birmingham suit anybody. The UK one not the Alabama one.

DOUG GORDON:Four days have elapsed since the USA lost to Team Europe in The Mosconi Cup. Since then we have had a smattering of short threads, mostly from the clueless and few longer ones attacking all sorts of things like the referee, the commentators, Shane, Corey and MD plus the usual...

You surely don't think that Karl makes this up as he goes along. He came to do two jobs. One was to win the Cup - Mission Accomplished. Job 2 - to become a Must Have status player. He was filling his calendar up for next year when everyone in the USA wants to see him lose. But he will be...

=============================================== i was trying to keep my responses within the text of your reply but i am unble to achieve this without compromising my own standard of communication. It is almost 2am. So sometime in the next 24 hours i will elaborate my own views in a new thread.

You Sweet Thang You. You are confusing enthusiasm with ability. I will explain but not in this Dead End Thread

I am a 99% committed Mark Wilson supporter But I like Lee and admire his enthusiasm as he tries to scratch ouit a living in a foreign country. But I cannot believe he seiously considers himself as a superior alternative to Mark. His past is littered with examples of poor judgement and his...

You don't think that Karl makes this up as he goes along. He came this week to do two jobs. One was to win the Cup - Mission Accomplished. Job 2 - to become a Must Have status player. He was filling his calendar up for next year when everyone in the USA wants to see him lose. But he is putting...

To the Arm Chair Agitators - Let me tell you commentary isn't easy You would most likely sound crap. I know, I tried it and I did sound crap. I did a good few dubbing on English commentary for European matches which were aired by NBC Superchannel. Working with former UK trick shot star Ray...

Good post Gideon with several perceptive points. The US audience probably only account for probably less than 5% of the total viewership so Jim Wych does a great job for the other 95%. He has hardly missed more than a couple of Matchroom/Sky events and this is because they like what he does. He...

Ken is getting harshly berated for a mistaken judgement of a situation that might never occur during the reffing career of many referees. He assumed that Karl was using the cueball as a measuring device and by doing so he WAS committing a foul. But when he discovered that GWAPO was legitimately...

I can hardly believe it. Surely nobody is crazy enough not to believe that this is not a great idea. Mark you are a good friend and I do appreciate your invitation. Sadly I will not be able to come but I wish you and Jessica megalithic happiness.

This is a silly uninformed topic. The list of countries where pool tournaments outside the USA have money added is multitudinous. Fujairah (UAE), Qatar, Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and the UK have all surpassed a million dollar in adding to prize funds. The Philippines, Iran, Saudi Arabia...

Oh well, you only have to wait two week for the REAL THING. The Mosconi Cup is still the only event to produce genuine excitement.This King Thing was a contrived event where there was no discernible link between any of the West players and the East formula of 2 + 2 Filipino + Taiwanese was...