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my friend sent me a clip of that as he was impressed with the escape and I think I was just as impressed with how Wilson laid the snooker as I was Trumps escape. As you said he played it drop dead perfect, he had a bout a balls width space to get behind the colour and judged both the weight and...

He was at the 9 ball Scottish Open a few years back, presume he was a late entry as he'd literally been knocked out of the snooker World Championship a day or 2 before the Scottish open started. Him and SVB were sitting chatting together, SVB wanted to know everything about what it was like to...

Gary Wilson talking about his struggle with the yips. Never saw the match, but the stats that popped up during it would make you think he played well despite being so frustrated with his performance. As an aside, we were talking about players accents earlier in the thread, I find Wilson's...

He's often said he approached the final with the wrong attitude as in his head he'd pretty much won it when he beat Ronnie. Think it's one of his biggest regrets. Ebdon is a good guy. Met him at a charity night he'd driven a long distance to play in for free. Was the only one of the players...

I don't think you can compare the number of centuries when the equipment has changed so much. Modern cloths far faster which makes it much easier to develop balls. And last few seasons some of the top players have been complaining they've been making the pockets too easy, which narrows their...

Definitely interesting to see their runs to the final. Though Hendry is probably playing less World Champions because that dominant period he had meant there wasn't many other world champions about. Practically every tournament he had to beat Jimmy White, who if he'd been born slightly earlier...

Doubt winning 5 in a row by Hendry will ever be matched. Guy just had a different mentality. Changed the game, before him it used to be try to score 30-40 points on the loose reds then play a safety, where Hendry would pot the blue and go into the pack smashing everything open. Cloths were a lot...

I'm supporting ABR this tournament. Anyone But Ronnie. As a Scot, I don't want him to beat Hendry's record.

Accents are ridiculously regional in Scotland. Higgins is from Wishaw (hence the Wizard of Wishaw nickname) which isn't that far from Glasgow, but I'd say the accent is still subtly different from a true Glaswegian accent. I don't actually think McManus sounds that Glaswegian either, didn't...

On the last episode of Stephen Hendry's youtube channel they were discussing various players chances and Steve Davis said he didn't think John Higgins had the stamina for a full tournament anymore. This makes it seem like he doesn't have the stamina for a full match.

Think curling is the same, though only became aware of that after there was lots of controversy at the most recent winter Olympics around Canada

I have no idea, I didn't even know American snooker was a thing until I read your post. English pool also uses smaller balls and pockets than American pool. Presumably they diverged for the same reason, though don't know what that is. Maybe just everything is bigger in America :D

Impressed by your snooker knowledge as I don't recall either of those players, but according to wikipedia Robin Hull has played in 3 world championships (knocked out in the first round every time). And Alex Ursenbacher has played in one(also being knocked out in the first round). Seems Robin...

Think continental Europe excludes islands so Malta wouldn't be considered continental Europe, though can't believe I never thought of Tony Drago when I was trying to think of non British European snooker players earlier.

Luca Brecel sprung to mind as one, but can't think of the other one?

Coming from a British cue sports background I think you should call fouls on yourself even when there is a referee. We always do on league nights if we think we've fouled even when the referee doesn't call it and pro snooker players have often called fouls on themselves when the ref has missed...

I wonder given how little money there is in pool how much referees are paid and what percentage of their income comes from being a referee. I presume it's not a full time job. In an ideal world referees would be well trained and there would be a referee at every table at all times. Whether...

Two things I disagree with, you said if you were FSR you would be challenging the call, but his view of the table was blocked by Yapp who was directly infront of him as he played the shot so realistically FSR didn't know what happened so was never going to say anything. Wonder what he thinks of...

Delighted to see Elliot Sanderson doing so well. Think he's been putting a lot of work in after being disappointed in his performances in first few tournaments of the year and it's really paid off

I first got into watching 9 ball because the snooker player Steve Davis started playing. He was the main person I supported back then, but instantly fell in love with Reyes, both because of the player he was, but his mannerisms just gave me the vibe he'd be a lovely guy. For me Strickland was...