Last day of the World Championship 2018 Qualifiers…
https://ronnieo147.com/2018/04/18/last-day-of-the-world-championship-2018-qualifiers/
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" And off the table Neil Robertson came up with this in the press …
Earlier this week Yan Bingtao was seriously warned by the referee for banging his cue after a particularly bad miss, and there were suggestions on twitter that Hossein Vafaei would often chalk his cue and move in the eyeline of his opponent. Neil’s interview suggests that those behaviours are mainly to be seen in younger players nowadays. Not sure about that. Cue bangs are ones of Maguire “trademarks” and McManus behaviour yesterday, although not happening when Jack was at the table, could certainly be a distraction particularly in a match as important as this one. At no point, I saw the referee intervening. I’m NOT suggesting in any way that those behaviours are/were deliberately aiming at distracting the opponent, I firmly believe that it’s just a case of emotions running high, not cheating. But there shouldn’t be double standards… If a behaviour is off-putting, something should be done about it. "
Well every player is trying there hardest to qualify and if it involves some gamesmanship and a bit of shenanigans could you blame them ?
https://ronnieo147.com/2018/04/18/last-day-of-the-world-championship-2018-qualifiers/
Quote .
" And off the table Neil Robertson came up with this in the press …
Earlier this week Yan Bingtao was seriously warned by the referee for banging his cue after a particularly bad miss, and there were suggestions on twitter that Hossein Vafaei would often chalk his cue and move in the eyeline of his opponent. Neil’s interview suggests that those behaviours are mainly to be seen in younger players nowadays. Not sure about that. Cue bangs are ones of Maguire “trademarks” and McManus behaviour yesterday, although not happening when Jack was at the table, could certainly be a distraction particularly in a match as important as this one. At no point, I saw the referee intervening. I’m NOT suggesting in any way that those behaviours are/were deliberately aiming at distracting the opponent, I firmly believe that it’s just a case of emotions running high, not cheating. But there shouldn’t be double standards… If a behaviour is off-putting, something should be done about it. "
Well every player is trying there hardest to qualify and if it involves some gamesmanship and a bit of shenanigans could you blame them ?
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