Slow play, for one. Do you enjoy watching a man watching a table? I don't.
Did I stutter, Limey ?
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Slow play, for one. Do you enjoy watching a man watching a table? I don't.
Compare slow play in pool with slow play in golf anyone?
I think the slow play issue is pretty much exclusive to this tournament because of the call shot rules and the ability to pass shots back to your opponent if a miss occurs.
Snooker and pool are so different, whats the point in comparing the two?
Like I said, you just don't know what you are even talking about.
Both are agonizing...
There is no snooker over here now days, no interest! i guess everyone is more interested in a faster paced game with more skill involved. Maybe if they tweaked snooker and made it less boring and more skill involved, we would start seeing pool players playing it![]()
sometimes excruciatingly so. some folks should stick to the range.
there's a reason why players like Earl and Ronnie O'Sullivan pack pack in the crowds.
nobody want's to watch Peter Ebdon or Charlie Williams.
There was an infamous match between Ebdon and O'Sullivan at the crucible a few years again, when Ebbo bored Ronnie so much O'Sullivan put a towel over his head whilst Ebbo was at the table. I was there that night and it was clear to me at the time this was a watershed moment.
This goes to the heart of the discussion for me. The good must out and the grinders must die. The authorities need to show some balls and banish slow play for good. Don't let your champions suffer a death by a thousand cuts: protect those that protect the game.
sometimes excruciatingly so. some folks should stick to the range.
there's a reason why players like Earl and Ronnie O'Sullivan pack pack in the crowds.
nobody want's to watch Peter Ebdon or Charlie Williams.
sometimes excruciatingly so. some folks should stick to the range.
there's a reason why players like Earl and Ronnie O'Sullivan pack pack in the crowds.
nobody want's to watch Peter Ebdon or Charlie Williams.
Compare slow play in pool with slow play in golf anyone?
Speaking of golf, it's interesting to watch some of the old match play events from the 50's and 60's. Those guys were almost hitting the ball without interrupting their stride. Slow play in golf started with Nicklaus, IMO. And now you can't get in 18 holes in under 4 hours because of the wannabes taking forever.
Keith McCready pulled Luc Salvas in the first round, race to 9.
They finished their match, which went hill-hill, BTW, in 20 minutes. While their match went 9-8, the scores of the other matches were 2-1, 3-1, 1-1, et cetera.![]()