It is difficult. Having players at simple shots forever. I agree the shot clock just makes it better.Is anyone else finding it hard to watch, no shot clock on the tv table is brutally slow and the purple 5 ball is so distracting.
Everytime I try to watch it gets frustrating,bend down look and stands up 5 or six times or more, walk around the table 3 times on the simplest shots.
Also how can you have a tournament were some players have 1 lose and are eliminated and other 1 lose player is still playing? Why would they want a tournament that could have the whole field have 1 lose but still have a champion? Just when pool seems to be having a resurgence they feel like they have to make changes to me are a negative!
It is difficult. Having players at simple shots forever. I agree the shot clock just makes it better.
I think it effected Ruiz's play, brutal match to watch, tho NOT Kaci Brutal.Is anyone else finding it hard to watch, no shot clock on the tv table is brutally slow and the purple 5 ball is so distracting.
Everytime I try to watch it gets frustrating,bend down look and stands up 5 or six times or more, walk around the table 3 times on the simplest shots.
Also how can you have a tournament were some players have 1 lose and are eliminated and other 1 lose player is still playing? Why would they want a tournament that could have the whole field have 1 lose but still have a champion? Just when pool seems to be having a resurgence they feel like they have to make changes to me are a negative!
My vote for post of the year ^^^^I'll throw my 2 cents in and then wait to be murdered. I can barely stand to watch what the game has become. I can only watch certain players. Cookie cutter robots. Everybody with their stupid pre shot routines, walking totally around the table checking a line on every single shot no matter how simple the shot or position. You know where your rock needs to be.......SHOOT THE D***N BALL! Stroking their cue in the air 50x, step into the shot, all looking like snooker players.
It's f****** brutal. No style, flair, individuality. Used to have Keith smoking and sipping a beer. Now we get sissy tight pants and guys sipping on fruit smoothies wearing shirts that look like a NASCAR hood. Folks really think this is better or great? I'm 50 years old now. For 30 of it I've been hearing about this or that to make pool big time. Not going to happen. It's a niche activity. So be it. I love pool and this crap is painful to watch. Tighter pockets doesn't make things better. Not snooker, not meant to be. The cloth is to fast and the balls to reactive. You can fart and send whitey 3 rails. Used to need a stroke to play. AND THE 5 BALL IS ORANGE!!!
It's at the bottom of the screen.Be nice if the announcers, would let the audience/non players know which ball color is which #.
Or maybe show somewhere on the screen that the purple ball is the 5 and the pink is the four to HELP.
And it shows which balls have been pocketed.It's at the bottom of the screen.
It's been there on all Matchroom broadcasts for decades
LARGER than the normal colors, could HELP, hard to see.It's at the bottom of the screen.
It's been there on all Matchroom broadcasts for decades
It will be interesting today when Filler plays Kaci .... with a shot clock. I'm thinking 10-3/10-4 Filler.I will see your Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and raise you an Eklent Kaci.
I'm totally with you on the changing of the colors of the four and five ball. One of the stupidest things I've ever seen in this sport. I'd like to ask the people responsible for this idiocy if they would also consider changing the colors of the four and five ball in snooker? Of course not! It is only the American game of 9-Ball that they would do something like this with. All that blather about it being done for television is 100% unadulterated BS! Every time I watch a match and see this I am infuriated that they got away with it. Shame on the companies who are making these balls. Over 100 years of tradition thrown in the trash like yesterday's garbage. And only some vague and blithe remarks to explain it away.I don’t want to knock MR as they are doing a lot for pool.
The purple 5 is beyond bad.
The rest I can live with. I’ve sweated a few matches with a couple friends while talking on the phone-was fun.
I’m just glad we are past all the BS and at a live venue and people are there. Let’s not forget what was going on a couple years ago. Let’s be grateful that pool is being played-even if the 5 is the WRONG color. And I’m working on fixing that.
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I completely agree regarding the shot clock comment. For what my opinion is worth....Matchroom, please please please put a shot clock. I understand that it is a professional event and so on. That being said, I would think that viewership matters from a standpoint of manifesting growth. Though this isnt the PGA, even the PGA has a time criteria for hitting each shot. The amount of time that drags between shots makes it brutal to watch.Is anyone else finding it hard to watch, no shot clock on the tv table is brutally slow and the purple 5 ball is so distracting.
Everytime I try to watch it gets frustrating,bend down look and stands up 5 or six times or more, walk around the table 3 times on the simplest shots.
Also how can you have a tournament were some players have 1 lose and are eliminated and other 1 lose player is still playing? Why would they want a tournament that could have the whole field have 1 lose but still have a champion? Just when pool seems to be having a resurgence they feel like they have to make changes to me are a negative!
I completely agree regarding the shot clock comment. For what my opinion is worth....Matchroom, please please please put a shot clock. I understand that it is a professional event and so on. That being said, I would think that viewership matters from a standpoint of manifesting growth. Though this isnt the PGA, even the PGA has a time criteria for hitting each shot. The amount of time that drags between shots makes it brutal to watch.
Again, for what my personal thoughts are worth....you are hearing this feedback from fans who are already loyal to this sport. I dont think its possible to grow interest when you are being questioned by those who are already loyal. To grab new viewers seems almost impossible. A very simple change could only help.....in my opinion.
I definitely dont have all the answers, but I think not having a shot clock is definitely a small step in the wrong direction from a fan standpoint.
Replying to the part in RED. Matchroom doesn't care what we think. They don't care about the current fans at all. They just assume we will always be there to support them because we love the game. Queen Emily only cares about bringing in new viewers and sponsors. Everything they do is to attract NEW viewers not to please current viewers. Their whole mindset is to create a tv sport. She couldn't care less what the tradition is or what people like Jay who have been influential in the game for a long time think. She knows best.I completely agree regarding the shot clock comment. For what my opinion is worth....Matchroom, please please please put a shot clock. I understand that it is a professional event and so on. That being said, I would think that viewership matters from a standpoint of manifesting growth. Though this isnt the PGA, even the PGA has a time criteria for hitting each shot. The amount of time that drags between shots makes it brutal to watch.
Again, for what my personal thoughts are worth....you are hearing this feedback from fans who are already loyal to this sport. I dont think its possible to grow interest when you are being questioned by those who are already loyal. To grab new viewers seems almost impossible. A very simple change could only help.....in my opinion.
I definitely dont have all the answers, but I think not having a shot clock is definitely a small step in the wrong direction from a fan standpoint.
Right now I'm just wondering how to watch the last two days. The DAZN website gives no indication about any upcoming pool events. Haven't we seen this movie before?
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If you click on sports, pool, then it shows up...Right now I'm just wondering how to watch the last two days. The DAZN website gives no indication about any upcoming pool events. Haven't we seen this movie before?
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