John Virgo needs another cocktail, he is my favorite. Im not sure why, but he is.
World Snooker Professional Championship 2013
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John Virgo needs another cocktail, he is my favorite. Im not sure why, but he is.
Monty's Pot Shot
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sco...Gardening-Don-slams-BBC2s-snooker-choice.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/8476614/Gardeners-World-replaced-by-the-snooker-on-BBC2.html
It was bad enough delaying the Ronnie V Judd match with Politics Scotland never mind puting a gardening programme on . I mean there is plenty of time for gardening . Pretty much winter temperature,s still here.
I like a bit of gardening but to pay £145.50 to Auntie Beeb and miss out on Ronnie V Judd would've been unforgivable = non payments = potential £1000 fine .
So jist before I picked a windae to toss the TV and launch it into the sky(I reckon the TV set would've landed somewhere near Texas U.S.A.) oot I thought hey Jock watch it on line and you need the TV set for the final as Auntie Beeb will show it uninterrupted coverage .:wink::thumbup:
So I kept the TV set.:wink:
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sco...Gardening-Don-slams-BBC2s-snooker-choice.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/8476614/Gardeners-World-replaced-by-the-snooker-on-BBC2.html
It was bad enough delaying the Ronnie V Judd match with Politics Scotland never mind puting a gardening programme on . I mean there is plenty of time for gardening . Pretty much winter temperature,s still here.
I like a bit of gardening but to pay £145.50 to Auntie Beeb and miss out on Ronnie V Judd would've been unforgivable = non payments = potential £1000 fine .
So jist before I picked a windae to toss the TV and launch it into the sky(I reckon the TV set would've landed somewhere near Texas U.S.A.) oot I thought hey Jock watch it on line and you need the TV set for the final as Auntie Beeb will show it uninterrupted coverage .:wink::thumbup:
So I kept the TV set.:wink:
8/1 became 1/8
Skybet odds :
http://www.skybet.com/snooker
Can you believe that swing around in the odds ?
:smile::thumbup:
All the markets :
http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/snooker/world-championship
Way back when Ronnie announced he was going to play in this he was 8/1 top price @ Skybet and in the Betting market's the best odds you can get now are 2/9 in the To Win Outright Market .
Skybet odds :
http://www.skybet.com/snooker
Can you believe that swing around in the odds ?
:smile::thumbup:
Dennis Doherty was unavailable because he is dead.
Been watching as much as I can on Lemonsport TV on the live stream as I've been off work all week. Only thing is, here in Texas, it's damn early if you want to catch the morning session. I'm working the night shift now, so I will miss most of the finals. Guess I will have to read about it, and then catch it on utube later. It's a shame.
Guess I will have to read about it, and then catch it on utube later. It's a shame.
Been watching as much as I can on Lemonsport TV on the live stream as I've been off work all week. Only thing is, here in Texas, it's damn early if you want to catch the morning session. I'm working the night shift now, so I will miss most of the finals.
Starts today and Monday at 9 a.m. EDT
Isn't that about 6 a.m. Texas time?
Enjoy your sleep.
yes he beats Hawkins 2-1 in games, so thats why i said 9-10 frames is what he will win, i cant see him doing as well as Carter last year,
Starts today and Monday at 9 a.m. EDT
Isn't that about 6 a.m. Texas time?
Enjoy your sleep.
no 7 in texas, 6am in Ca where i did get up last year to watch the finals. Brutal. this year i wisened up and came to Europe. Was going to go to Sheffield but ended up in Germany.
Ronnie backstage just before his introduction.
I'm at the Crucible for my first time. Are there any questions from Americans that I can investigate?
I'm at the Crucible for my first time. Are there any questions from Americans that I can investigate?
yes, why didnt you remind me about coming with you?:wink: we talked about it at the pool room, i dogged it and forgot:sorry:. Man i am so happy your there, if your there next year, we will be there.
also I will know when I will be going to Mayo in a few days, i'll have kelly FB you, i dont know how to use that social media stuff. I will be there for sure, I have to go see a arthritis doctor I got something wrong with me, think its what Phil Mickleson has so i should be ok, if not pool(playing) will be history for me. I'll be a rail bird.
I sure did like frame 4 the 81 break with 10 or 11 blues, pretty sporty. I hope this match becomes a match, not a blow out. Hawkins has lots of heart, he looked horrible the first session against the guy he just beat, looked nervous , now he looks confident and if he can hold up he will make a match out of it. I said before he gets 9 or 10, after seeing him win the last 2 frames i think he will win a bit more, perhaps 13-15(i hope he does, I like him from what i have seen of him-seems like a good guy, tons of heart)
Thanks Mike and enjoy, i want to hear all the stories when we come see you in a month or so, i'll be sure to keep you in the loop, i dogged it and forgot to call you to see if you were going. man i cant stand it!!
cheers,
eric:smile:
who is your favorite?
Hendry dosent say much but what he says is spot on! as expected, he knows as much about the modern game as anyone. He is a bit dry and matter of fact, but thats cool what he says counts.
Steve Davis is good that way too, and he does throw in a good joke now and then or a dig at a player. I like that, very sublime.
All the BBC guys are VERY good, They all do a good job, the whole show is well presented. tho it does get a bit redundant at times with the mid session interval analysis of the matches.
I like Dennis Taylor for his shot analysis, but, being Irish, he yaps too much.
Dennis gets the shot to be played right, as compared to Incardona who has a very high error rate.
(Incardona is a pool commentator)
I like Dennis Taylor for his shot analysis, but, being Irish, he yaps too much.
Dennis gets the shot to be played right, as compared to Incardona who has a very high error rate.
(Incardona is a pool commentator)
yes and no, I know Incordona personally, he commentates one pocket and its not as straight forward as snooker, also he isnt afforded the camera angles and millions of $$ of equipment to see the shot as well as the BBC commentators are. They usually have the Americans stuffed into a booth off in the corner and no monitor so it's guess work.
I have done a little commentary and i'm horrible, once I was doing a match with someone and we couldnt see the table, we had a 4" monitor with a wide angle of the table on it, the table was 2" long, the balls were dots, we couldnt even tell which ball was next, they were 1 pixel each(or so it seemed). We decided to talk about every shot after the shot as we had no way to know what was going on, someone an azb complained about it, but there is no way to commentate when you cant see whats happening,
perhaps in 400-500 years America will sort out its problems.....
the standard of play was very good today, it was interesting i saw hawkins and ronnie talking in the hallway going into their rooms after the match, both were pissed about the table today, i saw a couple balls roll off, one cost Hawkins a frame, Ronnie was very cool when they were talking. it was on stopstream, Eurosport had a bicycle race on, so they are showing it now, i watched it live. good standard of play.
Cordial inquisiton / accusation
Well Fatone l must disagree, l think Ronnie was carrying on a "friendly" conversation with his opponent so as to lead him down the rosey path which ended at their respective dressing room doors with the mother of all questions from Ronnie to Barry:
"Did YOU request the cloth be changed ???"
Barry: No it wasn't me.
Then someone [a disembodied voice from inside Ronnie' dressingroom] ask
the same question or rather something like "well if you didn't who did ?"
Barry: 'l didnt ask for it the for the cloth to be change they must have done it on their own' [paraphrase]
Ronnie closes his door on Barry retires to his dressing room and the door closes
(BTW Ronnie looked to have the bigger dressingroom..very sunlight lit. Barrys' looked a bit like a cave )
note: Ronnie thinks the cloth is loose and therefore slooow.
So the question is:
Who ordered the cloth changed and why if neither player asked for it ...
Was it a conspiracy from the Snooker Mafia to keep Ronnie from winning the World Championship having never been behind in any frame...?
....................................(a feat that's never been done before)
this prop bet on must have paid off handsomely - would have been an ugly day for the bookies....
..................................l smell a rat or could that be Fish 'n Chips ?
Well Fatone l must disagree, l think Ronnie was carrying on a "friendly" conversation with his opponent so as to lead him down the rosey path which ended at their respective dressing room doors with the mother of all questions from Ronnie to Barry:
"Did YOU request the cloth be changed ???"
Barry: No it wasn't me.
Then someone [a disembodied voice from inside Ronnie' dressingroom] ask
the same question or rather something like "well if you didn't who did ?"
Barry: 'l didnt ask for it the for the cloth to be change they must have done it on their own' [paraphrase]
Ronnie closes his door on Barry retires to his dressing room and the door closes
(BTW Ronnie looked to have the bigger dressingroom..very sunlight lit. Barrys' looked a bit like a cave )
note: Ronnie thinks the cloth is loose and therefore slooow.
So the question is:
Who ordered the cloth changed and why if neither player asked for it ...
Was it a conspiracy from the Snooker Mafia to keep Ronnie from winning the World Championship having never been behind in any frame...?
....................................(a feat that's never been done before)
this prop bet on must have paid off handsomely - would have been an ugly day for the bookies....
..................................l smell a rat or could that be Fish 'n Chips ?
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I've been noticing those roll-offs throughout the semi-finals and I guess they've not fixed them. The more noticeable ones have been on the table's right half if viewed from the baulk line end of the table.
Pathetic Shark
Banned
Tree.
I'm not keen on Ken, especially as analyst, as opposed to commentator. He's a bit too matey-matey for my liking. Davis is also a poor analyst/link man, and not much better in the commentary box. He doesn't know when to stop talking.
Taylor has really improved during this tournament - he's concentrated on top class punditry, rather than endlessly waffling on about how lovely everyone is, and cliched guff about players' nicknames. He's terrific when it comes to spotting shots.
The Great WT is a pompous arse, but I quite like pompous arses in certain situations, and he gets away with it.
Griffiths is wry and dry, and really quite amusing - it always makes me laugh when he criticises players for playing too slowly lol.
Virgo's good value all round, a safe pair of hands. Parrot's great as an analyst and commentator.
Hendry started slowly but is going to be class in all roles.
I'd also say Hazel Irving is top class too - and I bet she hates snooker.