WPC 2007-live internet coverage dates & times

[Boro Nut]

To chilli: Congrats for Daryl's win. Finally England has something to cheer about.

Erm.... you only have to be born English to have all you need to cheer about mate.

Of course, we're much too polite and reserved to do something as uncouth as that. Wouldn't want to draw attention to ourselves see. Good lord no. Much better to just be quietly smug about it.

Better still, buy yourself a high horse to be quietly smug on. No point being quietly smug about anything if nobody can see you doing it is there? What's the point of being English if nobody knows you are? How could you rub in the fact that they were born foreign? They wouldn't know when to bite would they. You'd be failing in your solemn duty as an Englishman by not winding them up and reinforcing their stereotypes. It's what we do best, and probably only the Aussies ever get it. Hardly surprising. Them buggers are worse than we are.

I mean, you don't think we wanted to win all those wars against the French do you? It's just that it obviously meant so much to them that's all. They practically begged us to.

Boro Nut

 

[crosseyedjoe]

Now it's over. On to 8-Ball World Pool Championship.

 

[jsp]

Daryl's acceptance speech...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV7Y7CGd4DY&NR=1

It was nice to see the Filipino fans support the player who knocked out three of their popular stars. Nice to see them embrace the champion, and it makes up for their poor attitude at the conclusion of the Busta match.

Congrats to Daryl...he deserved it.

We'll be seeing more of Gomez in the years to come. This stumbling block will only make him stronger.

 

[chilli66]

WOW ! Lex Luthor used Kryptonite on Superman! Congrats to Daryl. It must have been a very exciting match basing from the score. too bad I wasn't able to watch it. Bummer.

To chilli: Congrats for Daryl's win. Finally England has something to cheer about. regarding the Spot the Englishman, I guess he was the won wearing a striped **** ! Am I right?

Yes you are right. Seems to be a lucky shirt for me!

 

[JoeyA]

Classy Acceptance Speech!

Daryl's acceptance speech...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV7Y7CGd4DY&NR=1

It was nice to see the Filipino fans support the player who knocked out three of their popular stars. Nice to see them embrace the champion, and it makes up for their poor attitude at the conclusion of the Busta match.

Congrats to Daryl...he deserved it.

We'll be seeing more of Gomez in the years to come. This stumbling block will only make him stronger.

You get mucho REP for the acceptance speech. I was exhausted even with the pot of Columbian coffee I drank, watching the final match and turned off the computer and fell fast asleep.

It was nice seeing Daryl smile. You can see that this title meant the world to him personally. He was gracious with Roberto Gomez and the rest of the players with his praise of them and the way that he allowed the crowd to cheer his comments about his fellow players.

Just before he gave his acceptance speech, was the crowd cheering his name Peeeeeech?

I think Daryl likes that trophy and he didn't mind posing repeatedly with a secure lip plant on it.

WAY TO GO DARYL! Classy acceptance speech. NICE STYLE!

JoeyA

 

[Snapshot9]

Am I

the only one that said Gomez would cool off the final day, and that the pressure would get to him, and said that Peach would win the WCP because he had been tested time and again before the final?

I just wish I would have had the $$$ to have bet on the match, I could have had a few new cues, a new car, and Xmas money!!!

 

[JoeyA]

the only one that said Gomez would cool off the final day, and that the pressure would get to him, and said that Peach would win the WCP because he had been tested time and again before the final?

I just wish I would have had the $$$ to have bet on the match, I could have had a few new cues, a new car, and Xmas money!!!

No, you aren't the only one. I agree with you and alluded to the same thing after Peach's match against Bustamante but didn't have a favorite to pull for as I knew neither of them. After hearing his WPC acceptance speech it would be hard to pull against Peach.
JoeyA

 

[Hail Mary Shot]

can't blame the reaction of the crowd during Busty's match with Daryl. it was a very highly and tightly contested match which was decided on a very very close call (without the help of the camera, it would be a 50-50 decision from the ref). I believe it would have been a better reaction if Busty lost the match due to a safety battle or Daryl running out that crucial rack. though I must say, that I highly despise the way some of those people tried to shark Daryl. that bad deed was definitely unacceptable. in a basket of apples, we just can't avoid some rotten ones.

 

[yobagua]

Well we should then have the WPC in some kind of neutral zone like Antarctica. Because fans will be fans anywhere. It isnt relegated to the Phillipines. Have you ever been to an NBA team where the visiting team has to make a free throw. They throw everything at you but the A Bomb. Varner said when he played in the PI the locals where lighting up their lighters everytime he was going to make their shots. I know its unfair but its all part of competition. Its the officials that have to keep it fair. Its the competitor who can overcome all adversity that will win. And their is pressure too of being the home town favorite.

 

[Hail Mary Shot]

Well we should then have the WPC in some kind of neutral zone like Antarctica. Because fans will be fans anywhere. It isnt relegated to the Phillipines. Have you ever been to an NBA team where the visiting team has to make a free throw. They throw everything at you but the A Bomb. Varner said when he played in the PI the locals where lighting up their lighters everytime he was going to make their shots. I know its unfair but its all part of competition. Its the officials that have to keep it fair. Its the competitor who can overcome all adversity that will win. And their is pressure too of being the home town favorite.

True, that is one more challenge a foreign competitor must face. You would not expect the fans would cheer more on Daryl over Roberto. the right attitude on this is to win the crowd and their respect (though I would not count on a numbered few diehards to really give up their pride). fighting the crowd will just put you on a losing end. entertain them and that would surely make them happy. Just Imagine if Daryl acted like a dick during and after the match against Busty or Gomez. surely, he'd be lucky to escape without any bruises. but that of course is another story.