Snooker: World Championships 2022

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Snooker: World Championships 2022

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Just been watching the Selby vs Yan match.

What a titanic battle between the 2 of them.

The 22 frame was enthralling. Over 85 minutes of everything a fan could ever want to watch.

So with Selby out there will be a new name on the trophy. I wouldn't bet against it being Yan but obviously would like it to be Ronnie :coolas:
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West Ham supporter Bingham please. Or ethier Mark Williams or Shaun Maguire. :newthumb:

Anyone but that whinging, whining, dickhead, hater of Snooker, gamesmanship playing, crybady, patronizing, worse fans in the game, total tosshead of a human, I'm not bothered, prefer running, snooker bores me, daddy issues Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Anyone but him.
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ILoveWHU wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:11 pm So with Selby out there will be a new name on the trophy. I wouldn't bet against it being Yan but obviously would like it to be Ronnie :coolas:
Higgins, Williams, O'Sullivan, Bingham, Trump and Robertson have all won it before.
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brothernero wrote: Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:10 pm West Ham supporter Bingham please. Or ethier Mark Williams or Shaun Maguire. :newthumb:

Anyone but that whinging, whining, dickhead, hater of Snooker, gamesmanship playing, crybady, patronizing, worse fans in the game, total tosshead of a human, I'm not bothered, prefer running, snooker bores me, daddy issues Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Anyone but him.
I get a feeling you don't like Ronnie.

As much as you don't like him, you have to say he is a bit good at the game... bit like Ronaldo in football.
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Lisowski currently at 28/1 as a decent outside bet.

A Sullivan/Bingtao final would be very watchable.
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Would like to see the winner of o'Sullivan or maguire win it
If not, then Robertson, if not him then Lisowski or Bingtao

Anyone but Higgins I suppose at this stage
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Row X wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:50 am I get a feeling you don't like Ronnie.

As much as you don't like him, you have to say he is a bit good at the game... bit like Ronaldo in football.
Cannot stand him and I can tell you for certain alot of players within the game really do not like him much ethier.

Great player, utter **** of a man.
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I have been a huge Snooker fan my entire life, but despite being an avid watcher for 40+ years remarkably I have never seen a Maximum break of 147 completed live

That is until now having just watched Neil Robertson make one at the Crucible.

FINALLY!!!! :scarfer:

West Ham to win on Thursday and this would a truly awesome week. 🤞
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Was a great break and a superb match
Robertson has a real mental block at the Crucible and that struck again as at 12-11 up and winning the session 5-2 he somehow managed to lose
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Robertson has freely admitted in the past that the Crucible is one of his least favourite venues and that does seem to have an infect on how he plays there.

Needs to get over it if he wants to win a 2nd World Championship. Ridiculous with all that he has won in the game he only has 1 world title and that was back in 2010
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Anyone but Ronnie for me.

Unquestionably one of the greatest ever players but has an attitude to the game that stinks.

Would have liked to see Kyren Wilson win but now he’s out I’ll be happy for Higgins or Williams to lift the trophy.
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ILoveWHU wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:11 pm Just been watching the Selby vs Yan match.

What a titanic battle between the 2 of them.

The 22 frame was enthralling. Over 85 minutes of everything a fan could ever want to watch.

So with Selby out there will be a new name on the trophy. I wouldn't bet against it being Yan but obviously would like it to be Ronnie :coolas:
Can't watch Selby. Dull as...

So long as they entertain, not really bothered who wins.

Ronnie has been a sporting hero of mine for years. Has a strange attitude to the game. I reckon he loves it really but plays it down so that when he loses he acts like he's not that bothered.
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Chicken Run Supreme wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:11 pm Anyone but Ronnie for me..... has an attitude to the game that stinks.

... I’ll be happy for Higgins to lift the trophy.
Eh?
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Ronnie is a box of frogs, and doesn't seem to be a particularly pleasant man, but he plays the game in the way we'd all want to be able to play it. Much as I like the calculating styles of the Davises and Stephen Hendrys, I never wanted to be able to play like that - White, Hurricane, Ronnie, even Drago, played it the way it's meant to be played.

John Higgins is a ****.
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I like Ronnie’s snooker, I was a Hurricane Higgins and then a White fan and Ronnie was always the natural successor to that style of play. Way more successful than both Higgins and White, but it’s just his contempt for the Sport and fellow professionals that lets him down massively.

I’ve got no axe to grind with the Wizard of Wishaw
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It'd be good to see Bingham win it again. Just starting on BBC2 again now.
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Chicken Run Supreme wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:01 am

I’ve got no axe to grind with the Wizard of Wishaw
Me neither tbh.

Dan likes to tell us every year how much he hates him though.
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Up the Junction wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:07 am It'd be good to see Bingham win it again. Just starting on BBC2 again now.
Yeah, I’d go along with that. Always plays well at Sheffield and was a good scrap with Kyren Wilson
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westham,eggyandchips wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:14 am Me neither tbh.

Dan likes to tell us every year how much he hates him though.
Think you'll find that's WG, but I'm certainly not a member of the Higgins fan club.
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been some fantastic snooker so far , this tournament always delivers ,superb.
for some unknown reason ,im backing Yan Bingtao . an incredible talent for a 22 year old ,
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