Is the Scottish Open not a big enough tournament for Rachel to come out and interview the players straight after? Had Phil Seymour doing it.

You said it Viva 😂

World Grand Prix draw:

Mark Allen (1) v David Gilbert (32)
Joe O'Connor (16) v Lü Haotian (17)
Zhou Yuelong (9) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (24)
Jack Lisowski (8) v Robert Milkins (25)

Mark Selby (5) v Noppon Saengkham (28)
Barry Hawkins(12) v Ronnie O'Sullivan (21)
Mark Williams (13) v Jamie Jones (20)
Ding Junhui (4) v Stuart Bingham (29)

Kyren Wilson (3) v Robbie Williams (30)
Shaun Murphy (14) v Ali Carter (19)
Tom Ford (11) v Sam Craigie (22)
Gary Wilson (6) v Anthony McGill (27)

Luca Brecel (7) v Joe Perry (26)
Judd Trump (10) v Hossein Vafaei (23)
Neil Robertson (15) v Xiao Guodong (18)
Ryan Day (2) v Ricky Walden (31)

No Higgins think it means he is out of the Players and Tour Championship too.

Maybe he will win the Masters or World Championship instead :D

He'll win the Championship league

Arsenal, thank you once again for all your threads you do for the snooker on here... It's appreciated.... 👏👍, & Happy Christmas to all the snooker fans 🎄🤶🎅🌲

Thank you wetherbyterrier thank you for keeping the threads going and for all the great debates we have. Hope you and all the Snooker lovers here have a great Christmas.

Home nation thoughts... Some fool had a go at me on Facebook the other day for saying Ronnie isn't interested in the home nations, apart from maybe the Welsh Open... Some bloke says don't be so silly he's English, why would he want to do well in Wales....

I replied with, " I can see you don't really know snooker do you" 😂 The Welsh Open has been around consistently for years, & I think is looked at differently ( favourably) against the other 3 home nations) I also pointed out that Ronnie had won the Welsh 4 times... Thoughts guys, do you agree?

Yes I don’t even think Ronnie thinks of the Welsh as a Home Nations event, it’s got a long history and he’s had some top wins there like his win in 2014 against Ding when he got the 147…

Yep I would agree the Welsh Open is the slightly better Home nations event compared to the other 3 (I know prize money is the same) but the Welsh Open started in 1992 and has that history. Judd has lost 2 Welsh Open finals He should have won one of them at least.

Thought so chaps, I put this bloke in his place.... Trying to out snooker us experts 🤣👍

Yes the Welsh Open is historically a more prestigious event than the others. However, with the creation of the Home Nations series, its probably on a par with the others now.

Since we are on the subject. Higgins has won it more than any other player (5).

I know that Viva, didn't want to steal your glory of telling us 🙌😂

Your very kind Wetherby 😂

😂, I don't agree though Viva, I think the Welsh will remain above the other 3, due to the history like Arsenal says, it used to be the tournament before the world championship, but now we have the players & tour championship before the big one now

I see your point. It was definately one of the main tournaments I used to look out for on the TV after the Triple Crown events. Players over 30 will probably still regard it as more prestigious. However, I do think the Home Nations series will dilute its significance in the future, especially with the younger players (don't think that was the intended effect). The Players and Tour Championship may well be the more important tournaments to win once they have had more years in the calendar.

Yea, perhaps you are right with the younger players, & the Players & Tour championship have moved ahead of this too

Make sure you vote for the Rocket tonight!

I'm voting for Beth Mead as she plays for Arsenal

Beth who? DISGRACE, Ronnie is the most talented sportsman in this country.... No doubt the WOKE beeb with give it to some shi*y woman footballer... Rant over

😂😂

Ridiculous.... 🤬🤬🤬🤬

SPOTY is often a waste of time

Yea, just watched Ronnie's bit then switched on paint drying on ITV 4 😂