comment by Wetherbyterrier (U2075)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by _Viva_Vida (U6044)
posted 16 seconds ago
What a result for Jones! Will Robbo get to the Crucible again is the more pertinent question Wetherby

Wtf was up with the coverage? My Discovery stream just disappeared before the decider, then the Youtube stream decided to split screen with Day vs Donaldson ffs.
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😂 Duel screen was terrible... Avoid Lisowski & Vafaei for me now
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Si

Joe O'connor beats Selt & is the only debutant... Roll on the draw!

comment by Bill Nick: Driving the Royal and Davies bandwa... (U23088)
posted about 2 hours ago
comment by Wetherbyterrier (U2075)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by _Viva_Vida (U6044)
posted 16 seconds ago
What a result for Jones! Will Robbo get to the Crucible again is the more pertinent question Wetherby

Wtf was up with the coverage? My Discovery stream just disappeared before the decider, then the Youtube stream decided to split screen with Day vs Donaldson ffs.
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😂 Duel screen was terrible... Avoid Lisowski & Vafaei for me now
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Si
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Maguire and Bingham also

Here are all the 16 players that have qualified:
Stephen Maguire
Stuart Bingham
Ryan Day
Ricky Walden
David Gilbert
Dominic Dale
Jack Lisowski
Jamie Jones
Lyu Haotian
Robbie Williams
Hossein Vafaei
Jak Jones
Si Jiahui
Pang Junxu
Jackson Page
Joe O'Connor

A who's who of also rans

My qualifier seeds:

1. Jack Lisowski
2. Si Jiahui
3. Hossein Vafaei
4. Stephen Maguire
5. Stuart Bingham
6. Jamie Jones

meh

?

Robbo's decline shows no sign of stopping

what's happened to him ?

too many computer games or summat

Probably a mixture of fatherhood, generally other things in life, and if you lose focus on your snooker life I guess you will dip a little. Similar happened to Ding.
And then it's a case of how much desire you have to try and get back.
It's easy to forget that the likes of Ronnie, Higgins and Williams is not the norm in terms of their longevity - these are 3 of the greatest 10 players of all time.
If you currently look at more recent players, you would say that currently only Selby could be considered in such a list by the end of his career. Someone like Trump would need to win a few more triple crown events.
And I have said this in another thread, but I can't see any new young starts really coming through atm.

are any snooker players up at 8.45am?

williams v si

Wow! Judd v Hussain

that bottom half is a nightmare

Ding v Lisowski!!!!

Luca Brecel v David Gilbert

Robert Milkins v Pang Junxu

Ali Carter v Stephen Maguire

Shaun Murphy v Lyu Haotian

Mark Selby v Joe O'Connor

Kyren Wilson v Dominic Dale

John Higgins v Jamie Jones

Mark Allen v Robbie Williams

Judd Trump v Hossein Vafaei

Tom Ford v Ricky Walden

Zhang Anda v Jak Jones

Mark Williams v Si Jiahui

Ding Junhui v Jack Lisowski

Gary Wilson v Stuart Bingham

Barry Hawkins v Ryan Day

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Jackson Page

Tough draw for Judd 3rd year in a row he has a tough 1st round opponent.

I had a feeling John would get Jones, he will be confident after beating Robbo.

Even if John does well in this tournament, its going to be a tough watch. Potentially Allen then Slowby 😭

comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 44 minutes ago
Luca Brecel v David Gilbert

Robert Milkins v Pang Junxu

Ali Carter v Stephen Maguire

Shaun Murphy v Lyu Haotian

Mark Selby v Joe O'Connor

Kyren Wilson v Dominic Dale

John Higgins v Jamie Jones

Mark Allen v Robbie Williams

Judd Trump v Hossein Vafaei

Tom Ford v Ricky Walden

Zhang Anda v Jak Jones

Mark Williams v Si Jiahui

Ding Junhui v Jack Lisowski

Gary Wilson v Stuart Bingham

Barry Hawkins v Ryan Day

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Jackson Page
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Judd does get some tough draws, doesn't he?

Ronnie used to get the same in the 2000s decade

However, Judd did have quite straightforward first round opponents in 2017 and 2018 and he really struggled, so maybe it might benefit him

2 days to go folks... Looking forward to it as always.. Stand out ties.. Judd v Vafaei, & Ding v Lisowski

Judd has Mark Williams poss in the QF,, Ronnie in a decent quarter, poss run to the semi, Page, Hawkins, Ding/Lisowski...

People talk about good and bad draws, but there are always a few upsets and more often than not at least one surprise semi-finalist.

I think Ding will be ok against Lisowski - Lisowski is such an open player, than even if he's on it, he will give up chances, so hoping Ding's better all round game and general break-building will see him through

Let's hope we get a lot of decent matches.

Schedule properly updated.

Over the years, what's your best match from each round?

I'm not gonna think too hard and give a few options

1st Round - Judd vs Thepchaiya 2019

2nd Round - Jimmy White Vs Stephen Hendry - 1988

Quarter Final - Ronnie Vs Higgins - 1996 or Hendry Vs Doherty 2002

Semi Final - Ronnie vs Selby - 2020 (although there are endless options here)

Final - Steve Davis Vs Dennis Taylor - 1985



Final -

I really wish there was an edit option