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Kyren Wilson (1) v Lei Peifan Jak Jones (16) v Zhao Xintong Neil Robertson (9) v Chris Wakelin Mark Allen (8) v Fan Zhengyi ------- Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) v Ali Carter Zhang Anda (12) v Pang Junxu Si Jiahui (13) v David Gilbert Mark Selby (4) v Ben Woollaston ------- John Higgins (3) v Joe O'Connor Xiao Guodong (14) v Matthew Selt Barry Hawkins (11) v Hossein Vafaei Mark Williams (6) v Wu Yize ------- Luca Brecel (7) v Ryan Day Ding Junhui (10) v Zak Surety Shaun Murphy (15) v Daniel Wells Judd Trump (2) v Zhou Yuelong Can't see many upsets but I reckon Carter will grind down Ronnie. And Brecel is bobbins nowadays. Wakelin has had a good season but I think Robertson is back to good enough form to beat him. Could be a tight one though.

For me it was always guaranteed that there'd be simple microbial life out there everywhere. It's then a big leap from that to having the long term stability to eventually evolve into complex life though. Just took the 3 billion years on our planet.

Gilbert gets Si Jiahui on Monday and Tuesday night, which is tough but still a decent draw all things considered. Has Selby in the next round if he wins though.

8:45 am.

I love Lithfow too. Is brilliant at both comedy as well as drama. I have no problem with them casting a black guy as Snape, but then don't claim in all your media statements that it'll be a "faithful adaptation" of the books.

Dave Gilbert through 10-9 after being 5-8 down. Great stuff for him to make sure he's at the Worlds. He only started practicing 10 days ago, and I'll no doubt see him in the club practicing on Thursday afternoon when I go in.

Usually it's 30 mins after the advertised times. You get adverts, then trailers, then another advert right before the film starts. At least that's what happens at Odeon. It might be quicker and around 20 mins, but you'll be fine arriving 10-15mins late.

I'm guessing he just wants to be sick right now.

Shooty arse time!

Why didn't he just go straight at it? Plenty of room either side.

Ruh roh.

Under Nuno he was yeah. Limited but extremely effective. The two players either side make a big difference because then all he has to do is read the game and mop up behind them. Boly and Saiss were beasts next to him so he had very little to do. Faes and Vestegaard just don't cut it.

I used to get £11 p/w for doing the evening local paper and the Sunday morning tabloids.

Good. Serves him right for doing that ****ing boring drill before EVERY FRIGGING SHOT. You're a top professional ffs.

We're supposedly looking at a replacement for Jose Sa this summer, and moving Sam Johnstone on. Swap deal? How much is Mads valued at do you reckon?

Alison Brie.........

No. Looks like they've been fished out of a skip.

I don't mean Trump is in it to make money. He's in it gain favour with those people who can influence things the way he wants.

Of course they are. And Trump is in on it for sure. He should be in handcuffs for what he's doing.

The joke's been around for decades. Well before that moronic character.

Avocado is disgusting full stop.

The key words there are "not vaccinated". Some parents think they know better than doctors and have a grudge against the pharmaceutical companies. Either that or they have some stupid belief system stopping them.

Unbelievable grit and determination from Higgins. Yeah he had a bit of run but you still have to pot the balls after.

Gary O'Neil - 9 points from 16 games Vitor Pereira - 23 points from from 15 games Only Liverpool have picked up more points in the last 2 months. Basically running at 2PPG since February. That PPG under Pereira would give us 58 points over a 38 game season. Of course, that's with Cunha who won't be here next season (although he's also missed 6 out of those 15 games). Vitor deserves more recognition in the media for the job he's done really. They'd be rimning O'Neil in the Sky Sports studios if he'd have had that record.

Currently 13°C in Aston and Rashford has come on wearing gloves. The absolute bell-sniffer.