Snooker 2023

[Nalis]

So many matches we've seen a great win followed by limp defeat in the UKs and trend is following a little here.

 

Makes it interesting. Would love to see Lisowski win it.

[Nalis]

2-2 after barely an hour of play

[Nalis]

Lisowski wins 6-4, shame its banged onto the red button.

 

Vafaei played well in spells, hopefully he'll break into the top 16 soon

[Nalis]

Where are my usual FT suspects at,  I'm in an echo chamber here !

 

Enjoyed this Trump Hawkins match, down to a decider. Hawkins has had some run of the balls.

Edited 13 January 2023 by Nalis

[RowlattsFox]

Not been able to watch much this year. Hope Lisowski can finally get the win

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Corky]

18 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

Not been able to watch much this year. Hope Lisowski can finally get the win

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beaten 6-0 by Williams

[Nalis]

This frame is looooooong

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Could be a late finish. Possibly another 5 frames after this one.

[kingfox]

Judd was desperate for a tournament win after a dodgy run of form lately.

 

Starting to feel sorry for Williams though, he’s been playing some good stuff for a while, fully deserves a tournament win himself this season.

[kingfox]

An update on the match fixing scandal, not a pleasant read.

 

Liang Wenbo, Lu Ning & Li Hang are surely finished, the rest in deep trouble too.

 

https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-statement-18-january-2023/

[Nalis]

6 hours ago, kingfox said:

An update on the match fixing scandal, not a pleasant read.

 

Liang Wenbo, Lu Ning & Li Hang are surely finished, the rest in deep trouble too.

 

https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-statement-18-january-2023/

Considering Jamie Jones got a 1 year ban for failing to report an approach to match fixing, I'm expecting lengthy or lifetime bans for most of that list if found guilty.

[kingfox]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

Considering Jamie Jones got a 1 year ban for failing to report an approach to match fixing, I'm expecting lengthy or lifetime bans for most of that list if found guilty.

I could be wrong, but with the way that is laid out, it seems to me that Liang Wenbo, Li Hang & Lu Ning got the other seven to fix matches. Those three are the oldest of the bunch as well, could easily be seen as more intimidating people.

 

As Chang Bingyu’s statement read, supposedly Liang threatened him into it, that seems to coincide with that statement.

 

If that’s the case Liang, Li & Lu should get lifetime bans, the rest will probably vary.

[Nalis]

Ronnie out of the world grand prix, Noppon played well.

 

Ronnie in the post match interview slipping up by saying cvnts instead of cuts, easy to do 

[RowlattsFox]

Glad Ding has seemingly kept out of the match fixing ring. I can see why the average tour players might be tempted but sad to see Yan and Xhao ruin good careers.

 

 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Is that every Chinese player of any great note (top 100) other than ding being done then? Be a massive hit for snooker, China is such a big market for them, lose all the Chinese players and that market shrinks massively. 

[Nalis]

55 minutes ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Is that every Chinese player of any great note (top 100) other than ding being done then? Be a massive hit for snooker, China is such a big market for them, lose all the Chinese players and that market shrinks massively. 

There are still smatterings. Zhou is probably the next best, he was pushing for top 16 at one point but it now settled as a top 32 player.

[Lionator]

On 19/01/2023 at 05:38, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Is that every Chinese player of any great note (top 100) other than ding being done then? Be a massive hit for snooker, China is such a big market for them, lose all the Chinese players and that market shrinks massively. 

Xiao Guodong who in the top 50. Rumour has it he may be the one who rumbled it after an approach. 

[kingfox]

Fair play for allowing Desi out of your basement so she can ref the Shoot Out @The Bear

[Nalis]

1 hour ago, kingfox said:

Fair play for allowing Desi out of your basement so she can ref the Shoot Out @The Bear

What channel is it on anyway? 

[kingfox]

10 minutes ago, Nalis said:

What channel is it on anyway? 

Eurosport 2

 

Wouldn’t tune in for another 10 mins though, saves you from having to watch Rod “The Plod” Lawler.

[Nalis]

2 hours ago, kingfox said:

Eurosport 2

 

Wouldn’t tune in for another 10 mins though, saves you from having to watch Rod “The Plod” Lawler.

Shite, I dont have it, was hoping to dip in and out of it.

[purpleronnie]

21 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Shite, I dont have it, was hoping to dip in and out of it.

I have it but dont like the shoot out, i thought it was a free channel???

[The Bear]

I may have mentioned it before but Dave Gilbert took over my snooker club last year. I often see him in there practicing his snooker and pool, or helping out behind the bar. Any way, I was in there playing yesterday afternoon, and he was with a young Asian girl with glasses who I recognised on the table next to me. 

 

Turns out it was 3 time World Pool Champion Ng On-Yee, who was invited over by Dave for a coaching session as she's playing in the Snooker Shoot Out today. She was ok in the balls but struggled a bit with her long shots as you'd expect from a pool player. Still better than me though! 

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=185834464051231&id=100078740357475&sfnsn=scwspmo

 

Edit - Looks like she lost. 

Edited 25 January 2023 by The Bear

[Bert]

Why does the crowd noise sound like its sitcom laughs? Really weird. Full of the usual dickheads as well  

[kingfox]

Some nice moments from the youngsters so far