Watching Brecel - Wilson, I thought their long potting was generally awful and a lot of their positional play not much better. There's a big gap between the top people like Robertson, Ronnie, etc. and the 'much better than any of us but still not a top player' lot.
BBC once again acting like they care about snooker then proving they dont
2 matches live 4 BBC channels
Matches only available online
I think it's probably a contractual thing to be fair. Probably only contracted to show so many hours of coverage. I agree it's annoying though
I watched it on Eurosport. It's getting stupid. If England got to a tournament final you'd have to get a subscription to watch it at this rate..... ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
Wow great start imo, That last frame decider with Brecel v Wilson was so enthralling. Not the type I usually like but Wilson did amazing to get out of some of those snookers, overall deserved as I felt he had the upper hand but Brecel got lucky in spots.
Last night Mags wants to buy a lottery ticket lol got away with hitting the wrong ball which would have gone 9-5, then flukes the blue. Feel sorry for Tian but still great drama, winner plays Ronnie/ Cahill so will be tough but Mags did run him close last year.
So far Robertson/ Murphy flying, Ding played well and so did Williams, real quality stuff now.
Need Xintong to get to 7 in his match vs Selby (good start) Cahill to get to 4 (bravish as I think Ronnie might come out with something to prove after some of the other performances). Tie of round Un-Nooh/ Trump Tuesday
Anyone else bought Snooker 19? I have , played a few games last night not bad but a bit clunky. Hit a 50 so far, pots are easy enough (cushion a bit harder you have to be accurate with your timing) but more position. Just started tour first and only match qualified for Riga Masters beating Jack Lisowski, needed a respot on the first frame which I pinged in first time (which is tricky, not easy as you think)
Ronnie still got this, tough to play amateur and everyone expects you to win the whole thing. Reckon he will pick up tomorro morning and well see the real ronnie... (here's hoping) respect to Cahill but it's been a poor match so far
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Round 1
Result
Gary Wilson 10-9 Luca Brecel
I did try and bump it before the event started to make sure everyone had seen it
Round 1
Result
Stephen Maguire 10-9 Tian Pengfei
He needed a snooker at 9-7 behind, won that frame to make it 9-8 and then won the next 2
Round 1
Result
Shaun Murphy 10-0 Luo Honghao
Lowest high break in Crucible history with 25
Lowest ever points scored in Crucible history with 89
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Wow great start imo, That last frame decider with Brecel v Wilson was so enthralling. Not the type I usually like but Wilson did amazing to get out of some of those snookers, overall deserved as I felt he had the upper hand but Brecel got lucky in spots.
Last night Mags wants to buy a lottery ticket lol got away with hitting the wrong ball which would have gone 9-5, then flukes the blue. Feel sorry for Tian but still great drama, winner plays Ronnie/ Cahill so will be tough but Mags did run him close last year.
So far Robertson/ Murphy flying, Ding played well and so did Williams, real quality stuff now.
Need Xintong to get to 7 in his match vs Selby (good start) Cahill to get to 4 (bravish as I think Ronnie might come out with something to prove after some of the other performances). Tie of round Un-Nooh/ Trump Tuesday
Anyone else bought Snooker 19? I have , played a few games last night not bad but a bit clunky. Hit a 50 so far, pots are easy enough (cushion a bit harder you have to be accurate with your timing) but more position. Just started tour first and only match qualified for Riga Masters beating Jack Lisowski, needed a respot on the first frame which I pinged in first time (which is tricky, not easy as you think)
Round 1
1st session
Result
Zhao Xintong 5-3 Mark Selby
Round 1
1st session
Result
James Cahill 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Round 1
Result
John Higgins 10-7 Mark Davis
Round 1
Result
Mark Selby 10-7 Zhao Xintong