Snooker 2024-25
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Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Shoot Out?
Skinny Ethel
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Just read about that mmm
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Just watched that. Kid fluked match ball. Selt lost it.
That's snooker. It happens. He's going to feel very very stupid.
That's snooker. It happens. He's going to feel very very stupid.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It is infuriating to lose a match to a fluke. I've been there. But fuck, he'll be on the other side as well. Wasn't even the most outrageous fluke really. Red could easily have run safe instead and Selt still needed to clear up to win.
Yeah, I get losing to a fluke is annoying but FFS, it's a thing that happens in snooker, it's not like Žižins telekinetically controlled the red with his mind. I remember Trump pulling one off in one round in the UK Championship, can't remember who he was against. No idea what he was doing in the corridor, sounds like he was kicking something and when the ref shouted 'Matthew! Please!' he told the ref to shut up. Baby.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I'm guessing he had one of those days when his opponent had a lot more luck than him. Run of the ball is a big part of snooker. It is random but randomness is clumpy. You will have days when you play better than your opponent and still lose. But of course the reverse is also true and as a pro you have to deal with it.
He's going to be massively embarrassed when he finally calms down.
He's going to be massively embarrassed when he finally calms down.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Boo Radley75
I have a lovely missus
R.I.P. Silvino Francisco. Died a couple of weeks before Christmas, apparently. Remember when he was a top 16 player for a few years in the 80s and even won a tournament. Sad that his career went off the rails and he ended up in jail for drug smuggling. Think he'll probably be remembered most for getting fined for accusing Kirk Stevens of being high in a match and then got the money back when Kirk admitted to being a cocaine addict. 
Aaronf
Bizarro Aaronf
Ronnie has pulled out:
Neil Robertson takes his place.
Ronnie O'Sullivan: Defending champion withdraws from Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion, will miss the Masters in London on medical grounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
Neil Robertson takes his place.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
Oh no! Ronnie O'Sullivan is MiL's favouriteRonnie has pulled out:
Ronnie O'Sullivan: Defending champion withdraws from Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion, will miss the Masters in London on medical grounds.www.bbc.co.uk
Neil Robertson takes his place.
Skinny Ethel
Well-Known Member
Wonder if we will ever see him in a competition again? Very sad news if so.
souljacker
innit
He might do a Denmark and win the whole thingAh fuck i was looking forward to that matchalthough not been watching any snooker properly since the UK champs.
Wonder if this could be the tournament where Robertson really starts to find his feet again, given the opportunity
I think it was 2013, when O'Sullivan got a seeding at the WCs as the defending champion, despite being well outside the top 16, on account of hardly having played that year.
And he went onto win it.
Aaronf
Bizarro Aaronf
Form is temporary, class is permanent. I think as much as any player in history - Robertson embodies this. He can have poor form sometimes but when he's good, he's very good.
