Snooker

[Deutsch Wolf]

World Championship draw:

Tough opener for Bingham in his title defence, he's had a rubbish season too so could come unstuck straight away.

 

[The Bear]

I was only saying on Tuesday night at my snooker match that I fancied Carter to do well this year. That's a tough draw for him though.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Local derby for Walden and Williams. Decent players and good lads.

 

[Freddeno]

Starts tomorrow?

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Has anyone ever been to the Crucible? And if so, what is it like?

 

[North West Wanderer]

Smaller than you'd think.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Carter 5-1 up against Bingham.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

The curse of the defending champion. ..

 

[The Bear]

Bingham pulls it back to 5-4 down. Game on.

 

[The Bear]

Ugh. Fu v Ebdon.

A match for insomniacs. Can't stand that twat Ebdon. He only just squeaked qualification too as he was 9-3 down and scraped through 10-9 at about 2am the other night. Probably by boring his opponent to death. I read that match only had three 50+ breaks in it.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I have a grudging admiration for Ebdon making the absolute maximum of his talent as well as still being around at this stage of his career (he looked finished 4-5 years ago) but I don't enjoy watching him!

Still, his snooker >>>> his pop career.



Carter will be livid to have let Bingham back into the game, didn't look on the cards at all.

 

[Freddeno]

Bingham with a master comeback...8-8 almost 9-8 bingham now

 

[The Bear]

Yeah Carter losing his head slightly here and making too many mistakes. Good stuff from Bingham though.

 

[The Bear]

9-9. Decider. Could go either way really. Carter has taken that last frame really well.

 

[Freddeno]

Final frame then!

 

[The Bear]

This is fantastic quality for a 1st round match. It feels more like a quarter or semi final.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Unusual for Ali to not be in the top 16 - I haven't followed the rankings that closely this year but I assume his illness contributed to him having to qualify. He's definitely the man all the seeds wanted to miss first up.

 

[The Bear]

Yes it's down to his time off from the game and not accumulating enough ranking points.

 

[The Bear]

The rankings used to be worked out over a rolling two year period, though I remember Hearn last season saying he was changing it to allow lesser ranked players to get to more tournaments. Can't remember the details now.

 

[The Bear]

He's definitely the man all the seeds wanted to miss first up.

I reckon Ding would have been top of that list personally. He had to qualify this year because he slipped out of the top 16.