UK Championships

Doddle · 25-11-2016 08:34

BBC will be thrilled when they start coverage tomorrow, what with defending champ Neil Robertson getting KO'd yesterday by Peter Lines.

Kyren Wilson, Anthony Hamilton and Mark King all bit the dust earlier in the week. But Boring Barry Hawkins soldiered on...

as did Judd, Ronnie, Mark Williams etc, to be fair Cool

~~Robot Devil~~ · 25-11-2016 17:21

This 128-man format is woeful. Watering down the event like this is farcical. Admittedly, Robertson should have won anyway, but this extra long schedule is making this once prestigious event a bit of a joke.

mikedafc · 26-11-2016 16:01

^ of changes Barry Hearn made this is the one i disagree with, format devalues this tournament

circles_o_o_o · 27-11-2016 14:52

There's something I haven't seen before - Ross Muir (currently playing Ding) wearing a fingerless glove on his bridge hand. Apparently he suffers from sweaty hands and the glove is supposed to make the cue slide more smoothly.

andyjb · 27-11-2016 15:14

Reading through some old interviews, he doesn't really need the glove anymore and has said " It’s become my trademark now if you like, and I have no intentions of ever playing without it again! "

Doddle · 27-11-2016 15:30

He should moonwalk onto the stage then.

The problem with the rise in tournaments means there needs to be ways to differentiate between them. So some have the best of 7 rounds, and this clearly starts with best of 11. Maybe the treatment of the top and bottom of the rankings the same rather ruins the point of having rankings?

Snooks · 27-11-2016 16:08

World number two Stuart Bingham bit the dust yesterday too.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has breezed through this afternoon however.

Zai47 · 27-11-2016 16:54

Hope Hazel Irvine wears a skirt and black tights sometime this week.

Doddle · 28-11-2016 16:05

Oliver Lines turfed Judd Trump out comfortably.

Mark Allen hit a 147 on his way to victory.

Doddle · 29-11-2016 14:59

Ronnie amusingly slagged off the sport as like a car boot sale, something tacky and low rent. Bad Bazza Hearn has naturally slapped him down.

I think it's only a matter of time before the gambling companies get slapped down, and then snooker will be in trouble again.

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