World Snooker Championship 2021

(03-05-2021 18:07 )Charlemagne Wrote:  I always believed that the Mark William breakoff's wasn't allowed. Obviously I'm wrong.

I thought that one of the balls (other than the cue ball) had to touch the snooker table cush. Or is that in pool.

That's pool, 4 balls have to hit the cushion from the break

According to Alan McManus, the players were emailed about what they thought of the Williams break off. I think most are OK with it.

Just get on with it. Nice to see a different break off than the same one from every single player, every single game and every single frame for the 25 years I've been watching snooker. Some have called it negative but when Quinten Hann was smashing open the reds from the break off a few years ago he was getting slated for it too, no winning with so called traditionalists

(03-05-2021 18:01 )snookered Wrote:  If its not over yet just concede Mr Murphy.
You will have more joy trying to have a conversation with a biscuit

Think he has quite regular "conversations" with biscuits, and doesn't let a word in edgeways

I recall Steve Davis did the "non-"break-off shot in his latter years too, and it just seemed desperate then. Williams seems to be playing for fun a lot these days, so fair play for that.

Is it a custard cream, a ginger nut, a Hobnob?
That is the question

I am extremely disappointed at the tournament outcome.
I was very much in the Anyone but Selby camp from the start of the event .
However the spectators who booed him are a disgrace. Not worthy of attending a World Final. I am disgusted at that behaviour. It is totally unacceptable .

This is not to say I particularly wanted Murphy to win either because I didn't.
I was deeply underwhelmed by the way the whole championship played out and even more so with the finalists.

Hopefully next year will be better .

But NO booing!!

(03-05-2021 22:30 )snookered Wrote:  However the spectators who booed him are a disgrace. Not worthy of attending a World Final. I am disgusted at that behaviour. It is totally unacceptable .

Agree out of order, and his young daughter was there too

(03-05-2021 21:41 )snookered Wrote:  Is it a custard cream, a ginger nut, a Hobnob?
That is the question

I'm definitely in the Custard cream corner mate along with jaffa cakes, chocolate bourbons, chocolate digestives Anything else just isn't snooker.

(03-05-2021 19:21 )Stemmw Wrote:  

(03-05-2021 18:07 )Charlemagne Wrote:  I always believed that the Mark William breakoff's wasn't allowed. Obviously I'm wrong.

I thought that one of the balls (other than the cue ball) had to touch the snooker table cush. Or is that in pool.

That's pool, 4 balls have to hit the cushion from the break

From what I just read you have to make to make contact with a red ball from the break off : -
http://www.rulesofsnooker.com/the-break.html

Whether the governing body will ever actually change the rules is another question, maybe they should bring in a rule similar to Pool, where maybe at least 2 balls (with one of them a red) and the cue ball has to touch a cushion, but I always thought the cue ball has to be back at the other end of the table and touch the cushion there for the break off to be deemed legal. but whether a time limit on shot should be brought in for just the break off.

yeah thats i thought it always was