galenkia Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Just now, Starshine said: Jeez! How many finals has Higgins lost this year That's the difference, Higgins bottle goes under pressure. As good as he is, when he under it he falls apart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Stillearly said: Unbelievable.... Ffs, fell asleep in the chair at 9 to 4 I think it was. Just woke up at 4am Missed the fun. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Now watching the catch up on ITV hub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I felt a bit for Higgins having played some of his best snooker during the first 12 frames and keeping Robertson out. Then, just as he was only 2 frames away from winning, it all changed and Robertson started to claw back as he has done so many times before when he is behind. I think that had a real psychological effect on Higgins and he began making errors under pressure. Close match and very enjoyable to watch. Snooker at its highest level. Robertson finding that extra gear to win. Gotta take my hat of to veterans of the game, like O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams etc who are still competing at the highest level, where many have dropped off of the circuit to make way for the younger players. Higgins must be gutted at again coming so close to wining a Championship match only to be runner up again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: I felt a bit for Higgins having played some of his best snooker during the first 12 frames and keeping Robertson out. Then, just as he was only 2 frames away from winning, it all changed and Robertson started to claw back as he has done so many times before when he is behind. I think that had a real psychological effect on Higgins and he began making errors under pressure. Close match and very enjoyable to watch. Snooker at its highest level. Robertson finding that extra gear to win. Gotta take my hat of to veterans of the game, like O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams etc who are still competing at the highest level, where many have dropped off of the circuit to make way for the younger players. Higgins must be gutted at again coming so close to wining a Championship match only to be runner up again. I watched it back and also felt for Higgins, it's such a fine line between being able to clear and win. Robertson mentioned it in his speech, several times Higgins was a fraction from being able to get over the line, but the balls just ran against him. That's not taking anything away from Robertson, who played the best all week and put enormous pressure on Higgins forcing the mistake at the end with the easy miss on the red after he messed up. A shame because Higgins has been probably the best under pressure player the game has ever seen. Obviously not so much now he has gotten older. I guess with most thing when getting old, the cracks appear in your bottle and mistakes creep in. Still amazing to see him still making finals with the standard of the current game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Great opening match in the Worlds. Come on Ronnie, lets have 7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 2 hours ago, boydeste said: Great opening match in the Worlds. Come on Ronnie, lets have 7. His 30th appearance in the finals as well .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Glad to see the snooker still going , just switched over from the golf 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Glad to see the snooker still going , just switched over from the golf 👍 Been great mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, boydeste said: Been great mate. Glad to see Murphy losing. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Nice win for Mark Williams 10-3. Looked in top form what I saw of the match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Watching wee Mark, he's making hard work of this against Donaldson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Krapow said: Watching wee Mark, he's making hard work of this against Donaldson. Certainly is, long game is pretty good but too many mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 5 hours ago, galenkia said: Nice win for Mark Williams 10-3. Looked in top form what I saw of the match. Playing superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Great match tonight, can't call it between Wilson and Ding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Turned over after the footy , that last frame was edgy .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 33 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Turned over after the footy , that last frame was edgy .. The whole match has been awesome, Ding made a few bad choices under pressure. Good win for Wilson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 C'mon Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Just watching the Selby v Yan match. 22 nd frame of pure safety play with a couple of refereeing warnings thrown in! ( for both players). Selby and Yan both quick to depart for a pee and I'm surprised the referee didn't follow. At least 15 mins since a red has been potted. Gripping stuff. Where's me cue!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Aqualung said: Just watching the Selby v Yan match. 22 nd frame of pure safety play with a couple of refereeing warnings thrown in! ( for both players). Selby and Yan both quick to depart for a pee and I'm surprised the referee didn't follow. At least 15 mins since a red has been potted. Gripping stuff. Where's me cue!!! I watched the later half of the match, some excellent snooker Yan finished it off. This guy is just 22,but has a much older head on his shoulders and deserves to play amongst the best. Foe me it was one of the best matches of the tournament 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Higgins v Saengkam..... Looks like the new dad can't wait to get home to see his new baby. Higgins masterclass of cleaning up basic snooker mistakes by the young Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Trump looks good, fancy him to win this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 hour ago, galenkia said: Trump looks good, fancy him to win this year. Yep, he's peaking at the right time...him and Ronnie would be a cracking final 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Starshine said: Yep, he's peaking at the right time...him and Ronnie would be a cracking final Williams game fell apart this match, especially the long pots, plus not having any luck either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 Great comeback from Williams. Some of the commentary is verging on the ridiculous...."Outrageous courage" is not something one ever sees on a snooker table except in the eyes of some of these experts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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