Fit burds have to earn a living too. What century are you living in?
6 May 2023
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Should be at home doing the hoovering.
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Dinosaur. Ger 'er on tiktok and earning the mortgage.
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*Only Fans
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Really enjoyed the last few frames of the final, before Kyren fell over the line. Largely because Shaun 'of the dead' wasn't commentating.
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Tricky's favourite commentator was on great form on the first day of the Championship yesterday. He really is quite irritating; I don't really get why someone who is still in the competition, albeit still to play, is commentating on another's match.
Anyway, Wilson falls to the red surge, and Jack Jones is facing an imperious Zhao Xintong at the moment. Hendry is commentating on the match, and there is definitely more than a touch of Hendry in the way Xintong plays. Great long pots and very quickly putting frames out of reach when given a half chance. As Hendry himself said "his attitude to safety is the same as mine was: get the cue ball on the baulk cushion and let the rest take care of itself"
On current form you can see why Hendry rates him as a good chance of winning. Back from his ban he'll surely win the title at some point; will this be his year?
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There's a part of me that wants to like Jak Jones, but that is slightly undermined by him being a bit rubbish, and not knowing how to spell his own name.
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Yes. I misspelt it myself because I thought Jak Jones was the clothing brand. I'm guessing the two aren't connected. Anyway, it looks like both last season's finalists are going out in the first round. Xintong looks good, but Jones is not putting up much resistance. Be interesting to see how he fares against someone much better at match play and safeties.
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Went to the qualifiers' third round last Monday evening (£12 for all day, although I only went to the evening session) - Watched two former finalists in Carter and Stevens (on adjacent tables).
Got tickets for Crucible next Monday evening (£60-odd quid for one session) - if matches go to seeding, i think should be Zhang v Ronnie and Brecel v Ding, both to a finish. -
My favourite player is Mark Williams. Not bothered about centuries, they don't win matches. Just mackling out impossible frame winning breaks at the sharp pointy end. Like those last two to win the match against a good opponent.
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I'm on the lefties here. Obvs.
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Referee interferes to keep the bigger brand in the tournament. It was a VAR level cock up.
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Ooh, it wasn't a mistake. I'd forgotten he held the spot before.
Both losers lefties. My record as the worlds worst fan of everything continues.
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Watching the closing frames of Luca Brecel v Ryan Day. Day loses a frame to go 7-9 down through a rule that is little known among those who don't follow or play much snooker: if the frame goes down to the final black and you foul, you lose the frame. Day led 60-58, went in-off and lost the frame.
Anyway, snooker is never boring when Brecel is playing; he's the modern day Tony Drago. He was terrible after winning the title two years ago, clinging on to a top 16 place, but has stabilized somewhat. I know tricky is not a fan, but you certainly don't get any tippy-tappy snooker when he's playing.
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I believe the rule is only seven points on the final black. It applies whether it determines the frame outcome or not. Absolutely do not want Selby playing on for half an hour with only one ball on the table, and no snooker possible!
I like tippy tappy snooker! Absolutely do want Selby playing on for half an hour with two object balls left on the table.
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Currently watching the snooker on polish Eurosport. It's like watching the match next to an undecipherable eastern European chuntering away.
It is, however, less annoying than a Shaun Murphy commentary.
