Snooker Thread

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5-7 Carter

Mid Session Interval

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Century break

First of the match and of either semi

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Break of 118 from Carter.

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Sportsmanship from Carter :bow:

Great guy

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Carter :doh:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Maguire :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter is ahead 5-9, actually Maguire has just made it 6-9 now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Break of 142 by Maguire. :bow:

Last frame of the session now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Virgo time!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter. :doh:

Terrible miss on the black.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter goes for the negative option again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter leads 6-10.

[LDG]

Had to leave it at the mid session interval. Going a bit stir crazy after watching snooker continuously for the last few days :wacko:

Much better for a 10 mile run. Setlling in for Ronnie at 2.30 :popcorn:

[LDG]

....and here we go! :popcorn:

"blink and you'll miss him.....he's The ROCKET!!!....."

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie. :bow:

Although it has quickly settled in to a tactical frame.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I say that and Stevens has rattled off sixty. :lol:

5-4. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The reds are mainly bunched together; this is going to be a really long frame, barring a re-rack.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens had enough of it, the pack is a bit more open now. :lol:

Ronnie is in now due to that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's as long as long pots get.

Stevens. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens pinches it 63-62.

5-5.

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5-5

Stevens nicks that

All equal and he was 4-0 down as well

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great recovery from Ronnie to pot the green after a horrible kick on the red.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie has 62 on the board again with the break ending.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie is back on now, poor shot from Stevens.

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Stevens misses that red by a mile

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very fortunate that the black dropped in for Stevens.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Where's the cue ball? Doesn't matter.

Taylor. :bow:

Ronnie leads 6-5. Tense frame.

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Ronnie wins it

6-5

[Olivier's xmas twist]

6-5 Ronnie leads.

[LDG]

Tis is much better viewing :d

Come on Ronnie :scarf:

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Ronnies on a 147

Well he was but then went for the pink

****

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great break from Ronnie. 7-5 now, just a case of how big the break is.

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7-5

Will he get the first century of the match?

Interval after this

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Century up from Ronnie. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The last round of the Pub Quiz!

:faint:

[LDG]

Missed it :(

Had to attend to a chicken in the oven.

This is why I'll never be a housewife :sulk:

[Cripps_orig]

Oh great back to the pub quiz

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's over.

:scarf:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Even the trophies are poor. :lol:

I wonder what they'll do next year.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Drinking games. :bow:

[LDG]

It was always good when they did bits on how to play shots and stuff. People who are watching the snooker are interested in that, not awful fillers.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'd bid for the one with the autographs, that's about it.

Scrub all the paint of obviously.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Their back in the studio.

[LDG]

Here we go again :popcorn:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Ronnie knocked the cue ball in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well that's 8-5, just a case of whether Ronnie can get the century, again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think Dennis Taylor's maths is out, that was a 98 break wasn't it?

[LDG]

Well that's 8-5, just a case of whether Ronnie can get the century, again.

Didn't think he got it. He was 91 when he potted the pink.....


Ah...he just corrected himself :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How on earth hasn't that red dropped in?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It has turned in to a great snooker. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great break from Ronnie again.

9-5. :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Ronnie getting out in the nervous 90s.

[LDG]

Awlsome stuff from Ronnie.

I like the way he's only bothered about making frames safe, and not necessarily about the centurys...that last frame, he would be looking to nudge one of those cushioned reds out to make it easier.

[LDG]

Chinese snooker :bow:

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Worst attempt to get out of a snooker ever :lol:

Tbf to Stevens, it was impossible

Ronnie to make it 10-5

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Taylor :lol:

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11-5 at the end of the session

Can he get another century?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another century from Ronnie. :bow:

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Got a feeling Ronnie might win this with a session to spare if he continues on this form

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter and Maguire are about to resume.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire gets the first frame of the session, aided by a fluke mid-way through. 7-10.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another really scrappy frame.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter nabs it. 7-11.

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The captain is a very likable guy according to fellow pros. Why do people think hes a ****?

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Century break from Carter

[McNamara That Ghost...]

7-12.

Break of 134 to boot.

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7-12 Carter

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire you prat.

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7-13

Carter can win it today if he takes all 4 frames after the break

Hope so

[McNamara That Ghost...]

7-13. Carter could finish it off tonight after the midsession interval.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

What time is ronnie back on?

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What time is ronnie back on?10am

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire has been awful.

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7-14

Maguire has a shit break off

[McNamara That Ghost...]

8-14, somehow Maguire wins one. It will run in to tomorrow for sure.

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Come back is on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What has got in to Maguire? :lol:

Could well be 9-14.

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9-14 it is

If he gets the last frame as well, game on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Big chance for Maguire here...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh dear.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter didn't cut the red, Maguire is back in. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now Maguire can't put one away but he has snookered Carter behind the pink. Lucky bastard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Maguire FFS, you could sneeze this one in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter. :haha: Given himself a bruise from whacking his head with the cue.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

10-14.

:popcorn:

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10-14 at the end of the session

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1000 BST
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 11-5 Matthew Stevens (Wal)

1430 BST
Stephen Maguire (Sco) 10-14 Ali Carter (Eng)

1900 BST
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Matthew Stevens (Wal)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Less enthusiasm from Rob Walker today.

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Different music for Ronnie.

Robbie Williams. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens wins the first frame of the session. 11-6.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens rattles a 44 break...strikes the cue ball fine but on the pullback of the cue, touches the red. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens makes it 11-7.

Ronnie comes to the table with the frame dead just so he can pot some balls. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

12-7.

Ronnie. :bow:

One frame remaining before the mid-session interval.

[LDG]

Morning snooker fans.

Up a bit late this morning :ninja:

Glad I caught Ronnie in the last though. Come on the rocket!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

It's the weekend I suppose tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens 67-0 ahead, Ronnie needs snookers.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

12-8. :lol:

[LDG]

I think, If he hits it, he pots it. I think,

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Virgo. :haha:

"Don't get up yet folks, don't - go on then". :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should be 12-9. :popcorn:

Ronnie needs snookers again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And it is 12-9. Stevens toughed it out there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie. :bow:

What a pot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well that didn't take long, it will be 13-9. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Virgo.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie leads 14-9. Gives Stevens a massive task in the final session later on.

One more frame of this session to go.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie leads 15-9 going in to the final session. Stevens really should've taken that one.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It's taken seconds for the first Virgo of the session :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a man. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire is a lucky idiot. Carter gets snookered from a poor shot, Carter fouls and misses, a free ball is called.

Rather than having it replaced and ask Carter to take it again, he plays the free ball on a brown...and misses it! :doh:

Then Carter can't get the other red in play and now Maguire has snookered Carter again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter just can't get out of it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire was at the table and misses, again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter leads 10-15 now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire. :lol:

Just shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

10-16. Carter fluked one.

One frame away from the final.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maguire cocks it up again. Carter has another chance to finish it off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

11-16.

:blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

12-16.

Er what?

Mid-session interval now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This looks like the end for Maguire.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter wins 12-17.

Maguire. :lol:

How he won 12 frames, I really don't know.

[LDG]

Fuckin carter. As predicted, btw. Come on ronnie. Won't see the session tonight. Unless...might get the landlord to put it on :ninja:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stevens is in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And he promptly gets a century break. 15-10.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie is in on this frame though. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clearance of 130 from Ronnie. Stunning.

One frame away from the final. 16-10.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Unlucky from Ronnie, pots the pink, spreads the pack and one of the red goes walkabouts in to the middle pocket.

:rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tough ask for Stevens to get out of this snooker but he does. Ronnie has a chance to finsh this off though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie wins 17-10. :bow:

Repeat of the 2008 final tomorrow.

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Hoping against all hope it goes to a final fram decider just so i can see some of the final

[Rors]

Ray Reardon doc on now due to early finish.

"Sommeil." "Mr.Lewton"

[Olivier's xmas twist]

:wave: Lets hope for a great match tbh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ray Reardon doc on now due to early finish.

"Sommeil." "Mr.Lewton"

Balls. Missed it.

[Rors]

Good doc. Came across as a very nice fella.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It will probably be on the iPlayer I guess. Documentary about Barry Hearn is on tonight.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BBC's programme starts in a minute.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cagey opening.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie is 50 ahead with 67 remaining, all the reds are out of commission though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie Virgo'd it. Virgo didn't say anything about it though. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie leads 1-0. :bow:

[LDG]

:scarf:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie is on it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Break of 117 from Ronnie. :cloud9:

2-0.

[Rors]

18-0 anyone..?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:pray:

Carter has a chance in this one though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1.

[LDG]

Little shit gets one back.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Did Ronnie mean that?!

[LDG]

Virgo. So good, he says things twice.

[LDG]

This frame could last a while....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Most of the reds (and the black) are bunched up in the bottom right corner.

[LDG]

It's still there. It's still there!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I do believe the black is sandwiched there.

[LDG]

Looks like 2-2 now. Nasty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This frame is not over, Ronnie needs one snooker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now it is 2-2. :lol:

Mid-session interval.

[LDG]

I wonder what awful trash we'll get served up mid-session.....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I was too busy shitting myself.

[LDG]

:lol:

Stayed away from the footy...couldn't hack the nerves....nice piece on Alex Higgins in the interval.

Come on Ronnie :scarf:

[LDG]

:haha:

"One of our studio guests has a bent one" :lol:

Dennis was talking about cue action....and then they started giggling :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter looked set for the frame. Come on Ronnie.

Innuendo. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie got lucky there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie takes it. :bow:

3-2.

[LDG]

3-2 Ronnie :d

[Gubby Allen]

All five frames have gone to Essex:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Most of the reds spread out in this frame.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter flukes it.

3-3.

[Gubby Allen]

Can see this final being a late one tomorrow night. Would like a nice 17-17 decider.

So long as Ronnie wins it.

[Gubby Allen]

Carter flukes it.

3-3.

Didn't seem to offer much of an apology unless the camera missed it. After having a go at Trump.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If they did miss it, it must've just been a tentative tap on the table. Little git.

What a pot from Ronnie.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How many times have breaks been stopped because the reds just don't split?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter very nearly fluked another one. Left a gimmie for Ronnie.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter has done the same thing again. Come on Ronnie.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant break from Ronnie, constantly having to send the cue ball all around the place.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Amazing.

[Gubby Allen]

This frame started shit for both of them, but it's been one of the best 90 breaks you will ever see. How he cleared up from where they were is incredible.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Only a break of 92 but one of the best clearances ever.

That was ridiculous. 4-3 Ronnie leads.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chance of another century break for Ronnnie. The frame is safe anyway.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clearance of 141! Magnficient from Ronnie.

5-3 he leads, just like against Stevens.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nine frame session on in a minute.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Er a televised knocking on the door? Wow.

[Rors]

Here we go then... :popcorn:

[Rors]

Er a televised knocking on the door? Wow.

Persad :doh: I wonder if he was informing Carter about the presence of the "real World's Champion"..? :whistle:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No Virgo. :(

Rishi. :lol: He doesn't do subtlety. Ronnie did the right thing by not acknowledging him.

[Rors]

Hendry on commentary. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hendry barely says anything.

[Rors]

Hendry barely says anything.

That's when he's at his most tolerable...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

Looks like 5-4.

[Rors]

Even at this early stage Carter needed that one.

Ronnie talking about retirement in an interview for the eleventeengillionth time...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You'd think if he was going to retire he would've already done it by now.

[Rors]

Safety frame here so far. If this was 'Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker' I'd have switched to "ah fuck this I'm just gonna smack it" mode by now.

[Rors]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/JWWS_Amiga_Taunt.png :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jimmy White. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter is such a negative player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie. :bow:

[Syn]

Must be slightly disheartening for Carter knowing pretty much everyone bar his own mother wants him to lose.

[Rors]

Ronnie. :bow:

Using the very Amiga 'launch the mouse and see what happens' tactics I mentioned earlier :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie guts it out. 6-4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dennis Taylor putting the moves on Hazel Irvine. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

147 chance...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Damn, Ronnie bottles it. Goes for the blue instead.

:rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not a good shot to end the break of 68.

[Rors]

Dennis Taylor putting the moves on Hazel Irvine. :sick:

:lol: You sly old dog Dennis...

[Syn]

Uh-oh. It's not horrendously difficult to clean up from here.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter cocks it up.

[Rors]

Bad miss..

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That is brilliant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And with that Ronnie takes the frame. 7-4. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter is making the same kind of mistakes he did against Maguire. Didn't matter then because Maguire had an absolute shocker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie Virgo'd it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It doesn't matter too much though as Carter couldn't get the two remaining reds out in to play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter showing his frustration Murray style. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter takes it. 7-5.

Mid-session interval now.

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Just watched the last frame and it went to the interval ffs

A piece on the Chinese influence on the game

Ali Carter is a little shit complaining about going there

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Interesting stuff that documentary. They do love it in China, clearly.

And yeah Carter should shut up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

13th frame starting now.

[Cripps_orig]

An hour and 20 minutes for 4 frames

Thats how long til MOTD starts.

Can it be done?

Need Ronnie on fire

[Cripps_orig]

5 more frames left?

FFS

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It can't be done with Carter around.

Also, Virgo has taken over on the commentary. :bow:

[Syn]

Chance.

Come on Ronners O'Sullivers.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah cock.

[Rors]

Cater plays percentages. And loses :doh: Worry about the pot first man!

[Rors]

Carter blobs another black off the spot :doh: He's having a 'mare

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie clinches it. Good stuff.

Carter throwing it away. :lol:

8-5. Four frames in just under an hour needed. :popcorn:

[Syn]

Stop potting the white!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie starts off how I do on Pool Shark.

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Stop potting the white!Think they all want JV to say it

Carter plays a positive shot :blink:

And hes on nothing easy :lol:

[Rors]

Ronnie starts off how I do on Pool Shark.

The General :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The General :bow:

:lol:

Ed Case. :bow:

[Syn]

Think they all want JV to say it

Is that the commentator Virgo guy you guys are on about?

What does he say? Music's on and snooker's on mute.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The Captain needs to go into big man mode tbh.

[Dennis Bendtner]

A very Gervinho frame this.

[Cripps_orig]

Is that the commentator Virgo guy you guys are on about?

What does he say? Music's on and snooker's on mute.http://rlv.zcache.com/wheres_the_cue_ball_going_tshirt-p235307435476218832b8lr5_400.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is that the commentator Virgo guy you guys are on about?

What does he say? Music's on and snooker's on mute.

Where's the cue ball going?!

[Syn]

Ah, yeah...that sounds very familiar. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ronnie needs to go for all out power here.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Virgo :bow:

[Rors]

There it is again :lol: He shouted it this time!

[Cripps_orig]

JV :haha:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Virgo. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Brilliant yellow

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carter helps Ronnie out by knocking the black in. Is that what Charlie meant by turning in to Big Man?

[Rors]

Carter puts the black in :haha: He'll be a swirling mass of atoms on the floor soon at this rate.

[Syn]

9-5 it is then. :scarf:

edit: Maybe not

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Another one!

[Rors]

Virgo being paid by the mention here surely :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

He's just doing it for the sake of doing it now :lol:

[Rors]

Carter doesn't bother to try for the snookers. He's but a shell at the moment.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

:haha:

Another one!

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

9-5. Carter stays sat down.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Virgo is going to turn this into Owen Coyle's 'Barclays Premier League'