That 'top rail bank shot' just there proves what a farce this is as an endeavour.
That 'top rail bank shot' just there proves what a farce this is as an endeavour.
That cut to the middle was more unbelievable because he played it, rather than the somewhat comedy way it dropped in. They never play to the middle normally do they?
There’s that stupid fucking rail rule again.
Aye, that's just ridiculous. Surely the cushion rules can only ever apply in a non-snookered situation?
10-ball is a new one on me.
This guy's luck is unreal.
He’s having a serious run of the balls.
Heck of a comeback there.
He had a good few shit turnouts off breaks too but ploughed on. Would love if he’d made that plant in the winning rack and win it then and there.
Used to play a fair bit of the American pool stuff, back when I lived somewhere that had a decent club nearby.
It was good until that mate would come. He'd always line every shot up to aim a plant towards the 9 ball, then smack it as hard as he could. Made you realise how stupid the game can be if you think about it.
Looks like Higgins is about to beat Allen in the final of the NI Open in Belfast. You love to see it.
Ah no, Allen's gonna win, the prick.
Shaun Murphy lost 6-5 to young Chinese amateur Si Jiahui in the UK Championship last night, and had this to say:
One of the more deranged rants I have heard in a while.A furious Shaun Murphy has said "amateurs should not be allowed in professional tournaments" after losing 6-5 to Si Jiahui at the UK Championship in York.
Si fell off the main tour at the end of last season and only entered the UK Championship as an amateur top-up in the field.
Having dominated from the outset and led 5-1, the Chinse rookie looked to have let his chance slip when watching Murphy rally to 5-5 and then appear on course to win the deciding frame.
However, when the 2008 champion missed the final blue, Si stepped in to claim a famous victory, one which left Murphy furious.
Murphy told BBC Radio 5 Live afterwards: "I feel extremely hard done by that I have lost to someone who shouldn't even be in the building.
"I don't know why we as a sport allow amateurs to compete in professional tournaments. This is our livelihood. This is our living. We are self-employed individuals and not contracted sportsmen. We don't play for a team.
"The other 127 runners and riders in the tournament, it is their livelihood too. It is wrong, in my opinion, to walk into somebody who is not playing with the same pressures and concerns I am.
"He played like a man who does not have a care in the world, because he does not have a care in the world. It is not fair, it is not right.
"I am not picking on him as a young man, he deserved his victory. Amateurs should not be allowed in professional tournaments, the end.
"This is our livelihood. This is how I put food on the table. This is how I earn money. Since turning professional at 15, I have earned the right to call myself a professional snooker player. He hasn't done that. He shouldn't be on the table."
Yeah, that is absolutely insane and completely wrong. Knew there was something bubbling under all those smiles.
Must be going through another divorce.
Or he has an amateur accountant who's made off with all his money.
Is this the same Shaun Murphy who won the world title as an amateur qualifier?
...And competed the Open as an amateur a few years back.
Whilst we are at it, let's stop any team from outside of the top 2 divisions from entering the FA Cup. Absolute wasters.
I'm into that idea, Sutton United are still in the cup and my arse is getting twitchy.
Yeah Murphy is a fucking weirdo.
Actually guys he's a hero. He posed for pictures and signed autographs.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWpEkkqIPT6/
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You're gonna need to do a snip of whatever it is you're trying to show us I think if you want it to appear in the post.
Unless it maybe works if you actually have an account.
Looks like such a downy
I saw the response and I've not got an account so others will be able to see it.
Holly's being a mild bitch, to be fair. "It would be best if you died."
Oh maybe Instagram is just blocked at work.
I see it now.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/59407192
Turns out he's got plenty of support. I never considered how it could be knacking player development up. If they're topping up 128 people draws with amateurs and they're mostly getting dumped out in round 1, it does nobody any favours. The sport might just be dying a slow death, though.
It's the same balls that the 'top players' come out with in every individual sport. They believe they are owed guaranteed easy money and will scream and cry until they get given it (for example by a more exclusive tour) rather than having to keep earning it on merit every year.
If the players had their way every tournament would only have 32 players in it and the top 16 would be seeded in the first round, with no qualifiers.
For the most part they're absolute mugs who haven't a clue what's best for their sport, but what's odd about Murphy's latest comments is that he's normally on the right side of the debate and not even close to the sort of nonsense he's come out with here.
Neil Robertson's been sawn-off by one now.
Loving that.
As always, Ronnie is great value https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/uk...87/story.shtml
What job did Ronnie go and get? Welder? Hod carrier?
Maybe he's writing more of those books.
Ronnie on BBC2 now, against the former Indian Open semi-finalist Robbie Williams.
What the fuck is going on with Mark Allen?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/59428726.amp
Gambling debt.
Is it?
How does it stop him playing snooker though? Surely he needs to play to earn money?
Catch 22, isn't it? Give an addict money and see what they do with it.
Maybe he has to sell his cue and/or waistcoat.
Or his body. Think on that.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/59457433
Obviously.The Scottish Open starts in Llandudno on 6 December.
The state of snooker is absolutely tragic at the moment.
Just switched this on and Mark Allen looks like the walking dead.
Ronnie on form alert.
In not unexpected news, I see O’Sullivan is acting the twat again.
What's he doing / saying now?
You can tell when Ronnie's away with the fairies as he's constantly telling everyone how fine he is.