Who will win this years World Championship ?

First topic message reminder :

Who's your favourite for this years title ?

One of the seeds ? Or will it be a qualifier ?

If he wins 9 frames in one session against Robbo he deserves the title.

5-5 in the Welsh affair. We're coming back tomorrow.

gboycottnut wrote:

eirebilly wrote:So gboycottnut.

Any predictions as to how much Ronnie will squash Robbo?

Ronnie will produce the devastating display of potting and break-building he produced V Mark Williams in the second session on Sunday afternoon to reel off 9 frames in a row V Neil Robertson tomorrow and more or less win him the match.

I suspected that you had a sense of humor

Ryan needs to step it up or Matthew could run away with this session.

11-1 to Maguire. Its him or Robbo this year i feel.

Maguire living up to his name - on fire. Leads 11-1 and knocks in another century.

eirebilly wrote:11-1 to Maguire. Its him or Robbo this year i feel.

I'd agree but feel Robbo has proved he can go the distance. Can Maguire?

Nah, I don't think so. They might meet in the final but he doesn't seem like WC winning material to me.

Ryan Day the best player never to win a ranking title?

CaledonianCraig wrote:Maguire living up to his name - on fire. Leads 11-1 and knocks in another century.

But he isn't playing anything special. It is just that his opponent Stephen Hendry is firing too many blanks. If Maguire had to play V the likes of Robertson or O'Sullivan today he would not be in such a dominant winning match situation.

Pot success of 95%

Maguire has a 93% pot sucess for the whole tournement so far. Thats pretty decent in my books.

If Maguire were to win this tournament, could it turn him into the unstoppable juggernaut he threatened to be when he burst onto the scene?

Obviously no one player will dominate but it might do wonders for his confidence.

there is no obviously about it- however i doubt it would be maguire-The belgium kid or trumpy are the only two with the time and talent to become another davies or hendry that i know off. But then there are probally a million and one chinese players out there , and one of them could be that player!

Sport allways has phases of one player dominance- and there will be another one in snooker -that is a certainty

On this form, Maguire can beat anyone

To be honest, i think that Hendry put his all into this tournement as it could be his last and i would not be suprised to hear a retirement abbouncement after the match.

After playing this badly I really think he should.

Hendry stops the rot and still trails 11-2. Can he stretch this match into the last session?

Probably not :/

Ryan is crumbling. 7-5 Stevens

Christ, i just read GB's prediction that Ronnie will win 10 worlds before he retired. I peed a little

Perhaps Maguire might break into a smile if he wins ? Unlikely but you never know.

He's a Scot. We don't smile.

Dour fecks

eirebilly wrote:Dour fecks

Hoi you!!

Maguire now a frame away from his second world semi.

Who said 13-2?

Well done to Maguire, stunning performance. Will be with a session to spare.

TSC wrote:Who said 13-2?

Everything just going wrong for Stephen.

The great sage TSC was correct - 13-2.

mystiroakey wrote:there is no obviously about it- however i doubt it would be maguire-The belgium kid or trumpy are the only two with the time and talent to become another davies or hendry that i know off. But then there are probally a million and one chinese players out there , and one of them could be that player!

Sport allways has phases of one player dominance- and there will be another one in snooker -that is a certainty

After watching Judd Trump play during this World Championship and during the Masters this year, I really don't think he is anything special. To me he is just a overhyped player, a bit like the American Andy Roddick in tennis who back in 2001 was hyped up by many tennis pundits both in American and in the UK to become the next big superstar of men's tennis.

I am not one for looking too much into things but that walk off by Hendry did look as if he was saying goodbye.

He never waves to the crowd when walking off after loosing a match.
I really think thats it for him.

Anyway, catch you lads tommorrow

CaledonianCraig wrote:The great sage TSC was correct - 13-2.

Great sage, equal of heaven... Are you calling TSC a Monkey?

Some of you may know what i mean

eirebilly wrote:

Well done to Maguire, stunning performance. Will be with a session to spare.

The second time in Stephen Hendry's career I believe that he has been beaten at his favourite venue with a session to spare. Ronnie O'Sullivan destroyed Hendry back in 2004 and since then I don't think Hendry has mentally recovered from such a thrashing.

Until Judd learns the art of playing the right shot at the right time he will never achieve greatness. Ali was right about him. He spends too much time ball bashing.

Yeah that's the end for Hendry. No coming back from that you'd think.

Well played Mags though. He's one guy who doesn't care if his opponent is struggling.

gboycottnut wrote:

eirebilly wrote:

Well done to Maguire, stunning performance. Will be with a session to spare.

The second time in Stephen Hendry's career I believe that he has been beaten at his favourite venue with a session to spare. Ronnie O'Sullivan destroyed Hendry back in 2004 and since then I don't think Hendry has mentally recovered from such a thrashing.

Are you half the cause of Ronnies mental problems?

judd has the ability- i dont think his problem is ball bashing but much more of an issue than that. he melted , and i have seen that to many times. he looks like the new jimmy white at present..

News in. Hendry has apparently retired from snooker.

It is confirmed. Hendry has retired.

TSC wrote:News in. Hendry has apparently retired from snooker.

That was quick! Are you sure?

BBC sport - breaking news. Sad end for the greatest player of all time.

Yes it is up on the BBC site. And so ends a fantastic career. I am sure his record of seven titles at The Crucible will never be beaten. A credit to the sport and just sad he has bowed out on a low.

Thanks for all the memories Steven

CaledonianCraig wrote:Yes it is up on the BBC site. And so ends a fantastic career. I am sure his record of seven titles at The Crucible will never be beaten. A credit to the sport and just sad he has bowed out on a low.

Yes it will. Ronnie O'Sullivan if he can keep up his current form he showed to thrash Mark Williams is more than capable of equalling and overtaking Hendry's record of 7 World title wins. Ronnie I believe can get at least 10 World titles by the time his playing career finishes.

I thought last year would have been the time to hang up his cue but considering he had another 147 and reached the quarters it was a better way to go.

And if Ronnie gets beat tomorrow?

TSC wrote:And if Ronnie gets beat tomorrow?

No he won't as he will produce the devastating display of potting and breakbuilding which helped him to reel off 9 frames in a row V Mark Williams.

Right but if does get beaten by Robbo tomorrow everyone here will mercilessly taunt you.

TSC wrote:Right but if does get beaten by Robbo tomorrow everyone here will mercilessly taunt you.

Couldn't care less as I am not a Ronnie fan anyway. For me my interest in the World Championship ended when Judd Trump got knocked out by Ali Carter on Monday afternoon.

whats with the ronnie hate anyway.

guy is playing good stuff- i would much rather see him play to his potential than any other player- A ronnie in full flow is one of the best things to witness in the whole world of sport. not many other things compare

Lets see now. Ronnie has been to The Crucible 19 times and won three world titles so is averaging a title every six and a bit years. At that average to equal Stephen's seven titles it will take him another 24 years and to make it to ten as gboycottnutt predicts it will take him a total of 43 years by which time he'll be 79. Still think it is possible?