Another Drive4show 'Anything goes' thread

by Duty281 Fri 25 Apr 2014, 3:44 pm

First topic message reminder :

beninho wrote:Instead of a protest vote, then its better to spoil your ballot.

Ukip are dangerous because some people actually believe what they say, and they target the middle classes in areas of law multi culturalism - ( if thats a word). And as gets shown every now and then, the Councillors they put up have been shown as a bit racist. But its easy for them to make grand statements, because realistically they will not get voted in and have to back up the statements they have made.

Have no fear, the nutters are getting kicked out at regular intervals.

And some people may believe what they say for, a lot of the time, it's common sense.

by kwinigolfer Thu 01 May 2014, 11:31 pm

Gerry Adams, You can bet your life.
Oops, Poor choice of words.

by super_realist Fri 02 May 2014, 7:53 am

Is Mac crying his eyes out over Donald Trumps aquisition of Turnberry?

by Bob_the_Job Fri 02 May 2014, 9:38 am

pedro wrote:First Gerry Watson in the news... Now Gerry Adams... Don't know which Gerry stir most emotion in this forum...

Well one has an incestuous r***ist brother, and the other is from a southern state in the US.

by **navyblueshorts** Fri 02 May 2014, 9:43 am

Diggers wrote:Selby is a very good player, good all round game . A few of the more grinding players do well at Sheffield, seems long match play suit them. Id like to see a Ronnie-Selby final.
O'Sullivan is the best I've seen I think, better than Hendry even, doesn't really have a weakness when he puts his mind to it. That said he looks unwell to me, his skin is literally grey.

Of course he looks unwell...he's a snooker player. They get as much sunlight as a pit pony Cool

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by Roller_Coaster Fri 02 May 2014, 10:12 am

Dad watched snooker quite a lot when I was a kid so I've watched Davis, Hendry and O'Sullivan through their peaks. O'Sullivan is the best I've seen. In flow it's mesmeric, break building and positional play is better than anyones and nowadays his safety is the best around too. O'Sullivan used to be his own biggest enemy and he even seems to have him under control now!

Cue (ah ha) him getting beaten!

by beninho Fri 02 May 2014, 10:17 am

So its looking that at last Clarkson will get his comeuppance! What an idiot.

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 10:27 am

Ronnie is snooker.

talk about seby's intensity and grinding prowess and Neil Roberson 100 100's - but there are kindergarten kids in comparison.

And sadly there is only trump from the younger bunch that is any good.

The Chinese invasion hasn't happened yet- and to be honest I am not sure if it ever will. I am 50/50 on it, at the moment its dribs and drabs of built up players not being able to maintain it at the top

Once Ronnie is gone- where is snooker?

I can see him winning the next 5 World champs at this rate

by Diggers Fri 02 May 2014, 10:46 am

China is the future of snooker, financially anyway. That's were the tournaments are increasingly held. Ronnie is a one off, a real character and an utterly brilliant player but I'm sure snooker will survive.
I cant see him being around much longer, he's just one of those guys that you feel in one way or the other it wont all have a happy ending, I think there are a lot of demons going on inside his head. Hope I'm wrong though, love watching him play.

by JAS Fri 02 May 2014, 11:22 am

Have to admit without O'Sullivan snooker would be a much duller place. Despite his immense talent I didn't think he would get near Hendry's record. Now he looks like he could breeze past it in his sleep. Will he implode before he gets there? I don't think so, I think his demons are more settled now than they were say 5 years ago. But what do I know, I'm still mystified how White never bagged at least a couple of world titles.

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 11:30 am

Diggers wrote:China is the future of snooker, financially anyway. That's were the tournaments are increasingly held. Ronnie is a one off, a real character and an utterly brilliant player but I'm sure snooker will survive.
I cant see him being around much longer, he's just one of those guys that you feel in one way or the other it wont all have a happy ending, I think there are a lot of demons going on inside his head. Hope I'm wrong though, love watching him play.

the problem I see with china is although they are producing the odd half decent player and millions of amateurs- they allways have been- Now that they are getting more westernised if they dont have a champ to route for they will be subjected to every other western sport as well and we could see a reduction in participation due to more popular western sports.

The market is huge - but the market in china is huge for all sports

by Diggers Fri 02 May 2014, 11:34 am

I think Ding is a lot better than half decent, 11 ranking titles is very good, but he does have an issue with the worlds.
Maybe if he can crack that and win one it could be a catalyst for the other Chinese, who knows eh.

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 12:02 pm

Maybe- but from our neck of the woods Roonie is still the major draw. Trump has the natural talent and flair to also be a draw, great to see him closer to his best this event. But where are the next kids....

The average tournament player age is going up and up by the looks of things

by Diggers Fri 02 May 2014, 12:51 pm

I think Hearns idea of not seeding at the other tournaments is designed to bring more players through. Basically though I'm only interested in UK and Worlds and maybe the Masters.
I'm not sold on Trump, think he's a bit of a bottle job myself, and he's 24 now so only 3 years younger than Ding.

by super_realist Fri 02 May 2014, 12:55 pm

Any relation to Donald?

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 1:00 pm

From my point of view you need that exiting player. A player prepared to take the shots on, some of that games have been desperate this year.

Take me back 10 years and i can remember a match up with hendry and o sullivan and i think they had 10 100's in 11 frames- it was something else.

ding at his best has an amazing positional play- He reminded me of hendry at his best. Then he seemed to take a nose dive.

I havent been taken note of any ranking events recently- but Ding won 4 last year by the looks of things- so yes he is back(i didnt realise)

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 1:02 pm

super_realist wrote:Any relation to Donald?

No - I doubt it anyway. Trump is a west country lad.

by Roller_Coaster Fri 02 May 2014, 1:33 pm

mystiroakey wrote:
super_realist wrote:Any relation to Donald?

No - I doubt it anyway. Trump is a west country lad.

Donald Jun Hui is his cousin?

by super_realist Fri 02 May 2014, 1:40 pm

2nd cousin of Bradley Wiggins

by beninho Fri 02 May 2014, 2:58 pm

Someone said that when Robertson got his 100th 100, everyone gave him a round of applause, but Trump did not even acknowledge it. I have not seen it, but if this is true, it does not look very good on him.

by Diggers Fri 02 May 2014, 3:15 pm

Trump said he congratulated him after the match, it was pretty tense out there so I think that's fine really.

by **navyblueshorts** Fri 02 May 2014, 3:24 pm

beninho wrote:Someone said that when Robertson got his 100th 100, everyone gave him a round of applause, but Trump did not even acknowledge it. I have not seen it, but if this is true, it does not look very good on him.

To be fair though, Trump is a bit of a bell-end so I'm not that surprised.

by Roller_Coaster Fri 02 May 2014, 3:28 pm

Trump just walked out to compose himself having lost a crucial frame (I think it had clawed him back to 11-11 at the time, Trump having been 11-8 up earlier). Robertson was going mental and jumping round (which is OK for him as it's a hell of an achievement). To be fair I'd want to get out of the way too to focus on the match. At that point Robertson was an opponent and the match was in the balance.

Good to hear Trump congratulated him after though despite a morale bruising loss having been in pole position.

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 3:29 pm

Ben/NBS if you had watched the game you would have understood why he didn't at the time.

Trump seems like a nice honest lad- whatever NBS says..

by beninho Fri 02 May 2014, 4:21 pm

"If it was a maximum, I'd have gone over and shook his hand," Trump told BBC Radio 5 live. "Although it's a brilliant achievement, 100 centuries doesn't mean anything to me.

Seems like a lovely lad.

by **navyblueshorts** Fri 02 May 2014, 4:56 pm

mystiroakey wrote:Ben/NBS if you had watched the game you would have understood why he didn't at the time.

Trump seems like a nice honest lad- whatever NBS says..

Nope. He's a bit of a bell-end. Honest he may be, but still a dolt. Snooker has a rich history of complementing your opponent when, for example, they play, or get out of, an excellent safety/snooker. Trump is a talent, no doubt about that, but I won't be that surprised if he never realises what he could have done from the sport.
The lack of response re. Robertson's 100 x 100s is maybe OK as a one off given the situation but Trump has a bit of a history of being a bell-end. More than a coincidence here I think.
Exciting player, good to watch, talent, bell-end. Maybe he'll grow up at some point?

by Diggers Fri 02 May 2014, 6:09 pm

Like suddenly a 100 hundreds is a big deal. They play a lot more these days for a start. It's just one of those stats that lets face it nobody had a clue about before.

by gaelgowfer Fri 02 May 2014, 9:32 pm

incontinentia wrote:Next time someone throws a potato when I'm taking a corner I'll know what to do

Chip it?

by mystiroakey Fri 02 May 2014, 9:37 pm

NBS just because you think he is a bell end doesnt mean he is one....

100 - 100's means zip all.

he was banging on about bradman's record like this is the same acheivement- lol.

Robbo as good as he is and he is certainly the no.2 in the world- isnt in the same league as the unofficial no.1(osullivan) only not the no.1 because he doesnt play the ranking events.(how he got out of that is pretty out of order from my pov but anyway he is allowed not to play in them but still compete in the biggies and thats that)

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 4:56 pm

Gus Poyet...manager of the season surely...

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 4:59 pm

better than pulis??

not a chance with the players they have!

top 5 for poyet if he stays up

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 5:18 pm

Only joking Mysti, though nobody was saying the squad was any good 2 months ago.
If still go Pulis unless Liverpool win the league.
Can't see Norwich getting anything at the Bridge tomorrow which would mean we stay up because of goal difference. Then again my last predictions on here were Sunderland were down and Connor Wickham (Barclays player of month for April) was not good enough for the Premiership....hey ho.

by **navyblueshorts** Sat 03 May 2014, 5:20 pm

mystiroakey wrote:NBS just because you think he is a bell end doesnt mean he is one....

100 - 100's means zip all.

he was banging on about bradman's record like this is the same acheivement- lol.

Robbo as good as he is and he is certainly the no.2 in the world- isnt in the same league as the unofficial no.1(osullivan) only not the no.1 because he doesnt play the ranking events.(how he got out of that is pretty out of order from my pov but anyway he is allowed not to play in them but still compete in the biggies and thats that)

:yawn: Shall I be childish? Just because you don't think he's a bell-end, doesn't mean he isn't one raspberry

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Anyway, Man U lost ay home again so it's been a pretty good day Another Drive4show 'Anything goes' thread - Page 3 3933776953

. Giggs for manager? Laughed hard enough when all the 'experts' were banging on about it last week and it's even funnier now. Great result for Sunderland and Poyet. Pulis or Rodgers for Manager of the Season I would reckon.

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 5:24 pm

poyet deserves top 5 easily and will be some peoples no 1. if he keeps sunderland up. So i wouldn't really take it as a joke and a relatively fair shout if it wasn't for pulis, rodgers, bruce or martinez

But that team is worth something like 2 times more than the palace squad in monetary value.(100m to 50m)

Pulis is gutted we couldn't sign wickham in jan- what a prospect!! worth 15 mill now by the looks of things and will go somewhere decent- I hope he doesn't and stays with you(if you stay up) because otherwise he will be farmed out by a top club

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 5:34 pm

We paid 8 million for him 3 years ago so shows how good a youngster he was. I'm certain he will stay, he's got an awful lot to prove still but at last he's going in the right direction.
Be great to see Everton hold City today, just can't warm to Man City and it's not the money, dunno what it is really but then again Id still rather them than Chelsea.

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 5:38 pm

Looking like Selby and Robertson will go to the wire, plays into a rested Ronnie's hands really.

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 5:41 pm

omg my gf went on a sunderland everton double!!! i laughed at her- she could rake it in.

What a goal by Barkley!!

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 5:42 pm

Don't think Kwini is a Barkley fan, that goal might help win him over. Went exactly where he hit it, superb strike.
Might have helped book his spot to Brazil.

by kwinigolfer Sat 03 May 2014, 5:50 pm

Digs,
You rascal!!
Not that I'm not a Barkley fan, just don't understand why he's not a 90-minute a game man; is there something in his make-up that Martinez doesn't much care for?
Brilliant goal though and he's certainly capable of it.
But then so are fly-by-nights like Morrison and Townsend and I wouldn't take either of them to Bridlington, let alone Brazil . . . . .

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 5:52 pm

Just joshing Kwini. Think Martinez is just nursing a young talent really, he rotates him and Osman a fair bit. If anything Martinez was a bit OTT in his praise of Barkley earlier this year.
Boo, Citeh equaliser.

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 6:13 pm

I hope you are not referring to Ravel Kwini.

No he certainly shouldn't go to the WC and he 100% will no-t however best young talent this country has- I hope he gets his head right

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 6:21 pm

Morrison is a head case, and by the sounds of it a highly unpleasant one. Great talent sure but Id bet a fortune against him having a top career. Jermaine Pennant Mk2.
Barkley apparently is a top lad, great work ethic plus a lot of talent. Way better prospect.

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 6:26 pm

barkley for me is a guarantee to feature as an england player, I have gone beyond looking at him as a prospect. Yes i may be ahead off myself but still

Its morrison, some of the chelsea loanies and Zaha that worry me. They have the talent but are either lunatics or miss managed.

by kwinigolfer Sat 03 May 2014, 6:32 pm

Ravel must be even money to spend some time in the pokey before he's 30; agree w/comparison to Pennant - what a moron.

Everton are going to get overrun here unless they change something; got to get Coleman forward more, perhaps let Alcatraz escape and put on Delofeu.

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 6:47 pm

Fair play to everton for playing this style of footie, but citeh are just way more clinical and everton are gifting chances at the back. But when barkley gets on that ball its impressive stuff- strong, quick and skillful.

lukaka should be doing more tbh. not suprised chelsea dont see enough in him

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 7:02 pm

What I love about Barkley is he always wants the ball and is always available. Everything Everton does starts with him. Think he could be a massive player in a really top side.
Funny how much stock Demechilis has had and still will most likely pick up a league winners medal as a City regular and you don't win titles and concede as few as City by carrying passengers.

by mystiroakey Sat 03 May 2014, 7:06 pm

I take it back lukaka- great header

by Diggers Sat 03 May 2014, 7:26 pm

Possibly the dullest 7 minutes of extra time ever?

by beninho Sun 04 May 2014, 1:49 pm

3 points adrift before the last game of the season. And somehow managed to not get relegated out of the football league. I'm still shocked and a bit hungover.

by mystiroakey Sun 04 May 2014, 1:51 pm

Whos that team ben?

by kwinigolfer Sun 04 May 2014, 2:00 pm

The club from the town where Luke Donald went to school, I think. I nearly did too!

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