Snooker 2021

[mippy]

Sorry am drunk on novelty stout

[monkfromhavana]

Don't think I've ever liked Robertson, but can't quite put my finger on why. Maybe something of the permanent teenage huff about him.

[Galeee]

Another vote for the Bubbles version of Robbo here.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

Ronnie actually looking half-decent against a fellow top 16 player here. Not that either of them are playing like they're in the top 16.

Robbo will batter him in the final though. And Robbo's fine by me - agreeing with AIDS's comments is very different to actually making them minutes after being beaten by an amateur. He put his bad form a few seasons ago down to staying up too late playing computer games, which your average CaBber should be able to sympathise with.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

Ronnie actually looking half-decent against a fellow top 16 player here. Not that either of them are playing like they're in the top 16.

Heh.

"I was back to the usual standard today, awful. I stunk the gaffe out again. We both stunk it out. I felt sorry for Stuart. We looked like a couple of old pub players. It was really embarrassing. Sorry about that."

[druss]

They were both pretty shit, Bingham was just shitter. Robertson will annihilate him today if he plays like that again.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

You can get odds of 5/6 for Robbo to win today (or 11/10 with a -1.5 handicap). I don't gamble, but anyone who's seen Ronnie play in the last 12 months will know that's easy money.

I'm predicting a 10-3 rout.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

4-4 at the break with Ronnie getting the two snookers required to level it in the final frame of the session.

I thought this would be comfortable for Robbo. I'm delighted to be wrong. C'MON RONNIE.

[shoulders]

Ron will Higgins this, just give it a few frames.

[The Crumb]

Oof. Interesting match.

[AzureSky]

What's with ITV4's shit squashed snooker table default view? Awful.

[Blue Jam]

Oof. Interesting match.

Aye. GWAAAAAAARN RONNIE

[druss]

I think if it goes to a decider then Robbo will come through, long time since Ronnie has won a title and keeps fucking up in finals.

[sevendaughters]

preferred NRobbo's interrim hairstyle, on careful reflection

[druss]

Good final, one of Ronnie's best wins, very rarely see him dig in like that when he's not on his A, B or C game.

[Blue Jam]

Robbo looking like he wants to chin Rob Walker here

[Wayman C. McCreery]

You can get odds of 5/6 for Robbo to win today (or 11/10 with a -1.5 handicap). I don't gamble, but anyone who's seen Ronnie play in the last 12 months will know that's easy money.

I'm predicting a 10-3 rout.

Couldn't have been more wrong. No idea where that performance came from. Wonderful.

[AzureSky]

Ha! 'It's like 10 Downing St. in here.. No rules, mass spreading!"

[Cuellar]

You can get odds of 5/6 for Robbo to win today (or 11/10 with a -1.5 handicap). I don't gamble, but anyone who's seen Ronnie play in the last 12 months will know that's easy money.

I'm predicting a 10-3 rout.

I've lost everything

[Wayman C. McCreery]

I've lost everything

Ronnie won though, so hopefully that balances things out.

It's been a great couple of months of snooker. Every final has gone the way I've wanted it to, and AIDS's UK Championships meltdown almost beats the time he asked for the curtain at the Crucible to be lifted so the whole theatre could see his 147... which he then immediately fucked up.

I couldn't care less about the Championship League, but in the new year it's the Masters and god I'm even looking forward to the Shootout.

[Uncle TechTip]

Couldn't have been more wrong. No idea where that performance came from. Wonderful.

Lost me two quid, but I've only myself to blame.

[Galeee]

Glad to see a bit of a Ronnie revival and another title. If he had lost, I think he might have (too) hastily announced a retirement, having hinted about it the other day.

[druss]

Ronnie won though, so hopefully that balances things out.

It's been a great couple of months of snooker. Every final has gone the way I've wanted it to, and AIDS's UK Championships meltdown almost beats the time he asked for the curtain at the Crucible to be lifted so the whole theatre could see his 147... which he then immediately fucked up.

I couldn't care less about the Championship League, but in the new year it's the Masters and god I'm even looking forward to the Shootout.

Haha that was great, pure AIDS in every sense.

[The Culture Bunker]

Only tuned in for the evening session and when Robertson went 7-5 up, I thought O'Sullivan had taken a "eh, well, what can you do?" attitude. Obviously something clicked in his brain to make him suddenly decide to start potting again.

I have enjoyed the last few weeks of snooker - the UK Championships esp. Just a shame it wasn't two newer names in the final last night, as it makes it more interesting to the more casual viewer.

[jobotic]

Ha! 'It's like 10 Downing St. in here.. No rules, mass spreading!"

That Ronnie?

[Wayman C. McCreery]

Some blatant fixing going on between Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong in the Championship League earlier.

Video 1: https://twitter.com/bigalob/status/1473712011028705297?s=21

Video 2: https://twitter.com/bigalob/status/1473721613573054479?s=21

Video 3: https://twitter.com/bigalob/status/1473722176746500108?s=21

Video 4: https://twitter.com/bigalob/status/1473722718306676740?s=21

Video 5: https://twitter.com/bigalob/status/1473723313818062861?s=21

[sevendaughters]

first 4 vids I was like "oh that's just shit" and then by the 5th one I was ringing The Hague to see if they had a slot available for tomorrow