2019 Fantasy World Snooker - Now running

[morganb]

Well done murf and thanks for running Shaggy.

[blahblah]

Cheers shaggy, brilliant comp that made me watch/follow some good snooker . Not bad to win and come 3rd overall when you lose 3 of your 4 players in the QFs. If only....

Well played

[murf]

Well done murf and thanks for running Shaggy.

Unlucky on your choice of number 5. At least you knew your fate early doors.

[morganb]

Well done murf and thanks for running Shaggy.

Unlucky on your choice of number 5. At least you knew your fate early doors.

I was thinking about requesting a recount! I think a FISO second is quite respectable...

[Shaggy365]

The two closest entries, and if either of you had chosen 30 instead of 29 or 31, you'd have had another 1000 points. Such are the tight margins.

[polarbear]

Thanks for running this again shaggy.

Looking forward to the 2020 comp.

[blahblah]

Tory Bod just announced that Snooker will be back on tv soon.....

Not sure about bods from China getting here (assuming those based here went back), but qualifying could be a laff?

[Darbyand]

Starts 31 July. Pity they couldn't have had it on sooner, there'll be plenty of other stuff going on by then. It could have had some big audiences in a sport vacuum.

[Dot]

really cannot see why Snooker ever ceased.

[Darbyand]

Seedings/pre qualifying draw:

Judd Trump (1) v Qualifier
Yan Bingtao (16) v Qualifier

Stephen Maguire (9) v Qualifier
Kyren Wilson (8) v Qualifier

John Higgins (5) v Qualifier
David Gilbert (12) v Qualifier

Jack Lisowski (13) v Qualifier
Mark Allen (4) v Qualifier
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Mark Williams (3) v Qualifier
Stuart Bingham (14) v Qualifier

Ding Junhui (11) v Qualifier
Ronnie O’Sullivan (6) v Qualifier

Mark Selby (7) v Qualifier
Shaun Murphy (10) v Qualifier

Barry Hawkins (15) v Qualifier
Neil Robertson (2) v Qualifier

[blahblah]

Is Ding definitely flying over?

[Darbyand]

Is Ding definitely flying over?

Yes. List of Chinese attendees here:

https://twitter.com/Nick007J/status/127 ... 78177?s=19

[blahblah]

Ta. He did play last week....

[murf]

11-12 players have withdrawn including Marco Fu.

If he is the only name mentioned then I can't imagine the test are that 'big'

World Snooker Championship: Tournament must be played despite withdrawals - Allen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/53229379

[Darbyand]

You'd fancy Trump and Robbo to make the semis but Q2 and especially Q3 are a toss of a coin.

[blahblah]

You'd fancy Trump and Robbo to make the semis but Q2 and especially Q3 are a toss of a coin.

Lockdown has thrown a huge curve ball into this, with a lot of players playing absolute pants and others playing very well ie Allen, Maguire and the unctious Murphy. The latter made a ridiculous number of Centuries in losing to Allen and I didn't see much\any of the other semi with Maguire beating Trump, I think.

[Darbyand]

Brecel is another who hasn't kicked on and it would be great to have a top class European player.

Some purple patch for him right now. Any of the snooker enthusiasts have a view on whether it's just that or a corner turned.

[blahblah]

Brecel is another who hasn't kicked on and it would be great to have a top class European player.

Some purple patch for him right now. Any of the snooker enthusiasts have a view on whether it's just that or a corner turned.

I'm not as into it as I was as I watch the football then NFL on a weekend...

He is certainly playing the best he has, with 2 Finals in 2 weeks. If he does well in the longer framed matches then he could be interesting in Sheffield, where I believe that he has never won a match.

Technically, he has a very long Cue Action ie bridge hand is a long way from CB and a long back swing, both of which could be dodgy under pressure. But then Trump's action is shocking and I did say he would never won the WC...