Watching the snooker champion of champions

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  1. Redhelen

    Redhelen Well-Known Member

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    Anyone know why the referees are wearing masks?
     
    Redhelen, Nov 4, 2020
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    Are they allowed out of the bubble?
     
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    More to point there are some fit female refs makes it worth watching
     
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    I just watch it if Ronnie O' Sullivan is playing or until Ronnie O' Sullivan is knocked out or wins it. If Ronnie O' Sullivan isn't in the competition I don't watch it full stop.
     
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    I'd sooner watch it as soon as Ronnie gets knocked out
     
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    You're missing some good matches by doing that!
     
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    EPSB regs say you have to wear a mask unless sat at a table.
    This was for the benefit of club players not professionals, but wonder if it is a result of that ruling?
     
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    Redhelen Well-Known Member

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    Possibly. They didnt wear a mask at the worlds.
     
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    No, but Hamilton, kicked up a massive fuss about it, because he pulled out due to concerns generally over COVID and lack of testing and after that the next tournament they started to wear.
     
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    You can rely on Ronald to make a headline.

     
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    Redhelen Well-Known Member

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    It was funny, the ref sounded like a school teacher! A good match and Mark Allen was so close to a 147.
     
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    Is it just me or has O'Sullivan lost a bit of his Aura? Players that attack him and aren't intimidated by him beat him more now.
     
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    He's literally just won his 6th World Championship a little over 2 months ago, so no not really SD. He very rarely plays his best over the shorter formats. He just goes through the motions really.
     
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    I don't know. I think he won the World Championship in the Semi-Final. He shocked me when he ground it out v Selby.
     
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    In a way he was fortunate against Selby in that when he was 2 down with 3 to play he went all out and tried to pot everything. He did have a couple of fortunate bits of luck with pots/positioning iirc but you've still got to pot the balls with big pressure in a Semi-Final of the Worlds. He's still teh best but he doesn't take the smaller tournaments seriously for a number of years now. I think they have to play a certain amount of them, but he just goes though the motions. That plus it's easier to win 5 or 6 frames in shorter matches, so the outcome is a lot more uncertain
     
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    I was surprised he lost last night after being ahead. He's usually a good front runner.
     
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    Like I say, lose 2 or 3 quick frames in the shorter format, they're under pressure. With the longer format, they don't worry so much as the "luck" evens out
     
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    Well he's out now so I'll be knitting on Sunday now.
     
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    Can you start on an Arran cardy fo me?
     
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    No I'll we washing my hair afterwards. Much too busy for requests.
     
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