I don't know what you put in his sandwiches
I feel like John Parrott has been missing from the commentating more than usual the last few days, to the point where it is mostly Steve and Ken with Hazel or Rishi.
I hope Mark Williams has reported his tummy bug officially to whoever it is that takes note of these things. Not that its been affecting his performance any as Cope could probably testify. Made him look a bit silly there as provisional as his number one status might be.
Is there a snooker player playing who doesn't have a Terry Griffiths on hand for tea and sandwiches? Certainly he wasn't managing to be quite as impartial as maybe in his match with Hawkins. Not that going from 7-3 down to 10-7 up isn't impressive regardless, and Allen seemed back to his rabbitting self. Would have rather the end result had gone the other way, (as apparently I am easily swayed to players who the BBC take to a bird sanctuary type place and film with brightly coloured parrots and less obviously decorative hawks.) I am looking forward to hear/watching a match where Griffiths is having to support both players on the table (and having to make twice the tea!)
Dott and Trump are through with varying degrees of ease. O'Sullivan is playing a good game against Murphy (save for a bit of a midsession blip) to lead a reassuring 6-2, Selby is playing a better one against Hendry (or at least a game further into the lead). Hendry very much was looking like he did not want to be there, and really I can't see him facing the prospect of potential qualifying matches next season with equanimity. How far does he need to get to be sure of not having to do that, for the start of the season, anyway?
Sometimes it's nice to watch a player be just a class above their opponent. Sometimes it's just plain awkward.
I hope Mark Williams has reported his tummy bug officially to whoever it is that takes note of these things. Not that its been affecting his performance any as Cope could probably testify. Made him look a bit silly there as provisional as his number one status might be.
Is there a snooker player playing who doesn't have a Terry Griffiths on hand for tea and sandwiches? Certainly he wasn't managing to be quite as impartial as maybe in his match with Hawkins. Not that going from 7-3 down to 10-7 up isn't impressive regardless, and Allen seemed back to his rabbitting self. Would have rather the end result had gone the other way, (as apparently I am easily swayed to players who the BBC take to a bird sanctuary type place and film with brightly coloured parrots and less obviously decorative hawks.) I am looking forward to hear/watching a match where Griffiths is having to support both players on the table (and having to make twice the tea!)
Dott and Trump are through with varying degrees of ease. O'Sullivan is playing a good game against Murphy (save for a bit of a midsession blip) to lead a reassuring 6-2, Selby is playing a better one against Hendry (or at least a game further into the lead). Hendry very much was looking like he did not want to be there, and really I can't see him facing the prospect of potential qualifying matches next season with equanimity. How far does he need to get to be sure of not having to do that, for the start of the season, anyway?
Sometimes it's nice to watch a player be just a class above their opponent. Sometimes it's just plain awkward.