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[Kimmy]

Couple of mongy useless cunts start a best of nine quarter final at 12pm and have only just finished.

Jesus christ.

[M H]

Couple of mongy useless cunts start a best of nine quarter final at 12pm and have only just finished.

Jesus christ.

Pipe and Smiffy?

[Randall]

Selby out of the uk already

[Kimmy]

Selby out of the uk already

Top two seeds both out to jobbers.

[The Ginge Reaper]

Selby out of the uk already

Top two seeds both out to jobbers.

Selby and....?

[Randall]

Ding is gone, he was seeded three I think.

[The Ginge Reaper]

Ding is gone, he was seeded three I think.

Was gonna say, Ding wasn't fucking second seed so I must have missed something else that happened.

[Randall]

The abbreviated format, whilst I understand the reasoning has massively devalued it.
Were some great best of 31 finals.
My favourite was mountjoys defeat of hendry during his brief resurgence.
Fuck knows how many years ago that is now.

[The Ginge Reaper]

The abbreviated format, whilst I understand the reasoning has massively devalued it.
Were some great best of 31 finals.
My favourite was mountjoys defeat of hendry during his brief resurgence.
Fuck knows how many years ago that is now.

I understand why they have done it, they want to get more matches on the telly. Final and semis are still a meaty distance I think.

[Randall]

The abbreviated format, whilst I understand the reasoning has massively devalued it.
Were some great best of 31 finals.
My favourite was mountjoys defeat of hendry during his brief resurgence.
Fuck knows how many years ago that is now.

I understand why they have done it, they want to get more matches on the telly. Final and semis are still a meaty distance I think.

Yes, and the punters see a full match, but still.
Final is best of 19 rather than 31 I think.

[The Ginge Reaper]

The abbreviated format, whilst I understand the reasoning has massively devalued it.
Were some great best of 31 finals.
My favourite was mountjoys defeat of hendry during his brief resurgence.
Fuck knows how many years ago that is now.

I understand why they have done it, they want to get more matches on the telly. Final and semis are still a meaty distance I think.

Yes, and the punters see a full match, but still.
Final is best of 19 rather than 31 I think.

Its been like that as long as I remember though, even before the earlier rounds got culled.

[Randall]

The abbreviated format, whilst I understand the reasoning has massively devalued it.
Were some great best of 31 finals.
My favourite was mountjoys defeat of hendry during his brief resurgence.
Fuck knows how many years ago that is now.

I understand why they have done it, they want to get more matches on the telly. Final and semis are still a meaty distance I think.

Yes, and the punters see a full match, but still.
Final is best of 19 rather than 31 I think.

Its been like that as long as I remember though, even before the earlier rounds got culled.

Don't know when it got changed.
The Mountjoy final was 1988 (fucking hell) that ended 16-12 so it was changed after that.

[Randall]

Changed in 93 apparently

[Kimmy]

Ding is gone, he was seeded three I think.

Was gonna say, Ding wasn't fucking second seed so I must have missed something else that happened.

He was according to wiki

[The Ginge Reaper]

Ding is gone, he was seeded three I think.

Was gonna say, Ding wasn't fucking second seed so I must have missed something else that happened.

He was according to wiki

Ah, Ding must be defending less than him and have jumped above him.

[Randall]

On the beeb they said ding was seeded three.

[Kimmy]

On the beeb they said ding was seeded three.

World number three, but seeded two for this tournament.

[Randall]

Fucking Hazel Irvine.

[Kimmy]

Fucking Hazel Irvine.

Are you?

[Randall]

Fucking Hazel Irvine.

Are you?

I wouldn't say no.