2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Bonnie Prince Johnny, will ye no come back again?

May 4, 2019 -- 12:24PM, wondersobright wrote:

its certainly the match up that judd doesn't want

agree !

Gilbert earned every penny he gets and some...

Bonnie Prince Charlie
Mary Queen of Scots
Jock Stein
Superintendent McVitie "The Biscuit" out of 'Taggart'
Honest Swallowin' John Higgins

All Scottish greats.

you left out me alun

oops

also left out the great gary underson!

Whatever you think of Higgins if your a genuine snooker fan you have to tip your hat 2 him to Gilbert MASSIVE congrats for having a great tourny looked like he might have been a bit unlucky in the decider with a kick on the red before he missed the black
Just a quick ? how do people not like snooker its fantastic

May 4, 2019 -- 12:42PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

also left out the great gary underson!

and big john

Congrats to Higgins, kept at it and got the job done

But still hope Judd hammers him in the final

I love it jackkat & in the last couple of years turned into my fav sport for betting on

get in there - Gilbert 2-11f lmao

Although great for punters when he went clear..

Hopefully Trump can finish this off quickly and get to bed

Higgins is ripe for a good thrashing in the 16 frames to be played tomorrow

First skip drop

Unbelievable these pockets

shocking cueing

crikey

what a miss

shot

good pot BUT

I'd have this put back

pink to yellow & then yellow to green = tough

braindead

got the snooker though

Why didn't Gary play the pink (1pt) and then black (7pts) to build the lead?

CMON EL CABBYTANO

no red on the table at that point al, so free ball was worth 2pts (yellow was the ball on)

Ah, of course. Schoolboy error on my part. My eyes are almost square.

15-10

shottttttttttt

Maxi alert

Broke down on 8

No way Higgins beats an on song Trump

Insane middle bucket gargle then gobble.

just caught the near jaw, and when you do that, they always drop

another 1 casually in off the near jaw

15-11

hit that too good

Finish it off now Judd

Looking in good shape, only the dinner snatcher to beat now

showing off now

I don't think Trump will enjoy playing Higgins. He certainly didn't in the 2011 final.  Will be a proper test, but I hope he comes through it.

it's going to be a proper naughty final, alun. proper norty snooker

whats wilsons payout for the semis?

norty, awwww thats so norty!

Alain Robidoux would have been cursing in French Canadian into his Chinese water at that showboating.

Higgins could grind him down who knows

Hopefully Trump beats him 6-2 in the first session and then he'll relax in my opinion

think its 100k

very nice

Alain Robidoux would have played for snookers with only the white left on the table

how much tax u reckon he has to pay on that

none, prize money in sport isn't taxable

They should put Robidoux in charge of the Crucible for this event. With any luck he's bring in a team of crack Police Dogs, specially trained to sniff out anyone in the sub-prime audience guilty of breaking wind.

Tyson Fury always moans about tax though?

Sure they pay tax, wonder

May 4, 2019 -- 2:53PM, wondersobright wrote:

none, prize money in sport isn't taxable

for real? I thought if ur a pro its your job and taxable income

they must pay tax of some kind, all the footballers and golfers have accountants!

isn't that for endorsements though & still like that

advertising, sponsors etc

An amateur athlete who receives only an Athlete Personal Award is unlikely to be taxable on this income. However, if an athlete is organising their activities in a business-like manner and with a view to making a profit, then their income, including any APA, will probably be taxable.

I always thought the prize money itself was non-taxable

in some events 1st round losers win nothing
they've effectively "worked" for nothing

doesn't have any legal basis to class sporting competition as work

Never thought of that Alun. Perhaps a crack double act Alun and Alain’s sub prime sniffer dogs.

none, prize money in sport isn't taxable

Indeed. Just ask Lester 'Pay Me In Cash Please" Piggott.

Yes, professional sports persons are taxed.

I’m sure they are adept at tearing the arse out of expenses etc. though.

dudd v john boy it is

with no interval the knowledgable Crucible crowd will have to put up with two hours of Dennis and JV trick shots

Dennis V Davis reenactment of their final frame episode 560

Surely the has been is out of steam now, an emotional wreck after today.

Time for a new ‘young’ champion. Arise Judd, and get yourself some half decent chalk with a million season ffs.

Bill Werbeniuk famously tried to have the lager he drank as a tax-deductible expense.

18-10 or 18-11 Trump

Can't see Higgins living with him if Trump turns up

Alun, perhaps with this early finish all the sub primes clothing could be examined for evidence of wind breaking.

And banned or preferably beaten.

May 4, 2019 -- 3:04PM, alun2005 wrote:

Bill Werbeniuk famously tried to have the lager he drank as a tax-deductible expense.

jesus

judd 1.52 doesn't look a bad price, expected shorter

Pro darts players and snooker players prize money is taxable

I completely agree BornToWin. They ned to send a message.


Re: Tax, I'm pretty sure that most sports prize money is taxed. A few of the darts players used to moan about it on Sky Sports.

The Werbeniuk story is true.

El Cabbytano SEETHING about the table

kicks, table rolling off, cushions bouncing
apart from that all good

ok I stand corrected on the prize money
think you're right though re expenses they won't be paying much tax when the accountants have finished

name em neil

name & shame the counts who are in the comfort zone

I had 20 years playing sport for a living, it is taxed, but on the plus side I did not pay much

chalkgate

John Pulman, umpteen times World Snooker Champion never paid tax for the last 50 years or so of his life.

Trebor - you must be Boris 'I'm from Monaco me' Becker, yes?

looking forward to the final between Judd and john, could be a great game, if snooker was a potting contest then Judd should be a worthy fav to beat john, but as we all know there's more to snooker than just potting and that's where I'm sticking with john to beat Judd, he's a far better all round player, he's more nerve and if john steals a march at some point in this match, expect Judd's attempts at long potting start missing by a distance gifting chance upon chance for Higgins to mop up


huge pressure on Judd to finally become world champ

pressure on Higgins not lose 3 finals in a row


Higgins will NOT lose to Judd

there's only one player been standing in Trump's way from winning the WC

and that player is himself and even tho' Higgins is nowhere near playing remotely well

he has no peers as a matchplayer not even Selby

Trump could win cosily,he SHOULD win cosily but if Higgins can start well

he is well capable of succumbing

so hopefully we can look forward to another intriguing encounter

Been at a wedding all afternoon.  Other than knowing Dave led 15-16, I know nothing about how it panned out.  Could he have won?  Should he have won?

u missed a fecking thriller! you should rewatch the final frame!

Yeah?

for real!

was a winona for the ages

Looking at the semis it has all the makings of being a pile of sh1te..

trump has timed his run nicely and since round one has won his matches comfortably, he said at the start of the tournament his plan was to peak for the later stages and I feel he's doing that. the last few frames he played pretty well tonight which is a good sign for the final.

obviously you never know in sport but hard to be confident about john in the same way, he has been all out obviously to win his matches, and I think that could be the decisive factor- trump will have more left. He should have beaten john last year and was outplaying him for large parts of the 2011 final. If the john that turned up last night turns up for the final he will get slaughtered- there's no way that judd would have let him off the hook in the same way. Obviously john will be aware of that but I just wonder how much he has left.

I know I am biased but everything points to judd so it's just fingers crossed now.

Judd has to win, and I think he will.

The blubbering mess Higgins was post match only serves to highlight how spent he is.

His grit has wrote cheques his body and mind can't cash.

last 9 meetings have gone to Higgins and the hth record reads 22-9 in his favour, no way would I want be steaming in to judd at match odds of 1/2


Higgins to win 18-13 @22/1 18-14@20/1


lets hope for a great final

Won't be any comebacks in this match someone will make all and by a decent margin wouldn't surprise me if one of them wins by 6 maybe more frames..

Post match interviews , Judd didn't sound overly confident , concerned about his h2h against higgins etc ..... meanwhile all honest John was worried about was whether he had time for his bowl of pasta between sessions tomorrow

It's a totally valid point from J.Higgins, and recently there have been occasions when they have ended the 3rd session early, to give the players more rest before the final session. Which begs the question - why don't they start the afternoon sessions of the final at least an hour earlier?

Given the HTH record it makes for an intriguing encounter but, surely, Judd will have too much over 35 frames - Higgins looks spent and no wonder given the effort he had to make to beat Gilbert who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory - just how did he mange to do that?

If, and it is an if, Judd gets flying he could slaughter his opponent - come on Judd - do just that.

I hate to admit it but I would get some pleasure out of Higgins being dished out an embarrassing defeat.

Latalomne • May 4, 2019 10:17 PM BST
Been at a wedding all afternoon. Other than knowing Dave led 15-16, I know nothing about how it panned out. Could he have won? Should he have won?

how inconsiderate of them lats booking the wedding date during the hallowed 17 days, what is wrong with people nowadays??

same as in his QF with robbo, john boy dragged dave down to his level
the table wasn't playing good (I expect the same in the final as both john & judd use the triangle chalk)
throw in a big dollop of tension & all the makings were there for a true lakeside classic, and we got 1

there were tears in the interviews afterwards from both dave & john boy
great to see what winning & losing means to some players

Saw Dave's interview this morning (still not seen the final frame).  Felt really sorry for him.  Seems like a genuinely lovely bloke.  Really hope he finds his way to a title, because there's a decent player in there.  Like 2., he badly needs to get his head in front in one before he'll truly believe (and even then he might put it down to a fluke...).