Welsh Open 23

4-0 JOC

And Jack, you are an absolute mug.  Great chance to get back to 3-2 down and you go in off to the right middle.....

Yuan punishes, 4-1.

2-2 Pang

Jak J twats his cue on the table in disgust

3 on the spin for Pang, 3-2

1-0 Ronald (who still doesn't look happy with his tip) over Mertens

1-0 Tubbs over Filthy

4-2 Pang, 1-1 Filthy, 1-0 JB over Tian barring snookers, 2-0 Ronaldo

2-1 Tubbs, 3-0 Ronnie

4-0 Ronnie without coming out of first gear.

1-0 Milkman over Hossein (which must have been some kind of steal, I think)

Ronnie might aswell have been in neutral

Yeah, not a good showing from Mertens.

2-2 Filthy, 2-0 Milkman barring snookers, and Tian finally levels with JB after failing to take the first 3 or 4.  Even then he nearly fecked it up and tried to follow the pink in.  1-1

3-0 Milkman, 2-1 Tian

3-2 Tubbs

Barring snookers....

3-1 Milkman, 4-2 Tubbs barring snookers

4-1 Milkman

Brilliant steal on the black from Tian.  No idea how he even stayed in the frame.  He was on the back foot throughout.  Superb grit, 3-1.

JB whacks the table with his cue!  Not something you see every day!

Tian beats JB 4-1.

TF are the Beeb doing showing last night's **** on the RB when Shon v Yuan has already started?!?

This is all kinds of dreadful so far....

LMFAO at Yuan!

Shon steals from snookers required, 4-0

As bad a QF performance as you'll ever see from Yuan, 5-0 Shon.

Nice start from Tian, 1-0

2-0 Tian.  Ronnie's going to have to get a lot better than this.

It genuinely looked at times like they were both involved in spot-fixing to lose Frame 3

Well, Ronnie's not getting any better, but he has started to drag Tian down to his level, 3-0.

Feb 17, 2023 -- 9:51AM, The Management wrote:

It genuinely looked at times like they were both involved in spot-fixing to lose Frame 3

Someone fecked up there!

Lumpy?

I know pics are a long way behind but that was very early

Mind you, he's thought 3-0s were 1.01 in BO7s with players that were never bigger than 3.0 shots to win frames, so....

Very good, Tian!

Lumpy knew! 

Very decent interview from Ronnie

2-1 Pang, 2-1 Milkman

This Tubbs game is gash

Milkman steals on the black, 3-1.

3-1 Pang

Tubbs has been shocking tonight, 4-1 Milkman.

The balls Tubbs has missed.....

don't like this new style of play by allen, win or lose i know he's won a lot this season but it's terrible to watch

5-1 Milkman

4-2 Pang

4-3 Pang

Pang's gone rather ragged, 4-4 JOC.

Fair play, he's taken them really well after a very edgy start to the W from both.  5-4 Pang.

Milkman steals on the black from Tian, 1-0.

has milkins lost the plot now?? some of these misses...very odd

4-2 Milkman. 

I'm not really watching, TBH, Pandora.

6-2 Milkman

wtf is Murphy doing in this game - mugging it up

Ballsy black from Shon after Pang just failed to steal.  1-1.

Saved it at the death 1-1

I like Pang a lot, but he's going to need to put these chances away.  2-1 Shon.

Pang levels, at about the millionth time of asking.  He's GOT to be more clinical, because surely Shon will get better at some point....... 2-2.

JV and dale make a good team in the comm box

and pang plays the most  brain dead shot of the year to probably hand murphy a 3-2 lead

another clueless shot by pang...brain dead

This needs to be a clean kill in a oner

7

In with a fluke, this needs to be a clean kill in a oner....

a lot of this chinese players have absolutely no nous

Does win it in a oner, 4-3 Shon.

TBF, Pandora, this is his first time at this stage of an event, so he's entitled to get a little bit foggy at times.  He took them well.

he did take them well, just cannot believe the shots from frames 2-2 to 4-2 murphy when he just handed murphy the frames

Now there's an example of braindead from Shon.

Superb

Oh, Pang......

just terrible really, missing an absolute sitter

Wowwwwwww

This is all sorts of scruffy

how lucky is murphy here...jeez

Shon's playing sooooo badly.  Pang will be kicking himself if he doesn't beat him tonight.

Shon v Milkman, then....

I'll be around for some of the evening session only.

hoping milkman wins

Smurphy must be licking his lips at the prospect of playing the Milkman that never delivers in a Final

I have mixed feelings. Got £20 on Murphy from the start @ 19s but I love the Milkman. Always loved the way he plays and his honesty. I can't help but love a man who has "I am a cider drinker" as his walk on music!
I feel I have to cash out to retain my sanity

Awful scoring for a semi - not a single break over 90

Feb 18, 2023 -- 6:32PM, appformat wrote:

Smurphy must be licking his lips at the prospect of playing the Milkman that never delivers in a Final

Is that not a bit harsh considering he's only ever contested 4 (that I can see), one of which was the Shootout (so doesn't count), and he won the last one (last year's Gibraltar Open v Kyren)...?

I honestly don't think his confidence has ever been as high as it is right now.  You only have to have watched his post-match interviews this week to see he's in the best place he's ever been mentally.

Shon comes into it on the back of two far from glowing performances (last night he was dreadful and Pang let him off big time), after peaking against Dan Wells.

If Milkman can stay with him early, he can definitely win, IMHO.  The danger is he doesn't, and his head drops, but there's been no sign of that this week at all.

yeah Lats I was a bit harsh fair enough. I was more annoyed at myself thinking one of the Chinese players would hold their nerve in the semi's to make the final.
Still think Smurphy will win easily though, we shall see.

Jimmy says 'don't really mind who wins'...not got any bets down for this one then Jim

Just looked at the forum and it said '1 person viewing' - on a finals day....

I'm billy no-mates

I wonder if Ali Carter has had a few grand on The Milkman

7-5 Milkman, then, eh?! 

You couldn't get a better example of table tolerance than the Milkman.

go the milkman, i like carter too, wonder if theres any way an arrangement couldve been made in some way regarding bonus, certainly nothing official, milkman was the only one that could beat him for the 150k at semi final stage, milk mustve been at least 2/1 for the title, 50k on would give carter 100 either way

wow, fair play Milkman! Great victory and deserving winner! Very pleased for him!

Milkman

go the milkman, well played

Have you ever seen a more ridiculous session of snooker.

Well done milkman, happy for you.

Went for it and Shaun Murphied Shaun Murphy!

shasun being as super pro as always

Give us a verse Rob

fantastic rob, well done, ching ching

Great speech, made up for him.  Amazing what a bit of self-belief can do!

itv up next then, not long to wait

Murphy was woeful reverted back to how he's been playing for the last few seasons..

well played the Milkman, kept his bottle today & went for his shots.
proved me totally wrong.
well done Champ.

Top class to see Milkins win.  Great seeing 2 players in a final who are grateful to be there.  When O'Sullivan is in a final the after match chat is always awkward. Murphy very gracious with his speech.  Take a bow Robert