tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post4350817527904919981..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: BARRY POTTER AND THE CASE OF THE LONG WAITDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-10150814640360838842008-04-22T20:19:00.000+01:002008-04-22T20:19:00.000+01:00Obviously the players knew the rules.However I am ...Obviously the players knew the rules.<BR/>However I am sure that neither player can foresee the future so to say the outcome was clear is as ludicrous as not delaying the evening session for a possible few minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-60440409296640457422008-04-22T11:46:00.000+01:002008-04-22T11:46:00.000+01:00I just don't see the issue here. If the match run...I just don't see the issue here. If the match runs into the that time frame, then they have to come off, end of story. It was clear that this would happen before the match so it shouldn't have come as any great surprise to Hawkins.<BR/><BR/>It's been happening for years at the Crucible, players should know the rules, ask referees, get the rules clear in their head before they start the match. That way there are no surprises that can affect their concentration throughout the match.<BR/><BR/>Andyandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14040711881348024153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-39428829104634324272008-04-21T18:02:00.000+01:002008-04-21T18:02:00.000+01:00It is ludicrous that you remove players from the t...It is ludicrous that you remove players from the table with only one frame left to play.<BR/>There was a chance there would have been no delay to the evening session,and even if there was it would only have been a small one.<BR/>As for deciding frames I have never seen anyone play one as badly as Cope did yesterday.It looked like he gave up!Unless Cope learns the finer arts of matchplay he will never seriously contend at The Crucible.<BR/>DesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-1810267089554310232008-04-21T11:28:00.000+01:002008-04-21T11:28:00.000+01:00I remember years ago the cut off point was 30 minu...I remember years ago the cut off point was 30 minutes. I have been in the arena in the last few years when a number or deciders have been started with only 25 minutes left. With only a decider left to play I have always applauded this decision as best for the audience and the players- and also those millions watching live on television. In other tournaments where they have played the roll-on-roll off system players have been kept waiting- as those pulled off were here. There seems a difference to me between a player having to wait at the start of a match for no more than an hour and them haveing to wait for a decider for a totally unspecified amount of time between 1 hour and 5. I have never heard audience members complaining about starting a few minutes late for a session due to a decider in the previous session(the fans understand!) but i have heard many grumbles at starting 10/15 minutes later than the advertised time to accomodate television. With a possible 10 frames to play in a session in the first round it would be simple to start evening sessions at 7.30 during the first 5 days of the championship. This would help minimise the mumber of times this would happen and might provide some live snooker still for the very late bbc highlights programme for those not having a red button to press or access to eurosport or the internet!<BR/>John HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-81033150136813869252008-04-21T11:20:00.000+01:002008-04-21T11:20:00.000+01:00We all hate a WSA official to "get it in the neck"...We all hate a WSA official to "get it in the neck" for actually using a bit of common sense and their initiative.<BR/>They mind set is like a traffic warden - "thems the rules"<BR/>thank goodness wsa weren't cavemen, we'd all still be sitting around waiting for "someone else" to invent the wheelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com