“I’m in the final now” again….(if you’re old enough to remember)
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What a slog of a match. Lets hope the standard is better tomorrow.
Well plaid, Jak.
He's been on the tour for over ten years in total, and reached the QF of the World Championship just last year. Of course Snooker fans knew of him!
It's always a surprise when qualifiers reach the final, of course, so I doubt anyone would have predicted him to reach the final this year. But 'no one knew of this guy' is a huge exaggeration.
Pleased to see him win today, and would be happy for him to complete the story by winning the final - even if he did ruin my tournament by knocking out Judd.
this Jak lad seems like a really nice guy after everyone was slagging him off
Okay - sounds so pompous - my comment was a reference to one of the comments earlier. You seem salty on this. Hope Jak wins this. Saying this when Steven Hendry and Jimmy is my fav players ever!
He just seems quiet and introverted.
Yeah a bit, nothing wrong with that though
Bingham's post march interview with Rob was a shitshow. He got outplayed in all aspects of the game by Jones and didn't have the decency to admit that. Disappointed in Bingham but I understand how frustrated he must be after beating Ronnie in the QF at the crucible and not making it to the final.Massive round of applause for Jones. I think him and Kyren will give us an amazing final. Both don't give much emotion away and both absolutely desperate to win it for the first time.
Nope. Not 'salty' at all. Other than the fact that he knocked out Judd!
As I'd said earlier, I wanted him to beat Bingham. And as I added to my previous post, I'll be quite happy to see him complete the story by winning the final. Though as far as World Championship Finals go, this will be about as neutral as I'll ever be as I really don't have a preference.
Yeah - kind of disappointed in that interview. Thought more highly of him. It is a tough business this.
Massive round of applause for Jones. I think him and Kyren will give us an amazing final. Both don't give much emotion away and both absolutely desperate to win it for the first time.
Ok I did not see your earlier posts. Ronnie should really have got through and that kills the interest somewhat. Both the finalist will be a good story. Hope It is an exciting final.
Bingham's interview was fecking hilarious
in the end when the interviewer tried to give him a chance go say something nice about Jak's performance he just took a dump all over that question
in the end when the interviewer tried to give him a chance go say something nice about Jak's performance he just took a dump all over that question
He seems like a decent bloke...I hope he smacks Pan Face Wilson in the final.
I'm Welsh but not really bothered who wins it'll be nice to see a first time champ anyway.
I always think of Private Pyle whenever I see Bingham.
Kingpin from Spiderman.
Bingham reminds me of baron von greenback
I really got behind Bingham for that WC title when he was the underdog and followed him on Twitter for a while after and got the impression he’s a bit of a tool.
Massive round of applause for Jones. I think him and Kyren will give us an amazing final. Both don't give much emotion away and both absolutely desperate to win it for the first time.
I have no real preference for who wins it out of those two.At a push I'd say jones, purely because he's a qualifier.He admitted himself he hasn't done anything special to get here, he's just won a lot of the scrappy important frames.
If Wilson plays like he did against Higgins, he'll win.
Hopefully it goes 18-17!
If Wilson plays like he did against Higgins, he'll win.
Hopefully it goes 18-17!
Century to start, very nice. Excellent break.
Very confident start
18-9 WIlson for me.
Jones struggling at the moment looks nervous.
Disappointing start from Jones. Was always a possibility that he'd buckle under the intense pressure. Hopefully he'll improve after the interval and get into the contest.
It'll be interesting next season to see if Jak Jones can become more consistent in the shorter formats, and start competing well in those - or if he's going to be like Matthew Stevens and Anthony McGill and always seem to only come alive at the longer formats.
It'll be interesting next season to see if Jak Jones can become more consistent in the shorter formats, and start competing well in those - or if he's going to be like Matthew Stevens and Anthony McGill and always seem to only come alive at the longer formats.
Seemed grounded and humble in the interview with Henry just then. Hope he can settle down and get some frames on the board soon.
Would a winner with blonde highlights be bad for the game?
Two British finalists in their early 30's (young for Snooker!) is at least a good message just as the game looks to be taking ever bigger steps towards the obvious move to Asia.
It won't stop the inevitable, but at least it 'highlights' that there's life in the British game yet beyond the class of 92.
Jones looks like a deer caught in the headlights, biggest winning margin is 18-3 at this rate, it could be beaten.
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Yeah, I guess it's always a real possibility when you get upsets / underdog stories earlier in the tournament. Can sometimes lead to one sided SF's or Finals when the occasion proves too much for them.
This is basically a first round match.
Why is the crucible looking like the Etihad?
I don't think this is too surprising.
The difference in quality between the two SFs was massive.
The difference in quality between the two SFs was massive.
This is the danger of an underdog story, a mauling is always on the cards at the worst possible time.
Jones needed that frame
Harsh on @Pexbo
Shaun Murphy is such an unbearable cnut
Jones doing what he needed to do so far. Still obviously needs to win one of the next two frames as well to be back in the match at the interval. But at least he's competing now.