Give me a break

[RED-DOG]

Amen to all that Tom.

Love to see the players well-dressed, the spectators orderly and respectful.

Spectators dressed in replica football shirts - snooker or anywhere - should all be shot. I went to breakfast at The Lux in Las Vegas one year and one of my dining companions turned up in a football shirt. Never been so embarrassed in my life.

I bet it was a crap team too.

[arbboy]

All major snooker finals should be black tie/lounge suits dress code like the old masters finals at Wembley used to be imo.

[Tal]

All major snooker finals should be black tie/lounge suits dress code like the old masters finals at Wembley used to be imo.

- Collared shirts in the morning and afternoon sessions.
- Lounge suit for the evening sessions
- Black tie for the evening sessions in the final.

It's not an incumbrance to dress well.

Don't get me started on poker!

[tikay]

Amen to all that Tom.

Love to see the players well-dressed, the spectators orderly and respectful.

Spectators dressed in replica football shirts - snooker or anywhere - should all be shot. I went to breakfast at The Lux in Las Vegas one year and one of my dining companions turned up in a football shirt. Never been so embarrassed in my life.

I bet it was a crap team too.

Too right. Peterborough FC, rofl.

[tikay]

All major snooker finals should be black tie/lounge suits dress code like the old masters finals at Wembley used to be imo.

- Collared shirts in the morning and afternoon sessions.
- Lounge suit for the evening sessions
- Black tie for the evening sessions in the final.

Even better.

Bloody love the formality of (proper) snooker.

[arbboy]

All major snooker finals should be black tie/lounge suits dress code like the old masters finals at Wembley used to be imo.

- Collared shirts in the morning and afternoon sessions.
- Lounge suit for the evening sessions
- Black tie for the evening sessions in the final.

It's not an incumbrance to dress well.

Don't get me started on poker!

Seems a very acceptable balance across all sessions.

[horseplayer]

He seems to be wearing a shirt in the coventry style

Looks pissed of as well

His other half always looks terribly bored

[tikay]

He seems to be wearing a shirt in the coventry style

Looks pissed of as well

His other half always looks terribly bored

His other half is wearing the same top as last year, too. I saw the same top in Dorothy Perkins last week.

[horseplayer]

Selby not started well but can be his want

Not sure Perry could have played a lot worse and he is 3-0 up!

[booder]

Amen to all that Tom.

Love to see the players well-dressed, the spectators orderly and respectful.

+1

[horseplayer]

This frame has not been the best

4-0 it is

[Karabiner]

Now Ronnie's at it 0-4 at the break.

[dino1980]

Was listening to 5Live earlier today and they had Murphy and Allen on. Allen’s step-son, who is just 13, made a 147 last week. What’s more it only took him 5m20s!

[tikay]

If Maguire can beat Ronnie today, good luck to him, but with Selby already on his way home, it'd take some of the shine off the next 2 weeks if Ronnie goes busto.

The thing with Ronnie is he reminds me of when I used to go watch, say, George Best, Alex Higgins  or Ian Botham. You never quite knew what to expect, but sometimes, they'd do that magic thing, & we'd be enthralled. And Ronnie, almost alone amongst snooker players, can do that.

PS - Don't forget, 10am start.

[tikay]

What a start in the snooker.

Ronnie took the opener to go 4-6, then after a protracted safety battle at the start of the next, Ronnie makes a mistake and let's Maguire in. With the balls open and the frame at his mercy, he runs in a simple 49 before making an unforced error on a simple chance. Despite two Red's and a yellow being tied up or on cushions, Ronnie clears up with an immaculate 84.

Plenty of play in this yet.