great for the game aswell...... first person outside of the UK to win it since Doherty in 1997 i think it was?

Rubbish final though. They were both fairly pants in it. I suppose they were very tired and nervous. I wonder if the whole Higgins thing had an effect on them?

I think it directly affected Dott, i think i heard that anyway.

Such a stupid thing to have it start at 3.... why not 12???? that made me angry....also a lot more coughing from crowd than i had heard before......watched some highlights to make sure and some were deffo doing it on purpose.

Yeah, starting at 3 was just plain stupid.

hopefully next year we'll be back to 12 or even 2...gives them an extra hour.....

Snooker is Sh!t.

you obviously have no appreciation for the sport, the skill involved and the stamina.

As far as I can remember, the afternoon sessions on the final have always started at either 3PM or 2:30PM. No idea why though.

In relation to the other question, you could tell Dott was tired, but Neil was desperately trying not to make a mistake - and can you blame him really? It was the biggest match of his life and I'd certainly be taking things slowly. And it paid off, thankfully. I'd imagine if he made another final he'd be more relaxed now.

This.

Yeah at one stage i thought he'd bottled it.....really thought dott would take it from him, then dott did the hit and hope shot...after that i think even dott knew it was over. Very gracious and endorsing of Neil though. Always liked both of them so was happy Neil got it.

He wasn't playing particularly well either. Most of those frames could have gone either way really.

Yeah, it was very close. Dott put up a good battle, I'll admit. Until Neil had stretched 16-13 in front, I still thought Dott would win.

Oh, of course. To say Robertson was playing his best would be stupid. He wasn't by any means. He was just cautious.

I'm still disappointed it wasn't a Robertson V O'Sullivan final, but there you go.

so do we know when/if anything will be said about higgins?

Your right! lol

Although I do like to play pool and have played a bit of snooker myself but I find it oh so boring to watch on TV.

thats where we differ i like the time energy and precision they put into each shot also the planning ahead of 3-4 shots....

he's bolloxed. can't walk away from this one

I know but what i want to know if he's suspended indefinately then he'll have to surrender the no 1 spot......just thinking would robertson take it??:conf:

That's a good question. I suppose he'd have to be stripped of it.

see i was thinking that Neil potentially became number 1 there last night which would probably mean more to him than the tournament win...

Glad to see someone else noticed the constant coughing during the final.

man i was whacked off my head so thought i was over hearing/imaging it. but watched highlights today and there deffo was some mad **** going on.

Glad to see someone else was whacked off the head watching the final.

glad to see you're using glad to see a lot haha!!!

reckon this should be the snooker thread from now on...get it stickied when big tournament is on...

Sounds bitchin'. We need a dedicated snooker thread. Heck, we need a dedicated Michaela Tabb thread. I'd smack my cue ball off her pink and brown any day.

LOL you so would wouldnt you!!

was trying to find out when next tournament is on but effort...

Was it like the time that guy coughed at the right answers during Charles Ingram's game of "Who wants to be a millionaire?"

Yeah, but she should have to wear the same rigout that the ball girls at some of the tennis tours do. Now that would be magic.

Yeah, only without Chris Tarrant. And with balls on a baize instead of questions on a board.

Heck, they were nothing alike.

You know that ones I'm talking about, right? They hired models to be ball girls at some of the ATP tour venues just to get more people watching. So funny.

like the F1 women who stand there holding umbrellas......most F1 teams have 100-200 people working for them who could easily do that job.....(im not complaining by the way)

I don't watch Formula 1 but yeah, I'd say it's along the same lines. Now they need to get her kitted out in that gear!

:hugesmile:

the F1 girls stand there in a bikini at most races unless its like bahrain cause theyd be shot and killed for exposing too much! :shocked:

Enjoyed the final. Scrappy and both looked so drained so not the most dramatic but good either way.

Robertsons face was worth it at the end. Awwwww :D