World Snooker Championship 2016
 

Coverage begins on BBC2 at 10am this Saturday for Ronnie's opening match and continues over the next two weeks on the Red Button and online. All BBC schedule timings can be found here

Looking forward to this! :D can't believe it's come around so quickly though

Stanning for Trump, Carter and Robertson

Robertson going against Robbie Williams :joker:

Neil and Ronnie are finally at either ends of the draw so please can we finally get them in a World final, it'd be perfect :love:

Finding it hard to care without Hendry around. I like Michael White and Trump but nowhere near as much.

Do you mind if we merge this with the one I made a few years ago? Sorry Jack didn't see this before I posted in mine lol

I only made a new one cause this event usually has a few more followers so thought it might be good to have a separate thread :p

I hope Murphy wins his 2nd title, it'll probably be another win for O'Sullivan, though. Robertson is the only player that could push him close in the Final. Trump is massively overrated, he'll amount to nothing.

Ugh no I can't stand Murphy's game, I want Ronnie to push closer to Hendry's World titles record these next few years. Hope he's in good form

I'm gutted Luca Brecel didn't make it past the qualifiers, he was great at the UK Championship a few years back

Interesting match up so far, Hull doesn't seem too bad at all

Like that new touch screen they have in the Winter Gardens studio :pipe:

That pink along the cushion screwed back to get on the black :o what a shot to win a frame in which he needed a snooker

Good start from Ronnie this morning, nice to see Ken Doherty reducing a 3-0 deficit to just 5-4 on the other side as well. Would be nice to see him win actually

Glad Ken beat Bingham, some interesting matches since then too. The Ding/Wasley match has been great and still has two frames left to play later because they overran earlier and this Mark Selby/Michael White (who I'm starting to think is a great player and has a lot of nerve) is just about to go into a final frame decider

Seems a lot of the underdogs are holding their own against the seeds this year, good to see

INCREDIBLE end to the Ding/Michael Wasley match, that last frame was thrilling to watch

Three great snookers for Ding with just the pink and black left but what a great victory for Michael :worship:

Not looking good at all for Ronnie :sad: Joe Perry playing the best I've ever seen him...

Someone not seeing and understanding how interesting and tension-filled a snooker match can be...how surprising...

It looks like Perry will struggle to close it out. I can see O'Sullivan turning it around tomorrow, the greats usually save their best level for the most important moments of a match.

I was thinking that if they'd have played on tonight Perry would have probably lost. I can imagine Ronnie stepping it up a few gears tomorrow and the nerves getting to Perry

Some good stuff the last few days, need to catch up on Ronnie's demolition of Murphy (which I am over the moon about, was worried he might take Ronnie out) earlier today. Close call during the Perry match though but those two centuries he pulled out to win 13-11 were awesome.

Amazing comeback from Dominic Dale to be trailing 11-5 and then go 12-11, how gutting it'd be to lose the final frame decider at that point :o

This Judd and Neil match has also been great and Neil's FINALLY got his 100th century of the season :D I was beginning to think he'd lose this match having only made 99, you would be so pissed off...

Excellent stuff from Ronnie last night to see off Barry with a session to spare :pipe:

Really great match as well so far between Robertson and Selby. So, so hoping Neil can pull this one off so I can finally get the World final I've waited six years for :worship:

I have a feeling Mark may take this one though :(

bitch this is just snooker get that warning sign out the way

Snooker is awesome bye

Ronnie in the final yet again, slay a little

coming for that third consecutive win

Come on The Jester from Leicester

Gutted Neil didn't make the final, probably never gonna have another chance to get the World final I've wanted for like six years :(

I'm starting to get really worried about this final now... :sad: