Had Mayweather to win by unanimous decision and lumped the majority of those winnings on Bingham. Hedged a little before the final session but still a nice win. Happy to see Bingham win anyway cos he's pretty likeable whereas Murphy isn't. Making money was a bonus.
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Originally Posted by dinopoker
This is a good one. You realize I hope that Willie has probably forgotten more about snooker than you'll ever know. If he says a shot is on and you don't think so from where you're sitting, it's going to be your error like 99% of the time.
A bit late responding, I guess you might not check back and see this but whatever.
I'm pretty sure you're right that Willie Thorne knows more about snooker than me. I'm not sure why you said this though as I made no claim to the contrary. Also, I think it was a lucky guess since you know nothing about me. Thanks for the comment though. Apart from being useless and irrelevant I quite enjoyed it.
I thought I put it pretty clearly in the post you quoted. I'll try to make it simpler:
I'm talking about the countless occasions when Willie says something like "I think the red goes in the right centre" and I'm looking at my screen thinking "no it ****ing doesn't you cretin; I can see from here that it'd hit the black half ball." The problem is, it's sometimes not so clear that I am able to correct the error for myself. If I can't tell for myself whether a ball passes another or whether the potting angle can't be reached, I don't trust these chumps because they get it wrong so often. It has nothing to do with snooker knowledge, I'm really only asking them not to guess if they don't know.
"If it's tight to the cushion, it's not a bad shot but if it's away from the cushion it is much more difficult" and such pearls of wisdom that we hear every other frame are useful insights for casual viewers but not for me and many others. Literally the most useful thing a snooker commentator can do for me is clarify whether a ball passes another or what the potting angle is, when I can't tell on my screen.