Fader

The final is tonight then and I can't ignore the difference in form of the two. Everything points to Clayton, the form, the averages, the doubling, the crowd, who will be 100% Clayton and the fact Price is struggling with his arm (know how that feels) 
The problem is Price always finds a way to win these and has a massive head-2-head advantage. I'm very much torn, because you have to favour Clayton on all these facts above. I'll go with my heart instead of my head on this one and I'll take Clayton to win. His averages have been consistently good through the tournament and if he goes below 90 for this one then we know he has a real mental block with Price. He did beat him in a Players Championship final but that's not on the TV.
I get the feeling this will either be a Clayton win with ease or Clayton will bottle is alittle bit and it be a scrappy 5-4 Price. One thing for sure, Clayton isn't scoring 180s like Price is and is tending to go T19 after two T20s. He is hitting alot of 140s but that's always been the case with Clayton and so I think Price hits most 180s tonight. 
4pts J.Clayton (-1.5 sets) to beat G.Price 2/1 paddypower
2pts Price to hit the most 180s but LOSE the match 3/1 paddypower
2pts Clayton win / Price most 180s / Clayton highest checkout 6/1 skybet

The final is tonight then and I can't ignore the difference in form of the two. Everything points to Clayton, the form, the averages, the doubling, the crowd, who will be 100% Clayton and the fact Price is struggling with his arm (know how that feels) 
The problem is Price always finds a way to win these and has a massive head-2-head advantage. I'm very much torn, because you have to favour Clayton on all these facts above. I'll go with my heart instead of my head on this one and I'll take Clayton to win. His averages have been consistently good through the tournament and if he goes below 90 for this one then we know he has a real mental block with Price. He did beat him in a Players Championship final but that's not on the TV.
I get the feeling this will either be a Clayton win with ease or Clayton will bottle is alittle bit and it be a scrappy 5-4 Price. One thing for sure, Clayton isn't scoring 180s like Price is and is tending to go T19 after two T20s. He is hitting alot of 140s but that's always been the case with Clayton and so I think Price hits most 180s tonight. 
4pts J.Clayton (-1.5 sets) to beat G.Price 2/1 paddypower
2pts Price to hit the most 180s but LOSE the match 3/1 paddypower
2pts Clayton win / Price most 180s / Clayton highest checkout 6/1 skybet

An interesting event in which the last 3 years have been the EXACT same score and the EXACT same 2 finalists in a row. Trump has beaten Ronnie 9-7 three years running in this event, which i suppose is an interesting fact before we start.
We've had a real lack of snooker recently but we're now in for a sustained period of play. We have this event followed by the German Masters and then qualification to the Masters, all in October. We then have the English Open at the start of November and the UK Championship at the end.
I'm looking at the outright draw and there are a few I'll give a chance. 
2pts e/w M.Allen to win Northern Ireland Open 18/1 paddypower
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1pt e/w D.Gilbert to win Northern Ireland Open 33/1 paddypower
1pt e/w Y.Bingtao to win Northern Ireland Open 33/1 paddypower
1pt e/w A.Carter to win Northern Ireland Open 50/1 paddypower
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0.5pts e/w Z.Yuelong to win Northern Ireland Open 70/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w R.Walden to win Northern Ireland Open 75/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w M.Gould to win Northern Ireland Open 75/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w G.Wilson to win Northern Ireland Open 100/1 paddypower

@alexcaruso808 yeah, I tend to use Paddy alot mate. They tend to do alot of the boosts and bonuses and also tend to have the money back if 1 loses (which as you can see happens to me alot) :d 
I don't want to promote somebody gambling when they have a self exclusion but are you not able to create a new account or something?

ah so close to both winning 4-1. Just Price's injury flaring up again to cause him issues. Luckily, Bunting just wasn't good enough to take advantage. That final set from Price and the couple of 180s means he hit the 7/2 match treble for a +5pt night.
I think the final is no surprise. You would have to say Clayton much better form but he always seems to fail to play his game against Price and so it's not set in stone in any sense.
grand prix bets -1.5pts

More and more it's looking like a boring old Welsh final. Price looks to be got at right now. He isn't playing that great, but he hasn't needed to. Bunting was pretty average lastnight and he would need to add about 10pts to his average to win tonight in my eyes. Clayton looked much better last night and beat a real in-form Ratajski. I think Clayton and Price go through 4-1/4-2. Noppert has looked possibly the best player of the lot but I just feel like we're waiting for the doubling to abandon him. 
2pts Price to beat Bunting, most 180s and highest checkout 7/2 paddypower
1pt Price and Clayton both to win and hit most 180s 7/1 paddypower
1pt Price and Clayton both to win 4-1 18/1 paddypower

In the stupid hours of Sunday morning, around 5-6am, the trilogy will be completed as once again Fury takes on Wilder.  I think we'll see a closer fight than the 2nd one and perhaps more like the first fight. I still think Fury will win but I can see this one going to latter stages and perhaps even going to a decision on points, to Fury, who is the much better boxer.
skybet are doing evens on Fury winning but it's a tenna max bet. Paddypower are offering a free bet of the same amount for their "what odds" bets which are what my other 2 selections are.
6pts Fury to beat Wilder evens skybet
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2pts Both fighters to go down and Fury wins 9/1 paddypower
1pt Both fighters to go down and the fight go the distance 12/1 paddypower

he just threw it away. That's what annoys me more. Absolute choker.

I'm following this one - good luck mate!!!

Into the Quarter finals now. Everybody plays tonight. Full line-up :
Noppert Vs White
Ratajski Vs Clayton
Price Vs Chisnall
Bunting Vs Searle
Noppert looked really good yesterday against Van Der Voort. He went down 2-0 in the 1st set and was matching Van Der Voort in 100+ averages for the first set. He came back to win that set and never looked back. White also went a set down. Infact, 2 sets down and 6-0 in legs down but came back into it to beat Labby. Difference is Labby allowed it and much like Ross Smith the night previously, he kinda bottled it. I think Noppert wins tonight. He is consistently getting in and White struggled quite alot at times to get in.
I think Clayton likely beats Ratajski. It looks very much like a Clayton Vs Price final right now. Price beats Chizzy for me. Like previously mentioned, I think Ross Smith bottled it against Chizzy and should have won that match easily at 2-0 up. It was a frustrating match as I was on Smith on the outright but let's face it, he wasn't  beating Price and nor will Chizzy be in my opinion. He isn't playing well enough.
In the final match, I think it's likely to be the closest result. I would side with Searle as he is just flying right now but he's hitting the big out shots every match and still laboring over the line so if those big checkouts stop then he could be in trouble. I think that will come in the Semi-final though.
6pts D.Noppert to beat I.White 4/6 betvictor
2pts Noppert, Clayton, Price and Searle all to win 11/2 paddypower
2pts Searle to beat Bunting, hit most 180s and highest checkout 5/1 paddypower

Cheers, error for not logging in on phone, chose everton before... so glad this one got beat..
Thanks anyway!

Wahey! a winner. Clayton does the business and hits the match treble for +13pts. We're still in the red but it's not so embarrassing now  
-6.5pts

Well done to the 7 through. It was a hard week, this week. Only helderjma has his joker left. 

 

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Well done to the 7 through. It was a hard week, this week. Only helderjma has his joker left. 

 

25 players will compete in Week 7. Well done to all through.
 

think that makes sense. I'll look into that.
 

35 players will be competing in the next game-week. Most went through with Everton. Well done.
 

Leicester caused some carnage. Just 13 players go through to the next game week. Fair play to Alex Bird taking Brentford against Pool with the Joker.

already picked Liverpool so you will receive lifeline team

Class,
Had a small treble on the last three too.
Keep em coming. 

Congrats all that went through. 20 went through and with many joining from the main comp, we have 48 players for the next game week, which should be up for tomorrow.

Week 4 

1. Fade X-Ones - 345
2. Alley Cats - 339
3. Harty's Hammers - 325
4. Keith Curles Perm - 302
5. Amics d'Eric Djemba - 299
6. Barrow Raiders - 273
7. Ruben's Stone Wall - 272
8. Mc Muffin Rovers - 265
9. Percy P United - 262
10. Bruno's Going Lage - 258
11. Toto FC - 251
12. Cocca Juniors - 237
13. Saint Mildred's - 215
14. Roy's Rovers - 204
15. No Kane No Gain - 189

Once again this week's top scorer was Alley Cats with 77 points but it is Fade X-Ones who holds on to the overall score but his lead has been halved - well done both!

A small event that's starting tomorrow and lasts over the weekend. Looks very straight forward for the big guns, this. Can't see past Peter Wright in the bottom half and the top half looks like a Van Den Bergh/Price semi-final. I can't trust Anderson after abit of a lay-off.
Looking at the outsiders, it's hard to make a case for anybody. Can Sherrock really beat Price, Van Den Bergh & then Wright/MVG? I can't see it. She could perhaps run Price close. Perhaps Razma upsetting Aspinall looks to be the only potential slip, based on how horrible Aspinall looked last week.
4pts P.Wright to win Nordic Masters 7/2 paddypower
2pts e/w D.Van Den Bergh to win Nordic Masters 7/1 paddypower

Fader is top of the leaderboard so knows what he is talking about.
Week 4 

1. Fade X-Ones - 345