sensibleboy Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup After Higgins done me last night and made it a shocking day Im going to go against you all here. :dude John Higgins to beat Stephen Hendry. 4/5 Paddy Power. John is in outstanding form at the moment and having already won The Grand Prix and The Masters this season he just seems to be in a completely different mood from the past few seasons. He thrashed McManus 5-0 last night and I can just see him being too strong for Hendry tonight. GL to all. :beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Watching the match I don't think Maguire is really interested in winning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup I am so annoyed with myself for backing Maguire in this match. On ability he should win but his desire is just not there. He is missing easy shots regularly. Why oh why do I call it so badly wrong in these second rate snooker and tennis tournaments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshat Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup 10pts R.Hull to make highest break vs G.Dott Evs Stan James That'll do nicely! Dott wins 5-0 but not before Hull knocks in a match highest 57 break!!!:nana :nana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Well if Maguire's performance lacked guts then Hendry's was even worse! I was pleased to have backed Higgins. Do these sportsmen have no pride? Hendry played as though he wanted to be on a flight home to Scotland tonight!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshat Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Dale wins 5-3 :clap :clap so Paul we've both got a semi finalist! I'm happy Dott's playing Doherty as I think he's more than capable of winning that, Dale's semi against Higgins is a lot harder but you never know. Higgins' winning run has to end soon. :hope for a Dale/Dott final! Well if Maguire's performance lacked guts then Hendry's was even worse! I was pleased to have backed Higgins. Do these sportsmen have no pride? Hendry played as though he wanted to be on a flight home to Scotland tonight!! Mate, that's a bit harsh isn't it? I didn't see the Hendry match so I can't comment on that but I didn't see anything wrong with Maguire's performance, certainly Doherty wasn't much better. It has been said on this thread all week that Maguire's confidence is low so it would have been foolish to expect a perfect performance from him. Don't forget it is their livelihoods they play for, I don't think anyone would want to lose on purpose, what would be the point? Sometimes though everyone has days where it doesn't happen for them in every sport. It's also worth remembering that despite them making it look easy a lot of the time snooker is a very tough game where if you are the slightest fraction out it makes a big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensibleboy Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup After Higgins done me last night and made it a shocking day Im going to go against you all here. :dude John Higgins to beat Stephen Hendry. 4/5 Paddy Power. John is in outstanding form at the moment and having already won The Grand Prix and The Masters this season he just seems to be in a completely different mood from the past few seasons. He thrashed McManus 5-0 last night and I can just see him being too strong for Hendry tonight. Nothing better than coming in after a night out to a nice winner. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensibleboy Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Also well done lads with those other winners. :cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Puntalot Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup 10pts Ken Doherty @ 2.75 Betdirect Doherty is way overpriced here @ 2.75. Looks to be heading back towards the top of his game slowly but surely, and capable of beating anyone on his day. Higgins complaining about the tables and rightly so from what he says. Also saying he isn't playing well, but getting the run of the balls. Doherty should be no more than 2.25 here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodlehead Ned Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup i just did higgins highest break at 1.67 @ skybet, Stealing money that is ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup 2 2 Higgins is playing terribly. Thought he would be motivated to win this after the start he has had to the season but clearly not at this point. Have closed my "Higgins to win match" spreadbet for a loss of 7 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup 3 2 Dohery after yet another mistake riddled frame by Higgins. Have opened a binary spreadbet on Doherty now as I have not seen Higgins play so poorly for a long time! I take on board what Paul Ross has written about the speed of the table but winners triumph over all adversities. Federer and Woods are great examples of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Even though I backed the wrong horse, well done Higgins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshat Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Given what he sat out in the 1st 6 frames tonight, if Doherty wins this it will be an amazing turnaround, every bit as good as Higgins win at Wembley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Oops, wrote too soon! Higgins was 8 5 up and lost 9 8! Great for me but boy there must be a lot of seriously p*ssed off punters tonight. Higgins simply bottled it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRat Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Wow - wasn;t watching the game - but the way the odds drifted throughout was unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaletto Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup I put it down to Higgins' poor performance rather than a good one from Doherty. He should be ashamed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperman Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup 10pts Ken Doherty @ 2.75 Betdirect Doherty is way overpriced here @ 2.75. Looks to be heading back towards the top of his game slowly but surely, and capable of beating anyone on his day. Higgins complaining about the tables and rightly so from what he says. Also saying he isn't playing well, but getting the run of the balls. Doherty should be no more than 2.25 here. Good shout Paul.:clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperman Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Good shout Paul. Cheers :clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshat Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup I put it down to Higgins' poor performance rather than a good one from Doherty. He should be ashamed! Canaletto, we've had this conversation before in this thread. Higgins didn't bottle it or play badly, he played flawless snooker in the 1st 6 frames this evening and then with his back against the wall Doherty returned the favour. To say he should be ashamed is incredibly naive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRat Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup Yea - Good work Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winbet Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup A great final to watch which swung one way then the other. Have to credit docherty for the win, as Higgins didn't do much wrong. Higgins went for glory in the 16th frame and narrowly missed the penultimate red which I can't fault him for. I wish I had got involved laying the leader at shortish odds but never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winbet Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup apparantly 31k was matched on higgins at 1.01 inrunning in the final on betfair, so some people got their fingers well and truly burnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRat Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Snooker: Malta Cup apparantly 31k was matched on higgins at 1.01 inrunning in the final on betfair' date=' so some people got their fingers well and truly burnt.[/quote'] That was silly :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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