Ronnie now moaning that there are a lot of crap players on the Tour. How does he expect them to improve by not being on the Tour..?
Bazza should bung him a few quid for PR though, at least he keeps the thing in the news.
The set up of tables is also different to the Home Nations. It must be more disturbing to have the next table so close and with no Crucible-style screen.
I daresay it's going to be obvious, but why does Neal Foulds have the nickname Buzby?
Glad that Tubs Murphy finally got his cards yesterday. Great evening with Fu pushing Ronnie all the way. Fu's another one of those veterans like Hamilton and King that have an inherent likeability factor.
Selby won 10-7, after his 7-2 lead was reduced to just 8-7. Ronnie amusingly namechecked the Eurosport gang in his post-match chat with Hazel Irvine
BBC and Eurosport coverage doesn't start until Saturday, but the matches started yesterday, and Ding Junhui was the most notable casualty.
Jimmy White KO'd Ali Carter
Scott Donaldson beats Mark Selby 6 - 3
Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon and Jimmy White all bit the dust yesterday too.
What the fuck is going on with Judd Trump's hair?!? Does he cut it himself? Demented style. If you can call it a 'style'.
Graeme Dott has beaten Judd " Burger King" Trump 6 - 2