Snooker

[excelsior-1]

just in from work and turned on bbc2

am delighted to see bingham ahead and performing brilliantly, after he was playing catch up all day yesterday

i mentioned the other day that i always root for the underdog

[shoota]

My bum is now numb after sitting so long.....

Excellent snooker but I have a horrible feeling Bingham's bubble is burst, I hope he can hold it together and win.

[DTCwordfan]

me too...he's starting to make silly errors and Murphy will bury opportunities.

[DTCwordfan]

Bingham has just lost it...that attempted swerve shot was so stupid, he had a ball straight up the table - believe me, that was a far easier option than trying a swerve shot.

[-Talbot-]

Are you a snooker expert too, DT?

[Sqad]

Still could go either way....neither now playing their normal attacking game.

[jim360]

Very close now. I think Bingham's mini-slump is over, tight frame though!

[Prudie]

Coo it is close - do they have the 2 clear rule in snooker (I don't think they do)?

[Sipowicz]

No.

[DTCwordfan]

Talbot, the one game that I played representative amateur at - so, in two words, bog off. Yes.

[DTCwordfan]

Now Bingham is off to 'stroke his other cue'....

[jourdain2]

Glued to this frame - didn't know you could go off during one. So tense.....

[-Talbot-]

representative amateur?

[DaisyNonna]

That sounds slightly risqué

[douglas9401]

Sold snooker equipment for no wages?

[jim360]

Gratz Ball-run!

[jourdain2]

Didn't understand that Jim, but I've just watched the end as well. Well done Stuart Bingham, great match. Held his nerve. I'm off to bed now, got an early start.

[grumpy01]

Yes well done to Stuart Bingham and Shaun Murphy too.However why does Hazel Irvine have to go in with her microphone,don't understand this need to shove microphone's under people's noses.

[magicmick]

My thoughts exactly grumpy01 as soon as she moved in with the mike that was me reaching for the remote, over 50 years I have been playing snooker at a decent level, why we have to have a woman on who knows nothing about snooker is beyond me, before anyone asks no I am not sexist.

[shoota]

Glad Bingham managed to hold it together, very enjoyable and enthralling and IMO, the right result.
Bingham has served his time and deserves this title.

[Cloverjo]

I think Hazel Irvine does know about snooker. She's been doing the job for years now, and always seems to know what she's talking about.
I'm glad Bingham won. I always felt Murphy would find a way to claw it back, so was relieved when Stuart got over the line - and didn't break down in tears.