[SIZE=6]World Snooker Championship 2013: Poomjaeng ânot full shillingâ[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Stephen Maguire said he didnât think Dechawat Poomjaeng was âthe full shillingâ after losing to him in the World Championship first round.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]World number five [B]Maguire suffered a shock 10-9 defeat[/B] to Poomjaeng.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]The Thai player, ranked number 70 in the world, applauded his own shots willed Maguireâs to go awry, and spilt a bottle of water mid-frame.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]âI was afraid to look in the end. Crazy things were happening. I donât think heâs the full shilling,â the Scot said.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]âI just had to switch off. Iâve never seen him before but thereâs definitely something missing.â[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]But he added: âHe seems like a really nice boy and very genuine.â[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial]Poomjaeng came through four qualifying stages to make his Crucible debut against Maguire, beating Anthony Hamilton and Jamie Cope along the way.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]The 34-year-old won the World Amateur title in 2010 and turned professional the same year, winning his first match against John Higgins. This season Poomjaeng has reached the final 32 of both the German Masters and the China Open.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]The Sheffield resident, who lives with four other Thai snooker players, including former world number three James Wattana, now has a second-round date with fellow qualifier Michael White.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]World number three Judd Trump said it was in snookerâs interest to have players who are âgood to watchâ.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]âThere are no real top-class Thai players so itâs good for him to come through and hopefully that brings a bit of interest from there now,â Trump said.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]âI think people can relate to him. He is just a genuine person playing for his life out there. I think he was just himself and thatâs what the crowd like about him.â[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Maguire added: "The crowd seemed to take to him and got behind him at the end and he seemed to be enjoying it.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]âIâll have a pint and forget about it and move on to next season.â[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Owen Phillips, BBC Sport correspondent at the Crucible, said: âIt was box-office entertainment. But it was more Frank Spencer than John Spencer.â[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Poomjaeng twice took a wrong turn when entering the Crucible arena and spent much of his time throwing his arms about, twitching and fidgeting, muttering to himself, and hitting himself and the table.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]In only his second season as a professional, Poomjaeng said: âI tried to relax and enjoy it, rather than be serious because that wouldnât be good for my game. It was exciting.â[/FONT]
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Deplorable comments from Maguire. The man has dragged snooker through the gutter with his match fixing, delighted Poomjaeng knocked this horrible cunt out.
A superb standard in the Selby V Hawkins game so far, with the Jester knocking in a sublime 103 to level it 2-2 at the mid session interval. Denis Taylor said in commentary that Graeme fucking Dott was moaning about getting electric shocks of the other table, anyone watching that one?
What was a very fluent game descended into a war of attrition, fascinating stuff all the same. Hawkins fluked a green and looked set to clear up but played a terrible shot from pink to black to let Selby in and sink the final ball and take a 5-3 lead at the end of the session.
Dott has staged a big comeback and is 8-8 with Murphy at the end of their session. That game is played to a finish tonight.
Marco Fu is a strange player. He beat Doherty a few years back in the semis or quarters of this tournament and he was really excellent. Doherty played alright but Fu played really excellent stuff. Obviously beating a player like Matthew Stevens this year was a good victory.
But other times he can completely collapse and get beaten 10-1 and stuff.
[quote=âSandymount Red, post: 765213, member: 1074â]Fu threw that last frame away, he really has to take those chances if he is to beat Trump.
I have to say I do enjoy listening to John Virgoâs commentary. Far better than Terry Griffiths.[/quote]
BBCâs snooker coverage is really top class. I find Virgo and Taylor in particular to be excellent at calling the matches. Parrott and Davis are decent âanalystsâ if you like. Willie Thorne seems to have gone - never liked him.
Havenât followed snooker closely in a few years but I couldnât stand Virgo and Thorne for their overly-critical commentary. Always felt they were very harsh in their assessments compared to most of the other commentators.
