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The thing that amazes me about Selby is his fortitude and resilience. We know he's a master tactician and we know he has an all-round game that is probably superior to anybody ever. But the way that match went tonight - most people would crumble. Most players would cave in. All of the greats...

Fell over the line, but you give yourself that option when you go 5-0 up. Trump fought like a world number one, but this is some month for Selby. Great to see him back. Triple Crown title 10. All-time great (elite division).

Crucible 2020 all over again, I suspect...

Uncouth peasants.

Could be. But Selby might go into "game management" mode - where he tries not to lose frames and nurse the lead rather than trying to win them - if Trump can bring something. I could see this going 9-8 with Selby dropping over the line at the end. Of course, if Trump has basically collapsed...

I think we all owe Mohamed - he can no longer be referred to as "Mo" by order of the Cult - Salah a debt of gratitude. He has completely and utterly exploded the myth that the sad demise of Diogo Jota was the reason for Liverpool's hilarious "title defence". So, wouldn't it be lovely to see any...

I wonder will the fact that he can get to 10 triple crown titles tonight weigh on Selby as this goes on? Knowing him, probably not a jot. While I say this is not over yet, the scale of Trump's challenge is clear. These two have played 23 frames against each other in the last fortnight. So, a...

Trump was threatening to do a Selby - get out of Dodge 3-5 down when not playing well - but that last frame will now ask huge questions of his self-belief. I think there's plenty left in this match yet, but if Selby goes on to win now (and he should, one way or the other), then what a few weeks...

There was no altitude there, though. Mexico - if it is they - in the last 16 is a way bigger hurdle than many in the English media have tweaked. Mexico City is a smog-infested altitude trap for any side. On the upside, Tuchel looked suitably shook by that draw. He knows. That's good news for...

Seems to me that northern Europeans can forget winning in this climate at those times. Spain or France to make the final on one side of the draw - and a Latin American or Portugal awaiting them in the final. My dark horse: Japan. I think they could wreck the best-laid plans of many fancied sides.

Trump is a worthy world number one - no doubt. But he won't feel so worthy if his predecessor defeats him again today. For this reason, I think he might just bring out a performance. He'll be fed up to the teeth of losing finals. Selby might, subconsciously, be satisfied with his return to the...

That's manageria hara-kiri. Moyes is keeping skeptics like me very happy at the moment. He's getting results with the bare bones. The terror for people like me is when he has options he gets less than the sum of their parts out of them. And that is an indictment, because it means clubs are...

I think it's very unfair for people to be calling out @davek for a no-show. How is a man supposed to be entertaining us all on here whilst simultaneously taking a team to Everton Stadium and covering up his role in their abject performance by making snide remarks about expensive drinks at a...

Well, there's always the recorder.

As for today, I would say Trump is due a win and seems to be playing well enough to make that happen (less talk of the cue, etc.). That seems to be Kyren now. Like a virus, infectious and always the sign of a player in a rut. It's also hard for a player to beat another top player twice in a row...