Shame that. Oh well. Theyll be fine now. Better fixtures than WHU. West Ham left it too late before picking up form. They've actually been OK the last couple of months but they were just so poor first half of the season. Weren't they 10 points...
In the final frame Allen was 40 odd points up, went into the pack and was unlucky not to be on a red to win the frame and match - the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune writ large.
Yize was guilty of just as many as Allen. I think snooker is one of the hardest games in the world to master normal never mind under pressure in the world championships.
If Allen missed that black on purpose he's got skills beyond anything ive...
Wu missed the pink right before Allen missed the black. In fact Allen made a tough pink before missing the sitter on the black. It's just one of those things in sport that happens under big pressure that you can't explain.
That's pressure, Dave. Allen will know he has the game to compete with the greats - but will also know he is not a great. He will have seen Shaun Murphy in the final and thought "I don't have to beat peak Ronnie or peak Selby to become world...
No chance
The final shot of a world semi final is about as unlikely a time to throw a game as you could ever come up with.
Just pure pressure. A terrible miss