Day 15, Part 4 Snooker: World Championship

There has been a lot of attention on me with the centuries. We have had a

lot of great matches, we have reached some finals, we got the

better of each other sometimes. I want to attack, make big breaks, I

want the crowd to really enjoy it. Every year, I come out, I really try

to win it, but people say to me, you will do it one day. But while I am

in the tournament, I still have a chance. Good evening, our first

semifinal in this chair's 2014 Dafabet World Championship was a

sprint, with Ronnie O'Sullivan sprinting across the line and

getting themselves a day off before the final. This is more of a

long-distance race, it is turning into a marathon. Not much separating

the two players in the world rankings, number one playing number

three, but absolutely nothing at all between them after three sessions so

far in what has an epic match. -- what was an epic match.

You cannot do any better than win the frame with a century break! He

didn't play to pot that! What a shot! Tarisio pot. -- terrific. You

know what happens with this kind of shot? Played it well. What a shot

that was! He will be disappointed to have missed that. Mark Selby is two

frames in front again! He plays that shot so well.

Is it there? Is it there? How close was that!

Neil Robertson has done what he needed to do, it is 12-12!

First of 17 well hugger played in the final tomorrow. These two know

exactly what this is like. I hope you do not have any plans before

closing time, because we reckon this has late-night written all over it?

Yes, I cannot see anyone pulling away and winning convincingly

tonight. Head you characterise this matter are those who have not

watched some of it before? -- how'd you characterise? It has been

intense, nobody has been able to keep a foothold. A couple of chances

for Mark Selby have gone begging and Neil Robertson just will not go

away! Do you detect any weaknesses in either man's game that the other

could exploit? For Neil Robertson to play well tonight, needs to be more

aggressive. He just cannot be drawn into what he is being drawn into.

Looking forward to the game? Absolutely. We reckon this is going

to be an absolute classic. Let's go to Rob Walker.

Thank you. What a night we have in store, this could be absolutely

sensational! It is the last session of snooker before tomorrow's 2014

Dafabet World Championship final. They both deserve to be there, there

is nothing between them and they have everything at stake tonight.

CHEERING Please welcome, one of the most

colourful characters on the circuit, he has nerves of steel on the big

stage, three times the Masters champion, and here he is, seven

years after his first Crucible final, he is five frames away from

his second appearance in the sport's biggest showdown, he is

ready to rise to the occasion once again, as always, with a big smile

on his face, here comes the Jester from Leicester, Mark Selby!

CHEERING And his opponent, what a fabulous

fortnight so far for this proud Australian, he has gone all the way

here once before and has the talent to do so again. He completed the

triple Crown with a great win in York in the UK in September and here

he has become a history maker with 100 centuries in a single season,

but this is about these five frames and another World Championship

final, this is the world number one, can you hear the Thunder from Down

Under, here comes the and, Neil Robertson! -- here comes the century

man. CHEERING This has got to be finished this

evening, a possible nine frames to be got through, the first to reach

17 well meet Ronnie O'Sullivan. Good evening, this could be a long

one, this afternoon, obviously, Mark Selby was leading by two frames. It

is going to be a battle. Both players shake hands. A fantastic

atmosphere in here. I am sure the players will rise to the occasion.

Mark Selby breaks off. Here we go. The last session of this second

semifinal. Ronnie O'Sullivan is awaiting the winner. That would be

tomorrow afternoon. The match time, nine hours, coming up to 60

minutes, Willy. You cannot truly separate these two.

The statistics, all the way, it is incredible how close they are. It is

amazing with those statistics being so close that the Robertson only had

the lead once when you take a 2-1 lead. Since then, Mark Selby has

always had his nose in front. 5-3, the first session, which Mark Selby

was disappointed. He has had every chance to be three or four frames

clear, now that I missed to knuckle down and make no mistake. -- now is

the time to knuckle down. The beautiful Crucible Theatre

arena, and what a wonderful camera angle that is. Fantastic. Both

players got a wonderful reception as they came in to the theatre. A great

crowd as always. Looks like you would be tempted with

this long straight red. He hit it really well. When ever you do that

first attacking shot you're going to play, you always know that you are

cueing well. The first long pot, when you hit the jaws, that is like

at least you know you're paying OK. There is the bounce. He has left

Neil Robertson a possible here into the right centre pocket.

He is OK. He hasn't left anything. I thought the red to the right of the

pack may have been on. But again, just a safety shot from Neil

Robertson. This has been the pattern of the match so far. Both top

quality in match play, and of course, safety aspect of the game.

The average frame time is 23 minutes.

When they are both playing at their best, the average Tatung condemns a

battle -- the average shot time comes down a bit. This is the

biggest stage ever, centre-stage at the World Championship and Ronnie

O'Sullivan awaits, doesn't get bigger than that.

He is just a little bit concerned of knocking that red close to the

yellow pack up the table. He does not want to leave the Robertson with

a shot to nothing. -- Neil Robertson.

Both of these players would have liked to have had an opening by now,

but it has just been a series of safety shot. Mark Selby has had some

long pots also. He could play an aggressive safety shot of that red

to the left of the pink and try to bring the cue ball almost in a Zorro

type of angle. This red is on but it would have been easier to kiss with

the brown. Mark Selby will try to get around the back of the black but

he will have to stun lowdown on the ball. Usually if you miss it, you

have to hit it thick. But right into the heart of the pocket. Does he

have the brown in the middle? Yes, he does, and the red will pot in the

other middle. Who will be disappointed with that?

He wanted to make sure that he was low on the blue. He has got the

wrong angle on the blue. Just pot it and leave the red to the right into

this corner pocket. This could have been easier...

I thought he might roll that in slowly with a lot of side to drift

around the black. He hit it thick. Always when you play with right-hand

side it would push into the ball a little bit. Would like to have

scored much more from that chance. He would have been delighted to have

finished nicely on the black. He very poor shot, that one. -- a very

poor shot. He was a very happy man earlier on

when he had his son Alexander in the auditorium before play started, and

he was taking pictures. He didn't want to leave the seat! He wanted to

stay there for a little while. I want to say there! I am not going

anywhere! I'm going to play for you, dad!

That is about the best he could do with that. Thankfully, the Black has

not gone to safe, but he has left Mark Selby a shot into the left-hand

corner pocket. There is a pathway back to blue or possibly baulk

colours. Now, the safety shot becomes more

and more important now that the reds are open.

The next two safety shot could be very telling indeed.

He has been very fortunate. If that cue ball had travelled a couple of

more inches, it would have been a straightforward shot for Mark Selby.

He played a good safety shot but he has also been keen to keep the cue

ball at the opposite side of the table. Down the left-hand side. He

has got to play his shot something along those lines, because he does

not want to leave this red which is close to the bottom pocket. He needs

to be very careful here. That is exactly where he wants the cue

ball. This is not good. He will not be

happy. He needed to come down a bit straighter on that line. Now, a

chance for Neil Robertson. If he could take a chance with a cannon

into the red to hold for the black and play the stun straight into the

red, as long as he doesn't get full ball, he will on the black. Got the

kiss, how will you finish this time? Not an easy pot.

We will let you make a reminder. I do not think it will pot. Straight

behind, you would probably play it, but not from that angle.

I think this has been the pattern of the match, both players with a high

quality of safety play, but I feel that whoever will be the aggressor

of the two, they will come out on top tonight. Have to play a bit more

aggressively even with safety shot, take some more pots one. -- more

pots one. The standard of safety is very high,

which is what you would expect from two of the best safety players in

the world. However, they need to make something happen, you cannot

wait for a mistake for ever. I am sure the first one that does that

will take control, and that is an example of just that. A wonderful

pot, held for the black. This is a good chance for Neil

Robertson. A couple of loose reds available.

Here's a little bit slow on this red.

Sometimes there is a good kick. That was a good kick. It takes the speed

out of the cue ball. Normally you are horrified, but that may have

gone to a fraction too far without the kick.

The middle read of the three, just in line with pink spot. -- middle

red. If you can get the cue ball into that position, he has the angle

to get into the reds if he wishes. He has decided to go into them. How

does this look? Not too bad. Landed on the bottom red, perfect.

A horrendous kick there as a phone goes off. It is a nice tune! It must

be horrible when you cannot see which pocket it is in all which

handbag. There is the kick as you see there.

39 points in front. If he goes on to win this frame, it is the second

time in the whole match that he has ever led. The first was at 2-1.

You have always got to make sure you get top side of the blue here. You

do not want to finish short. That is exactly what he has done.

He hits those shots so good all the time. You could see the white

suddenly starts speeding up as it gets towards the condition.

Just this black now to put the frame beyond doubt. Excellent. Good play

from Neil Robertson. It all came from that wonderful long pot. The

more aggressive of the two players will create chances.

Robertson takes the lead for only the second time in the match.

What a graft this has been. How cautiously have both men started

this session? Very. There was a chance when Neil could have played a

safety shot, and attacking shot. He chose to play the shot that was a

containing shot. The containing safety shot was made for this match.

Is there a dangerous case that they are cancelling each other out? They

are playing very cagily in that department. Both players are saying

they do not want to force the issue. But the shot that Neil Robertson did

take on was an excellent long pot. There was an element of safety but

it has been cagily. It has but it has also been a very long day. They

were out there at ten o'clock. When you get to the last session of the

semifinal but nerves have got to be playing a part. Notts match at the

beginning of the match but as the night goes on nerves will play big

part. Ronnie O'Sullivan has had a day off

today. It will be interesting to see how much it will take out of them

going into the final tomorrow. Ronnie is already in there waiting

the winner. He will be nice and fresh. These guys could be here

quite late. At least there is no morning session

tomorrow so they can have a bit of a lie in and hopefully get a good

night's sleep. One of them will have to push the

boat out. It looks like Robertson has decided to do that. Ronnie has

not had a bad session yet. It will happen at some stage, you would

think. Can he just stunned that red in? He

is using the rest. Watch the cue ball spin. Wonderful

slow motion camera. All through the Championship, Neil

Robertson has had the opportunity to turn the switch. He played flawless

snooker. He never missed a ball in the last four frames against Judd

Trump. He must have been dumbfounded. It looks like he in

that frame of mind at the moment. Mark Selby will have to push boat

out. The red has gone close to the middle

pocket. He did not get enough top spin on

the cue ball. APPLAUSE

Length with the cue ball. That little nudge on the brown. I

half chance now for Mark. APPLAUSE

40 LO that will give him a little bit of confidence.

That was a great pot but look at the way he kisses into the black. That

has slowed the cue ball down. He is unlucky. The pace he played

that yellow, I mean, you would have to say you would have something a

little bit easier than this. Good pot and a nice kiss on the

blue. He must have been a little bit

downhearted but he potted a great red in the middle.

Just playing for choice of Red Sea. He can play on the pink and blue at

the moment. -- a choice of reds here.

He would rather risk hitting it too hard. He can just roll this black

in. This undoubtedly is the best Mark

Selby has played all season. That has taken the pace out of the

cue ball. Not so straightforward now. He is blessed with a lot of cue

power when he uses the rest. APPLAUSE

What a beautiful shot. It doesn't get better than this.

This break from Selby has been right out of the top drawer.

Decided to go for a blue. The brown is off the spot as well.

What an excellent break this has been.

He has made 48 centuries this season.

The black goes in for a wonderful break of 86. And the cue ball goes

in as well. More importantly, Mark Selby wins the frame.

We saw Mark Selby's break in the previous frame which was right in

the top drawer. It all started that fabulous long red. Once again, you

see this magnificent arena. I have not played for 15 years and I still

get a buzz when I see a picture. Nothing better.

I think we have got a match on, ladies and gentlemen. It will be the

last man standing. Anything but a full-ball contact, he

will be OK. That is the problem when you have

got the flat-back pack. He just caught that one rightful ball. If he

ever you catch one of those front reds full ball, you have got no

chance. Mark was saying just before this

session when I had a word with him, he said Neil keeps knocking long

ones. He has done that already. I said, leave them on the cushioning,

he will have a bit of trouble them. He did not take the red on, he

played a safety. I'm surprised he did not try to get

back to the baulk here. There is a bit of movement in the

crowd. He is just steadying himself. Half a chance here for Mark Selby.

The top door just opened as he was on the shot. He has spotted it. A

super pot. He didn't hit the centre of the

white. Nothing better than a late night

when the snooker is excellent which it is at the moment. We saw the pink

coming away from the pack. Only 14 from that excellent opening

red. He will be disappointed. He has got to be careful. It could

go over the left-hand corner pocket. There is another red he could clip

REFEREE: Foul and a miss. A missed call. I'm sure Neil can have a go at

this red. Michaela Tabb on the monitor, needs

to be a bit more to the right. It is all about getting the white in

the right place. Just checking where the red was. Just about an inch and

a half. Not too bad. The key thing is the white.

The Black Cats to be... Yes, it is pretty good.

The aggressive safety shot would be to play the one you suggested. He is

just making sure... He was just saying that now, you cannot see the

black, but he could the first time. He is going to play exactly the same

shot, the cut. Is that enough? Yes. That is where it was. That is where

it is now. It is a bit too far in our! -- fire now.

Found a different shot now, where is the... ?

There is a pot. Let's have a look at this. Pretty close. If the red to

the right-centre doesn't pot, he does have the long red into the

left-hand corner pocket. He will be tempted again, I think.

The reds are problems behind the black.

What a fabulous pot again. He knew that once he was going into the

pack, he needs a little bit of luck. This time he had it. He

deserved it. That was a does pot. -- a tremendous pot.

This is tricky. He has two play this almost dead weight. To give it a

chance to get into the pocket. You could try and screw it in but it

makes the pot so much more difficult.

If he plays this along the top cushion, we have seen plenty of

these missed so far. Budden, Neil Robertson, that

deserves a round of applause. -- well done. The red that he had

expected to leave on, the one you the green, he hasn't. -- the one

near the green. Mark Selby could just about swing

this in between yellow and blue. He is probably back in again. Baby

pushing into the yellow, Ken, before it swerved. -- maybe pushing into

the yellow. It looks very close to the baulk cushion. It wouldn't be as

easy as further as it could have been if it had been a few inches

away from the baulk cushion. This is a containing safety shot.

Can he have a go at this plant? You'll have to hit this red really

thin where the white is. The cue ball may go between the reds and

even career into the red at the left-hand side of the table, but

that would not bother him. He's just playing the containing safety shot.

He may force Mark Selby into playing this plant now. He tried to cover

the plant, but it doesn't look like he has done that. It is a case of if

he wants to risk it. He declared that fell on himself. --

foul. The referee did not see it. Quite admirable.

A little surprised he did not play the swerved. Mark Selby has been

given an extra chance in this frame. He is nine points ahead. I'm lucky

to have knocked in the black, but the red would have been there. --

unlucky. Had to play the power shot, and it

worked. Excellent shot. He knew full well

that red would slow down the cue ball. He hasn't been very lucky.

Could have had something a lot easier here. Couldn't agree with you

more, Ken. He played a fantastic black, but faced with a tough

Casement -- a pot. This is very tricky.

Very, very good. He deserves what he gets from those last shots that he

played. He has pulled out some great reds

already in this break. This has been a great break of 32,

and he is hardly add position. And he is not in a great position now.

They have to risk going in and out of baulk with this red because the

green is unavailable. He needed to roll, but still not

perfect. 46 points in front, very rarely do

you suggest a double as a possibility. But where is the reds

are, the double might not be bad. -- with the reds are.

That was worth the risk. Potting a lot of good balls in that set. He is

the favourite. This is a really tough position. It

would be an easy snooker from Mark Selby. He has gone for the pot.

Goodness me! We have seen some pots this evening. He has put all his

eggs in one basket there. I can only presume he paid with a -- played for

the pink. Goodness me, that was a pot.

A lovely angle for this blue. Nudge the red from the site cushion.

You can see the disappointment in his face, just half an inch away

from that shot. Well, maybe an inch. That was a good shot, knowing full

well that he was going to bring the other red into play that was behind

the green. He is 40 points behind. That creates extra pressure on Mark

Selby here. I know that this session has been playing for nearly an hour

and a half and we have not yet completed three frames, but some of

the best pots the Championship have been played in this frame, and it

will need to be a good safety shot here, because it will be tough not

to leave a pot on. Just trying to work out what he is

thinking of. What is he thinking of doing with that? The red possibly

passes the green, to cut it into the right-hand corner and send it in and

out of baulk. The case is a problem if he does that? -- kiss. He has

done the correct thing, he now has two balls on the cushion.

That was the only problem from Mark Selby plain that containing safety

shot, the straightforward safety shot for Neil Robertson.

It is like he has covered all reds here.

He does have another this red. -- enough of this red.

What a tough shot this will be. Ho, what a shot! That is amazing.

Amazing, forced into it. How well did he hit this? ! We have seen some

marvellous pots. Everything was risky there, the

safety was risky. Sometimes you have to just go for one.

That is what we call Tim three self out of trouble. -- potting yourself

out of trouble. Do not the head he concedes. -- the

nod of the head, you concedes. Both of them landing large punches

on each other, and what about some of the long potting in that frame,

absolutely impossible! They are forced into playing some pots, and

that one from Mark Selby was fantastic. It has been a very high

standard of long part tonight. It has been quick and pretty slow also.

It has been fascinating. The standard of competitiveness is

immense. I do not see either of them really relenting or giving up. I

cannot see anybody folding. No. I just do not see it. With Mark Selby,

tonight we're getting an interesting balance between the Hoover that is

Mark Selby that would leave everything up, and also this

torturer figure that Ronnie O'Sullivan describes, but he is

marrying the two now. It is interesting when he goes behind.

When he is in front, you almost goes into protection mode and he sort of

goes into it shall, not completely, but his choice of shot seems to go a

bit more conservative when he is in front. An interesting observation,

because he has always said that plays better when the pressure gets

more intense. Yes, and that is an usual for most players, they love to

be in front. But when you play somebody at the level of Neil

Robertson, you're always aware that he can come back. If you know that

your player can collapse, that is another story, but both these

players can be amazing front runners. Nia Roberts and is showing

fantastic composure to come back into the match at various times and

he will keep on doing it. This is the last one before the mid-session

interval and once again, Mark Selby has eked out a lead.

The latter session before the mid-session interval, can Neil

Robertson level again. -- the last frame before.

The state from Mark Selby, but as you can see, the two reds above the

pocket... As you can imagine, this is very, very dangerous indeed.

The fact he is a left-hander, you might be able to get his cue. He is

looking at the plant. That brown will hamper him slightly but the

open red. If he plays the plant and stuns it in, there is a chance he

could be on the black. Fantastic shot. What a match this

is! That is a great shot, you can see

the distance between the two balls. The first red that he hit in that

plant came off the top cushion into the pack and brought some of these

reds into play. He can go into the pack your because

he has the little insurance policy of the red close to the pocket. --

go into the pack here. Just checking that the red next to

the pink doesn't potting into the corner.

The path that the cue ball will take, there is no problem in kissing

the red over the middle. The red was not in the way of that shot.

Neil may decide to play an aggressive safety.

Once again, coming round to see what has happened to the bunch.

Just making sure he will not push one right over the pocket.

He took the chance. Now he expects to find the cushioning because he

had his hand on the table. He has not done.

He played that very well. It was an excellent shot.

What would you do here, Ken? This is a possible shot. When the object

ball, the red, so close to the top cushion, it is very hard. You can

sometimes get a double-kiss and completely mess it up. That is why

he is reluctant to play this one. He is entitled to take his time here

because he is in trouble. It'll be interesting to see where

pink ghosts. The pink spot is covered but is there room on the

black spot? He is just having a look.

Pink and black are going to be out of play.

He could have gone on the black that time. At the moment, he is not fully

concentrating. He did not have a look at all the options.

The cue ball bounced. It is amazing how much you can move them by

playing that way. Considering the frames have been a

bit messy, the standard of potting has been remarkable.

He can concentrate on just reds and blues here.

That was not the best shot he has ever played. Still OK.

Once again, not perfect. He did not play the kiss them, he played to go

around the back of those. When it set off it was high. The

superfine cloth is, very rare do they pull, it seemed to pull in

there, Ken. It is in. This has been good stuff

from both players. It has taken the best part of two hours these four

frames but this has not been slow snooker, it has been awesome stuff.

Some of the best safety play we have seen and some of the best long pots

we have seen. Very high standard. Neither player giving an inch. And

that was another super long pot. Mark has come to the table but a

tall order. Maybe he feels... Can he missed the

pink here? That was different. If he can miss the kiss on the red,

he could get very close to getting behind the green this time.

Excellent cueing again from Neil Robertson. That will certainly

secure the frame. We said many times, this match has

all the hallmarks of going right down to the wire. At the moment, it

is proving to do so. Great match snooker from both

players this evening. He has missed the red but Mark Selby

gives the nod. Neil Robertson takes the frame. Once again, both players

are level. They go off for the mid-session interval. It is 14

frames apiece. HAZEL IRVINE: We said it would be a

marathon. They go off to their dressing rooms. We will chew the fat

little bit. How would you sum up the evening for us? Some unbelievable

pots. I think the standard has risen from this morning. It is building up

nicely. It takes a bit of time, but once it

gets going, this final mini session will be marvellous. Is it about who

cracks first or who can produce the best snooker? This is the situation

you expect which separates the great from the good. These two are both so

evenly matched in terms of talent and matchplay, I do think any is

playing well enough to move away from the other. It is the best of

five to get into the World Championship. In matches before,

they have played to Macri huge finals. They have always really gone

the distance. Are you able to see one man or the other getting an

advantage because of what you have seen so far in those first four

frames, Steve? Do you want the short answer which would be No. At one

stage, I thought Mark Selby had the edge. He looks like the one who

could play and get the rhythm going. We know full well, Neil Robertson

has come on strong at the end of matches in the World Championship. I

just haven't got a clue. He showed it against Mark Allen and Judd

Trump. When the pressure has really come on, he has been able to

respond. Definitely, two of the best sessions have come from Neil

Robertson. Can he draw on that again tonight? I wonder. And I wonder if

Ronnie O'Sullivan is watching this tonight. He is in his sixth final

and his third in a row. In fact, not for ten years has a player made it

through to the final having won his quarterfinal and his semifinal with

a session to spare. The last man to do so, incidentally, Ronnie

O'Sullivan in 2004. Business was brisk and brilliant in here last

night against Barry Hawkins. The game is fickle and you can have

patches where you are playing really well and vice versa. I didn't have

enough in me to be mentally strong and try and come back from it. I did

not have enough drive. This game is about momentum. If you

can gather some of that, you can win seven, eight, nine and frames on the

spin. It is not easy, the mistakes are magnified. In the semifinal

playing against Ronnie, any little mistake it magnifies against him. I

feel like I have been in a boxing ring and had 12 rounds with Tyson!

Goodness me, there are not many of those in the pound. It is huge, the

biggest tournament, a lot of pressure out there. I think as each

match gets on, you get a little bit more comfortable, the deeper you go

into the tournament. I tried my hardest but everything was hard

work. Oh, you are kidding? I feel mentally bashed. To be honest with

you, I'm glad it is all over! I'm trying my hardest out there and I'm

going through every emotion in the match, just like everybody else

does. Ronnie O'Sullivan is into the final for three years in a row. It

has been a fabulous display from the defending champion. A very

comfortable winner in the end, 17 frames to seven. I have never come

here with nothing to lose. He's interviewed six Crucible final

and he is yet to lose one. What is more important, you have been to 17

finals between you, what is more important, is it mental freshness or

physical freshness? I think mentally you can be burnt out by the end of

it but usually your adrenaline can get you through it. I think being

able to sleep in between the matches is important. That can recharge you

quite quickly I feel. He talked about structure in his post-match

conference saying he did not have to come to play today and he did not

know what to do with himself. I understand he has gone for a 15 mile

run, just to relax. Is there any way he could be knocked out of his

rhythm by a day off? Not at all. He would put a bit of practice in. I

think he finds the first week a bit of a drag. You play a first-round

match and then he has virtually a week. Come the second week you play

almost every day and the intensity gets bigger and bigger. He looks

like he is enjoying it. He is chasing the total of six world

titles and then hopefully he will -- then he might be hoping to go for a

seventh. I think he wants that. But let's also let's talk about Steve's

first. But I think he wants to beat my record. He is not playing as many

tournaments. He is only playing when he wants. Consequently, when he

comes to events like this, he is fresh. A few years ago he almost had

a casual record towards equalling them and his place in the game. That

has completely changed since he has been working with Doctor Steve

Peters. You met him today. How would you describe his mood? He is in

great mental shape. Very buoyant, very relaxed. He is in a great place

to win the event. He is much more balanced in terms of his views of

the challenge of trying to win and beat Stephen's record. It is also a

great feeling when you know other players cannot beat you. If you feel

you are intimidating players, it is worth three or four friends for a

start. And he has certainly done that, intimidation out there. He has

put people on the back foot. If he can put them on the back foot truly

he deserves to win it in style. He puts himself in the frame to be

breaking records and it is on his mind. I won't give away what he was

saying but it is on his mind, he is aware of it, he has thought about

it. It depends how much he will commit. I do not want to go into

it. I do not think either of these guys will be as intimidated as we

have seen throughout the Championship. I disagree. I think he

has got it. We saw it against Mark Selby in the final of the Masters.

He completely blew him away. Mark did not look comfortable from the

word go. We shall see. Whoever wins, the intensity levels are

certainly going to spike here at the Crucible. We are going to revel in

it all but these guys will have to cope with the heat, the pressure and

the tension. The 1979 world champion Terry Griffiths well remembers that

feeling. People often ask me what it is like being a professional player

and how did I handle the pressure. I have tried to describe my anguish

but the words come up short. I turned professional in June 1978.

Personally, I just wanted to find out if I could compete against the

best players in the world. I set myself a target of three years and

if I failed, I would go back to work. Little did I know at the time

I was -- what I was going to experience in my first season. I led

Rex Williams 8-2, in the qualifying round of the UK Championships, with

a trip to the Guildhall in Preston looming large in my mind. I somehow

managed to lose 9-8. When I shook his hand, I could not feel anything.

I wanted to say, well done, but nothing came out. There was an

emptiness inside me which had dead into my mind. It was a numbing

defeat, overwhelming for me because of its potential impact. The career

I had looked forward to was in jeopardy. But also because of the

stupid, self-inflicted, almost suicidal way in which I lost.

Professional snooker in my opinion is the moral equivalent of war. The

stress, where and tear and assault on a person's spirit and basic

self-esteem are incredible. It takes an individual to the outer limits of

the capabilities and may provide one of the ultimate studies of people

because it is such a cruel, volatile and emotionally draining experience.

Unless you have experienced this type of emotional shock and the

bleak interior landscape it creates, it is hard to contemplate the IMPAC.

The meg -- the memory never leaves you, sparing you to work harder and

harder but also creating a fear inside that it might happen again.

On April the 1979, I beat Dennis Taylor 24-16 at the Crucible Theatre

in Sheffield and was crowned the champion of the world. It happened

only because of the moment of deepest despair, I had the strength

to stand and confront the future instead of wallowing the past. Many

cannot summon the strength. They cannot get up, their fight is over.

Victory goes to another, a stronger competitor. Pursuing your ambitions,

those of any magnitude can be gruelling and hazardous and produce

agonising failure along the way. But achieving those goals is amongst

life's most gratifying and thrilling experiences. The ability to survive

and overcome the form to obtain the latter, is a fundamental difference

between winners and losers. The always articulate Terry

Griffiths. What did change for you guys when you got to a final? Can

you remember the step up from the semis? I remember my first final and

when you start on a Sunday afternoon, the goal seems so far

away. After the first final, it was basically business as usual, another

match, but the first time I remember thinking how long it was. It is two

days, of 4-part drama over two days. My memories are of the second week

of the World Championship, just playing every day. By the end,

whilst I know it was the final, it was just another day of relentless

snooker played as best you could. Yes, there was a trophy they brought

out and you had a photograph with it and you knew it was the final, but

once the snooker started, you just played. If you had not had a bad

session, everyone says you have won at least, if that was the case, can

you remember a time when you did not have any bad sessions? People always

ask me my best World Championship, and I always say the one where I

beat Stephen session early, that was my best performance, I think. I had

some nightmares at the start and a couple right at the end. But along

the way, you get some things were the wheel falls off and you have to

regroup when you get into the dressing room. That is the

fascinating thing about the multi-session finals and semifinals,

you can go through ups and downs, and even in the mini-session, in the

dressing room, it is great to have somebody on your side in your

dressing room to bring you down to earth and tab you out. That is read

the sports psychologists and the good friend can help, because it is

difficult to do with vivid is going badly, and even if it is going well,

just to calm down, think about something else, to focus your mind.

Strength of character, it is fascinating. Mark Selby reached the

semifinals seven years ago and lost to John Higgins at that point, but

your Robertson has much better memories of bank holiday weekend and

bank holiday Monday, because it was four years ago that he came to a

very tough match against Graeme Dott to become only the third player from

outside the UK to win this great championship. Ladies and gentlemen,

champion of the world, Neil Robertson. There you were with the

Australian flag at the end of the match, how many times have you sent

or how often do you recall those moments? I think when I went to

17-13 up, that is when I was pretty sure I was going to win. It was

getting quite late, Graeme Dott was getting tired, I thought I was

wearing him down. I had that kiss when I parted the match-winning

ball, and then, my mother was there waving the flag and it was brilliant

that she could come over for the final. It was a surprise. I had no

idea that she was coming. It was only when I checked my voice mail

after the semifinal with Ali Carter that she had left me a voice mail

saying that they had just left Singapore and they would be arriving

on the day of the final, so, she came over Willie prepared with the

Australian flag just in case. And to win it with my mum there, and to

have the Australian flag draped around me and holding the world

trophy, there with my mum, it was a memory I will have until the end my

days, for sure. Now we have the opportunity to become the most

decorated, well, you already are the most decorated in terms of world

ranking titles that you have won, but no overseas player has won a

world title twice. Is that a focus for you as a man that knows his

stats? It is definitely a reason why I have chosen not to play in so many

events this season, which was to build-up to the World Championship

properly. I found last year, especially in the World

Championship, that I had entered too many tournaments. I had a feeling

when Robert Milkins potted the match-winning balls against me to

beat me 10-8, I was thinking, oh, I can get a good three, four weeks

off, I have not had that all season. If you are a world champion, you

obviously get a lot of recognition for being world champion. I

certainly do not believe in people flicking a world title or anything

like that, I do not like when people say that you have to win another one

to prove yourself, but to join the likes of somebody like Mark

Williams, someone like that on two, there are not many want to pull

world champions in our sport. -- many multiple world champions. It is

something I would like to do to become a group of special players.

It is something I would like to achieve in my career and I'm doing

everything that I can to win more masters and more UKs, I am on the

right path. So hopefully I can be standing alongside some of the

greats. And this time it is his father who has made the trip and his

partner and young son Alexander in the crowd also. Mark Selby has his

wife and their parents also. Family gathering once again. Supporters

everywhere. It is now a best of five. Who will make it to join

Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final tomorrow? Let's go back to Willie

and Ken. Thank you. The final session of this

match. You can see this match going all the way.

The match time, ten hours and 50 minutes, the best break off from

Mark Selby. An excellent shot. He doesn't miss

many of those pots. Absolutely perfect. Straight into the pack.

Holding for the red on one of the corner pockets. Oh, what has he

done? ! What happened there are? ! That was very strange. Let's look at

this again. Seemed to stun it. Look at the spin on the cue ball.

It is like an archiving hit after the pack. Usually you get the arc

before, this time he got it after. A clean pot. Right into the heart.

It is always that wonderful noise when it hits the leather right in

the centre of the pocket. That's lovely click send. -- that lovely

clicks. Not sure what happened there. Had

such an arc. Have not seen it go in it like that before.

Can Mark Selby take the lead again with this chance?

He is so good at that shot. Get a lot of backspin on it. Only Ronnie

O'Sullivan can play that shot as well as Mark Selby, I have got to be

honest. This is an excellent opportunity for

a frame-winning break. What an auditorium this is. No better place

to watch, no better place to play. No better place to commentate.

Looking at this four reds, lined up nicely into the corner pocket.

He could open things up even more. Get it out of the way. Still on a

red into the right-hand corner if he wishes.

Wants to be almost straight and this red. -- on this red.

The good standard of this evening's session continues.

Neil Robertson started off with a fantastic red. Very unlucky to go

in-off. A heavy contact there. This has been a brilliant break from Mark

Selby. This is like a boxing match, not a

snooker match, it is blow for blow. Once again, either player when they

had the chance to win a frame this evening, they have taken the bull by

the horns and comfort, and nine times out of ten, they have done it.

-- and gone for it. Once again, he takes the lead at

15-14. Mark Selby alleged to get in there

after that rather uncharacteristic and unusual in half from Neil

Robertson. I do not think any of us have seen this before? He hit it

perfectly, but if you hit a certain red in a certain way, it spun off

the pack. A lot of shot value for Neil Robertson. We are discussing

who we think will crack and how it will pan out, well, the game of

snooker can always be won and lost on luck. And unlucky break,

brilliantly capitalised on by Mark Selby. That is what you have to do,

you have to punish your opponent when it comes down to luck. Mark

Selby has two, and when the frame. Ten minutes, the game is really

moving now. You expect the temple to rise, the adrenaline kicks in, and

sometimes the mistakes can speed up the snooker, but you do not have a

clue how it will pan out. That is the fascination, that is why we love

it. Thank you. , frame 30, Ian Robertson to break. -- Neil

Robertson. A good break off. A fascinating

match this is. Let's take a look at this in-off again. So much stun.

Caught the next red half-board which threw it off the line.

Not quite sure what this is worth? The red to the bottom right-hand

corner pocket. He has been knocking balls and quite regularly this

evening. -- in quite regularly. I think the pink is a bit further

from the pack, some more of a gap. That is why it caught the pink after

all. The pink is slightly higher. This

way? The pink was slightly higher, Michaela Tabb is just telling the

referee. That looks pretty good to me. They

are both happy. Same shot again. Two cushion escape. You would expect him

to hit the red this time. He has left the red O'Neill aside,

but... -- left the red on the other side. Still has a pot New here, Neil

Robertson. -- on here. There is a drag on the cue ball,

this time he might play at pace and tried to career into the pack and

try and get on pink or blue. He will have no idea what will happen to the

white here. It could arc because it is close to the cushion.

Could not have hit that any better. It always requires a bit of luck,

but it is going that way anyway. That is right.

Just missed that red, wanted a cannon half ball. That is a mistake.

He is now faced with a tricky little red.

Nicely on this red to the right of the black.

he adrenaline must be going, knowing that he can extend to a two frame

lead again. -- the adrenaline. He majored that he stayed down on

that shot. -- made sure. Just the right side of the blue, right at the

bottom of the pack, that goes. He is looking at this site. -- side. The

red on the pink spot, that make also. -- may go also.

Needs to be just off straight on this, and I think that he is. There

is another at the back of the pack that he can play in the opposite

pocket. It will not be too much bother very finishes low on this

red, because the conflict of the other red. It is important not to

leave a thin one. There is the angle to flick and other red into play

here. -- and other red. Needs to be careful here if he decides to go off

the side cushion. He will need one more good cannon to

win the frame here, and there is nothing available into the

right-hand corner pocket. He needs to be careful because if he catches

the extreme red to the left of the pack full ball, he could be left

with nothing. He needs to judge this perfectly.

If he kisses the red full ball, he is on the red on the corner.

His fans in the audience there, and his wife is there this evening.

He can just get through to the red at the extreme right hand side. That

brings the enough into play. At that first glance, I cannot see anything

that he can do. He is looking down the left-hand side. If he can hit it

full ball, it will just be the white percent. -- at the end. There is a

shot to nothing for Mark Selby on the middle. It goes without saying

when you lead by 48 points, your reluctance to do anything risky.

He is looking at this red into the green pocket.

He has a good cue ball, an excellent cue ball, he may have snooker to

Neil Robertson. -- snookered Neil Robertson. Certainly covered down

the right-hand side of the table. He may have to swerve it again, the red

down the left-hand side. The red just below the pink, I

think, will pot. Bringing the cue ball back for one

of the baulk colours. He knows that this is a big shot,

this could be a frame when, this shot. -- winner.

It would be like trying to stop the Sea of Galilee, please stop. He gets

on a red. What a time to find your best form.

He has not played anything like this before.

This has been top-quality from both players.

That is the widest margin we have seen a shot missed all night.

It is not easy to play a containing safety shot here.

HAZEL IRVINE: And a reminder that the excellent German drama

Generation War will follow the snooker but if it goes beyond

10:30pm, the drama will be shown next Saturday.

Mark Selby had been left with a difficult red which he took on but

no damage done. He will need pink and a couple of

high-value colours with the two remaining reds.

I'm just thinking whether he will risk playing for the black here. He

has got to be perfect on the red to get behind the black.

He decided to get the black on the spot. That is a great positional

shot. If he gets the cue ball where the

circle is, he cannot be red down. -- you the red down.

That was a good snooker. It could have been a lot better. You really

want the red ball away from a cushion. Mark can play it snow. It

will be difficult for Neil to get a snooker. -- he can play it slow.

I think when you are playing somebody like Mark Selby, the

snookers have to be perfect. That is why you need the object ball out in

the open. There was a comment from the crowd

which seems to have disturbed Mark Selby but I'm sure it was not

detrimental. Ken mentioned he should be in

trouble, he is. Would you have played it softly,

can? No. I think if he pots and easy red and black, he can get a snooker

on the yellow. If he needs that red, if he was only

33 in front, he would never miss it in a month of Sundays. It is a

different mindset when your opponent needs snookers. It is not helping

his cause to miss a straightforward red.

Salute the snooker this time. It is amazing how he misses these balls

when his opponent needs snookers. He has not missed a ball all night.

He probably deserved that, Neil Robertson. This is not

straightforward. He must hit this. If he does not hit

the red, he certainly wants to hit those balls because he could leave a

free ball here. This looks very good. An excellent

shot. The snooker gods are punishing mark

for missing four attempts at the red.

He could be in trouble here. He has been going through the mill. This

frame should have been over about ten minutes ago.

That was pretty good. He was trying to push the red off the side

cushion. And the concession. An excellent

break of 54 in the middle of that frame. It takes him one away from

victory. He leads 16-14. Mark Selby heaves a huge sigh of

relief. It looked like he might be able to get back into it. Pro-he

succumbed to a snooker the other way around. It has been riveting stuff.

If Mark won the next frame and it was not a comfortable victory but a

three frame victory, after it looked like it was going to go all the

way. If that does happen, I wonder if we would look back to that in-off

from Neil Robertson as one of the deciding moments from the whole

match? Absolutely. Mark Selby stepped up since the interval.

Obviously, there was a bit of frame time left when he missed but he won

the last two friends. He stepped up a gear. And very brisk around the

table. The pace of the match has stepped up. If it was to be finished

in the next frame, it is not bad night's sleep for Mark Selby. But

every time Neil Robertson has been right up against it, he pulls

something out. He will not go out without a fight. Getting over the

line is a lot harder than winning a frame. Do you think there is a lot

of life left? I would be surprised if Mark Selby won it in this frame.

Neil Robertson is a great competitor. But it is Mark gets one

chance it could be over. What would you be telling yourself at this

point? It is one ball at a time stuff. You cannot change your

tactics. You get presented with a shot and you just give it everything

you have got. That is all you can do. But he will be mentally

positive. Just to remind you once again, that if you are waiting for

the Generation War, an exceptional German drama, it will be coming your

way if this match finishes before 10:30pm. If the match goes beyond

that, you will be seeing that particular part of an excellent

drama series next Saturday night. So, back we go. Plenty of drama

going on out there. This studio has given us a remarkable view of things

and we can really feel the tension levels and we have to lower our

voices. It is a treat to be so close. You just want one good

chance. You can sense the crowd as well. It is a truly special

atmosphere in the Crucible Theatre. It becomes the perfect and big

theatre. Neil Robertson is coming back in. He will get a big cheer.

Both players got great respect. I'm sure this Crucible crowd would love

to see this go a bit further. Maximum drama. We are certainly

getting it here tonight. Neil Robertson looks very cool and

composed as he has been all Championship but he has got an awful

lot to do. Mark Selby requires one more frame

for a place in the final of the World Championship against Ronnie

O'Sullivan, the defending champion. Match time, almost 11 and a half

hours now. We have seen better brakes in this

tournament than this, but the quality of both players, you cannot

get better match play. This is real matchplay snooker. Absolutely. Both

players are a lot more positive. A lot more pacey around the table.

You can feel the tension in the air as well.

It is all about missing the kiss on the blue in this safety shot. Got to

be very careful. A kiss on the green is not too bad.

He will have a shot at these reds but even if he does, it can just

nestle into them. The problem for Neil Robertson,

every shot that he plays, he has got to be so precise because one slip

could cost him the match. That is exactly what I am talking

about. One shot like that, half a chance for Mark Selby.

Neil managed to get the cue ball close enough to the cushion to make

that a difficult pot. There was another mistake. Every

shot he is playing, there is a bit more pressure on it.

This is the chance Mark Selby was waiting for. Could that be the last

shot he has played in this year's Championship, Neil Robertson?

APPLAUSE It is a kiss on the blue.

You can see the angle. He cannot play that shot.

He was expecting a little kiss of the red. He is still OK.

It was a difficult black. He let the white run free.

APPLAUSE What a shot that was under the

pressure and fully committed. There are still another couple of

reds available after this red he is going to pot.

He decided to go for blue and that is not good. That was a poor shot.

You would expect him to arc this red in if he uses the rest. He may

decide to play for the blue, but he is playing with top spin. Very good.

This will certainly help matters getting rid of this red behind the

black spot. Neil Robertson is showing a lot of

character here at the moment. Could disturb the bunch and bring

some more into play. That is a great shot. Fantastic. A little bit of

luck that he came to the top side of the blue.

Four read, -- four reds, four colours. A glance at the scoreboard

tells him that. A good effort, this, from Neil Robertson, because he was

frozen out of the last two frames. They are both over 90% pot success

rate at this stage of the match, it is going to go 16-15 here. You can

usually guarantee winning the match if you have over 90%, but one of

these is going to have over 90% and looms. -- lose. Getting close to the

winning line in this frame. This is a wonderful effort for Neil

Robertson. Showing real courage, the true champion. He is making Mark

Selby think, well, how can I get rid of this man?

He is past the centuries mark, he is now on 102. The chance to make

another one. He has been the player of the

tournament, without any question, but either of these two players,

surely, they are getting very very close to playing against Ronnie.

This has been such a good standard. The century breaking machine just

need the brand. He certainly will have enjoyed this

more because he was under such pressure. A magnificent break of

108, are we going to go all the way ) is now 16-15. Mark Selby has

gotten the ball is there, if we look at he finished, it is an inch

difference to be perfect. If the cue ball pulls up, it flicks the red,

due think that makes a difference to the pace of the ball? It looked too

pacey. It might have straightened up the angle, but he has overrun it. If

we look at Hawk-Eye's position, if he is on that red in the middle of

the pack, you would expect him to at least make 40 or more and possibly

close out the match and as you said, Winnie, just fractions. When

he potted that blew into the yellow pocket, he came out with that

initial red, and had he been straighter, the same rule would have

applied and closed out the match from that position, but a fantastic

response from Neil Robertson. The first red, very important, that set

him right up. He could have played this with top spin and gone back up

and taken it easier, but fully committed to the black and made a

wonderful century break from it. Thank you, thank you. Frame 32. Neil

Robertson to break. Mark Selby and his supporters have

travelled up the motorway to be here.

An incredible session this has been, it really has.

Just looking down the line of this shot, wondering if he will take on.

Probably wasn't straight enough. Not straight enough to have a go at it.

Did the brown countries rescue? It look like it has. Mark Selby can be

a very, very aggressive safety players well. Can he screwed the

white back, because it is not easy to get back into baulk. He might

have an angle to screw it into the blue. That is a thought. That is

what he is planning, I think. Into the blue, and boy has he hit

that absolutely perfectly. A good shot. Would love to have got

the cue ball titre to this baulk cushion. Four. I think this is too

risky to have a go at. If he stunted him powerfully, he could get away

with a shot to nothing. If you murmurings from the crowd,

because they know if Neil Robertson was facing the long pot he would

take it on. -- the bit of murmuring from the crowd.

Mark Selby will be coming down to have a look to see if any of these

reds will go to the left corner pocket?

That was a pretty good shot. The flick on the brown helped also. It

covered the red on the right-hand side of the table.

Oh, dear, at first glance, it is not an easy opener, but it is unusual to

see a poor safety shot. Mark Selby looks to his friends and family to

say, well, I'm a bit lucky, but it is easier playing from here than

tight on the cushion. Always tough from that gap.

The yellow was always over the left-centre pocket. Playing with

some safety in mind. He has certainly wiped his feet? Is

he on the yellow? Did the green block his path? I think he is OK.

Looks just about OK. The brown is there as well. He likes

the brown. Watch this red. We spoke about fractions in the last

frame. Fractionally, just on this red.

He needs the cue ball to slow up. He's having to work for this break.

Again, red left of the black. That would be his target even the one

just above it. These shots are not easy. A bit of

tension in the arm, conflict the side onto this. It is there. How is

the cue ball? Needs a nice case on the red. It is unbelievable. Talking

about fractions. I do not think you can get through the gap with the red

to the black on the pocket. Still not perfect. Still needs a

good shots to get onto the next red comfortably. There is only about a

quarter of a ball of the red, the red to the left of those reds above

the black. If he misses the case, he is on the red in the middle. Only

has a quarter ball to hit. The pink is no problem, but the blue

is perfect to get on three reds. The bottom red just above the

Blackwell pot. When he gets rid of those two, then the red at the edge

of the bunch. That is the circle very would like to get on that

bottom red. Just coming around to have a look to

see if the red is on. There is a part into the left corner. -- a pot.

You may need a cannon now. There is likely to be a plant in the

left-hand corner. He may have another look after he has taken the

pot. If this works, this could be frame

and match. 12 hours much time, now he has got a nice angle on this

black. Neil Robertson knows now that he is

possibly for macro shots away from being out of this championship. --

for macro shots away. Both players have shown some courage

here. They have both played their part in this and they deserve a

strand of applause after this match, and this Crucible crowd had enjoyed

it whatever happens. I do not think I have seen a better match for a

long time, Kent. Yes, it has been full of everything.

Red, colour, red would be enough. This has been top-quality.

One more red for a place in the 2014 Dafabet World Championship final

against the defending champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan. This is the red

to put Mark Selby in his second final and it is in! It is in!

Fantastic! APPLAUSE Hats off to Neil Robertson. He has

been a great champion here and he took part in a fantastic match of

top quality. He has given it everything.

He is just doing a little bit of maths. He is entitled to carry on

hazard is the last frame. -- as it is. Inches away from being in the

final. That is the handshake. We have

witnessed one of the best matches played in the Crucible for many

years. Both players, great friends on and off the table, the crowd give

them a standing ovation, and it is so deserved. What a fantastic match,

congratulations to Mark Selby getting to his second Crucible

final. We fairly enjoyed that. Mark Selby against Ronnie O'Sullivan

tomorrow. The world number three, Mark Selby,

on his way to our studio, and Steve Davis is with me, give us your

impression on how the closed out that match and how it turned so

quickly in that mini-session? So impressive, both players up to the

job, that unlucky bit where the Robertson went in-off. Mark Selby

was just so impressive. So strong mentally. Never balked at the

chance. Somewhere down the line, you get a bit nervy. He really took his

chances at Jimmy Robertson played a poor safety shot. A fantastic

effort. An excellent effort, 12 hours of training snooker. We're

just telling everybody, a seven-year wait, my goodness, what a struggle

to get past Neil Robertson! Yes, we all know how good he is at the long

game. Every time I played a half lose safety shot, he kept dropping

long balls in and winning the frame or would make a good 50, 60 and put

me on the back foot. I kept getting two frames in front and I was

thinking, with two frames left, to get a good lead, and he dug in and

that is why he is world number one. The tactics were in men's all

through the match. Sometimes when I am in the balls, sometimes I look

for things to go wrong a lot of the time, whereas in this match, when I

got a chance, I thought I need to try and attack, so there was still

two frames this afternoon, 50 minutes long and 40 minutes long.

That is pretty draining. How fresh do you feel going into tomorrow? We

all know it is very draining, intense day in day out, but whether

I am tired and tomorrow, I would rather be in the final than sitting

at and watching it. It is Ronnie O'Sullivan, you have had some

fantastic matches with him, six finals, three apiece, I suspect you

would like to have another crack at this fellow here. , yes, if you want

to win the World Championship, there is no better person to play, Ronnie

O'Sullivan, and at the Crucible. I look forward to it. How much better

is your game, you said you had not played your best snooker over the

Christmas, New Year period, but I detect much more, a much better

sight of confidence in your game here? Yes, I am always tinkering

during the season trying to look for results, even though the game is

hard enough anyway. I got two for results, even though the game is

hard enough anyway. I got to four finals this season, but in patches,

stupid as it sounds, I did not feel I was playing great, I was just

grinding my way there. Coming into the World Championship, more or more

I have the chance to score. Great support from the crowd tonight. ,

yes, I have got lots of people down to support. Back to 2007, before you

got into that final, you said you were drained, do you feel a lot

better now? Don't get me wrong, I would be surprised if I didn't say

that I wasn't tired, but a lot of the time, because the tournament is

as big as what it is, I have been known to put all of the hours under

the sun to keep playing, and obviously, coming here, this time, I

have probably not practice as much because of more mark practice. We

wish you all the best. A fantastic achievement. We will be there to

live every moment, I hope you will be as well, because the first of a

four parched drama over two days begins at two o'clock tomorrow, that

is your bank holiday weekend sorted. -- four part drama. Goodbye for now.

It's shocking it'd happen in a public place.

I don't find it funny, but I don't find it offensive.

It really is vile. Shock value sells.

Men are even less tolerant of women than they were before.

The hatred of women. Some people are offended.

Others think women should just man up.

and even misogyny socially acceptable?