When Stephen Lee almost cleared up at the end I think he was trying to play exhibition shots thinking I’ll miss one in a minute but they kept flying in 😂. You can tell he was thinking, shit what am I doing
I’m playing like Paul fuckin Newman by the way, geein the boy here the tannin’ of a lifetime! So it comes to end, u know the last shot of the whole tournament. I’m on the black and he’s sitting in the corner looking aw biscuit-arsed! When this hard cunt comes in, obviously fuckin fancies himself. Starts staring at me. Looking at me, right fukin at me as if to say “come ahead, square go!” You Ken me, am no the type o’ cunt to looking for fukin bother but at the end of the day I’m the cunt way the pool cue and he can have the fat end in his puss anytime he fukin wants like! So a squares up, casual like! What does the hard cunt do? Or the so-called “hard cunt”! Shites it! Puts doon his drink, turns and gets the fuck outta there!! And after tht?? Well the game was mine!!
The reason why John Higgins never got banned for life is that the lot of the top officials are as corrupt as the players,these greedy bastards make me sick.
I think this is as close to that as you will find. Both players missed shots they could play blindfolded. A real comedy of errors it seemed at the time but there was something dodgy going on. I wonder what Higgins was saying to Lee at the end I think he knew something was awry.
When Stephen Lee and John Higgins play each other they have to get progressively worse shot by shot. Eventually they're holding the cue the wrong way round, aiming at light fixtures.
16:50 really is ludicrous. Even if (it's a big if) you can believe that a professional could ever misjudge and hit a shot as poorly as that, the bigger question is: why on earth would ANYONE play that shot in such a way when the frame is still alive? You'd either drop it in, or if you're hitting the white with any power you'd hit it with some bottom (unlike Lee, who was striking the white's centre). You can't fail to have an easy pot on the black by just dropping it in, there's no reason to complicate it and take a chance of trying to come around the back of it like that as Everton suggests in commentary.
Wonder what they were saying to each other at the end of that frame. Probably something along the lines of: Higgins “I thought you were supposed to win that frame”. Lee: “no it was meant to be you, the big money is on me to lose”. Higgins: “sorry mate I forgot”.
Snooker would be very interesting if both players played to lose the frame, the frame would last ages. I remember that tennis match that lasted just over 11 hours.
I saw more obvious throwing of matches. Yesterday's semi final Brecel won after winning 11frames in a row. The opponent was missing some quite easy shots. Some of the misses looked so deliberate
The funniest thing ever would have been if John hit the black in and then the white went in-off into the middle pocket and it was FRAME STEPHEN LEE. looooool
It's a disgrace that higgins was allowed to play again, half the reason i lost all interest in watching snooker, that the big wigs pick and choose who they ban despite committing the same offence and putting the entire game into disrepute.
The same offence? Higgins was set up by the fake sheikh, who ended up in prison. He made it clear it wasn't tour matches, and he never actually went through with it. His fault was not letting the authorities know, and I do think a year suspension would have been more appropriate. Stephen lee did cheat on the main tour, multiple times. I don't think it's anywhere near the same.
Not sure what to make of this. Higgins played the more curious shots all in all. Lee actually potted some diffcult balls and made some solid safety, but then missing that pink with the rest was very suspect.
I have to wonder if Higgins had an idea what was going on during his comeback and decided to test Lee in the final frame. He misses a few easy shots and Lee returns the favor and exposes his match fixing. Given Higgins' play, Lee should have won this frame.
This was just before his ban. Lee knew his time was up. He blatently cheated in front of the world , the last horrah if you like. He says he is skint. I don't believe that. I believe he put everything on black here, and made as much as possible through a criminal syndicate in Hong Kong. Crazy
Watch Higgins as well though. I think they were both trying to lose the frame. Knowing what I know now about Higgins I wouldn’t be surprised at all. Odd how Higgins ran out of position by a “couple of inches” just like discussed in the filmed footage of his own match fixing arrangements.
People saying Lee threw the frame, but I find that hard to believe when he plays a superb shot at 16:12 to leave Higgins bang in trouble. Why would he play such an obviously difficult shot for his opponent if he was trying to deliberately lose the frame? He could’ve easily have played a regular up and down safety but specifically played for the snooker. Doesn’t add up
Because he knew he had to make it look real and play good shots, if he strokes it around like a pub player then his time is up. Look at what he did on the pink he played it in such a way where he would land not on it. Disgusting
@@cad6095 But you’re then counting on Higgins actually hitting the pink and getting it safe, their was no guarantee of that because the safety was so good. The pink he played had a massive bounce off the cushion, look at the pace he played it and the pace it took when it hit the cushion, it wasn’t proportionate. Even the commentator said it was a really tight cut in, he could’ve just missed the pink and no one would’ve said he missed on purpose, but he potted a difficult pink when he didn’t need to.
@@irieite9666 usually I would agree, but he was 3-2 down, scores tight, pressure was on and he made a mistake. You saying every snooker player that’s ever played has never missed a ball when they’ve been in that position? It’s nonsense. As I say that snooker he played to put Higgins in all sorts of trouble was sheer brilliance. But you conveniently overlook that shot to highlight a poor one. You can have your opinion and I’ll have mine.
I think it's more likely he sent it into the right area, not anticipating it would be such a perfect result - I think he will have been as mad as hell that it was a snooker 😅😂
Shit, 2 match fixers playing one another. Higgins was either tossing this one too or he knew Lee was and made it hard for him. I truly thought higgins was going to put the white in on the last shot.
No I’m not convinced. He was morbidly obese here so would naturally have more room for error. His shifty character is just his demeanour, something hw can’t change. Stephen Lee and Higgins are not guilty.
Don't know, and i don't know whether the people that run the game ever released any of the information they had and what Stephen Lee said in mitigation.
According to snooker officials this match shows that Stephen Lee missed too many pots and therefore must have been involved in match fixing. He was banned for twelve years in 2012.
Because he made a couple of errors he is eccused of match fixing uttter bullshit someone on the snooker board had it in for him so sad big respect stephen ❤👍
These commentators watch a lot of snooker, they must of known something was not right about this. The shot on the pink to not be on the black is just so blatant, its incredible the ref or someone didn't say 'what's going on here '.
Thing is, anyone who watches a lot of snooker will recognise that those shots on the pink were strange. Lees Miss was a bit too far off to feel genuine, and then the shot at 15:57 by Higgins was just as bad as Lee's shots, what was that?! Just too far away to be plausible
Cant believe ste got a 12 year career ending ban and higgins has gone on to make MILLIONS of pounds winning triple crowns and ranking torneys. That pink higgins missed was about a foot wide and hes literally been taped match fixing. I feel for stephen.
What bothers me here is why did he play that perfect snooker behind the black with only pink and black remaining if he was trying to throw the frame???
I would have happily took that 50k they would have won by playing properly instead of what ever they took to fix it they are a shame to a gentleman's game
Stephen Lee made 250k of that missed pink in bribes. I think you’d take it. Lee needed the money for the gym, who are we to criticise his hunger for money? In my opinion Lee should be heralded as hero amongst men and carried on the shoulders of many people. His stature is that of which few in snooker today possess, perhaps Shaun Murphy comes close.
at one point it looked Higgins was trying to lose then Lee started potting everything and got himself in danger of winning and then made it so obvious it was a fix but up to the black it was working.
Lee knew his time was up. This was the last chance to make big bucks . He's got contacts in Hong Kong. That's probably where he got involved in criminal syndicates who paid him well
I'm curious as to what Higgins said to Lee at the end of the frame! Lee appears to be trying to defend himself while Higgins I think from his demeanour read what Lee was doing. Glad to see the back of those Chinese players also. Snooker needs to be policed alot more than it is & it needs a radical shake up in those who govern or control the sport as I've no doubt some are as corrupt as those already banned.
I know this is a real late comment, but I just watched the video. I had the same thought. I think that Lee is trying to convince Higgins that he got far too strong of a bounce from the side cushion after the real dodgy pink pot where the commentator suggests he was maybe trying to come around the black. You can see him sort of punch his fist and feign anger... but there is extreme desperation in his manner and sweat on his forrid. He comes in hard for the handshake with Higgins and you can tell that Higgins clocks real quick what game he is playing and tries to shrug him off the best that he can considering the situation. Lee knows he is in deep waters at this point... perhaps even knows he is about to be turned over. Bless him. I shudder to think of the personal / mental / financial situation he had got himself into to throw a match in this fashion. Let me say that this is all speculation from the body language at the end of the game... but nevertheless I reckon that the nature of the conversation is clear.
I'm sceptical that Lee was trying to throw the frame, sure there are a few misses but some of them weren't that bad (for example the pink with the long rest 1. it is a long rest and 2. the time limit was close, the first missed red was definitely not deliberate, he put a lot of power to make the canon and open the black). If he wanted to throw the frame, why virtually clear up on the colours, he could easily have missed one of the hard shots? Why play the snooker right near the end?
Maybe the pink was missable but he rocketed the cue ball into the black as well. There was simply no way a player trying to win would play the shot that way. Lee was making sure if he "missed" his shot and the pink went in he'd still give himself another chance to lose
@@irieite9666 I think he had to cannon the black because it was hard to get enough spin on the cue ball with the rest to miss the black. I admit in isolation it looks bad, but he could have messed up much earlier in the break
@@ricardomroberto Even if you make an excuse for the shot with the long rest, his loss of the cue ball when he was potting the pink was something even I as a terrible twice-a-year player would be ashamed of and his final shot on the black was nothing short of laughable.
@@dereknagle no way, that is not true he was fined an band for 6 mouths explain that. Please don't defend people that have clearly done wrong. Lee did wrong yes but 12 year band is abit much.
@The You See Show He was cleared of the more serious charges of match fixing but found guilty of giving the impression that he would breach betting rules, he was never involved in match fixing but he decided to play along for fear of his life because of the Russian mafia
With the prize money even back then being very good, it makes you wonder why these two ever entertained the idea of frame fixing. Just try and win instead, Jesus wept.
It's hard to think Lee fixed just this match for the first time in his career. He'd been doing it for years, but got caught this time. When you cheat so many times, it becomes a habit more than a rational decision.
Silly boy though - he would have earned far more just playing not missing 10 years with that cue action. Trouble is, if he was a Purchaser in industry he’d have been told when you’re bribed, you’re in the briber’s pocket forever or he’ll grass you up. And so it was: multiple bribes. Sportsmen don’t get taught this stuff. That’s why I’m team games like cricket they encourage whistle blowers but in individual sports like tennis and snooker it is so hard to pick up and there are always easy victims. I say victims because ultimately Stephen Lee was a victim.
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18:23 - You can see Higgins is pissed with Lee because John's wager on Lee winning is now worthless
Should have banned Higgins too 👍
Yeah, his excuse was pretty lame.
well considering Lee couldnt win, your point is invalid you clown.
15:19 "Saving the best till last" 😂 my ribs are hurting from laughing so much
16:35 The skill of John Higgins. Not only to get out of the snooker but also hitting the pink into a potable position for Lee.
@Michael-cz6ob i believe it was. I think it was specifically that shot which he was referring too.
When Stephen Lee almost cleared up at the end I think he was trying to play exhibition shots thinking I’ll miss one in a minute but they kept flying in 😂. You can tell he was thinking, shit what am I doing
Reminds me of that Trainspotting scene where Tommy is doing his best to lose to a hungover Begbie, but he ends up clearing up haha
I’m playing like Paul fuckin Newman by the way, geein the boy here the tannin’ of a lifetime! So it comes to end, u know the last shot of the whole tournament. I’m on the black and he’s sitting in the corner looking aw biscuit-arsed! When this hard cunt comes in, obviously fuckin fancies himself. Starts staring at me. Looking at me, right fukin at me as if to say “come ahead, square go!” You Ken me, am no the type o’ cunt to looking for fukin bother but at the end of the day I’m the cunt way the pool cue and he can have the fat end in his puss anytime he fukin wants like! So a squares up, casual like! What does the hard cunt do? Or the so-called “hard cunt”! Shites it! Puts doon his drink, turns and gets the fuck outta there!! And after tht?? Well the game was mine!!
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13:44 - Higgins trying to hide his smile when he sees Lee putting that red
There were so many less obvious ways he could have thrown the frame. Pretty dumb of him to let it get to pink and black.
Pretty sure most of the reason he got found out was cause of weird patterns in the betting for this game. His playing just sealed the deal
@@PinkNinjaKickstill, best if you cheat to play a bit of poor position rather than missing by a mile. Mark King was suspected for the same reason
Yeh bookies ain't stupid,they can tell if something dodgy going on
10:30 look at his face- he would have easily won an Oscar should he had chosen an acting career ;)
Lee hamming it up everytime he missed made it more obvious.
Wafer thin double kiss
The reason why John Higgins never got banned for life is that the lot of the top officials are as corrupt as the players,these greedy bastards make me sick.
15:10 - Lee panicking when he realises hes only got the pink and black to throw the match on
Saving the best till last lol
Clearly both were up to something, but Lee made it disgustingly obvious after the missed pink. At least higgins made an effort to look above board
Please can someone find 2 players to fix the same frame, i promise it will be the best thing broadcasted on tv ever!
This frame looks like the same 😂
I think this is as close to that as you will find. Both players missed shots they could play blindfolded. A real comedy of errors it seemed at the time but there was something dodgy going on. I wonder what Higgins was saying to Lee at the end I think he knew something was awry.
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You siad awry 😂 gay @@waynemarshall272
When Stephen Lee and John Higgins play each other they have to get progressively worse shot by shot. Eventually they're holding the cue the wrong way round, aiming at light fixtures.
Way too funny!!🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Thats so funny 🤣🤣🤣
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Honestly it looked more like Higgins was trying to throw the game more that lee 😂
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The 2012 Premier League Snooker Week07 Allen v Lee & Robertson v Bingham video needs to be uploaded to RUclips
16:50 really is ludicrous. Even if (it's a big if) you can believe that a professional could ever misjudge and hit a shot as poorly as that, the bigger question is: why on earth would ANYONE play that shot in such a way when the frame is still alive? You'd either drop it in, or if you're hitting the white with any power you'd hit it with some bottom (unlike Lee, who was striking the white's centre). You can't fail to have an easy pot on the black by just dropping it in, there's no reason to complicate it and take a chance of trying to come around the back of it like that as Everton suggests in commentary.
Agreed - seems to me a slow plain ball shot give decent position to black
He could have done so well in the game he had a silky cue action , I suppose greed is the answer , a great shame as he was so talented ...
Lee must be banned from snooker tournaments....
Two of snookers most bent players
Wonder what they were saying to each other at the end of that frame. Probably something along the lines of: Higgins “I thought you were supposed to win that frame”. Lee: “no it was meant to be you, the big money is on me to lose”. Higgins: “sorry mate I forgot”.
Lee was like damn its hard to lose at my worst also 😆
😂😂😂
Snooker would be very interesting if both players played to lose the frame, the frame would last ages.
I remember that tennis match that lasted just over 11 hours.
I saw more obvious throwing of matches. Yesterday's semi final Brecel won after winning 11frames in a row. The opponent was missing some quite easy shots. Some of the misses looked so deliberate
Chinese love a bet on anything ! Imagine the odds for brecel to win 11 frames in a row !
You may have a point here.
The funniest thing ever would have been if John hit the black in and then the white went in-off into the middle pocket and it was FRAME STEPHEN LEE. looooool
How is this fixed ? Who was suppose to win actually ?
Lee threw the frame but Higgins may also have tried to throw it.
Lee wanted to lose
I didn’t know Lee’s fixed match was against Higgins.Smoke to the fire.
It's amazing anyone won, they could still be playing it now.
When is Lee coming back?
According to the internet he was banned for 12 years in 2012 so theoretically he could return this year.
It's a disgrace that higgins was allowed to play again, half the reason i lost all interest in watching snooker, that the big wigs pick and choose who they ban despite committing the same offence and putting the entire game into disrepute.
The same offence? Higgins was set up by the fake sheikh, who ended up in prison. He made it clear it wasn't tour matches, and he never actually went through with it. His fault was not letting the authorities know, and I do think a year suspension would have been more appropriate. Stephen lee did cheat on the main tour, multiple times. I don't think it's anywhere near the same.
Higgins didn’t commit the same offence
Not sure what to make of this. Higgins played the more curious shots all in all. Lee actually potted some diffcult balls and made some solid safety, but then missing that pink with the rest was very suspect.
I have to wonder if Higgins had an idea what was going on during his comeback and decided to test Lee in the final frame. He misses a few easy shots and Lee returns the favor and exposes his match fixing. Given Higgins' play, Lee should have won this frame.
I think Higgins was in on it as he was missing easy shots too. Also been done for match-fixing too
SPot on..i saw that as well. Higgins misses a easy middle and Lee made it even worse🤣
This was just before his ban. Lee knew his time was up. He blatently cheated in front of the world , the last horrah if you like. He says he is skint. I don't believe that. I believe he put everything on black here, and made as much as possible through a criminal syndicate in Hong Kong. Crazy
Proof please?@@TheHillierFam
@@TheHillierFamhe hasn’t - he was done for failing to report being invited to match fix
So I take it there was an unusual amount of betting activity on this frame ye?
Good question, do we know if there was ?
Lee plsyed with fire here bloody hell had higgins in snooker at end all sorts lol
15:46 Stephen Lee is surprised. He can not believe it.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Watch Higgins as well though. I think they were both trying to lose the frame. Knowing what I know now about Higgins I wouldn’t be surprised at all. Odd how Higgins ran out of position by a “couple of inches” just like discussed in the filmed footage of his own match fixing arrangements.
And higgins missed arguable easier shots 😂
Makes no sense why he would pot the black, that wasn't easy, so this theory doesn't work.
I think Stephen Lee was probably thinking "c'mon John, I am giving you the easy ones"
They had to fumigate the arena after Lee and Higgins finished their match !
People saying Lee threw the frame, but I find that hard to believe when he plays a superb shot at 16:12 to leave Higgins bang in trouble. Why would he play such an obviously difficult shot for his opponent if he was trying to deliberately lose the frame? He could’ve easily have played a regular up and down safety but specifically played for the snooker. Doesn’t add up
Because he knew he had to make it look real and play good shots, if he strokes it around like a pub player then his time is up. Look at what he did on the pink he played it in such a way where he would land not on it. Disgusting
@@cad6095 But you’re then counting on Higgins actually hitting the pink and getting it safe, their was no guarantee of that because the safety was so good. The pink he played had a massive bounce off the cushion, look at the pace he played it and the pace it took when it hit the cushion, it wasn’t proportionate. Even the commentator said it was a really tight cut in, he could’ve just missed the pink and no one would’ve said he missed on purpose, but he potted a difficult pink when he didn’t need to.
@@jonathanward732014:12. A top class player like Lee was could clear up that table with his eyes closed
@@irieite9666 usually I would agree, but he was 3-2 down, scores tight, pressure was on and he made a mistake. You saying every snooker player that’s ever played has never missed a ball when they’ve been in that position? It’s nonsense. As I say that snooker he played to put Higgins in all sorts of trouble was sheer brilliance. But you conveniently overlook that shot to highlight a poor one. You can have your opinion and I’ll have mine.
I think it's more likely he sent it into the right area, not anticipating it would be such a perfect result - I think he will have been as mad as hell that it was a snooker 😅😂
Shit, 2 match fixers playing one another. Higgins was either tossing this one too or he knew Lee was and made it hard for him. I truly thought higgins was going to put the white in on the last shot.
It is so blatant when you look back on it now.
No I’m not convinced. He was morbidly obese here so would naturally have more room for error. His shifty character is just his demeanour, something hw can’t change. Stephen Lee and Higgins are not guilty.
@@dilksjoel Yes, McDonalds is to blame
@@Ricki_Snow Hilarious.
Im a snooker player(amateur)but i could tell if i could pot a ball or not,u tell me..
I could tell!!!
The last pink🤣🤣🤣
There's only one pink in a game of snooker.
@@peterwindowblind That "one pink" can be potted multiple different times. Hence the "last pink"
@@peterwindowblind the last pink he would ever play
I’ve never seen both players trying to lose a game on purpose! FM! 😂😂😂
I’m not sure about it all me. You would of thought for someone like Lee it wouldn’t be that hard for him to lose a frame without it lookin sus
Did Lee ever admit to match fixing ?
Don't know, and i don't know whether the people that run the game ever released any of the information they had and what Stephen Lee said in mitigation.
Of all of this frame that final pink was the daftest. Even my 10 year old could've rolled it in for the black.
Higgins was in on this as well wasn't he....
yeah, but he went away scot free
Higgins was framed. Higgins is a respectful man.
@@dilksjoel whatever you say. there's a video on him taking a bribe talking with someone
@@dilksjoel negative. He was in on it100%
Can someone explain what happened
According to snooker officials this match shows that Stephen Lee missed too many pots and therefore must have been involved in match fixing. He was banned for twelve years in 2012.
Because he made a couple of errors he is eccused of match fixing uttter bullshit someone on the snooker board had it in for him so sad big respect stephen ❤👍
These commentators watch a lot of snooker, they must of known something was not right about this. The shot on the pink to not be on the black is just so blatant, its incredible the ref or someone didn't say 'what's going on here '.
cant imagine how much he was sh*tting himself when he laid that snooker on the black 😂
Thing is, anyone who watches a lot of snooker will recognise that those shots on the pink were strange. Lees Miss was a bit too far off to feel genuine, and then the shot at 15:57 by Higgins was just as bad as Lee's shots, what was that?! Just too far away to be plausible
It would have been hilarious if higgins had also been bribed to lose that frame that match could still have been being played
The whole frame is super blatant
Some of Higgin's shots were a bit suspect as well. One on the pink was so far off to be suspicious.
Cant believe ste got a 12 year career ending ban and higgins has gone on to make MILLIONS of pounds winning triple crowns and ranking torneys. That pink higgins missed was about a foot wide and hes literally been taped match fixing. I feel for stephen.
What bothers me here is why did he play that perfect snooker behind the black with only pink and black remaining if he was trying to throw the frame???
15:30 well that was unusual ...
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I am sure a 2 years ban and a hug fine would be fair for both players
I would have happily took that 50k they would have won by playing properly instead of what ever they took to fix it they are a shame to a gentleman's game
Stephen Lee made 250k of that missed pink in bribes. I think you’d take it. Lee needed the money for the gym, who are we to criticise his hunger for money?
In my opinion Lee should be heralded as hero amongst men and carried on the shoulders of many people. His stature is that of which few in snooker today possess, perhaps Shaun Murphy comes close.
@@dilksjoel sorry, but where did you hear or read 250k ????
@@dilksjoel once saw him pinch someone's fries at a drive through with the spider, excellent queue action
300,000 for 4 matches fixed. For him and his manager. There's a documentary, and undercover footage of the deal.
at one point it looked Higgins was trying to lose then Lee started potting everything and got himself in danger of winning and then made it so obvious it was a fix but up to the black it was working.
What is that Beep sound after playing a shot
It’s the shot clock if their time has wound down.
It's the sound of bribe money entering a criminal's bank account.
That frame was not fixed lee has been set up
Best till last’ 😂🤣
Lee knew his time was up. This was the last chance to make big bucks . He's got contacts in Hong Kong. That's probably where he got involved in criminal syndicates who paid him well
I'm curious as to what Higgins said to Lee at the end of the frame! Lee appears to be trying to defend himself while Higgins I think from his demeanour read what Lee was doing. Glad to see the back of those Chinese players also. Snooker needs to be policed alot more than it is & it needs a radical shake up in those who govern or control the sport as I've no doubt some are as corrupt as those already banned.
One of the best analytical comments
I know this is a real late comment, but I just watched the video. I had the same thought. I think that Lee is trying to convince Higgins that he got far too strong of a bounce from the side cushion after the real dodgy pink pot where the commentator suggests he was maybe trying to come around the black. You can see him sort of punch his fist and feign anger... but there is extreme desperation in his manner and sweat on his forrid. He comes in hard for the handshake with Higgins and you can tell that Higgins clocks real quick what game he is playing and tries to shrug him off the best that he can considering the situation. Lee knows he is in deep waters at this point... perhaps even knows he is about to be turned over. Bless him. I shudder to think of the personal / mental / financial situation he had got himself into to throw a match in this fashion. Let me say that this is all speculation from the body language at the end of the game... but nevertheless I reckon that the nature of the conversation is clear.
Anyone believe this was carved up between the two of them?
No.
I think stephen has been victimised what do you people think
I'm sceptical that Lee was trying to throw the frame, sure there are a few misses but some of them weren't that bad (for example the pink with the long rest 1. it is a long rest and 2. the time limit was close, the first missed red was definitely not deliberate, he put a lot of power to make the canon and open the black). If he wanted to throw the frame, why virtually clear up on the colours, he could easily have missed one of the hard shots? Why play the snooker right near the end?
He still calculated profit )
Maybe the pink was missable but he rocketed the cue ball into the black as well. There was simply no way a player trying to win would play the shot that way. Lee was making sure if he "missed" his shot and the pink went in he'd still give himself another chance to lose
@@irieite9666 I think he had to cannon the black because it was hard to get enough spin on the cue ball with the rest to miss the black. I admit in isolation it looks bad, but he could have messed up much earlier in the break
@@ricardomroberto Even if you make an excuse for the shot with the long rest, his loss of the cue ball when he was potting the pink was something even I as a terrible twice-a-year player would be ashamed of and his final shot on the black was nothing short of laughable.
Your having a laugh the final pink he played a canon on the black on the spot ffs 🤣🤣🤣
Higgins looks embarrased
Lee looks as sheepish and guilty as hell
Feel sorry for the commentators trying to analyse this shit show
Spot the match fixer here. Higgins looks like he was wanting to lose too!.
Made it far too obvious on pink .. judd called him out on twitter over it
Lol imagine they both took money to throw the match
"Now, entering the fifth hour of this deciding frame, they're respotting the black."
Gotta violently sneeze while on the black, and miss it entirely.
@@klieu90210 loool both of them trying to make each other win
@@freedomforthebrave in a way that's a skill itself
@@ReanimatorsMutilations lol the match would never finish
Makes me sick how john higgins got away with all this…actual footage of him agreeing to fix matches and he gets away with it because of his name
Because Higgins didn't go through with it no evidence of it but Lee did
Absolutely spot on carlt ,
@@dereknagle he agreed to it thats more than enough evidence!
@Carl T He was never caught match fixing but Stephen Lee did...
Over hit on the blue was intentional. Less obvious to get bad position on the next ball
Super obvious Lee, disgrace to the game🤦♂️ and the faces he made to look pissed, worst actor🤣
He is a dark character. I can only imagine what he was up to of an evening in Hong Kong when he was teaching over there. Catch my drift.
BOOOOOOO HIGGINS!!!
Haha quite awkward to watch there at the end.
Higgins in the end saying... I would have done better job than u
Higgins is gutted because he tried to throw the match aswell
that was some Hollywood acting from Lee, give that man an Oscar
The funny thing about it is since Higgins played so very poorly it became apparent.
Stephen Lee threw away a great career for match fixing. He might not even return to snooker, if he does that's many years lost...
Didn’t help with his awful acting
i guess both wants to loose
Dont believe..what the other player missed lotts of balls..
This doesn't prove anything unless you're a bookie, know what the norm is in bets and see a small number of ppl betting unuasually large.
Seems like Lee can easily beat Higgins. LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
every time he missed you could see he was throwing the cue at the ball somebody with his cue action doesnt do that unless hes wanting to miss
The simple way is BAN all betting... its almost as bad as taking drugs.
Match fixed
To cheats playing to lose yet Lee gets 12 years an Higgins get near on nothing what a joke Lee was to good to be in the game
Because Higgins was cleared of match fixing look it up Lee went through with it that's the difference
@@dereknagle no way, that is not true he was fined an band for 6 mouths explain that. Please don't defend people that have clearly done wrong. Lee did wrong yes but 12 year band is abit much.
@The You See Show He was cleared of the more serious charges of match fixing but found guilty of giving the impression that he would breach betting rules, he was never involved in match fixing but he decided to play along for fear of his life because of the Russian mafia
Two cheats in a tight match. Riveting viewing😅
With the prize money even back then being very good, it makes you wonder why these two ever entertained the idea of frame fixing. Just try and win instead, Jesus wept.
It's hard to think Lee fixed just this match for the first time in his career. He'd been doing it for years, but got caught this time. When you cheat so many times, it becomes a habit more than a rational decision.
Fancy him leaving it down to the last ball to throw a frame🤣🤣any foul or in off from highins lol or anything
Surprised this game isn’t still going on… pair of cheating bleeps!!! 😡
Think they were both at missing deliberately !!!
Silly boy though - he would have earned far more just playing not missing 10 years with that cue action. Trouble is, if he was a Purchaser in industry he’d have been told when you’re bribed, you’re in the briber’s pocket forever or he’ll grass you up. And so it was: multiple bribes. Sportsmen don’t get taught this stuff. That’s why I’m team games like cricket they encourage whistle blowers but in individual sports like tennis and snooker it is so hard to pick up and there are always easy victims. I say victims because ultimately Stephen Lee was a victim.
Look at the acting
To be honest that’s how I normally play pool / snooker, half of my shots are missed, fluked or the stupid white ball gets in!.