‘explained’ is a bit of an overstatement

At the time, Steve Davis described it as the 'saddest act of sportsmanship' that he had ever witnessed, that to me says it all

Good to hear Alans angle on this situation....

as rod stewart once said 'i dont want to chalk about it'

As I occasionally remind myself- overly nice guys are a little less so and the pantomime villain is less villainous too

There’s a reason why Shaun Murphy is despised by most pros. The school snitch

Alan has a short memory. He accepted Tony Drago's frame and match concession in the German Masters after a missing a pink. Drago then tried to withdraw the concession but McManus wouldn't let him.

Mcmanus accepted dragos early handshake when he thought the frame was over... Then drago realized his mistake and hit himself repeatedly. Mcmanus telling fibs here that he would have done that.

Somewhere there is actually footage of it. A best of type montage for that year, you can see him say to the ref ‘he’s supposed to be ready to play’

Id love it if Maguire turned to Murphy in this World Champioship game 2024 today and said to him..."oh no i forgot my chalk in my room!"😮😮😮😮😮

Nice one Alan..

Maguire won that match & has a great record against Murphy because of that incident.

Ask Tony if you'd forfeit a frame Alan...

Funnily enough Tom Ford forgot his chalk today, someone just went and got it for him and Judd just laughed And who was on the other table? Shaun Murphy and Stephen Maguire.

Wow wow. Great video 👏👏 But, what happened..

Murphy has all the "qualities" of a politician

Playing in a town team match years ago, my opponent mid frame took himself off to the toilet whilst I was at the table, when it was his visit the ref looked round and said where is he....when someone told him he had gone to the toilet the ref swiftly picked up the white ball and said frame to me....he should have asked me.

Is the same Alan McManus who accepted Tony Drago's ludicrous concession when he could have easily reversed it? I think Alan speaketh with forked tongue.

You did the similar thing against Tony Drago, Alan...

20 second advert to watch an 80 second video that explained nothing

He went around the angles with that

mcmanus took or was "complicit" in taking a frame from tony drago that seemed unfair and i i thought was out of order when i watched it at the time . do not remember exact match but quite similar to what he's giving an opinion on

Murphy always reminds me of beaker from the muppet show

and Shaun Murphy wonders why people do not like him...

Things do happen, the Ref calls foul and the player at the table sometimes asks the other player, who is seated, to give his say but the point is the Ref makes the decisions - not the players.

Why is there no footage of this “Chalkgate” on KZfaq or anywhere else? You’d think they’d post the video so we can all see it.

Alan McManus do you remember when Drago conceded the frame between you too not giving the scoreboard a good look, and turned to you looking for a reversal? Mr Righteous ok🤣🤣. We still love you Alan.

Thing is though it doesn't matter what Shawn said. The ref is the one that makes the decision.

‘Both referenced it this week’ When? What have they both said about it?

Also lits not forget that Murphy was the only player who voted against freezing Paul hunters ranking points after he passed away

Shaun Murphy is not a nice guy don't be fooled by his "nicey nice" attitude in front of the camera he showed his True Colour when he bashed that amateur for beating him a few years ago

Professionals bring what they need before starting play. If A Formula 1 driver drives to the starting line and forgot his helmet can he just park and go get it? Could he have asked Murphy if he would allow him to go get the chalk? If Shaun said no then Stephen could ask to borrow Shaun's until he gets his own. Can the ref allow Stephen the time necessary to get the chalk?

Alan, you refused to give Tony Drago the benefit of the doubt in an important qualifier match where he made an error which the ref asked if you’d not allow , to which you sneakily said “aye” in an ambiguous way to make it sound like you were being kind but actually showing no mercy to Tony

I think "complicit" is maybe too harsh a word for it. Arguably he should have told the referee not to do it. But all the ref did was presumably apply a rule. And a pretty stupid one at that. And Shaun just deferred to the refs opinion.

Is there no footage?

I'm just as confused as I was before I watched this video.

Lol I was thinking about chalk yesterday - anyone else noticed the total absence of "kicks" that were blamed on chalk?

Maybe Shaun was right!! They’re supposed to be professionals

Can someone explain to me what the situation is? Don’t understand it.

If I remember correctly, Shaun asked for some form of punishment.

I still don’t understand what happened 😂

if he had of broken off and then immediately conceded then im pretty sure that would be deemed 'unsporting behaviour' and Murphy would then be penalised

Free Ball Question: Happen for first time of 40 years playing snooker last night. I have a free ball. Blue, pink and black left. I was snookered on the blue behind the pink. I tried to get a better snooker behind the black but made a mess of the attempt and unintentionally snookered my opponent behind the pink (object of my free ball). Is this now an illegal shot and foul by me, even though I layed an unintentional snooker behind the ball I chose as my free ball. Neither me or my oponent have had this before so were not sure how to proceed. I suggested a replacement of the balls (like miss rule) but my opponent agreed as the snooker layed was unintentional we should continue with him attempting to get out of the snooker he was now faced with. He failed in this attempt and I then potted blue to secure the frame (and pink and black). This was a friendly with my uncle, not a league match. Any refs out there know this rule? TIA.

I actually thought Murphy was a decent guy and i like him as a pundit,but i personally would honestly rather lose a match than do what Murphy did to Maguire.

Thats the most Shaun Murphy thing ive ever heard 🤣

i have been watching snooker for almost 40 years and am totally befuddled by Alan's 'explanation'. Started off with something about chalk - and then just got lost. Can someone explain? Even Jimmy White looked confused.

You took an easy concession from Drago who was confused at what he had done. Used to like Mcmanus

Surely if the rules allow the referee to award a frame to your opponent if you arrive at the match without a chalk, its Stephen Maguire's fault. It's not Shaun Murphy's fault for wanting the rule to be enforced. Personally, it seems a very harsh rule but if that's the rule that's the rule.

Although Alan McManus should have reversed the concession, it is highly likely that he would have potted the blue if he had carried on. Not as egregious as what Shaun Murphy did.

Remember this episode, wouldn't piss over Murphy if he was on fire after this

Shaun tells the story of this on his podcast that came out yesterday. he said it was Mike Ganley who docked Maguire a frame - not him or the referee. He asked the referee about the rules when Maguire left to retrieve his chalk he says but says he did not request that Maguire was docked a frame.

This has been debated for over 20 years....but no one ever bother asking the ref what happened. Murphy's personality makes it hard to believe him in this scenario.

All shaun has to do to end this is at the start of a match vs maguire leave his chalk behind then they are square

Didn't understand anything. What happened?

Well that explains everything 😬

That was an explanation? I knew more about what happened before watching this video.

So can someone explain is "idiot" terms because I'm a bit unknowledge when it comes to snooker rules in the high ranking events.. Are they saying Sean murphy is basically being a bit unsportsmanlike or unfair for basically being awarded a frame because Stephen Maguire needed to go get some chalk? Do you have concede a frame if you leave the table once arrived? I'm not normally this thick, i promise 😔😔

First I had heard of it.

I won't be surprised is Mr Murphy ends up as a successful politician after snooker.

That’s cleared that up then. Sorted 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aerosmith had a song about this "Chalk This Way"

Where does Alan McManus get the gall. I remember he once accepted a frame from Tony Drago when Drago conceded by mistake and the referee gave him the opportunity to let Drago carry on Drago said it would be unfair on McManus to rescind now they had already shook hands. The referee gave Alan the chance to let Drago rescind and Alan went know I'm happy to accept the concession. Oh and it wasn't the first frame it was the last. Yet here he says he would have given up a frame. This guy gets my goat

‘Complicit’ is a bit strong.

Im board with all this talk of Chalk😅.

McManus easily the best snooker pundit on TV at present. He very rarely misses the mark. Some might say he is wasted on Eurosport but others would likely argue that is the reason they tune in to their coverage. Funnily enough I think Murphy is probably the next best pundit in the game and will likely be front ant centre of any upcoming BBC coverage moving forward. He will be their golden boy once he retires.

I'm a bit surprised by how people disliked the way Shaun reacted to the incident. I'll assume Shaun only complained about the delay in play caused by forgetting the chalk and him not suggesting any punishment for Maguire first. I find it ok to complain, because it kept Shaun waiting in his seat, even though probably not for long, but it did waste his time. Ronnie Osullivan could have complained in that situation given how high demanding to everything during a match. And just because Maguire was docked a frame, Shaun needs to show sportsmanship by forfeiting a frame? Come on, it's not shaun's fault. Im sure many other atheletes in individual sports would take advantage of any mistakes caused by referee/umpire. you can praise Shaun for showing good sportsmanship for forfeiting a frame, but he's got no responsibility whatsoever to take care of consequences given to his opponent. Why not took full advantage of that, just like Alan the Angle did to Tony Drago?

Not very believable that Alan would concede a frame after the Tony Drago situation

If anyone, s a stickler for the rules its Murphy ,,,😅

Snidey thing to do. Bad sportsmanship. For a 15 second delay to get chalk?!

Need Steven Hendry to ask him on his show

I understood 23% of it.

Terrible explanation. I still don’t know what happened

Mr Tumble

People tend to miss the point on this topic. The issue isn't just what Shaun did, but that he has - to this day - denied that he did it. Despite his words to the ref being captured on film and shown as part of an apparently lost highlight reel, back at the time. There's always someone in every workplace who acts all sactimonious and arrogant, whilst simultaneously doing saying and terrible things to everyone else. Shaun's simply snooker's designated bellend.

Murphy wasn't bullied enough

Murphy is the sort of bloke who would claim.the match if you wee a minute late in the local snooker league

Anybody remember Chalk McCue the Scottish player from the early 80s?

Alan is entirely right. That’s what Murphy should’ve done. He needs to understand that not doing so is why people view this instance so poorly.

Seems crazy that you lose/forfeit a frame just for forgetting your chalk.

Murphy chalks this one up to inexperience

Maybe they should chalk about it. 😂😂

and thats far from the worst thing shauns done, looking back on his personal life..

Omg waaa... You can't be serious! 😮😮😮😮

Murphy has always been a total self righteous bloke and no morals! always poor me with him!

Yes Alan, i'm not defending Murphy here but do you remember this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9Z-lZWnnbicpaM.html You was quite happy to take that concession....

Murphy has done and said so many despicable things, but walks around with such hubris.

If I am a professional player trying to make a living, I am having that frame thank you very much and would be hiding other players chalk continuously!

If you want to see how self-righteous Alan McManus is, look up the video where he plays Tony Drago who accidentally conceded the match and Alan accepts the concession. Also hilarious video because Tony Drago slaps himself silly

Alan right to stick up for his mate. Selby and Murphy - two non-sportsmen.

He said to the Ref. Who's he trying to fool.

Stephen went to get chalk, and then Shaun accepted a frame? What a horrible explanation

I never knew this. Isnt murohy quite religious? Youd think hed forgive and let this slide rather than hold a grudge?

Always new something off about Murphy

Sideshow Bob presenting Snooker. Now I've seen everything.

He should be locked up and never released. Monster.

In other words Mr Tumble a Prat 😂

Shaun was just being Shaun no Biggy just sticking too rules

Murphy's mask slipped that day

my god shaun........ thats really lowered what i thought about you..

So they don't chalk to each other anymore.