The World Grand Prix Mar 16-22, 2015

[cueman]

Ref was not acting up, he is not English so possibly does not have a great grasp of the language and what Ronnie was doing was intimidating him and trying to belittle him in front of the audience and TV cameras. All the ref did was try to walk in front of Ronnie to get the ball out of the pocket, Ronnie was at fault more than anything because the cueball was in the path of the pocket and ref had no choice but to get in front of him to retreave it. Ronnie took exception because he is a petulant child who is used to everyone bowing down to him. The ref was right not to get involved in a discussion, he is in charge and the ref should have warned Ron for improper conduct towards the ref.

[jwinsor]

am watching the O'Sullivan / Milkins match right now and have not got to the discussion between Ronnie and Ref but I will say this ref is in motion a lot and in and out of the line of sight unnecessarily and stands too close to the table when not necessary ( should watch Jan Verhass for proper reffing ) , also both players seem to be in bad mood so I guess I'll wait and see what happened.
:snooker:

[shmeeko69]

i think ron expressed himself fine last night. just cus this lad looked a bit fluttered by it don't mean ron was out of order, quite the opposite. kid should have stopped what he was doing and listen to ronnie and learn something instead of avoiding his comments and giving it im big knob ref with my white doves on. stop poncing ref and serve the food

Snooker does need Ronnie and he knows it, but it doesn't give him a licence to be a d***! He's a human being just like the rest of us and doesn't deserve preferential treatment even if he's an exceptional talent.

[j6uk]

w he wasn't acting up cus why would he? he speaks almost perfect english, but i see it that he kinda blanked ron when he was trying to give him a bit of ed..
improper conduct ha, ron pays the marys wages and gets him work

[j6uk]

how is he being a d***? i don't know what goes on out there or behind the scenes and nether do you. the mans at work, an when hes at the table its his office and his business, the ref is simply hired help

Snooker does need Ronnie and he knows it, but it doesn't give him a licence to be a d***! He's a human being just like the rest of us and doesn't deserve preferential treatment even if he's an exceptional talent.

[jwinsor]

am watching the O'Sullivan / Milkins match right now and have not got to the discussion between Ronnie and Ref but I will say this ref is in motion a lot and in and out of the line of sight unnecessarily and stands too close to the table when not necessary ( should watch Jan Verhass for proper reffing ) , also both players seem to be in bad mood so I guess I'll wait and see what happened.
:snooker:

no big deal... he waited till the end of the match and gave the ref some advice...

[scottley]

I wish Clive would move his mic away when asking questions to someone off microphone!

I was thinking the same thing.

[shmeeko69]

how is he being a d***? i don't know what goes on out there or behind the scenes and nether do you. the mans at work, an when hes at the table its his office and his business, the ref is simply hired help

Do you remember this incident with Ronnie >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/31717737

[daffie]

Do you remember this incident with Ronnie >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/31717737

Don't remind me...know the incident well. Shamefull behaviour from Ronnie towards Michaela Tabb.

In regards to yesterday. Shamefull again from Ronnie...nothing new there then. But...I also have to be honest in saying I feel the ref a couple of times could have opted to let the player go ahead first instead of him going first to pick the color out of the pocket. Bad judgement...learning curve...you name it.

But still...Ronnie should have handled it differently...slide a note in the complaint box or something or otherwise he can always cry his eyes out at Barry Hearn...like he usually does when things don't go his way

[cebs]

Ronnie has asked refs before now to left him walk past before getting colours out of pockets. Nothing new, I saw him chatting at the end but didn't during the game.

Anyone from here at the venue tomorrow?

No tickets left at venue booking office, Gumtree or eBay or hopefully some here can help out.

[daffie]

First...check your spellchecker

Second...Ronnie definately was pointing/gesturing to the ref during the last frame. The first time was after he potted the pink in the left middle. He made sure to first get in the ref's path himself and then making a point of letting the ref know by waving his arms about, saying you go first...very obvious the way he went about it, and rather childish behaviour from the rocket.

[cebs]

Spell checking doesn't help bad grammer.

[cebs]

I didn't see all the game last night so was only commenting on the very end.

Will rewatch and pay attention.

[gavpowell]

no big deal, playground funny. thats showbiz

You should work in PR.

[robertmac]

Friday looks like some tough matches.

Davis vs Bingham
Dott vs O'Sullivan
Gould vs Ebdon
Williams vs Trump

If Trump wins I believe he will be up
against O'Sullivan if he also wins.
Some good matches I believe.