Ronnie O Sullivan v Neil Robertson - Quarter Final

[Cue_Seeker]

lol it's the accent I know!!! lol u dont have to like everyone, just respect them for dedicating vast portions of their live's to snooker so they can get to the top, Neil I think will become a double world champion and then some other tournaments, you're watching one of the modern greats in my view, especially since he's developed a harder, match playing style of play!

Nah mate, accent is just one thing. another is that I think he made some comments with the BBC commentators in the box after a match recently, that really annoyed me, don't remember who it was against, I think it was against Judd Trump, he was complaining that fans were cheering for him so much more for his shots. well, NO WONDER! Why would you complain that fans like someone else more? that is plain annoying like a cry baby.
Also did you see him with curly hair lol, I seriously rofl'ed when I saw, he had to go to salons to straighten his hair just so he doesn't look annoying to fans (and to himself!)

But seriously though, I think the style of Trump O'Sulllivan Hendry are way more enjoyable, and players like Hendry O'Sullivan Davis are those who really dedicated to snooker, players like Neil is just there for the money.

[breakman16]

Neil is mad annoying, he sounds annoying, talks annoying, looks annoying. so go Ronnie!

lol it's the accent I know!!! lol u dont have to like everyone, just respect them for dedicating vast portions of their live's to snooker so they can get to the top, Neil I think will become a double world champion and then some other tournaments, you're watching one of the modern greats in my view, especially since he's developed a harder, match playing style of play!

[Cue_Seeker]

Neil is mad annoying, he sounds annoying, talks annoying, looks annoying. so go Ronnie!

[stephenm2682]

5-3 isn't to bad, but realistically ronnie should of been 3-1 at the interval, he had robertson under pressure but gifted him the fourth.

the first frame tomorrow will be important as usual, but today ronnie failed to win the first frame of both mini sessions.

[DamienB]

that long red ronnie pot in the last frame MY GOD ! share the feeling sick sentiment as well lol

[Ronnie's tip]

In first round, he gave Ebdon quite a bit of chances out there. If Ebdon was on his game, things would have really been different. Against Williams, he gave away less chances and Williams was far from his best to make the most out of those. Also, when he got his own chances, he executed brilliantly.
But today, he wasn't flawless and Robertson was better at taking the chances being represented to him.

Ronnie has played 5 sessions so far, and only one of them were when he was 'great', creating his own chances, finishing them off - he was amazing. Every other session (including last night's 3 frames) he was gifted chances. That's why I don't buy him being the favorite.

I'm the biggest Ronnie fan in the world, but the hype he get's is ridiculous. He's still one of the best players in the world, but he can't beat Higgins, Robertson, Selby ect. He is a 'bully', in snooker terms. He was always going to beat Ebdon and Williams - this was his test. Robertson won't get tight so ROS will have to keep him off the table by creating his own chances, and taking them.

To be honest as a Ronnie fan, I feel a bit sick after that last frame.

[breakman16]

I don't think either player was great today - Robertson was clearly the better player though. Ronnie was so careless at times. I said the other day that he has been hitting the green/brown/yellow far too often from his safety's but Ebdon + Williams weren't good enough to punish him. Robertson will. Also Ronnie's break off shot is terrible. I'd say atleast 75% of the time he leaves a pot on for his opponent.

Robertson has won all of the tight frames so far, which is a bad sign. All of Ronnie's chances bar the last frame came after Neil missed first. He can't win like that, as he showed against Higgins

I don't know why players break like they do, SOOO many times they leave a shot to nothing or some other pot if they dont get it spot on, the break off shot is supposed to be a safety shot after all!

[Looki]

Expected result after the first session, if you ask me. I fancy Robertson to win it. It'll be close, probably.

[montoya10]

I don't think either player was great today - Robertson was clearly the better player though. Ronnie was so careless at times. I said the other day that he has been hitting the green/brown/yellow far too often from his safety's but Ebdon + Williams weren't good enough to punish him. Robertson will. Also Ronnie's break off shot is terrible. I'd say atleast 75% of the time he leaves a pot on for his opponent.

Robertson has won all of the tight frames so far, which is a bad sign. All of Ronnie's chances bar the last frame came after Neil missed first. He can't win like that, as he showed against Higgins

In first round, he gave Ebdon quite a bit of chances out there. If Ebdon was on his game, things would have really been different. Against Williams, he gave away less chances and Williams was far from his best to make the most out of those. Also, when he got his own chances, he executed brilliantly.
But today, he wasn't flawless and Robertson was better at taking the chances being represented to him.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

I think back-to-back sessions may end up not being a significant factor in this match. It all depends on the afternoon session, though. If Robertson can either keep or build on his lead, things will get tougher for O'Sullivan in the final session.
That said, O'Sullivan likes to play the evening sessions, so, he may stage a comeback even with a deficit.

only if he forgets the last frame very quickly, it has happen so often that one stolen frame had a huge impact like higginson -jones match

[montoya10]

Excellent session, and an excellent steal from Robertson in the final frame. Could be crucial, not just the two-frame advantage, but the early psychological blow as well.

Back-to-back sessions tomorrow... Not sure to who's advantage that is, perhaps Robertson's, as his powers of concentration are much greater that O'Sullivan's. Looking forward to the conclusion.

I think back-to-back sessions may end up not being a significant factor in this match. It all depends on the afternoon session, though. If Robertson can either keep or build on his lead, things will get tougher for O'Sullivan in the final session.
That said, O'Sullivan likes to play the evening sessions, so, he may stage a comeback even with a deficit.

[Ronnie's tip]

I don't think either player was great today - Robertson was clearly the better player though. Ronnie was so careless at times. I said the other day that he has been hitting the green/brown/yellow far too often from his safety's but Ebdon + Williams weren't good enough to punish him. Robertson will. Also Ronnie's break off shot is terrible. I'd say atleast 75% of the time he leaves a pot on for his opponent.

Robertson has won all of the tight frames so far, which is a bad sign. All of Ronnie's chances bar the last frame came after Neil missed first. He can't win like that, as he showed against Higgins

[brusque]

it was not a steal at all ... One has to work for stealing .. this was gift wrapped .. not once but twice ... Even I could have potted both those balls 100 out of 100 even if it was crucible pressure ... unforgivable .... simply UNF****GFORGIVABLE I say. Mental weakness???

I am a big time Ronnie fan but I do agree with someone here somewhere ... Ronnie is a bully but the moment he comes across a top player like Higgins, Selby, Robertson .. he just wilts under pressure .... I hope Robertson starts feeling the heat more than Ronnie in the closing stages ... otherwise Ronnie has no chance. 2011 Higgins B game would have been at least 6-2 considering the mistakes by Robertson that went unpunished. ?

[Odrl]

Excellent session, and an excellent steal from Robertson in the final frame. Could be crucial, not just the two-frame advantage, but the early psychological blow as well.

Back-to-back sessions tomorrow... Not sure to who's advantage that is, perhaps Robertson's, as his powers of concentration are much greater that O'Sullivan's. Looking forward to the conclusion.

[breakman16]

It's completely O'Sullivan's mistake to be left in that position. He missed a sitter of a red, got back somehow, then missed another sitter of a blue, which was actually the frame ball. He did everything to throw away that one.
Anyway, final frame of the session was a little bit more enjoyable than the first seven. Hope the match gets better.

couldnt agree more, ronnie has no one to blame but himself, he ALLOWED the luck to come into play by missing twice, he needs to win the next session I think! This is another thing with Ronnie and his ranking, now he's in the bottom quarter (number 4) he has to play tomorrow afternoon and then the evening, that's usual for final quarter final, with a higher ranking he wouldn't be needing to do that