Ronnie O Sullivan - Ali Carter - final

[johnsusername]

Jesus.

Anyway, when are the BBC getting rid of Rob Walker? He IS Alan Partridge. He is not cool.

[gavpowell]

Jesus.

Anyway, when are the BBC getting rid of Rob Walker? He IS Alan Partridge. He is not cool.

He annoys me and they should never have gotten rid of MC Alan Hughes(makes him sound like a DJ), but fair play to him, he does get the crowd warmed up, and did you ever see theintermediate horror that was Richard Bear? Man, that guy could kill an atmosphere.

Regarding the dress code, speaking as a transvestite, I contemplated dressing up for the occasion, but was grateful that I didn't because A) hardly anyone else dressed smartly and B) I was already sweating buckets with full makeup and a posh frock! As I said, you can see from footage of the '85 final people have never dressed all that smartly for the final, and the guy in the blue and white football shirt(Coventry did you say?) is there every year, pretty much every session, so I think he can wear what he likes.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

why did bbc not fill their time with snooker after the match, they could have shown the shots of the championship (which i dearly miss) or shown other stuff

surely, after that short evening session they had more time than enough to do so.if it had been a longer final they surely would have done this

[tatannes]

I've read multiple laughable comments about dress code, really.

I hope real snooker fans will still be able to pay & have their seats in front row & not asked to wear a suit.
Perhaps some are used to watch sports with front rows filled with top models & suits because they are reserved to sponsors ?

Perhaps they should also pay a entertainer to tell when to clap your hands ?

[gavpowell]

I notice Steve Davis changed his mind about who the best player he's ever seen is -last year it was higginsd, this year, O'Sullivan is " demi-god"

I wouldn't mind, but to me, Ronnie played better the year he won the title with Reardon and will rarely better either his Hendry semi-final or the year he battered Ding in the Masters - seems like every time O'Sullivan has a point to prove, he makes a statement of intent.

[P.Smith]

Then why did you quote me talking about the dress code then?

Because the original discussion was about the audience and then you mentioned the players for some reason.

Then you and I are just different - I like to dress quite smart, and if I knew I'd be on telly then I'd make a bit of effort.

But that's you, not everyone is going to think like you, I'm not even relating the situation to myself just to the general public who have a choice in what they wear.

[gavpowell]

I don't own a suit, and had to hit him dressed in my leather jacket and Levi 501's.

What's the old saying? "If you remember the eighties, you wish you weren't there"?

[doorag]

Because the original discussion was about the audience and then you mentioned the players for some reason.



But that's you, not everyone is going to think like you, I'm not even relating the situation to myself just to the general public who have a choice in what they wear.

There where also discussions about the players dress code which i obviously participated in and then you quoted me. So you should probably have quoted someone else. No worries though...

[Masterdoctorgenius]

I am missing snooker already

when is the next tournament?

[crucible77]

My report and lots of photographs from the World Snooker final http://ryan147.com/2012/05/08/2012-w...hip-the-final/

[Ronnie's tip]

I just don't trust the players fashion sense. Imagine this guy walking around the table.

I don't think anyone is saying players should wear what they want, but smart/casual would be better than the bow tie look.

Like what players wear for the Premier League - a black shirt with a sponsor and black trousers. That's much better than a bow tie and waist coat. Keep the dress code for the WC, UK and Masters as that keeps the tradition and actually shows that they are the 3 majors. Every other tournament should be a bit more relaxed.

There needs to be a middle ground.

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Don't know why these pictures are so small, or why that thumbnail picture is there (can't seem to get rid of it), but you get what I mean.

[PatBlock]

I am missing snooker already

when is the next tournament?

Here's a link to the 2012-13 events calendar:

http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp...=2&season=2012

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[FOXMULDER]

I don't think anyone is saying players should wear what they want, but smart/casual would be better than the bow tie look.

Like what players wear for the Premier League - a black shirt with a sponsor and black trousers. That's much better than a bow tie and waist coat. Keep the dress code for the WC, UK and Masters as that keeps the tradition and actually shows that they are the 3 majors. Every other tournament should be a bit more relaxed.

Why?

What benefit would "relaxing" the dress code bring? And please don't say it will help the game appeal to a wider audience (the usual argument) because that is absolute, utter nonsense.

If something ain't broke, don't fix it. A platitude, yes, but a good one.
Snooker players should look like snooker players. Put it to a public vote, I'm sure most people would agree with that. What is it with this modern obsession of destroying traditions?? Don't understand it.

[doorag]

I don't think anyone is saying players should wear what they want, but smart/casual would be better than the bow tie look.

Like what players wear for the Premier League - a black shirt with a sponsor and black trousers. That's much better than a bow tie and waist coat. Keep the dress code for the WC, UK and Masters as that keeps the tradition and actually shows that they are the 3 majors. Every other tournament should be a bit more relaxed.

There needs to be a middle ground.

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Don't know why these pictures are so small, or why that thumbnail picture is there (can't seem to get rid of it), but you get what I mean.

Fair enough. Personally I like the the bow tie and waist coat look better.

[Ronnie's tip]

Why?

What benefit would "relaxing" the dress code bring? And please don't say it will help the game appeal to a wider audience (the usual argument) because that is absolute, utter nonsense.

If something ain't broke, don't fix it. A platitude, yes, but a good one.
Snooker players should look like snooker players. Put it to a public vote, I'm sure most people would agree with that. What is it with this modern obsession of destroying traditions?? Don't understand it.

It's the overall presentation of snooker. It's a small point, but as I said the way to bring in a larger UK audience is by changing a lot of smaller things and when they're combined the whole game will look a lot more inviting. You can't change the game itself (other than say a mini events like a shootout/timed frames ect) so it's the circumstances surrounding the game that should be improved. It needs to become "cool". Add that to the other things I said last night about presentation/personalities ect.

I don't expect avid snooker fans to agree, but the whole point in this is to bring in new fans. You don't do that by doing things the same way. Move with the times.