Ronnie O Sullivan - Ali Carter - final

[Tom Read]

It's a sign of the times, unfortunately.

Why anyone would go to a night like this in a football shirt is beyond me...

Why so? All sorts of people enjoy watching snooker. I didn't realise there was a dress sense for the audience. Surely you go in whatever you are comfortable in wearing, be it a football shirt and trackies or a tux. You're there to enjoy the wonderful snooker on display, not to look good in the background on the tele.

[FOXMULDER]

So I assume Michael "Hitman" Holt has jumped into the Top 32 with Hendry's retirement?

[throtts]

The peasant scum. Can't we find a place to put these 'people'? Some sort of workhouse to keep them busy or something?

"peasant scum", bit ott...His seat been paid for all the same.. And anyway, the people at the front only turn up for the worlds and are not true snooker nuts.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Liam is in through the order of merit, so, it's actually Liu Song, who gets Hendry's place.

he also benefitted from John Higgins suspension and Einsles resignationn in 2010-11

[FOXMULDER]

I would have thought the BBC would milk it a bit more by showing highlights, thoughts from other ex players ect.

Shame it's already over.

I agree, it did feel a bit rushed.

It finished early - they could have worked in more analysis, interviews etc..

[LittleMissAlexa]

Cool. Have you got a link? These are different from the latest on the worldsnooker site.

done by ranking points officially they arent completed until tomorrow

[FerruleFox]

What a fn genius!

Pleasure to watch.



Maybe best performance ever session in, session out?

[Table_of_Reds]

Is it me or has the final become less and less formal over the years. I remember when the first couple of rows had people that wore tuxedos, nowadays there are people wearing sports tops instead.

The peasant scum. Can't we find a place to put these 'people'? Some sort of workhouse to keep them busy or something?

[FOXMULDER]

Is it me or has the final become less and less formal over the years. I remember when the first couple of rows had people that wore tuxedos, nowadays there are people wearing sports tops instead.

It's a sign of the times, unfortunately.

Why anyone would go to a night like this in a football shirt is beyond me...

[montoya10]

With Hendry gone, does that mean Liam Highfield survives (as Drago already has the wildcard)...?

Liam is in through the order of merit, so, it's actually Liu Song, who gets Hendry's place.

[FOXMULDER]

With Hendry gone, does that mean Liam Highfield survives (as Drago already has the wildcard)...?

[snookerfran]

world rankings

Cool. Have you got a link? These are different from the latest on the worldsnooker site.

[jonnylovessn8ker]

He won't be taking 6 months off. He always says things like this and then doesn't do it...

I'm sure he'll be playing in the first major ranking event of 2012-13.

i hope that's the case.
back then ronnie's enemy was mainly taming his own mind.
i genuinely believe that ronnie has a legit reason to quit, as compared to before. (whether it is the right/correct decision is beyond my point)
my main point is that ronnie seems to show a better reason, other than the usual old "im fed up with this game i wanna do something else.

[Le Ball Sack]

Is it me or has the final become less and less formal over the years. I remember when the first couple of rows had people that wore tuxedos, nowadays there are people wearing sports tops instead.

[PatBlock]

Did they not do shot of the tournament? (In fact, have they done it at all in the last 5 years? I must be getting old...)

No, the BBC threw their dummy out of the pram when they got caught out rigging a blue peter (fairly sure it was blue peter) competition a few years back, ever since then they've rarely done anything of that sort.

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