World Snooker Championships Discussion

[Ronnie's tip]

Fortunately I know nothing about snooker!

I hope Ronnie's ex will allow at least one of his kids to go there like last year - that seemed to help. Actually hasn't he got 3 kids? Would be pretty cool if he could bring all 3 with him, though I'm not sure how much he has to do with the eldest one.

[Holden Chinaski]

What's this rude gesture that Ronnie was accused of?

http://youtu.be/XbTQPVN8oXU - Skip to 14:35

[cyberheater]

http://youtu.be/XbTQPVN8oXU - Skip to 14:35

LOL. Quite subtle.

[Ronnie's tip]

Lol @ Virgo: This has been one of the best matches ever at the crucible apparently. It was pretty good but could have been better.

And look at Ronnie's comments about Judd, they must hate each other so much.

Congratulations Ronnie but I'm not exactly thrilled at the prospect of him winning the title again as he will just ride off .

I saw his post match interview....I don't see what he said that makes you think this? If anything Ronnie has been nothing but complimentery about Trump. Unless I'm missing something?

If there is some tension, it doesn't seem to be coming out of Ronnie's mouth.

[cueman]

Well happy at ROS win but to be honest, I expected/hoped for a better match. Trump hardly pushed ROS. If Trump had produced a quarter of what he produced in his interviews, we ta least would have had a decent match. Hope Trump learns from this and realizes what the hype is all about. It needs an Higgins or a Selby to put ROS under pressure. Trump is far far away from being a world champion. I am no hater by the way. Would like to see him do well but he does not seem to be learning well enough for the past 2-3 years.

reality is Higgins is well past his best and I can't see him ever winning another world title. His game has been in bits all season, used to have a solid 'b' game but his safety has also deserted him this season and his long potting is pretty average too. As for Selby he really is further away than Trump in reality. He's only managed one final (6 years ago now) and that was due in large to boring his opponents to tears. Has only made it past the 2nd round twice since that, including 3 first round exits.

[P.Smith]

I saw his post match interview....I don't see what he said that makes you think this? If anything Ronnie has been nothing but complimentery about Trump. Unless I'm missing something?

If there is some tension, it doesn't seem to be coming out of Ronnie's mouth.

I was being totally sarcastic. Sorry, I should have made it obvious.

[FOXMULDER]

Fact: Right now, no one - NO ONE - can touch Ronnie over distance.

He's the best player in the world by a long way.

[mythman69]

I wonder if Stephen Lee was watching the match?

Perhaps he can't stand to watch the WC?

[JeeSe]

http://youtu.be/XbTQPVN8oXU - Skip to 14:35

Yeah that's the one.

[Ronnie's tip]

Alex Higgins: The People's Champion is on BBC 2 at 4:30 incase anyone is interested.

I was being totally sarcastic. Sorry, I should have made it obvious.

Ahh...my bad. I just remember some people saying yesterday that there's some tension between the two.

[Ronnie's tip]

Fact: Right now, no one - NO ONE - can touch Ronnie over distance.

He's the best player in the world by a long way.

Mark Williams is spot on with his comments about today's standard. Yes ROS is arguably the best ever, and the quality might be better now than it was 15-20 years ago, but the top players today aren't a patch on the players of 10-12 years ago. A prime Hendry, Higgins, Williams and of course O'Sullivan would be right at the top today.

Though perhaps there is some substance behind this burnout claim. I don't see why the players play every event anyway. You don't see Federer/Nadal/Djokovic/Murray playing in every event. Though granted the money is much more in tennis.

There has to be a reason why so many players are underperforming at the WC. It's a shame we didn't get, for example, a ROS vs Higgins + Trump vs Robertson semi final. That'd be the dream for next year. Or Ding, if he ever learns how to play at the Crucible.

[Le Ball Sack]

18-2 on Monday anyone?

[cally]

Might not be far off...lol

[Masterdoctorgenius]

what will be barry and walden thinking after knowing their final oppoenent is ronnie?

[cyberheater]

what will be barry and walden thinking after knowing their final oppoenent is ronnie?

Same as they did in their first session. Keep playing to lose.