Alex v anne

[spike]

but he was a funny guy and had a great sense of humour

and here's one of them at 3:10

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM21esJpyys

[wildJONESEYE]

and here's one of them at 3:10

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM21esJpyys

lol

seen that before and at the time...

Alex was a showman and he found being a celebrity easy but at the same time he got carried away with it..

his wife said on the Video "im no Angel" that his persanality changed after 1982 when he was World Champion....everyone wanted a piece of him and they pulled him to pieces over the next 10 years and that is where the bitterness people remember him for now comes from.no snooker player ever has been taken advantage of more than him through his nievaty and good will that it turned him bitter and didnt trust many people in later life.

[Valderie]

Who won it in the end? After Alex was voted off I stopped watching!

Gazza got to the final though! I must say I have changed my opinion of him, he's brighter than I thought!

[spike]

lol

seen that before and at the time...

Alex was a showman and he found being a celebrity easy but at the same time he got carried away with it..

his wife said on the Video "im no Angel" that his persanality changed after 1982 when he was World Champion....everyone wanted a piece of him and they pulled him to pieces over the next 10 years and that is where the bitterness people remember him for now comes from.no snooker player ever has been taken advantage of more than him through his nievaty and good will that it turned him bitter and didnt trust many people in later life.

yes i know, i've seen the documentary and read all his books, it's sad but true story but you can understand why he became so bitter...even more so after his management team (framework) went bankrupt. At the time he put his trust in Krueger and look how he was repaid. If that happened to me i would be very bitter too..

[archalf1471]

the bad things Alex has done over the last 30 years are clouding a lot of who he really was....

yes he had a temper yes he made some dodgy decisions in his life all round but he was a funny guy and had a great sense of humour whitch is not always apreciated by people that dont really look beiond the tabloid headlines...

I think there is a difference between those who don't see past the tabloid headlines and those who have been privy to some of his distasteful antics at his exhibitions
Well before he won the 2nd title in 82. Turning up for exhibitions drunk, trying it on with players wifes and hurling his cue into the crowd like a javelin and that's only one exhibition in Ilfracombe before being thrown out on the street

What I would never dispute that at times he was a total genius who even by todays standards could play shots that most players could not even think of let alone play and for sure was an essential ingredient for popularing the sport with the mainstream in the 70s moreso than any other player

Regardless of opinion whether professional or personal its incredibly sad to see him in that state on national tv

I saw him in exhibition two years ago with white and to be honest the standard of both was pretty poor but he made a little cameo break of 48 and some of the little deft touches around the black and pink area were a joy and made you realise what a natural enigmatic player he once was

[DandyA]

yep, I hear what you're saying archalf and I totally agree ...

[imy147]

Gazza got to the final though! I must say I have changed my opinion of him, he's brighter than I thought!

Haha same here, i am still in shock that Gazza got to the final of that, especially with Sir Geoff voting for him constantly. He's had us fooled all these years! I read he has also signed up for I'm a Celebrity, that is defo going to be worth watching then!

[wildJONESEYE]

I think there is a difference between those who don't see past the tabloid headlines and those who have been privy to some of his distasteful antics at his exhibitions
Well before he won the 2nd title in 82. Turning up for exhibitions drunk, trying it on with players wifes and hurling his cue into the crowd like a javelin and that's only one exhibition in Ilfracombe before being thrown out on the street

What I would never dispute that at times he was a total genius who even by todays standards could play shots that most players could not even think of let alone play and for sure was an essential ingredient for popularing the sport with the mainstream in the 70s moreso than any other player

Regardless of opinion whether professional or personal its incredibly sad to see him in that state on national tv

I saw him in exhibition two years ago with white and to be honest the standard of both was pretty poor but he made a little cameo break of 48 and some of the little deft touches around the black and pink area were a joy and made you realise what a natural enigmatic player he once was

he was a jeckil and hyde charicter theres no doubt about that and his achillies heel was Drink but there was 2 sides to him that many of us have but because he was in the public eye when he lost it there was a lot of people around to take the brunt....

im not excusing him because ive seen the 2 sides of Alex close by in exibitions and it was like watching 2 different persanalities from 1 exibition to another.

[archalf1471]

he was a jeckil and hyde charicter theres no doubt about that and his achillies heel was Drink but there was 2 sides to him that many of us have but because he was in the public eye when he lost it there was a lot of people around to take the brunt....

im not excusing him because ive seen the 2 sides of Alex close by in exibitions and it was like watching 2 different persanalities from 1 exibition to another.

As always my straight talking welsh friend you have summed it up perfectly

Jeckll and hyde for sure. Shame we did not see more of the hyde especially on the table, it was a joy to watch albeit in short bursts

[JamesFoster]

Alex Higgins was to Snooker what Elvis was to Rock & Roll. He got several millions of people hooked on watching the game. Many of those people then went on to play the game. It was impossible not to watch him. You never knew what he would do next. He could in knock in an amazing 100 break. He could miss an easy black. He was always playing attacking snooker to the point of recklessness.
He was obviously an flawed character. He was there smoking and drinking. There were all those stories in the press about his antics. He was the total opposite of the snooker machine (robot). Steve Davis made the blueprint. Many others have followed. What has happened is that there are now so many of these robots. In fact ROS is like a milder version of Alex Higgins. You never know what to expect. Thats why so many like him. The same with Jimmy White. Alex Higgins was the blueprint for natural ultra-attacking snooker with off table danger. Davis was the blueprint for robotic perfection.

[wildJONESEYE]

Alex Higgins was to Snooker what Elvis was to Rock & Roll. He got several millions of people hooked on watching the game. Many of those people then went on to play the game. It was impossible not to watch him. You never knew what he would do next. He could in knock in an amazing 100 break. He could miss an easy black. He was always playing attacking snooker to the point of recklessness.
He was obviously an flawed character. He was there smoking and drinking. There were all those stories in the press about his antics. He was the total opposite of the snooker machine (robot). Steve Davis made the blueprint. Many others have followed. What has happened is that there are now so many of these robots. In fact ROS is like a milder version of Alex Higgins. You never know what to expect. Thats why so many like him. The same with Jimmy White. Alex Higgins was the blueprint for natural ultra-attacking snooker with off table danger. Davis was the blueprint for robotic perfection.

i disagree on that today there are more and more players that are trying to be a Ronnie and not a Davis and because of that they are failing to make the inroads expected of them as juniors...

they arent as talented as Ronnie but they try to copy him and theire game is 1 dimensional all out atack.