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UTH said:
Alickadoo said:
UTH said:
I am unaware of the reasons behind people not liking Higgins - for me I'm always a fan of the 'old timers' in sports (especially snooker and darts) so I was very much hoping he'd win. I've not managed to watch much of the this year's tournament so far, but I was able to catch the final frames of this one, and very glad I saw it. Genuinely exciting stuff.
This is one of the reasons.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/sep/08/john...
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/hea...
Creg said:
UTH said:
Alickadoo said:
UTH said:
I am unaware of the reasons behind people not liking Higgins - for me I'm always a fan of the 'old timers' in sports (especially snooker and darts) so I was very much hoping he'd win. I've not managed to watch much of the this year's tournament so far, but I was able to catch the final frames of this one, and very glad I saw it. Genuinely exciting stuff.
This is one of the reasons.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/sep/08/john...
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/hea...
king disgrace I want Ronnie to win another world championship just to cement his legacy as the greatest. That said, I'm glad he's out. He just didn't seem to be in the mood this year. He's a very on/off player and his demeaner around the table wasn't great. I think I saw him pot the white more than any other ball.
Can someone explain exactly what happened yesterday in ROS match with the re-spotting of the black. Here's what I think was happening, but I've seen people say other things:
1) The black wasn't being put on its spot correctly and was rolling off
2) It would only remain in place if it wasn't on its spot
3) Ronnie played a safety off the red because he thought he shouldn't be able to pot the red
It was definitely rolling off its spot towards the back cushion. It looked to me like that red would pot easily. But I've seen people say that they thought it wouldn't pot and he was trying to gain an advantage by having the black put where it wouldn't roll so he could pot it?
SImon Hattestone in the Guardian today explained what he thinks happened, but I think he actually got it completely wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/...
Edited to add: Ronnie even asked Bingham to take a look at it at one point and Bingham responded like he didn't give a st, so I'm not exactly sure where people are getting this idea that Ronnie was trying to get an unfair advantage, because surely Bingham would have showed more concern than that?
1) The black wasn't being put on its spot correctly and was rolling off
2) It would only remain in place if it wasn't on its spot
3) Ronnie played a safety off the red because he thought he shouldn't be able to pot the red
It was definitely rolling off its spot towards the back cushion. It looked to me like that red would pot easily. But I've seen people say that they thought it wouldn't pot and he was trying to gain an advantage by having the black put where it wouldn't roll so he could pot it?
SImon Hattestone in the Guardian today explained what he thinks happened, but I think he actually got it completely wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/...
Edited to add: Ronnie even asked Bingham to take a look at it at one point and Bingham responded like he didn't give a s
t, so I'm not exactly sure where people are getting this idea that Ronnie was trying to get an unfair advantage, because surely Bingham would have showed more concern than that?Edited by MCBrowncoat on Thursday 2nd May 14:52
toon10 said:
I want Ronnie to win another world championship just to cement his legacy as the greatest. That said, I'm glad he's out. He just didn't seem to be in the mood this year. He's a very on/off player and his demeaner around the table wasn't great. I think I saw him pot the white more than any other ball.
As much as I enjoy watching him play, he's a proper mardy and only seems to be doing it for the money these days.Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff