The Snooker thread!

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by Something Fishy » Mon May 07, 2012 5:10 pm

Carter seems to be coming back at him. Go the sense Ron is losing concentration here.

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by Something Fishy » Mon May 07, 2012 8:39 pm

Well he had a go but Ronnie was too good.

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by SugarCubes » Mon May 07, 2012 8:44 pm

Ebdon is a total knobber.

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Denster » Mon May 07, 2012 9:36 pm

Great stuff from Ronnie. Consummate performance.

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by Zellery » Mon May 07, 2012 11:15 pm

Ronnie! \o/

The best player to ever lift a cue. Not my words but the words of Stephen Hendry and I agree with him wholeheartedly.

He's certainly the greatest player I've ever had the pleasure of watching. I just hope he doesn't retire just yet as he's got more World titles in him. :wub:

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Vermin » Mon May 07, 2012 11:58 pm

Can't stand Ronnie. Nasty piece of work.

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by kommissarboris » Tue May 08, 2012 1:31 am

Zellery wrote:The best player to ever lift a cue. Not my words but the words of Stephen Hendry and I agree with him wholeheartedly.


best of this generation, but not the best over all imo.

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go to 3.05.

pissed it all away, very sad, but the stuff i've seen of his, some of it is just impossible, how the strawberry float?!?!

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Slimgrady » Tue May 08, 2012 1:53 am

kommissarboris wrote:

Unreal stuff!Ive been playing a lot of snooker recently,on Fridays I go out and get pissed after it,clearly im doing things in the wrong order!

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Denster » Tue May 08, 2012 1:55 am

Higgins isn't even in the top three.

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by Slimgrady » Tue May 08, 2012 2:03 am

Denster wrote:Higgins isn't even in the top three.

If you're talking about consistency you're right.But players playing at their best,there is an argument to be made for him.

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by Denster » Tue May 08, 2012 3:33 am

No there isn't. He was only at the top for a tiny fraction of time. Davis, Ray Reardon, Hendry all had talent (and could do trick shots) but they married it with application and endless practise. Not partying and getting pissed like Higgins and Jimmy White.

Higgins had great natural talent - one of the best but it was only in potential. Sadly he'll be remembered for what he could have achieved instead of what he actually did. O sullivan looked to be going the same way but he has shown you can be precocious and still win things.

Oh and if we're talking pure ability - Sullivan is more talented than Higgins was.

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by Slimgrady » Tue May 08, 2012 4:04 am

Ya,he won two world championships with trickshots and potential.No need to say "He was only at the top for a tiny fraction of time",clearly I know that by saying he wasnt consistent.If you understood what I actually said I meant that at his best he was just as good if not better than any other man thats ever played the game,and a lot of those men have already said that about him.

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Pancake » Tue May 08, 2012 6:23 pm

SugarCubes wrote:Ebdon is a total knobber.

I love Peter Ebdon! He's eccentric and therefore interesting. I even like his excruciating brand of slow snooker because it's simply another side to his eccentricity! :wub:

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by kommissarboris » Tue May 08, 2012 11:57 pm

Pancake wrote:
SugarCubes wrote:Ebdon is a total knobber.

I love Peter Ebdon! He's eccentric and therefore interesting. I even like his excruciating brand of slow snooker because it's simply another side to his eccentricity! :wub:


:D

i remember he destroyed O'Sullivan by deliberately taking really long times over shots, bascially infuriating, and frustrating Ronnie into errors when he got to the table.

good player, but not the best to watch.

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Denster » Wed May 09, 2012 12:02 am

Slimgrady wrote:Ya,he won two world championships with trickshots and potential.No need to say "He was only at the top for a tiny fraction of time",clearly I know that by saying he wasnt consistent.If you understood what I actually said I meant that at his best he was just as good if not better than any other man thats ever played the game,and a lot of those men have already said that about him.



At his best George best was as good as Pele. Pele even said so. Like Higgins, though he wasn't at his best for long enough.
I'll allow that in terms of pure talent Higgins was right up there. Takes more than talent to achieve greatness though. That's why i chose Best as an example - pair of them had all the ability in the world and pissed it away. Shame but it was their choice, i suppose.

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Pancake » Wed May 09, 2012 12:14 am

kommissarboris wrote:good player, but not the best to watch.

Not even close to being the best to watch but sport is about characters and a colour blind snooker world champion who takes 5 minutes to compile a break of 12 is definitely a character. :wub:

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Slimgrady » Wed May 09, 2012 12:17 am

Denster wrote:
Slimgrady wrote:Ya,he won two world championships with trickshots and potential.No need to say "He was only at the top for a tiny fraction of time",clearly I know that by saying he wasnt consistent.If you understood what I actually said I meant that at his best he was just as good if not better than any other man thats ever played the game,and a lot of those men have already said that about him.



At his best George best was as good as Pele. Pele even said so. Like Higgins, though he wasn't at his best for long enough.
I'll allow that in terms of pure talent Higgins was right up there. Takes more than talent to achieve greatness though. That's why i chose Best as an example - pair of them had all the ability in the world and pissed it away. Shame but it was their choice, i suppose.

I was actually going to use the same George Best example but didn't want to point out two great Irish sports stars pissed it away because of drink :fp:

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by kommissarboris » Wed May 09, 2012 12:20 am

Slimgrady wrote:
Denster wrote:
Slimgrady wrote:Ya,he won two world championships with trickshots and potential.No need to say "He was only at the top for a tiny fraction of time",clearly I know that by saying he wasnt consistent.If you understood what I actually said I meant that at his best he was just as good if not better than any other man thats ever played the game,and a lot of those men have already said that about him.



At his best George best was as good as Pele. Pele even said so. Like Higgins, though he wasn't at his best for long enough.
I'll allow that in terms of pure talent Higgins was right up there. Takes more than talent to achieve greatness though. That's why i chose Best as an example - pair of them had all the ability in the world and pissed it away. Shame but it was their choice, i suppose.

I was actually going to use the same George Best example but didn't want to point out two great Irish sports stars pissed it away because of drink :fp:


lol, just waiting on Mcilroy and old norn iron will have a hat-trick of strawberry float ups.

makes ya proud... :fp:

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Slimgrady » Wed May 09, 2012 12:44 am

kommissarboris wrote:
Slimgrady wrote:
Denster wrote:
Slimgrady wrote:Ya,he won two world championships with trickshots and potential.No need to say "He was only at the top for a tiny fraction of time",clearly I know that by saying he wasnt consistent.If you understood what I actually said I meant that at his best he was just as good if not better than any other man thats ever played the game,and a lot of those men have already said that about him.



At his best George best was as good as Pele. Pele even said so. Like Higgins, though he wasn't at his best for long enough.
I'll allow that in terms of pure talent Higgins was right up there. Takes more than talent to achieve greatness though. That's why i chose Best as an example - pair of them had all the ability in the world and pissed it away. Shame but it was their choice, i suppose.

I was actually going to use the same George Best example but didn't want to point out two great Irish sports stars pissed it away because of drink :fp:


lol, just waiting on Mcilroy and old norn iron will have a hat-trick of strawberry float ups.

makes ya proud... :fp:

Thank God Im from Cork :slol:

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PostRe: The Snooker thread!
by Captain Kinopio » Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:34 pm

Bump

Good to see Ronnie back :mrgreen:

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