AndySmith1990
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Now there can be no disputing it, Ronnie is the greatest snooker player. Hendry's 7 titles were always the one thing used to argue against it
Be a good one for Jimmy to break the brother out for.Ronnie and Jimmy White are going to go on an epic bender tonight. Jimmy's 60th birthday as well.
Dr Steve Peters. Think you have to be first quite receptive to his philosophy for the whole thing to work. However, it seems if you commit to his method, it just might work - as it has for Ronnie.I don't know who his mental-game coach is but he's done a great job with Ronny
looked ready to pack things in 10 years ago
I always remember that interview he did in China when he asked the reporter to give him a nosh
fair play though, he's very focused these days
Were they selling pints or something? The fans were really awful.The fans have been gash all tournament. Leaving their phones on, making noises, coughing constantly, clapping every fecking shot, shouting. Just pure bellends.
Probably get a bit over excited when the think they’re on telly ….someone took the lemonade out of their lager shandy.The fans have been gash all tournament. Leaving their phones on, making noises, coughing constantly, clapping every fecking shot, shouting. Just pure bellends.
No feckin chance. What a player.I can't dislike Ronnie. I'm made up for him.
He's a huge reason why snooker is so big. Not (just) Barry Hearn. Back when we only had 4 (and then 5) channels snooker was a staple evening diet. I watched it religiously since Griffiths won it in 1979. Loved Higgins' antics, the Whirlwind and of course my favourite Steve Davis, even though I was on the edge of my seat willing Dennis Taylor to sink 'that' black.No feckin chance. What a player.
I'm delighted he's done so well over the past decade or so. As others have said at once stage I doubted he'd ever back up his talent.
When Ronnie was going through a period of mental stress, which badly affected his snooker, he did 2 things.I know he’s into his fitness for a number of years but I don’t remember him looking so clean cut and healthy in the face for a long time if ever. Even in his youngest days he looked a bit of a scruff. He looks much healthier right now.
I think he’s been running for a number of years now and didn’t look so good. If I was a betting man I’d say he’s done something drastic with his diet in more recent times like giving up sugar, only drinking water etc he looks so refreshed!When Ronnie was going through a period of mental stress, which badly affected his snooker, he did 2 things.
Firstly he started to work with Dr Steve Peters who was a significant help.
Secondly he took up running, which is a well known help with mental stress.
And he actually became an excellent club runner. He managed to complete a 10k in around 35 minutes which is a fantastic achievement. During that time, he said that he enjoyed running far more than snooker.
Not sure how much running he still does, but in his book which is well worth a read, he attributes running to changing his life.
Easily the very best snooker player I have ever seen. And by far and away the most naturally talented.
Well whatever it is, it is certainly working.I think he’s been running for a number of years now and didn’t look so good. If I was a betting man I’d say he’s done something drastic with his diet in more recent times like giving up sugar, only drinking water etc he looks so refreshed!
That is an excellent 10k time, I never cracked 35 minutes.When Ronnie was going through a period of mental stress, which badly affected his snooker, he did 2 things.
Firstly he started to work with Dr Steve Peters who was a significant help.
Secondly he took up running, which is a well known help with mental stress.
And he actually became an excellent club runner. He managed to complete a 10k in around 35 minutes which is a fantastic achievement. During that time, he said that he enjoyed running far more than snooker.
Not sure how much running he still does, but in his book which is well worth a read, he attributes running to changing his life.
Easily the very best snooker player I have ever seen. And by far and away the most naturally talented.
No neither did I. Just goes to prove how mentally tough he is.That is an excellent 10k time, I never cracked 35 minutes.
Yeah, out of the 12, Cahill is the one I'm most pleased to see get there.Cahill is an interesting one - his victory over O'Sullivan at the Crucible a few years ago was one of the biggest shocks the World Championship has seen, but he never really used it to kick on.
Good to see him back and hope he can pick up some more results this time around.
Ben Mertens has just won the 2022 European U21 Snooker Championship. That means he'll be on the main Tour at some point (not sure if he qualifies for this season or from 23/24). That would see 3 Belgians on tour with Julien Leclercq already joining Luca Brecel next season.I was disappointed that Mertens, Wells and Sargeant missed out in the QF's of the events. They were amongst the dozen or so I was hoping would qualify.
We have the same opinion.I sometimes wonder if the players are just that much better now, or if the pockets are far more accepting. More and more, I see shots being played that don't look like they'll go in, yet they still find the pocket some way or other. Maybe I'm becoming paranoid and the players really have just mastered the art.
Pretty sure I said as much as this earlier in this thread when someone claimed Alex was better than Ronnie. It’s honestly absolute nonsense.There's a mad stat which Andy Goldstein resurrected on TalkSport the other week, that Alex Higgins made 86 centuries in his entire career, and never made higher than 142 in professional play.
And that's over a 25 year career.
Compare that to Ronnie who currently sits on 1,163 centuries and has made at least one maximum in 12 different seasons.
While some will say the quality of the game has perhaps peaked and might be on the slide (it's difficult to argue while the CO92 continue to dominate) it's undoubtedly light years ahead of previous generations.
I'm not sure about quality of tables, pocket sizes etc. and the quality of the coaching (there are also many more ranking events these days) but it seems to me a journeyman player of this generation, say in the 50s ranking wise could go back to the 70s/80s and pretty much clean up.
If you get a chance you should watch the infamous White vs Higgins semi-final. A certain blue into the green pocket by Higgins and the screw back to this day many are still staggered as to how he did it. Given the circumstances White needed only the one frame, for Higgins it was no miss snooker but some of the shots absolutely spellbinding and well worth a look.I recently watched the video of the 1981 match between Higgins and Davies which Davies won 9-8 and while it was enthralling the quality of the game considering they were the two best at the time was pretty poor compared to todays players.
A few things I noticed was that Higgins was a fecking lunatic and how did he pot balls with that technique, neither player seemed to play many cannons and were content to take cushion balls on which they seemed better at then the current players.