Who Said That?!

You're getting colder.



Think outside of the World Championship.

"his prodigious drug-taking"

Ray Reardon about Alex Higgins.

Salty!

Moved on to a new page, so here's a reminder of the question:

'He played all right, I suppose, but it was _____________________ in the first session that did me in. He's a talented player but I wouldn't say he is the best player in the world, even though the rankings would seem to prove it'.

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JB, if you'd said 'sunlight' and Ray Reardon I might've given it you, but even so, Ray was invariably generous in congratulating his opponents. (edit: just to clarify, Reardon didn't make the comments at all!)


Dan-Cat is right. Salty. Think Salt ... 1980s Salt:

No sorry, it's not Reardon (my last comment was a joke).

The speaker isn't as well established as the names mentioned already. He made the comments after losing a rare ranking final appearance. In fact, this match is probably his most famous match.

Reynolds is right, but it wasn't the pressure that was to blame. That would imply some culpability of his own towards the result...

John Street was in charge of the final, and Reynolds' nemesis John Williams was nowhere in sight, so that excuse was inconveniently unavailable.

Not the table, either. I would say this is a more common excuse than either the table or the ref.

Conditions?

Nope. I can't believe how everyone is side-stepping around the answer. The answer is probably given as often as 'conditions' as an excuse.

It's possible the difficulty here is that no sane person would've used this as an excuse after being hammered 10-0.

Bad luck/bad run of the balls

Chengdufan nails it. Reynolds' exact phrase was 'all the balls running against me in the first session that did me in.'

The match goes down as one of the unluckiest 10-0s on record.

'I held my hands up in Turkey and it was the biggest mistake I've made in 27 years as a professional. It's probably the only real time I've got in trouble. ___ ___ _______ was the best result I've ever had as a professional. It is a lot to take in but looking back at it, things have worked out in the end.'

Getting knocked out?
Rob Milkins?

Juddernaut88 wrote:Getting knocked out?
Rob Milkins?

Milkins is correct. But not the quote.
Well done for remembering his mishap in Turkey

Forcing a decider?
Rob Milkins

Is that correct or no?

Juddernaut88 wrote:Is that correct or no?

No

“The win today” Rob Milkins?

Iranu wrote:“The win today” Rob Milkins?

Getting closer.

This interview came at the end of the season, reflecting on the year.

“To win Gibraltar”?

Iranu wrote:“To win Gibraltar”?

Close enough!
The quote was actually:

The next tournament...


The full interview is one of the latest articles on wst.tv.

Iranu is correct :)

Oh ffs Iranu!

‘Basically I want to ____ ____ and try and enjoy playing in a match arena again.’