by Dannyboy » 31 May 2012 Read
£3,000 plus another £1,000 towards the cost of the hearing.
http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsAr ... 68,00.htmlFor goodness sake! All he said was that he didn't like the Crucible Theatre. Its an opinion! Sporting organisations have got to learn to be a bit more thick skinned and a little less precious. Its supposed to be free speech.
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by Smart » 31 May 2012 Read
Dannyboy wrote:£3,000 plus another £1,000 towards the cost of the hearing.
http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsAr ... 68,00.htmlFor goodness sake! All he said was that he didn't like the Crucible Theatre. Its an opinion! Sporting organisations have got to learn to be a bit more thick skinned and a little less precious. Its supposed to be free speech.
excellent decision - although I would of made him do community service as well and banned him from using the internet for the next 10 years as well.......he clearly does not know how to use it sensibly like us.

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by Witz78 » 31 May 2012 Read
god knows what World Snooker would have fined this guy for these comments then haha
(and nice to see Steve Davis making an appearance too

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by Roland » 31 May 2012 Read
His sense of humour can be misinterpreted on twitter I guess. It's a bit steep, he apologised to Crucible staff so that should've been the end of it really.
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by Smart » 31 May 2012 Read
Sonny wrote:His sense of humour can be misinterpreted on twitter I guess. It's a bit steep,he apologised to Crucible staff so that should've been the end of it really.
he said he does not like the crucible, and then apologises to the staff, what about the fans who attend and think its the best thing since sliced bread.......he should be booed every time he returns. I booed him this year.

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by Roland » 31 May 2012 Read

I cheered, he's a legend.
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by Witz78 » 31 May 2012 Read
Smart wrote:Sonny wrote:His sense of humour can be misinterpreted on twitter I guess. It's a bit steep,he apologised to Crucible staff so that should've been the end of it really.
he said he does not like the crucible, and then apologises to the staff, what about the fans who attend and think its the best thing since sliced bread.......he should be booed every time he returns. I booed him this year.

hes just a hypocrit and a wuss for going back on his word and apologising for what he says
Allen is the same, if you aint gonna stand by what you say, then dont say it in the first place

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by Smart » 31 May 2012 Read
Witz78 wrote:Smart wrote:Sonny wrote:His sense of humour can be misinterpreted on twitter I guess. It's a bit steep,he apologised to Crucible staff so that should've been the end of it really.
he said he does not like the crucible, and then apologises to the staff, what about the fans who attend and think its the best thing since sliced bread.......he should be booed every time he returns. I booed him this year.

hes just a hypocrit and a wuss for going back on his word and apologising for what he says
Allen is the same, if you aint gonna stand by what you say, then dont say it in the first place

yeah, I have always thought formula one is total shoite and people who like it are total bankers, I believe that 10000000% then and 1000000000% now

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by Witz78 » 31 May 2012 Read
Id like to ask you all to think of this man whilst your out celebrating the Jubilee Weekend
HERES TO YOU JAMES.

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by Smart » 31 May 2012 Read
Witz78 wrote:Id like to ask you all to think of this man whilst your out celebrating the Jubilee Weekend
HERES TO YOU JAMES.

you cant celebrate it as you are a Jock and she is English and nothing to do with Jocks.

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by Witz78 » 31 May 2012 Read
muppets up here havent even gave us a day off work
so ive told them where to go and have put in for 2 days off, i plan to drink Pimms all weekend culminating in singing along to Elton John, Cliff Richard, Tom Jones and Paul McCartneys hits from the concert on Monday night
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by Smart » 31 May 2012 Read
Witz78 wrote:muppets up here havent even gave us a day off work
so ive told them where to go and have put in for 2 days off, i plan to drink Pimms all weekend culminating in singing along to Elton John, Cliff Richard, Tom Jones and Paul McCartneys hits from the concert on Monday night
Pimms

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by kenneth79 » 31 May 2012 Read
Given this steep fine for Williams what do you think Allen will be handed for his borderline racist comments at the Crucible?
Could it even be a short ban?
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by Witz78 » 31 May 2012 Read
YEH EXACTLY KENNETH
Allen bound to get the book thrown at him
i think Williams fine was mainly so high cos hes constantly been saying silly stuff and WS realised £250 fines werent doing any good
i suspect theyll come down hard on Allen too to nip his antics in the bud too
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by Roland » 31 May 2012 Read
I would think Allen faces a ban
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by Witz78 » 31 May 2012 Read
Sonny wrote:I would think Allen faces a ban
would banning him from the Chinese events be a punishement though
maybe his punishment should be that he has to go to all 5 Chinese rankers plus the 3 Asian PTCs

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by kenneth79 » 31 May 2012 Read
Perhaps his ban should only apply to european tournaments

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by Roland » 31 May 2012 Read
Good point

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by gallantrabbit » 01 Jun 2012 Read
The price of twitter. I would advise any sportsman to get the buck off twitter. If you know how to use it like Murphy or Jimmy then it's ok. But if you're likely to explode in expletives the minute a thought comes into your bonce that get the hell off it. I think the two Marks already have.
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by Roland » 01 Jun 2012 Read
Jimmy doesn't use it, it's his manager
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by gallantrabbit » 01 Jun 2012 Read
OK same difference. I thought the spelling as good...
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by Sickpotter » 01 Jun 2012 Read
Sonny wrote:Jimmy doesn't use it, it's his manager
As it should be.
Fortunately Jimmy and/or his manager realized the potential implications of a poorly thought out comment and decided to ensure it won't happen.
Williams has no excuse, poorly thought out comment slamming the crucible deserves a fine.
Allen if he has a manager has an incompetent one....yet another of the great new crop of "pros" who haven't gone about becoming pro with a proper plan/management in place.
TBH there's a whole generation growing up who're completely self absorbed and give little or no thought at all to what they spew out while online.

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by Wildey » 01 Jun 2012 Read
i was under the impression Jimmy White and Mark Allen is managed by Paul Mount ON Q Promotions.
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by Sickpotter » 01 Jun 2012 Read
Not sure Wild but if that's the case, Allen must've felt he should be in control of his Twit account......obviously a big mistake.
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by N_Castle07 » 04 Jun 2012 Read
What a total joke

if I was williams I would be seriously snake hissed off. It is well docuemnted that Higgins didn't like playing at Wembley but nobody said anything about that and why should they.
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by Sickpotter » 04 Jun 2012 Read
N_Castle07 wrote:What a total joke

if I was williams I would be seriously snake hissed off. It is well docuemnted that Higgins didn't like playing at Wembley but nobody said anything about that and why should they.
Slagging off the location of the premier event is plain stupid and deserves a fine.
Stating you don't like playing there is one thing but to call the venue rubbish is another.
Quite frankly I expect we'll see a record number of fines handed out over the next little while as the new pros get a handle on what's expected from them with regards to promoting the game and clue in to the negative effects of spewing garbage to the world via some crap app.
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by Wildey » 04 Jun 2012 Read
Sickpotter wrote:N_Castle07 wrote:What a total joke

if I was williams I would be seriously snake hissed off. It is well docuemnted that Higgins didn't like playing at Wembley but nobody said anything about that and why should they.
Slagging off the location of the premier event is plain stupid and deserves a fine.
Stating you don't like playing there is one thing but to call the venue rubbish is another.
Quite frankly I expect we'll see a record number of fines handed out over the next little while as the new pros get a handle on what's expected from them with regards to promoting the game and clue in to the negative effects of spewing garbage to the world via some crap app.
theres no Question that Fine is a wake up call to everyone it was extream in my opinion but World Snooker has to be consistant with discapline and not on a whim so it will be interesting if someone else is out of line what fine they will get.
if Mark Williams Punishement was £3,000 + Costs i expect Mark Allen to Get a Ban of Some Sort.
if Rankings are Based on Prize Money in the near Future will a £3,000 fine also result in a £3,000 point deduction i think yes it should.
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