by The_Abbott » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Alan's gone. It's official. He has retired from professional snooker.
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by mick745 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Will be missed on the tour but it wasnt likely he'd have been seen at later stages of any tournaments now
Has a promising career ahead as commentator/summariser.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2021 Read
He's a good lad.
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by Iranu » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Damn.
He seems very at peace with the decision, so that’s good.
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by Alex0paul » 09 Apr 2021 Read
RIP Alan
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by Andre147 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Can you provide a link for this please?
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by eraserhead » 09 Apr 2021 Read
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by Running side » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Nice guy, probably not made any money from playing for a number years. Hopefully set for a new full time career in TV,not sure if he's involved in coaching would imagine he'd be very good.
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by Andre147 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Yeah, I thought it wasn't yet on WST site for some reason.
It's his decision, and he has done more than enough for the game of Snooker. We'll continue to listen to his commentary and punditry which is very good and accurate.
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by lhpirnie » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Running side wrote:Nice guy, probably not made any money from playing for a number years. Hopefully set for a new full time career in TV,not sure if he's involved in coaching would imagine he'd be very good.
Yes, he coaches the young Scottish player Dean Young.
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by Dan-cat » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
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by The_Abbott » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
It does seem like yesterday. Still one of my favourite moments in recent years. I wish the final that year had been McManus V Fu.
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by vodkadiet1 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
2016 in fact.
But trust a Glaswegian to try and steal the thunder of the day of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh!! News organisations have now had to reaarange their agendas all over the world!
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by Prop » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Running side wrote:Nice guy, probably not made any money from playing for a number years. Hopefully set for a new full time career in TV,not sure if he's involved in coaching would imagine he'd be very good.
He did a feature recently, think it was the TC on ITV, where he was talking about the 3/4 ball low black shot to get directly on a red near the pink spot to a corner bag. That little stun-screw that’s dependent on the pace and rotation of the white being just right to find the right line. He described it as similar to the biting point of the clutch in a car, which was an analogy I’d never heard before but was absolutely perfect. So yeah, very knowledgeable, and surely a massive asset to whoever he works with.
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by Prop » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
Flying
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by Prop » 09 Apr 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
2016 in fact.
But trust a Glaswegian to try and steal the thunder of the day of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh!! News organisations have now had to reaarange their agendas all over the world!
buck him. buck the royals.
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by vodkadiet1 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
Flying
'The passing of time and all of its sickening crimes is making me sad again...' Rubber Ring (The Smiths).
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by vodkadiet1 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Prop wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
2016 in fact.
But trust a Glaswegian to try and steal the thunder of the day of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh!! News organisations have now had to reaarange their agendas all over the world!
buck him. buck the royals.
A hugely priveleged 99 year old has left this mortal coil today. And nobody else ever dies.....
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by Prop » 09 Apr 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:Prop wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
2016 in fact.
But trust a Glaswegian to try and steal the thunder of the day of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh!! News organisations have now had to reaarange their agendas all over the world!
buck him. buck the royals.
A hugely priveleged 99 year old has left this mortal coil today. And nobody else ever dies.....
Seems we can agree on something.
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by Iranu » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Running side wrote:Nice guy, probably not made any money from playing for a number years. Hopefully set for a new full time career in TV,not sure if he's involved in coaching would imagine he'd be very good.
He did a feature recently, think it was the TC on ITV, where he was talking about the 3/4 ball low black shot to get directly on a red near the pink spot to a corner bag. That little stun-screw that’s dependent on the pace and rotation of the white being just right to find the right line. He described it as similar to the biting point of the clutch in a car, which was an analogy I’d never heard before but was absolutely perfect. So yeah, very knowledgeable, and surely a massive asset to whoever he works with.
He’s a different class when it comes to explaining about the intricacies of the game.
One of my favourite Angles moments came on the Snooker Scene podcast, where he revealed that he rotates his cue by 90 degrees in its case every so often to counterbalance any warping from gravity
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
Flying
I watched some of that in the pub, and got very drunk.
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by vodkadiet1 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
He is a big fan of Mike Atherton's autobiography.
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by Prop » 09 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Prop wrote:Running side wrote:Nice guy, probably not made any money from playing for a number years. Hopefully set for a new full time career in TV,not sure if he's involved in coaching would imagine he'd be very good.
He did a feature recently, think it was the TC on ITV, where he was talking about the 3/4 ball low black shot to get directly on a red near the pink spot to a corner bag. That little stun-screw that’s dependent on the pace and rotation of the white being just right to find the right line. He described it as similar to the biting point of the clutch in a car, which was an analogy I’d never heard before but was absolutely perfect. So yeah, very knowledgeable, and surely a massive asset to whoever he works with.
He’s a different class when it comes to explaining about the intricacies of the game.
One of my favourite Angles moments came on the Snooker Scene podcast, where he revealed that he rotates his cue by 90 degrees in its case every so often to counterbalance any warping from gravity
Pure technical geekery!!!
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by Cloud Strife » 09 Apr 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:Prop wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Only seems like yesterday he was in the semis of the Worlds but I guess it was... 2015? 6 years ago. Sh*t. Life flying by
2016 in fact.
But trust a Glaswegian to try and steal the thunder of the day of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh!! News organisations have now had to reaarange their agendas all over the world!
buck him. buck the royals.
A hugely priveleged 99 year old has left this mortal coil today. And nobody else ever dies.....
First we lose His Royal Highness, then, I see us lose Alan McManus from the sport of snooker forever. A double whammy. Truly one of the worst days of my life. And I'm 36 years old.
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by McManusFan » 09 Apr 2021 Read
That's a shame, it would have been lovely if he'd managed to qualify for the crucible though. Hopefully we'll get to see more of him on the tele now.
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by Juddernaut88 » 09 Apr 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:That's a shame, it would have been lovely if he'd managed to qualify for the crucible though. Hopefully we'll get to see more of him on the tele now.
Who is your favourite player now?
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by McManusFan » 10 Apr 2021 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:McManusFan wrote:That's a shame, it would have been lovely if he'd managed to qualify for the crucible though. Hopefully we'll get to see more of him on the tele now.
Who is your favourite player now?
Too soon! It hasn't even been 24hrs and you're expecting me to have moved on!
It's John Higgins.
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by Juddernaut88 » 10 Apr 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:McManusFan wrote:That's a shame, it would have been lovely if he'd managed to qualify for the crucible though. Hopefully we'll get to see more of him on the tele now.
Who is your favourite player now?
Too soon! It hasn't even been 24hrs and you're expecting me to have moved on!
It's John Higgins.
Lol I apologise.
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by Andre147 » 10 Apr 2021 Read
I think from his interview you can see this isn't a new thing, but it got worse when Covid hit us. He was a bit fed up with the game before Covid, saying he didn't practice much and once Covid started he felt that was it for him, and he made his decision last Christmas. Plus doing so many media stuff as commentator and punditry meant he wasn't putting enough practice in, but at the same time he just didn't want to commit to many hours of practice.
That's the thing as you get older, even practice becomes harder and you only get really fired up for big matches, but of course you won't play in big matches if you continue to have poor results. Fair play on him, and I wish him all the best. He may be modest about it, but what he did at the 1994 Masters was remarkable, stopped Hendry's incredible run of 5 consecutive titles, a bit like Doherty did at the 1997 Worlds, and that is an incredible feat in itself, especially as he did it with a very composed break in the decider.
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