Mr Condescension

badtemperedcyril wrote:It is a huge price. I’d hate to see him win it but there’s no doubting his Crucible credentials. Luca Brecel is shorter odds and he’s never even won a match there.

shanew48 wrote:

badtemperedcyril wrote:It is a huge price. I’d hate to see him win it but there’s no doubting his Crucible credentials. Luca Brecel is shorter odds and he’s never even won a match there.

Indeed, like I say, was shocked to see him marked up at that price bearing in mind his 2nd round match would be against the winner of the Xintong/Clarke match, then if a few of the bigger seeds go out which they always do then who knows, he would just then need a 7 day period of those long shots continuingly going in and before you know it he could go very close, at the worst you wikll have plenty of scope to lay off the bet come the quarters/semi's.

Iranu wrote:

Ck147 wrote:Shane loses 20 quid, YanFan is a millionaire, what you going to spend your winnings on YanFan?

Ck147 wrote:Shane loses 20 quid, YanFan is a millionaire, what you going to spend your winnings on YanFan?

Ck147 wrote:Shane loses 20 quid, YanFan is a millionaire, what you going to spend your winnings on YanFan?

shanew48 wrote:
Should have backed Ronnie at 6/1 instead which seems a decent price presuming he doesn't start misbehaving too much, not for the first time proving that "ambassadorial" (presumably this is the kind of conduct along with constantly being disrespectful to your fellow professionals, something a true ambassador would never do but I don't think he can actually help it as his narcissism just can't be held in at times, that has stopped him winning SPOTY even though his achievements arguably warrant it) he is not!:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/other ... sture.html

Prop wrote:Whoever branded Ronnie O’Sullivan an ambassador for snooker needs to give their head a rattle. He never has been, never will be, and certainly doesn’t see himself as one.

Of course, it does happen to provide people with a grudge against him a means of creating some sort of ‘constructive’ criticism. It’s absolute bullocks, and anyone using it facilitate their obsessive condemnation of the man should find another interest and buck off from snooker for good.

shanew48 wrote:

Ck147 wrote:Shane loses 20 quid, YanFan is a millionaire, what you going to spend your winnings on YanFan?

Very disappointing performance, still think that on paper it was a good value bet but couldn't have legislated for him playing like a poor club player including touching the balls with his fat fingers so in fact a bit like a highly intoxicated poor club player!

Probably wasn't the best idea him doing commentary stints in the day of playing as it must use up mental energy but you can't tell Shaun something he doesn't already know can you!

Should have backed Ronnie at 6/1 instead which seems a decent price presuming he doesn't start misbehaving too much, not for the first time proving that "ambassadorial" (presumably this is the kind of conduct along with constantly being disrespectful to your fellow professionals, something a true ambassador would never do but I don't think he can actually help it as his narcissism just can't be held in at times, that has stopped him winning SPOTY even though his achievements arguably warrant it) he is not!:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/other ... sture.html

shanew48 wrote:Presumably Murphy would have been disgusted to see any amateurs qualify for this years WC, he definitely lost a lot of credibility after his anti amateur rant, so much so that he now has, as one of this country's most distinguished orators would likely opine, "the status of a plumb"

Prop wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Prop wrote:Whoever branded Ronnie O’Sullivan an ambassador for snooker needs to give their head a rattle. He never has been, never will be, and certainly doesn’t see himself as one.

Of course, it does happen to provide people with a grudge against him a means of creating some sort of ‘constructive’ criticism. It’s absolute bullocks, and anyone using it facilitate their obsessive condemnation of the man should find another interest and buck off from snooker for good.

I don’t think it’s a case of him being branded an ambassador.

Being an ambassador is a side-effect of being a successful sportsperson, whether that sportsperson likes it or not.

But in O’Sullivan’s case, he’s been overtly anti-establishment for decades. Anyone that vaguely knows the sport knows this. It’s a huge part of his character, and probably contributes towards his appeal to many fans of the game.

Selby, Robbo, Hendry, Davis… sure. You could call them ambassadors. But it doesn’t take much reading in between the lines to know that putting Ronnie in that bracket just doesn’t fit one bit.