Higgins accuses Hearn of ruining UK Champs
http://asia.eurosport.com/snooker/hearn ... tory.shtml

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Muppet147 - Posts: 5571
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Sonny wrote:I don't think you'll find many who disagree with that
Witz78 wrote:Higgins sucked up Hearns bottom for a bit after his joke 6 month ban and lay low and weathered the post Kiev storm till the bulk of gullable humanoids forgave him. Now suddenly hes piped up and has got something to say again.
Wild wrote:yes its seperate issues ...
and i find it very ironic that witz sees what Higgins did as the worst kind of sin and hes got a rapist,murderer dam right scumbag as a Avatar.
gallantrabbit wrote:Yes maybe Hearn is guilty of making a promise he couldn't keep, but the TV companies dictate and without them snooker is finished.
People ion Hearn's position can sometimes think that they are able to dictate after all his years experience with TV companies. Maybe they could have worled around it and put just 16 on tv, but I don't think I'm alone in thinking that the early rounds are often more interesting. During some world championships I'm fed up during the final. Not last year of course when it went virtually to te wire, but for example Osullivan Carter, or Dott were processions and despite Ronnie being in the final, audiences can turn off.
Unfortunately bite suze is the reality and Hearn is having to dance to that tune.
I do wish the snipers would leave off a little. Few could have transformed snooker the way Hearn is doing.
Muppet147 wrote:Hearn is evil.
SnookerFan wrote:Muppet147 wrote:Hearn is evil.
Okay. One person who prides himself on being a Muppet is dissing Hearn.
Muppet147 wrote:Look up irony in a dictionary, you muppet.
Muppet147 wrote:John Higgins has accused World Snooker of ruining the UK Championship he will defend at York's Barbican Centre in December.
http://asia.eurosport.com/snooker/hearn ... tory.shtml
Smart wrote:I accuse HJ of ruining the world final between Dotty and Jono. Wind your neck in HJ.
PLtheRef wrote:I do think Hearn needs to explain to the fans the reasoning behind the best of 11 format. As John has said he's not said anything to the players about this - Regardless if people believe that his hand was foced he's had plenty of time to explain this and he's guilty of that. As such, people will remain suspicious of him given this is a promised word which without explanation he has broken.
Muppet147 wrote:Look up irony in a dictionary, you muppet.
Wild wrote:yes its seperate issues ...
and i find it very ironic that witz sees what Higgins did as the worst kind of sin and hes got a rapist,murderer dam right scumbag as a Avatar.
KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:He was calling for the World Championship to be shortened in April last year.
In fairness to him he's willing to go in a round early to keep the format at b-o-17. Surely with streaming and Eurosport you can have a 64 man tournament lasting two weeks with BBC picking up from the last 16 on. Most of the big names will get through anyway and even if they don't they wouldn't have been much loss anyway, what use was O'Sullivan last year? Both Ding-Allen and Maguire-Selby weren't shown last year but would be this way.
KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:He was calling for the World Championship to be shortened in April last year.
KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:He was calling for the World Championship to be shortened in April last year.
In fairness to him he's willing to go in a round early to keep the format at b-o-17. Surely with streaming and Eurosport you can have a 64 man tournament lasting two weeks with BBC picking up from the last 16 on. Most of the big names will get through anyway and even if they don't they wouldn't have been much loss anyway, what use was O'Sullivan last year? Both Ding-Allen and Maguire-Selby weren't shown last year but would be this way.