by Cloud Strife » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Andre147 wrote:ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I don't think Sullivan has looked anywhere near sharp enough this year to win the World Championship.
Why do you continuously & deliberately spell O'Sullivan wrong? I'm genuinely curious.
I love the way he says Sullivan.
Please continue Pinks.
FFS, are you trying to rival Johnny Bravo or something?
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by ImSnookered » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Pink Ball wrote:ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I don't think Sullivan has looked anywhere near sharp enough this year to win the World Championship.
Why do you continuously & deliberately spell O'Sullivan wrong? I'm genuinely curious.
Because I like to incite a reaction from morons.
Oh right, Let me know when you do.
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by ImSnookered » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Pink Ball wrote:ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I don't think Sullivan has looked anywhere near sharp enough this year to win the World Championship.
Why do you continuously & deliberately spell O'Sullivan wrong? I'm genuinely curious.
Because I like to incite a reaction from morons.
Ok.
I thought it was an Irish thing to say it that way. Apparently not.
I'm Irish, It's not. O'Sullivan is an Irish name if anything taking the O' from it makes it less Irish.
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by Andre147 » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Andre147 wrote:ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I don't think Sullivan has looked anywhere near sharp enough this year to win the World Championship.
Why do you continuously & deliberately spell O'Sullivan wrong? I'm genuinely curious.
I love the way he says Sullivan.
Please continue Pinks.
FFS, are you trying to rival Johnny Bravo or something?
Johnny is on a league of his own.
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by Iranu » 07 Feb 2020 Read
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by Prop » 07 Feb 2020 Read
That’s good to hear, guys :) Thank you. I’d be lying if I said Pink Ball had never had me in stitches. I’m glad we’re both here.
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by vodkadiet1 » 07 Feb 2020 Read
ImSnookered wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Pink Ball wrote:ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I don't think Sullivan has looked anywhere near sharp enough this year to win the World Championship.
Why do you continuously & deliberately spell O'Sullivan wrong? I'm genuinely curious.
Because I like to incite a reaction from morons.
Ok.
I thought it was an Irish thing to say it that way. Apparently not.
I'm Irish, It's not. O'Sullivan is an Irish name if anything taking the O' from it makes it less Irish.
Sullivan and O'Sullivan are both Irish!
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by Pink Ball » 07 Feb 2020 Read
ImSnookered wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Pink Ball wrote:ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I don't think Sullivan has looked anywhere near sharp enough this year to win the World Championship.
Why do you continuously & deliberately spell O'Sullivan wrong? I'm genuinely curious.
Because I like to incite a reaction from morons.
Ok.
I thought it was an Irish thing to say it that way. Apparently not.
I'm Irish, It's not. O'Sullivan is an Irish name if anything taking the O' from it makes it less Irish.
What part of Ireland are you from? Because where I'm from, not using the 'O'' is very common.
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by ImSnookered » 07 Feb 2020 Read
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What part of Ireland are you from? Because where I'm from, not using the 'O'' is very common.[/quote]
Up North and that's fair enough then if that's the case, that's all you had to say, it was a genuine & innocent enough question, there was no need to start throwing out insults.
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by Pink Ball » 07 Feb 2020 Read
ImSnookered wrote:Pink Ball wrote:What part of Ireland are you from? Because where I'm from, not using the 'O'' is very common.
Up North and that's fair enough then if that's the case, that's all you had to say, it was a genuine & innocent enough question, there was no need to start throwing out insults.
Jaysus, you're the first person I know from 'Up North' who identifies as Irish but refers to 'Up North' as 'Up North'.
It took me 51 years to reach this point.
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by ImSnookered » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Spent a lot time in England you soon pick up the lingo.
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by Wildey » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:Prop wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Prop wrote:So you’re saying a great player can be a great player, even a multiple world champion, without having to prove it with a massive century record, yes?
No, I'm not. I was only giving Davis a pass cause his stats are worse due to the conditions.
No massive century record means you're not an ATG.
Top 10 players of all time: ROS, Hendry, Higgins, Trump, Robbo, Selbo, Ding, Willo, Smurf, Davis.
Interesting list there, JB. Is that objectively in order of greatness? Or are you copy and pasting the all time century list in its place in order to mangle your square peg of an argument into the round hole of reality? If you did that by accident, no worries. If you’re genuinely rating a snooker player by the sole metric of century breaks... I think you should stick to pool.
I'm not only rating them based on centuries, but scoring power is the main asset a top player should possess. Look at Hendry for example. His safety and tactical game were average at best, yet he destroyed his opposition due to scoring power.
Plus that list is not in any particular order. And it also isn't an ordered list of the top century makers either.
That is a Myth he himself helped to put about.
Stephen Hendry safety game was much better than you think it was when he could be fussed to play any.
Theres a massive different between not having a safety game and deciding not to use it but when he used it he could compete with Steve Davis easily but his Potting and Breakbuilding was So Strong why bother..
To be ale to play good safety you need a pretty good Long Game and the safety play Hendry was playing in the last years of his career was poor because his long game was gone.
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by SnookerFan » 07 Feb 2020 Read
TheRocket wrote:Have the feeling that Ronnies 37th ranker will be a "special" one. Either Shoot-Out or WC. Hoping for the latter obviously.
What's special about the Shoot-Out?
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by Alex0paul » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Hoping the adrenaline of Dott’s win gets me through this shift
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by Badsnookerplayer » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Hoping the adrenaline of Dott’s win gets me through this shift
Come on Alex.
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by SnookerFan » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Imagine Dott wins it now.
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by HappyCamper » 07 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Imagine Dott wins it now.
I'm imagining. Might not get much work done.
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by Alex0paul » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Alex0paul wrote:Hoping the adrenaline of Dott’s win gets me through this shift
Come on Alex.
Thanks
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by Alex0paul » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Phillip Schofield is gay everybody
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by Cloud Strife » 07 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Imagine Dott wins it now.
I hope he does.
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by mantorok » 07 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:TheRocket wrote:Have the feeling that Ronnies 37th ranker will be a "special" one. Either Shoot-Out or WC. Hoping for the latter obviously.
What's special about the Shoot-Out?
It's special alright...
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by mantorok » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Btw. This is the second time Ronnie has gone out soon after Judd. Didn't that happen in the UK?
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by HappyCamper » 07 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:TheRocket wrote:Have the feeling that Ronnies 37th ranker will be a "special" one. Either Shoot-Out or WC. Hoping for the latter obviously.
What's special about the Shoot-Out?
It operates under it's own variant rule set. A strict timer for shots is used, and matches last no more than a pre given time. Also all fouls result in ball in hand.
Another way in which it is special is the atmosphere and noise created by the crowd when players are on their shots. In contrast to the normal expected silence.
The dress code is also different as all players wear the same style of cheap ill fitting polo shirts.
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by TheRocket » 07 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:TheRocket wrote:Have the feeling that Ronnies 37th ranker will be a "special" one. Either Shoot-Out or WC. Hoping for the latter obviously.
What's special about the Shoot-Out?
Its a very unique tournament thats why. Bo1, shotclock, a crowd like during the Darts world championship.
it certainly would be memorable and more than funny if Ronnie was to break the ranking event record there. But I'd prefer the World Championship. No doubt about that.
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by SnookerFan » 07 Feb 2020 Read
TheRocket wrote:SnookerFan wrote:TheRocket wrote:Have the feeling that Ronnies 37th ranker will be a "special" one. Either Shoot-Out or WC. Hoping for the latter obviously.
What's special about the Shoot-Out?
Its a very unique tournament thats why. Bo1, shotclock, a crowd like during the Darts world championship.
it certainly would be memorable and more than funny if Ronnie was to break the ranking event record there. But I'd prefer the World Championship. No doubt about that.
If anything, it was be anticlimactic if that was the one he won to break the record.
Every time a snooker player takes a dump it's more deserving of being a ranking event than the Shoot-Out is.
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by hendry_fan » 07 Feb 2020 Read
So The Wizard of of Wishaw takes on the Warrior this afternoon.
And Robbos playing against one of his freinds.
Care to join me in the SI commie box this afternoon Sir Dan_
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by Dan-cat » 07 Feb 2020 Read
hendry_fan wrote:So The Wizard of of Wishaw takes on the Warrior this afternoon.
And Robbos playing against one of his freinds.
Care to join me in the SI commie box this afternoon Sir Dan_
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Ah, Sir HendryFan of Scotlandshire, good afternoon.
I have to nip out for an hour but I shall be back and will hop in that box with you!
Dan
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by hendry_fan » 07 Feb 2020 Read
Dan-cat wrote:hendry_fan wrote:So The Wizard of of Wishaw takes on the Warrior this afternoon.
And Robbos playing against one of his freinds.
Care to join me in the SI commie box this afternoon Sir Dan_
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Ah, Sir HendryFan of Scotlandshire, good afternoon.
I have to nip out for an hour but I shall be back and will hop in that box with you!
Dan
OHHH!,I didnae expect that!,hmm,wtf am i gonna do now
,i,m actually shattered,i,ve had a hard week,was wantin to put my feet up.(where,s the bl**dy yawn smiley!).
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