Interesting Trump Interview.
Raises some interesting points about the current state of snooker
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Judd wrote: "If you hit the table after missing a ball, you get fined. If you swear, you get fined. You can't even tweet what you're thinking without getting fined. Players can't show their personality and therefore fans can't relate to them.
"I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the limelight is more controversy."
Wild WC wrote:They are a bit dim to say the least
yes the Article was twisted some ways however he must have saidJudd wrote: "If you hit the table after missing a ball, you get fined. If you swear, you get fined. You can't even tweet what you're thinking without getting fined. Players can't show their personality and therefore fans can't relate to them.
"I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the limelight is more controversy."
as if in years gone by the controversy was contrived or arranged.
Believe me the snooker authorities in the 80s did not want a official to get head butted.
by it Nature Controversy is something that shouldn't be done so by trying to arrange controversy its not controversial.
more often than not in any walk of life Controversy = consequences
Casey wrote:
He is correct about a lot of stuff though, I think some of the players need to be more relaxed and the number 1 player in the World taking home £400k is minimall in comparison to other sports.
Casey wrote:What should they dress in? Dart's players have a more relaxed dress code and look at the state of most of them.The swearing? Well that's the same in any sport, tennis, golf, rugby - you will get a warning.
He is correct about a lot of stuff though, I think some of the players need to be more relaxed and the number 1 player in the World taking home £400k is minimall in comparison to other sports.
I do think though that snooker in the Uk is on the up again (slightly) more tickets are being sold and it's been talked about more in the media. I think by the end of this season we will have a better picture of what state snooker is in.
Witz78 wrote:Sounds like hes trying to manufacture a bad boy image by being the rebel the fans in the street support as they see him as an anti-authority figure.
Sorry but the closest Judds going to get to being a badboy is if he says something on Twitter or happens to blast a ball off the table.
If snookers looking for a bad boy, then look no further than Mark Allen, Did anyone read his interview on the Beeb website? Im been divided on him but think that interview has won me round again, Mon Allen !!!!
Casey wrote:At the end of it all, Judd is a great asset for the game.
He plays and looks the part.
As for the dress code, maybe snooker players could adopt the style shown in the Premier League?
Alex0paul wrote:The biggest shock in that article was Ali Carter being described as an old fashioned grinder
Witz78 wrote:loved your tweet to Judd earlier there haha
SnookerFan wrote:Wild WC wrote:They are a bit dim to say the least
yes the Article was twisted some ways however he must have saidJudd wrote: "If you hit the table after missing a ball, you get fined. If you swear, you get fined. You can't even tweet what you're thinking without getting fined. Players can't show their personality and therefore fans can't relate to them.
"I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the limelight is more controversy."
as if in years gone by the controversy was contrived or arranged.
Believe me the snooker authorities in the 80s did not want a official to get head butted.
by it Nature Controversy is something that shouldn't be done so by trying to arrange controversy its not controversial.
more often than not in any walk of life Controversy = consequences
I agree. Alex Higgins wasn't doing that stuff to get headlines, that was his personality. Yes when he did it, it got publicity and thus attention for the sport. But that was just him being him. Some hated him for it, many loved him for it. But it wasn't set up.
As you say, the last thing this sport needs is to try to engineer controversy. Controversy stops being controversial if it happens every week. The sport may need characters, but you're not a character if you are copying Alex Higgins. You are just an imitator.
There's more to being a character than headbutting officials and snake hissing in plant pots.
Wild WC wrote:Alex0paul wrote:The biggest shock in that article was Ali Carter being described as an old fashioned grinder
im not Ali carter's biggest fan i find him a annoying moaner but the journo doesn't know hes born if he thinks Ali is a old fashioned grinder
Jewell wrote:I feel abit deflated with snooker at the moment so it wasn't nice reading that from the so-called current top dog of snooker.
Clearly, Trump has delusions of grandeur, he probably reckons in his mind that he should be on the same level as Tiger Woods and Roger Federer, but as a 'mere' snooker player, he knows he never will be.