Re: POLL: Who has made a bigger contribution to Snooker?
Jimmy is a true legend of the game with his bold attacking style of play.
Hendry is a miserable runt who has given the game nothing.
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Jewell wrote:Smart wrote:David Icke
Was David Icke a big influence on your own personal life?
You two do seem to share a lot of the same personality traits.
Smart wrote:emulate Higgo
why not emulate Joe Jogia at least Jogia was a character
Wildey wrote:Smart wrote:emulate Higgo
why not emulate Joe Jogia at least Jogia was a character <>
you better not insinuate something with that comment
Jewell wrote:Putting all bias aside, I think Hendry's contribution to snooker is pretty negligible.
He played an ultra aggressive, attacking brand of snooker, not that it gained him many fans. In fact his ruthless efficiency was a turn-off for many.
The single-minded determination he displayed was somewhat admirable, but it quite rightly led to calls of him being boring and robotic. A label which he was never able to shed throughout his career.
The numerous titles that Hendry won throughout his career point to a remarkable amount of dedication and professionalism, but in this regard he was not the trendsetter many people mistakenly claim him to be. Steve Davis, a whole generation earlier, was equally as dedicated and professional as Hendry was. If anybody ushered in this new aspect of needing to treat snooker like a full-time job it was Davis NOT Hendry.
TBC...
Jewell wrote:I think it is fair to say that Hendry's dominance of the sport sort of choked the life out of snooker, to a certain extent.
Despite his dominance, he never pulled in the sponsors, fan interest or media coverage.
It's no coincidence that the sport started to suffer a downturn during Hendry's period of success. I know things came to head in the 2000s, but the rot started to set in on Hendry's watch.
He was a great foil for the likes of Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan, not much more than that.
Jewell wrote:Wildey wrote:So Jewell was born when Hendry turned Pro
so just how exactly do you come anywhere near understanding the impact Hendry has had on snooker while you was in the womb.
Well, Hendry really started to get into gear during the 90s. We can discount what happened before that.
Jewell wrote:Wildey wrote:Jewell wrote:Wildey wrote:So Jewell was born when Hendry turned Pro
so just how exactly do you come anywhere near understanding the impact Hendry has had on snooker while you was in the womb.
Well, Hendry really started to get into gear during the 90s. We can discount what happened before that.
the seed had already been planted before he won the World Title for the first time ......he did not suddenly changed his game in 1990 he came in to snooker with a certain way of playing from the off.
Right, and who exactly did he influence?
Certainly not Ronnie, or Williams and Higgins for that matter.
Jewell wrote:Are you 33?
Jewell wrote:Wildey wrote:Jewell wrote:Wildey wrote:So Jewell was born when Hendry turned Pro
so just how exactly do you come anywhere near understanding the impact Hendry has had on snooker while you was in the womb.
Well, Hendry really started to get into gear during the 90s. We can discount what happened before that.
the seed had already been planted before he won the World Title for the first time ......he did not suddenly changed his game in 1990 he came in to snooker with a certain way of playing from the off.
Right, and who exactly did he influence?
Certainly not Ronnie, or Williams and Higgins for that matter.