So...when is Ronnie O'sullivan playing again ?
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Gridlock wrote:Please forgive me, but is he retired or not?
Gridlock wrote:Please forgive me, but is he retired or not?
Dan-cat wrote:This is so disappointing.
TWITTER ATTACK:
Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147
Heard a rumour going around that I'm playing The Champions Of champions. Not true
Andre147 wrote:Dan-cat wrote:This is so disappointing.
TWITTER ATTACK:
Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147
Heard a rumour going around that I'm playing The Champions Of champions. Not true
Yeah, I think he has confirmed he won't be defending his CoC title
But if this means he'll win the UK, then I couldn't care less about the CoC, UK Champs far more important.
Dan-cat wrote:This is so disappointing.
TWITTER ATTACK:
Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147
Heard a rumour going around that I'm playing The Champions Of champions. Not true
SnookerFan wrote:Who cares, anyway? He's one player. The sport doesn't revolve around him.
If he can't be fussed to enter, we'll just watch the other players. Why would we want to watch a player who doesn't want to be there?
SnookerFan wrote:Dan-cat wrote:This is so disappointing.
TWITTER ATTACK:
Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147
Heard a rumour going around that I'm playing The Champions Of champions. Not true
That'll disappoint Clive Everton.
Andre147 wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Dan-cat wrote:This is so disappointing.
TWITTER ATTACK:
Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147
Heard a rumour going around that I'm playing The Champions Of champions. Not true
That'll disappoint Clive Everton.
To be fair Everton tries his best not to be biased towards Ronnie, although I admit he sometimes is biased towards him, but not even half the way Taylor, Parrot, Virgo or even Davis are.
I also think he may change his mind when the tournament date begins to close in, but I wont be surprised at all if he doesn't.
And hendry_fan, as for Ronnie wanting to "send Stephen back to his sad little life in Scotland", to be fair I'm not trying to defend Ronnie because what he did was just plain stupid, period. But Ronnie has over the years and even in his Running book admit it was a mate of his at the time who was doing his head in and almost "forced" Ronnie to say what he did. Roland here on SI for instance has commented on this issue as well.
All things went well with them after that, Ronnie apologised to Stephen and although not best mates, they get along very very well and both have the upmost respect for each other. After all, for me, we're talking about the two greatest players this game has ever seen.
Andre147 wrote:
To be fair Everton tries his best not to be biased towards Ronnie, although I admit he sometimes is biased towards him, but not even half the way Taylor, Parrot, Virgo or even Davis are.
masterdoctorgenius wrote:My sporting heroes (fed, ronnie) giving heartbreaks lately than joy. Yesterday another prime example.
Andre147 wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:My sporting heroes (fed, ronnie) giving heartbreaks lately than joy. Yesterday another prime example.
Arrrgghh tell me about it masterdoctor, yesterday was a sad day. Fed should have won the first set, but ok he didnt and won the 2nd, but not after missing a simple forehand on his Set point, still managed to win 7-5.
But it was all over in the 3rd after being 4-4 and 40-15 on his serve, somehow managed to bottle things up and give the break to Djoko. He did that a lot yesterday didnt he masterdoctor? when he was in good position to win his serves he handed them to Djoko on a plate.
After he lost the 3rd, I knew it was basically all over, he still gave us a glimmer of hope by almost breaking Djoko twice in a row in the 4th, but the damage was already done by that point.
It's amazing federer still manages to play at this level with his age and all, but Djoko in particular has given us some heartbreaking moments against him recently at the Slam Finals.
P.S. I even commented on one of your Youtube comments if you hadn't noticed about Federer.
pasunegirafe wrote:Andre147 wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:My sporting heroes (fed, ronnie) giving heartbreaks lately than joy. Yesterday another prime example.
Arrrgghh tell me about it masterdoctor, yesterday was a sad day. Fed should have won the first set, but ok he didnt and won the 2nd, but not after missing a simple forehand on his Set point, still managed to win 7-5.
But it was all over in the 3rd after being 4-4 and 40-15 on his serve, somehow managed to bottle things up and give the break to Djoko. He did that a lot yesterday didnt he masterdoctor? when he was in good position to win his serves he handed them to Djoko on a plate.
After he lost the 3rd, I knew it was basically all over, he still gave us a glimmer of hope by almost breaking Djoko twice in a row in the 4th, but the damage was already done by that point.
It's amazing federer still manages to play at this level with his age and all, but Djoko in particular has given us some heartbreaking moments against him recently at the Slam Finals.
P.S. I even commented on one of your Youtube comments if you hadn't noticed about Federer.
Nooooooo, don't mention Fed's match . I've been trying to avoid reading anything about the US Open and THAT match. It's going to take me at least a week to get over it
Andre147 wrote:pasunegirafe wrote:Nooooooo, don't mention Fed's match . I've been trying to avoid reading anything about the US Open and THAT match. It's going to take me at least a week to get over it
I know the feeling mate, this loss somehow hurts me more than Wimbledon this year, because I feel here he had a better chance of beating Djokovic.
last year at Wimbledon hurt me even more, but yeah this one will take a while I suppose
but what we've got to remember is he still is and probably will always be th greatest player of all time and still playing at this amazing level at 34 years old is nothing short of remarkable.
Sory for mentioning it mate
pasunegirafe wrote:
Yes, it's great that he's still playing and still at the top of his game. I noticed in the final that he sometimes wasn't that aggressive on the return and he let himself get in too many long rallies. His return game has never been that strong but I was hopeful that with his new aggressive return he would convert more break points.
Anyway, hopefully he sticks with it and gets used to it more. He acknowledged in his press conference that he hadn't been playing this offensive in a long time and perhaps was a bit shaky when it came down to it.
I hope he finishes the season strong and continues to work on his new aggressive game. Hopefully it's just a matter of time until he wins his 18th.
masterdoctorgenius wrote:so many heartbreakers i had to go through since last year.
any watched the ROS show on monday? was he joking when he said to stu that he retired him at the WC?
Clara8633 wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:so many heartbreakers i had to go through since last year.
any watched the ROS show on monday? was he joking when he said to stu that he retired him at the WC?
He's rarely serious. He doesn't do half the things he claims he's about to do.
It's a shame you always take his failures and words so seriously - he's one of the two best snooker players ever and that fact alone should make you content. His fans may expect too much from him at times, which is why fans of other players are more easily satisfied even though their fave players win less.
Andre147 wrote:But regarding what he said, Ronnie just meant he retired him from that year's WC, not the whole Sport, lol...