by Andre147 » 01 Apr 2016 Read
News just came in that Ronnie, for probably the 1000th time, has said that he will retire from professional Snooker after the World Champs.
Whether he does or not remains a mystery, but if he truly does it this time, I hope he goes out on a bang and wins the biggest title of them all, a bit like when Pete Sampras retired from Tennis in 2002 after winning the US Open.
http://snookerhq.com/2016/04/01/osulliv ... n-to-quit/
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by Andre147 » 01 Apr 2016 Read
And I doubt this is some April's Fool prank...
He's been saying this since he won the UK in 93, so nothing new really. If anything, it's one way to motivate himself for the Big one.
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by TheRocket » 01 Apr 2016 Read
I don't see any real statement or announcement here to be honest and nothing new anyway. He's just saying it's hard to play the likes of Selby and Robertson week in and week out. And of course he's more relaxed and enjoying it when he's playing Jimmy in the exhibitions. He even said something similar during the Welsh Open and he's basicially just saying the obvious things.
But to be fair. The idea of retiring after you've won the World title and when you're still at the peak of your powers has always been something I liked. Rather this than playing another 5-10 years and getting beaten by the topplayers. Just look at Hendry. People have even forgotten how good he was as he played so badly in the later stages of his career. Someone like Federer in my eyes should have retired by now instead of getting humiliated by Djokovic all the time. I think, Nadal might do it this year to not get further humiliated by Djokovic.
So it'd be quite something if Ronnie retires after his sixth World title.
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by Roland » 01 Apr 2016 Read
It's a bucking april fools joke
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by Andre147 » 01 Apr 2016 Read
Roland wrote:It's a bucking april fools joke
I doubt it to be honest, but I'm hoping it is. Not that I take any of his retirement statments seriously anyway.
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by mantorok » 01 Apr 2016 Read
Why does it say "Footnote: Check the date!" at the bottom then?
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by Andre147 » 01 Apr 2016 Read
mantorok wrote:Why does it say "Footnote: Check the date!" at the bottom then?
Hadn't noticed it.
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by Roland » 01 Apr 2016 Read
careless
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by Roland » 01 Apr 2016 Read
you hope
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by Wildey » 02 Apr 2016 Read
God sakes if this is the best they can come up with for a April Fools joke.
its been said so often nobody in their right mind would fall for it.
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by Dan-cat » 02 Apr 2016 Read
The 'jimmy's flying in practice bit'!!!
Andre this year, it was Wildey last year...
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by Goldenballs147 » 02 Apr 2016 Read
mantorok wrote:Why does it say "Footnote: Check the date!" at the bottom then?
Thank God someone else noticed it!
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by SnookerFan » 03 Apr 2016 Read
Ronnie threatens to retire all the time. And kisses Jimmy's bottom a lot of the time too.
To be fair, this could almost have been cut and pasted from any interview Ronnie has ever done.
This would be like me saying that a commentator referred to Judd's Snooker as 'naughty', as an April Fool's Day gag. Okay, they might not have done it at the specific time I claimed it, but they do it often enough that it's hardly even a joke.
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by snooker_loopy » 21 Apr 2016 Read
I don't mean this sound cynical but ROS won't quit snooker cos it pays too well. There's no reason for him to quit because it pays his lifestyle, the education of his kids etc. If his form dramatically dropped - as what happened with Stephen Hendry - then I'd imagine he'd quit but he's ranked no 6? Something like that. He's too highly ranked to quit. His 'I quit' routine is for attention. For all his natural ability and success I think he's a bit insecure and needs the attention.
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by Dan-cat » 21 Apr 2016 Read
this was an April Fools you.... fools
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