Re: Dafabet Masters Final : Ronnie O'Sullivan v Judd Trump
Long live the King (who may or may not be Judd at some point in the future).
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Holden Chinaski wrote:Judd played brilliant, can't deny that. But we've been here before, Judd beats Ronnie and it's the passing of the torch... Everyone expects Judd to start winning World Championships and dominate, and in the end, nothing happens. Judd's 29 now so that's a good time to win the Worlds. We'll see... It's nice to see beating Ronnie is still such a big thing, even when Ronnie's already 43. People are acting like Judd just won 5 World Championships in a row... He won the Masters, that's a big achievement, and he played great, but I'm not sure he'll be the new "king".
Holden Chinaski wrote:BSP, the phrase "The King is dead..." means that one ruler is gone, but a new ruler is there to take over. So I was under the impression you were saying Ronnie's days are over, and now Judd will dominate. That's what the phrase means. Are you being passive-aggressive again?
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:BSP, the phrase "The King is dead..." means that one ruler is gone, but a new ruler is there to take over. So I was under the impression you were saying Ronnie's days are over, and now Judd will dominate. That's what the phrase means. Are you being passive-aggressive again?
No Holden - you are being over sensitive sir. Nobody has said Judd will dominate.
That was not the intention of the phrase. It was in response to DC's previous post about the King having his ass handed to him by Judd.
Holden Chinaski wrote:Judd played brilliant, can't deny that. But we've been here before, Judd beats Ronnie and it's the passing of the torch... Everyone expects Judd to start winning World Championships and dominate, and in the end, nothing happens. Judd's 29 now so that's a good time to win the Worlds. We'll see... It's nice to see beating Ronnie is still such a big thing, even when Ronnie's already 43. People are acting like Judd just won 5 World Championships in a row... He won the Masters, that's a big achievement, and he played great, but I'm not sure he'll be the new "king".
Ash147 wrote:Ronnie has always won the World Championship the same year he loses to Judd at the Masters.
TheRocket wrote:A passing of the torch usually means that the next player or next generation manages to overtake or surpass the older one in terms of standard of play and titles. A 20 year old Hendry beat prime Davis in the 1989 UK final , followed up by winning the World title in 1990 and then beat Davis again in the UK final the same year. And obviously end up having a greater career and playing the game to a higher level than Davis did.
Similar to Tennis when Federer beat Sampras at WImbledon in 2001 and went on to break all of his records and played the game to a higher level
From what I've seen is that Trump is almost 30 and just won his second major after having won the last 7 years ago. He'll not even achieve half of the success O'Sullivan has had in his career. He hasnt played Snooker to a higher level than prime ROS either.
I'm not even sure if Trump will be an All-Time Great. He's not even surpassed players like Neil Robertson or Ding Junhui yet.
vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
Ash147 wrote:vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
Tennis.
SnookerFan wrote:Ash147 wrote:vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
Tennis.
"These are the numbers that matter." Hazel Irvine.
Dan-cat wrote:They are both played on green rectangles and have balls.
vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
Badsnookerplayer wrote:vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
I agree that the gap between Judd and Ronnie was huge in all areas of the game throughout this match.
However, although this was something of a humiliation for Ronnie, you should stop crowing about it Vodka as Ronnie will just as likely hand one back to Judd some day soon.
Badsnookerplayer wrote:vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
I agree that the gap between Judd and Ronnie was huge in all areas of the game throughout this match.
However, although this was something of a humiliation for Ronnie, you should stop crowing about it Vodka as Ronnie will just as likely hand one back to Judd some day soon.
vodkadiet wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
I agree that the gap between Judd and Ronnie was huge in all areas of the game throughout this match.
However, although this was something of a humiliation for Ronnie, you should stop crowing about it Vodka as Ronnie will just as likely hand one back to Judd some day soon.
Compare ambassadors for their respective sports. Djokovic immaculate; and O'Sullivan... well.... errrr.. 'least said soonest mended'....
Pink Ball wrote:vodkadiet wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:vodkadiet wrote:I thought O'Sullivan had his ass kicked kicked really hard last week but Nadal had his ass kicked even harder today!!!
I agree that the gap between Judd and Ronnie was huge in all areas of the game throughout this match.
However, although this was something of a humiliation for Ronnie, you should stop crowing about it Vodka as Ronnie will just as likely hand one back to Judd some day soon.
Compare ambassadors for their respective sports. Djokovic immaculate; and O'Sullivan... well.... errrr.. 'least said soonest mended'....
I don’t think Sullivan is a good ambassador, but I wouldn’t be so sure about Djokovic either, truth be told.