Name your all time most gifted snooker and most boring and most enthralling to watch.

most gifted...... Ronnie o'Sullivan
most boring..... Steve Davis
most enthalling to watch.... Michaela Tabb

most gifted......jimmy white
most boring..... eddie charlton
most enthalling to watch....ronnie ó sullivan

Cliff Thorburn takes some beating as the most boring.

People have passed away waiting for him to take a shot.

Mosted gifted - Ronnie by the proverbial country mile.
Most boring - Peter Ebdon, even if I haven't had a punt I always wanted him to get beat.
Most enthralling to watch - Again, it has to be Ronnie.

most gifted................. Higgins
most boring................. Griffiths
most enthalling to watch.... White

most gifted . agree ronnie . incredible .
most boring . eddie charlton , though griffiths close in a 'golden era ' for sleep inducers .
most entertaining . alex higgins by a distance . try as they might snooker will never , ever see his likes again . made snooker for tv . a total one off .

Most gifted... Ronnie O' Sullivan
Most boring... Eddie Charlton
Most enthralling to watch... Jimmy White

Windsor, in real life Higgins was a truly repulsive individual.

could say the same about O'Sullivan slippy

thanks all plz keep em coming interesting entries have been submitted cheers

Gifted  Bill Werbernick  20 pints a session guy
Boring Willie lendusafiver Thorne
Entertaining Ray Stinky Reardon

Most gifted... Ronnie O'Sullivan
Most boring... Eddie Charlton by a country mile.
Most enthralling to watch... Jimmy White closely followed by Alex Higgins.

SlippyBlue
Windsor, in real life Higgins was a truly repulsive individual.

I idolised him in the early days but as you say his true nature was exposed over the years.
It doesn't take away from the fact though that he was a major contributor to the growth in popularity of the game.

'Windsor, in real life Higgins was a truly repulsive individual' - AGREED 100%

Most gifted....Ronnie O,Sullivan
Most Boring....Doug Mountjoy
Most enthralling to watch....Tony Drago ( in his prime, fastest potter ive seen )

Most gifted : Ronnie
Most boring : Silvino Francisco
Most entertaining : Jimmy White (am biased though)

most gifted...... Ronnie o'Sullivan
most boring..... Steady eddie charlton
most enthalling to watch.... Alex Higgins. enjoy the famous 69 break on youtube...some clearance

There will never be another alex hurricane Higgins the only reason why snooker still exists today,sports been dead for the last 15 years Hendry took it to another level and the 90s was a cracking era.Alex higgins was a genius but an alcoholic so was rarely at his best when he was,he could've beaten anyone gave davis an 8 frame start and still beat him.Those qualities don't exist in the modern game,it's all to easy..

Most enthralling to watch....Tony Drago ( in his prime, fastest potter ive seen )
a few in Stoke would knock spots off him.

Pass!!!

Gifted - Ronnie O'Sullivan

Boring - Graeme Dott

Enthralling to watch - Jimmy White

there was a guy called Cliff Wilson from Wales who all the pros like Reardon, Grittiths at the time said was the best potter they had seen, sadly he got cataracts and had to give the game up, a very entertaining character who very rarely played a safety shot

remember Cliff he usually had a bit of trouble keeping his shirt tucked in around the stomach area

I once watched Clive Everton in a round-robin qualifier at Batley, taking on Tony Meo and Paddy Morgan. Everton might have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the game, but he's human Nytol to watch.

Most gifted... Ronnie O'Sullivan
Most boring... Eddie Charlton
Most enthralling to watch... Alex Higgins

Gifted: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Boring: Terry Griffiths
Watch: Jimmy White (1980-1996 playing days)

Gifted: Ronnie o'Sullivan.

Boring: Terry Griffiths.

Watch: Ronnie o'Sullivan.

Ronnie O

Eddie Charlton (Nap) griffiths (nb)

Sir James White

Ronnie
Ebdon
Ronnie

Ronnie
Ebdon
Mountjoy (I had the biggest win of my punting career when he won the Mercantile credit classic 50/1 and then got barred by the inde who took the bet..sore loser or what)

most gifted, Alex Higgins
most boring, the "silver fox" he was that boring I've forgotten his name.
most enthralling to watch, Alex the Hurricane Higgins

most gifted, Alex Higgins
most boring, the "silver fox" he was that boring I've forgotten his name.
most enthralling to watch, Alex the Hurricane Higgins

David Taylor

Most gifted: Ronnie

Most boring: Ebdon

Most enthralling to watch: Jimmy

result next weekend plz keep em coming thanks again

gifted : ronnie
boring : ronnie
enthralling : higgins

Higgins most gifted..

Best to watch also The hurricane..

David Taylor

Reached one televised final and bored us in his interview.
Still not as bad as Charlton though.

gifted .....ronnie, second hendry
boring......willie thorne, never shuts up, ffs, hendry second
enthralling alex higgins, big bill werbeniuk second

Practised with bill a few times at his house,used to play for money 10pence a point!

Gifted = O'Sullivan
Boring = Ebdon
Enthralling - White

There was a terrific interview with Jimmy on the Colin Murray show a couple of weeks ago about his life and times in snooker re his new book.

You can listen to it here.
Some great stories:

http://talksport.com/colin-murray-and-friends-tuesday-november-18-141118125127

I will listen later TT. Have never listened to him before but listened to your posted clip re Ali on the other thread.
Was really good and funny, never realised what I was missing.

There's one thing for sure; whether Jimmy is drinking alcohol now or not I'd definitely buy him as many drinks as he liked if I met him.

A great bloke.

The Colin Murray show is probably the best radio show going, Akabula. He has some great guests on and it's never boring.

The Jimmy White interview is brilliant.

There's one thing for sure; whether Jimmy is drinking alcohol now or not I'd definitely buy him as many drinks as he liked if I met him.

A great bloke.

I met him a few times TT and you're right he is a great bloke.
The company I worked for (Hills) sponsored the Scottish Masters and we used the players for promotions around the betting shops.
I sometimes was given the task of picking them up at the airport and running them about.
He was by far the best. Quiet guy and always thanked you for running him about.
Honest as well. Asked him if he was worth a punt and he replied no adding that the only thing he'd had in his hand for the past week was a pint.

Haha! That's what I like about him, Akabula - really says it like it is and there's no bullshine about him.

Always pleasant and polite whenever you hear him on tv or radio and doesn't moan about anything or begrudge anyone their success - even at his cost.

My kind of bloke.

TBF all the snooker players were okay and Hendry surprised me.
Lacked Jimmy's charm but still friendly and joked away with the customers.
Tight though. He got a tip for a horse and he put £20 on it. Won @ 8s and I had £25 on it.
£20 to him must be like a penny to me.
Out of all the sports personalities I met when running them about the only one I didn't like was McCririck. Vile.

I can imagine, Akabula - with both.

I met John Spencer a few times regarding him playing kalooki and he was a nice chap and I also 'encountered' Alex Higgins once at Manchester airport when he was as drunk as a skunk and trying to steal my hat.

His manager/friend pulled him away from me and apologised profusely, while I just gave Higgins the hard stare - as I was with my dad at the time and it was upsetting him. And that was most certainly not on.

Another cracker I remember about Jimmy was when he failed to turn up.
I was with Ian Doyle (Hendrys manager) who phoned him, he was in London.
He was playing that night in Motherwell and hadn't a clue. -"You sure" he asked Doyle.
Eventually Doyle told him to get to the airport and he'd arrange a flight etc.
I thought Doyle would blow up but when he rang off he just laughed and said "Typical Jimmy"

haha, great stuff!

That's the way he rolls - and people love him for it.

No malice aforethought. Just living his life. However it turns up.

Nothing wrong with that whatsoever.

After those three frames, I'd like to change gifted and enthralling to Trump

Practised with bill a few times at his house,used to play for money 10pence a point!

Bill and Lenny Ganley opened my mates snooker centre, no fee just all they could eat and drink. My mate said it would have been cheaper to pay them. Before anyone says Lenny was teetotal that was a load of gonads.

What a great tv watching sport that's gone down
The pan IMO !

loved watching jimmy greatest player never to win the big one !

Up, for more votes.

great stuff folk keep em coming results at weekend gold stars awarded if all three matches the chit chat pole good luck and thanks again,cheers

Don't see how anyone could put up an argument for any other player being more enthralling to watch to than Alex Higgins. Just one example. He lost a match and was wined out of his head. He stayed on drinking in his chair after the match was long over. Sad to watch but absolutely enthralling at the same time.

i met alex at the guild hll preston he was in the bookies coral wih bar nearbye. he was backing the horses and drinking heavily. his girlfriend at the time was siobhan a stunning blonde, as the afternnon wore on he was pissed.
he was playing willie thorne in the evening and started the evening session 4/3 down
alex potted the balls off lampshades and ran away with the match
truley remarkable.
on another occasion alex was playing robotic steve davis, barry hearne said at the interval when davis was 7 nil up in the uk championships he had witnessed the best ever display of snooker

alex went on to win to send his many fans wild with delight.

I regularly watch that coral uk final on utube,great to watch as you see alex get more and more drunk through the match if you watch every frame,asks for lagers and guiness in between frames,he was pretty hammered by the end of the game.


What a lot of new snooker fans don't realize how good he really was,look at his cueing in this a ton in just over 3 mins on these cloths with ivory balls,never moves on the shot an absolute genius..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5BYbSfOtVU

couldnt agree more a prick but a genius shame about his sad decline health wise

If you're an alcoholic the probability is most of the time you will be a pr1ck,what excuses do davis and o'sullivan have..

In the commentary stakes;

Gifted = The Great WT
Boring = Dennis Taylor
Enthralling - John Virgo

most gifed o sullivan
most boring a toss up between ebdon,griffith, eddie charlton,david taylor
most enthralling hurricane second jimmy white

what facinated me about alex was which alex would come to the table,pissed.flambouyant,arguementative,brilliant,reckless etc etc etc

Brilliant quote by Barry Hearn just related by Colin Murray on TalkSport:

"Peter Ebdon swims a mile every day. With a bit of luck he'll be 365 miles away by this time next year"

Most gifted :  Alex Higgins

Most boring :  Terry Griffiths (among many)

Most enthralling :  a big money match I once witnessed involving Count Ted and Tommy Toes, with fifties flying like confetti and Tommy emerging triumphant on a re-spotted black and demanding payment in Funny Feet ice lollies.

results sunday cheers

Can't vote as it's a dead heat for me with Alex n Ronnie as the best.

Jimmy could of been the best had he no had his addictions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIyfLTFrN_U

Gifted = O'Sullivan
Boring = Charlton make Rod Lawler look like Ronnie
Enthralling - Higgins failing that JV's impression of him

result tonight

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR VOTES,,,,,,HERE IS THE RESULT.

MOST GIFTED  RONNIE OSULLIVAN 22 VOTES

MOST BORING  EDDIE CHARLTON    9 VOTES

MOST ENTHRALLING  ALEX HIGGINS  11 VOTES

GOLD STARS TO TICTACMAN    ITCANBEDONE   WIT-HAM    CONGRATULATIONS

THANKS TO ALL

Well done Tictacman, Itcanbedone and Wit-Ham.

Ebdon must be feeling like a very popular snooker player tonight!

I know Eddie was boring, but he never bothered me as much as Ebdon - especially when he was giving it the big 'hoorah' when he won.

Boring - and a prat t'boot.

Could be a good finale to the UK now on BBC2

Ronnie v Trump certainly isn't boring.

Poor old Trump. He looked mentally defeated there when Ronnie cleared up.

did O'Sullivan win the obnoxious award

That'll do him good.

That one wasn't voted on, B-B.

Could have been an interesting vote.

more interesting chit chat questions to vote on,,, obnoxious is interesting ..... will post this week,   again thanks all for your time and trouble, cheers

O'Sullivan really has to be the most talented ever.

He makes it all look so easy - when it isn't.

my highest break is 77 donkeys years ago......easy...... its feckin hard

It's really warming up now.

Well done Judd for getting your composure back.

9-9, what a fightback by Judd. Ronnie traded at 1.01..

Excellent!

Well done Trump.

Final frame decider to come.

When snooker is like this it's a great game, Slippy.

slippy just had a phone call daughter -in-law gone into labour

Fingers crossed it all goes OK mate.

new thread will be most liked sportsmen over last 60 years, most dirtiest and most obnoxcious this week.
get all 3 right gold awards ..... 3 winners last week ... good luck think hard will post thread monday.