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High noon for Ronnie.
High noon for Ronnie.
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Disagree completely. He's at a huge and unfair advantage; every other player has had a long & tiring season traipsing round the world to places like China etc. He's been able to have a long holiday & now has two months to practice, probably the best prep it's possible to have. As previously mentioned though, Hearn will let a player get away with anything if he thinks they'll bring in a few more money-paying customers.
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Thats a fair point, but not sure practice down the club or at home is the best preparation to play the best players in the world.
He will not be meeting any mugs, not even in the first round. |
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Never here the end of it if he wins
 lets hope not!!He'll suddenly become steve davis and john parotts greatest what a bore. |
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Giggilo
Even I would say he is worthy of consideration to be the greatest if he did win, but only consideration  I think humiliation is a more likely outcome and that will be sad but thoroughly deserved Should it be a first round defeat and a heavy one then I see no way back for him. I cannot see Ronnie in the qualifiers next season. Thats a point, he is in the qualifiers anyway, all but the uk and Worlds and masters need qualification. If you ask me he has dug a hole that is too deep now.  |
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Let's not bury him yet lads,i for one would love to see him win,not likely though.
Might just see a different Ronnie next season. |
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I would also, but the game needs a different Ronnie, a Ronnie that isnt obsessed with himself and one that gives respect to the talent he has that is god given.
For years now its not his talent that is making the headlines and perhaps snooker itself should have treated him more harshly and perhaps they both would have benifited. Anyway as sad as it is its hard to see him involved with snooker next season because of Hearns new rules. Yes he will be missed and not forgotton but its hard to think he did not end up with what he deserved. |
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Blimey we are talking as if he is a latter day Jimmy White.Hes not finished far from it imo.
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Hitman, this maybe the scenario, and its certainly not what I want to see.
Ronnie loses in the first or second round at the crucible, he has not played in any tournaments this season so has a limited amount of ranking points. In all tournaments bar the 3 bbc events you have got to qualify, in those bbc events you have to be in the top 16 to get in by right and in the masters its top 16 0nly plus a wild card but there are no ranking points to be won. My understanding is Ronnie will have to be down the booths with one man and his dog looking on for a few rounds to even get into a tournament of any discription. Now I remember Ronnie when he just turned pro and he was not thrilled about it then so for the life of me I cannot see this ending up with him playing other than very lucrative exhibitions with his old mate Hendry. If I have this all wrong then will somebody tell me because I am just not sleeping with all this concern |
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forgot to add. The word on the street is,
Jimmy is playing fabulous in practice but Ronnie isn't  Which will probably mean Jimmy will not Qualify and Ronnie will keep his crown And Hendry will do a streak at the final. |
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did Ronnie not win 75 out of 77 qualifiers the year he turned pro?
Bottom line, you can argue about whether the break will have done him good, but he's miles better than anyone else and if he's in the mood he wins |
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Jed
yes he did win 75 out of 77 qualifiers but when he got into the business end of the pro ranks it was a different matter and he was always in the mood. The hard fact of the matter is Ronnie won what he was good enough to win the rest is nonsense. |
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That is of course 100% true. But he won it last year - pulling double - so it's not like he's been away or out of form for a long time.
I guess second-guessing the state of his mind has cost a lot of people a lot of money over the years. I just reckon there are just as sizeable question marks over most of the current top players as regards ability or temperament. My own view is that one can tell how serious he is about winning by the state of his hair and appearance. But that's probably as ridiculous as it sounds.  I'm glad he's playing though, I'm sure everyone who loves the game is too. |
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Jed
Great reply and an adult view. I am a great fan of snooker and for me Ronnie and Stephen are the absolute best seen. My favourite player will always be Alex but that never clouded my view that Davis was in an entirely different class as a winner and pro player. Like you and probably the vaste majority of fans I would love to see Ronnie back playing and if he can pull it off it would be an astonishing feat. I entirely agree with you about the quality of todays pro but I do put that down to the tables that have been modified for the faster flashy game that have produced the Robbo's and Trumps who have all strived to be Ronnie's but without his natural class. With regards to Ronnie not bothering, I have seen him many times over the past twenty years and I do think he has hidden behind this view that if he is beaten its because he did not want to be there. I have never seen any evidence of that. What I have seen is his own frustration at not being able to find that zone that all players experience on occasions in their careers where they cannot miss and it all comes together in effortless fashion. When Ronnie is being beaten and he has little or no respect for the game against him thats when toys and prams become an issue. In some ways I think its sad that his behaviour has almost overshadowed his game and his actual achievements have been exaggerated. "If" is a word that is much associated with Ronnie, and when in later years he walks through his trophy room he will be haunted by the fact that "if" he had behaved with as much class as his game had at times, history would be asking who was the greatest? Hendry or him. Anyway I just hope he is not destroyed at Sheffield because contrary to what some think he has never been the greatest pressure player and the cosh he faces this time is going to be truely huge. If he has to face a wily old pro in that first round then he will lose, if he faces a youngster who will be awed by playing him and the occasion then he might have a chance. If he can reach the 3 session stages and the draw is kind then who knows but this, without doubt, is the biggest challenge he has ever faced  |
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Cant wait for the first Saturday morning and the curtains opening and Ronnie making his entrance to cheering fans,it will be one of the great moments in snooker.
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Jed, i have long held the opinion that the state of Ronnies hair is a fair indicator of the state of his mind. Maybe i am not fuc*in crazy!!
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Maybe we're both as crazy as he is.
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Jesus, hope not!!
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I dont agree lads your certainly not crazy and neither is he, he has just found a way of achieving fame and fortune even when he fails in 9 out of 10 tournaments he plays in.
When he walks out or slips into dark moods when he is winning then you may have a point. Perhaps if snooker had more balanced pundits that did not have ginger hair the game and Ronnie would have been far more healthy. |
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Heard same regards Ronnie,not practising much and when he does not very good standard
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