Ronnie O'Suillivan

number11 · Sep 22, 2010

Pubey said:
Bradman's average wasn't for the lack of trying. As Steveo says, O'Sullivan showed a lack of respect to fans IMO.

I think you are missing the point though. You seem to be basing your argument on him depriving fans of a 147. What I am saying (and YB) is that to have witnessed O'Sullivan getting 140 and not bothering with the final black is going to be far more of a memory for those watching (and indeed us reading about it) than if he had just knocked in the 147 without fuss.

Either way, by his actions he has got people talking about snooker and made the game memorable for those watching which is surely good for a dying sport......

Pubey · Sep 22, 2010

number11 said:
I think you are missing the point though. You seem to be basing your argument on him depriving fans of a 147. What I am saying (and YB) is that to have witnessed O'Sullivan getting 140 and not bothering with the final black is going to be far more of a memory for those watching (and indeed us reading about it) than if he had just knocked in the 147 without fuss.

I'm not missing the point, I'm saying that for me I would have wanted to see the 147 and not a 140 with the black left. Yes it might be more memorable than other 147s he's made, but I guess for many fans there that day they'd never seen a 147 live... and my feeling is that they would have felt a little ****ed off too if he'd left the black.

For other fans around the world, yes it's been an interesting story and makes the 147 much more memorable.

Either way, by his actions he has got people talking about snooker and made the game memorable for those watching which is surely good for a dying sport......

agreed

Yorkshire Blue · Sep 22, 2010

Pubey said:
I'm not missing the point, I'm saying that for me I would have wanted to see the 147 and not a 140 with the black left. Yes it might be more memorable than other 147s he's made, but I guess for many fans there that day they'd never seen a 147 live... and my feeling is that they would have felt a little ****ed off too if he'd left the black.

For other fans around the world, yes it's been an interesting story and makes the 147 much more memorable.

agreed

I think the fans who'd have a right to feel shortchanged are the ones who get to see Ronnie when his head isn't screwed on right and he doesn't win 3-0.

Ronnie's responsibility is to play the match to the best of his ability. He'd done that and had already won the frame and the match and in doing so had probably provided more entertainment than any other player in the tournament.

Far too big a thing is being made of this. It's not even as if Ronnie needed that much persuasion from the ref to play the black. I can't imagine that the ref said much more than "play it Ronnie". Ronnie didn't argue and just potted it.