- shanew48
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chengdufan wrote:What's the gist?
I just get 'Eurosport is unavailable in your region'
mantorok wrote:I'm with Daniel on this one, I think Ronnie was lacking a lot of professionalism there (although this isn't exactly a surprise to anyone), it doesn't matter if what he says is true or not, when the best player to ever play the game starts saying you're not good enough to win then it's going to be deflating, it could lead your mind down a rabbit hole that would be considered unhealthy for his self-esteem.
Scooper wrote:Maybe it’s reverse psychology - maybe Ronnie wants him to win, so he’s riling him up to make him more determined.
The_Abbott wrote:Eurosport "expert" Ronnie O'Sullivan
Holden Chinaski wrote:The_Abbott wrote:Eurosport "expert" Ronnie O'Sullivan
He's not an expert? He knows more about snooker than most.
Dan-cat wrote:D4P with the non-scandalised reality check.
The_Abbott wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:The_Abbott wrote:Eurosport "expert" Ronnie O'Sullivan
He's not an expert? He knows more about snooker than most.
he is one of the worst pundits ever
D4P wrote:IIRC, Ronnie was asked what advice he would give Daniel, and Ronnie responded by honestly stating what advice he would give Daniel. Ronnie has focused a lot of his latter-stage career on finding a balance between snooker and other things in life in ways that allow him to maintain sanity and happiness while still playing snooker at least part-time, and it sounded to me as if the advice he stated for Daniel was essentially aimed at achieving the same balance.
From Ronnie's perspective, Daniel isn't good enough at snooker to warrant investing himself into snooker full-time, as this would not produce much on the snooker side while simultaneously taking away from the enjoyable things that Daniel might be able to do outside of snooker. Ronnie's point was that, if Daniel can get some joy of out snooker by playing part-time, while also having time for an enjoyable life outside of snooker, then Daniel would be better off being a part-time player than being a full-time player in ways that wouldn't achieve much in snooker while also not leaving him much of a life outside of snooker.
That sounds like reasonable advice to me, especially for a 34-year old player who has averaged around 20,000 in prize money over the past 15 seasons...
The_Abbott wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:The_Abbott wrote:Eurosport "expert" Ronnie O'Sullivan
He's not an expert? He knows more about snooker than most.
he is one of the worst pundits ever