Blavdes wrote:Yup there's a lot of 'anyone but Ronnie' on here that's why it's important for us to revel in his victories
I can see Ding winning the Worlds this year, even if he has a strop his overall game now is good enough to see it through.
That's the reason why there are certain differences between snooker fans and Ronnie O'Sullivan fans IMO.
I'm not overly keen on Ronnie. I never have, and I never will. In my personal view, I think that he's done a lot which can really do the image of the sport damage, Refusing to pot a black for a 147. Repeatedly not turning up to events which he'd entered, joking around about serious subjects, walking out of the UK Championships.
None of that however stops me from congratulating him on his achievements, nor admiring the standard with which he can play the game. The Masters finals of 2005 and 2014 are arguably two of the most impressive displays in Finals in recent years. He plays the game well, and as a snooker fan, I enjoy watching him play.
However, snooker does have some fans which are just strictly Ronnie fans, where it is more important that Ronnie wins than seeing a good match or terrific final, e.g. those who declare any tournament Ronnie doesn't enter (like this tournament last year) just tinpots.
You can talk to a Snooker fan about Snooker but only about Ronnie to a Ronnie fan. There are a majority of people who can be both, but some will line up solely behind Ronnie like a 6 year old supporting whoever's top of the Premier League come 5pm Saturday nights