Betfred World Championship (Wed April 29th) Quarter-Finals!!

Pink Ball wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Skullman wrote:

Ayrshirebhoy wrote:Whatever happened to that guy cannonball who kept posting bunny pics during last years final?

Banned. Permanently.

Has he been allowed back under the guise of Pink Ball in a similar vein to how Jewell and Smart reappeared?

I'm not a Ronnie O'Sullivan fan

How did you know he was a Ronnie fan? *cue Twilight Zone music

Stuart Bingham beats Ronnie O'Sullivan and Barry Hawkins beats Neil Robertson in the quarter finals of the Worlds. 5 or 4 years ago absolutely unthinkable results.

pasunegirafe wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Skullman wrote:

Ayrshirebhoy wrote:Whatever happened to that guy cannonball who kept posting bunny pics during last years final?

Banned. Permanently.

Has he been allowed back under the guise of Pink Ball in a similar vein to how Jewell and Smart reappeared?

I'm not a Ronnie O'Sullivan fan

How did you know he was a Ronnie fan? *cue Twilight Zone music

I don't know. Maybe it was the obnoxious pro-Ronnie posts that he used to litter these pages with when I was reading them that was probably what gave it away

I'm glad Cannonball got banned permanently. Snooker Island is better off without his childish posts.

vodkadiet wrote:O'Sullivan would have won had he won the last frame this afternoon. He was one ball from being 9-7 up, and Bingham was a different player tonight. He was in the zone.

Robertson also put himself under too much pressure. Hawkins had no pressure on him, and just seems to a perfect groove at The Crucible.

Trump may find the pressure too much, and I take Murphy to win from here.

Yeah Vodka I agree, looking back, I didnt think the last frame of 2nd session would have much impact because 8-8 was very good considering how he started, but yeah looking back now that probably cost him the match.

With a 9-7 lead, especially the way Bingo would have lost that frame after being well in front, could have dent his confidence.

It's all history now though, and what matters is Ronnie had chances in 3rd session but didnt take them.

@vodkadiet:

Your honest opinion please. Will Ronnie ever win the World Title again?

I'll give my honest opinion SO:

NO.

But he will I think win at least one more Masters title and possibly another UK one.

Andre147 wrote:

vodkadiet wrote:O'Sullivan would have won had he won the last frame this afternoon. He was one ball from being 9-7 up, and Bingham was a different player tonight. He was in the zone.

Robertson also put himself under too much pressure. Hawkins had no pressure on him, and just seems to a perfect groove at The Crucible.

Trump may find the pressure too much, and I take Murphy to win from here.

Yeah Vodka I agree, looking back, I didnt think the last frame of 2nd session would have much impact because 8-8 was very good considering how he started, but yeah looking back now that probably cost him the match.

With a 9-7 lead, especially the way Bingo would have lost that frame after being well in front, could have dent his confidence.

It's all history now though, and what matters is Ronnie had chances in 3rd session but didnt take them.

So MDG was right However he says that after every missed pot from Ronnie

Andre147 wrote:I'll give my honest opinion SO:

NO.

But he will I think win at least one more Masters title and possibly another UK one.

I think he MIGHT win one more world title. But he's running out of time.

I think Ronnie can win the title again. Why not? If he wants it, and does the practice required, he can do it. I'm just not sure if he's still willing to put all the hard work in on the practice table...

Not a good tournament for the 4 top seeds. All are out before the semis.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Not a good tournament for the 4 top seeds. All are out before the semis.

That's amazing. Still, it probably makes for a more exciting final. (Assuming Bingham doesn't win.)

Snooker Overdrive wrote:@vodkadiet:

Your honest opinion please. Will Ronnie ever win the World Title again?

About a 30% chance.

Holden Chinaski wrote:I think Ronnie can win the title again. Why not? If he wants it, and does the practice required, he can do it. I'm just not sure if he's still willing to put all the hard work in on the practice table...

If he's head is not in the right place, doesn't matter how much hard work and practice hours he puts in, he will alwasy lose.

Shame Steve Peters wasn't around this time, but his issues I'm sure aren't just Snooker related, must be also something with his family, his kids, parents, I dont know. Just know his head was all screwed up this time.

This isn't an excuse, but it did play a part.

Andre147 wrote:

Holden Chinaski wrote:I think Ronnie can win the title again. Why not? If he wants it, and does the practice required, he can do it. I'm just not sure if he's still willing to put all the hard work in on the practice table...

If he's head is not in the right place, doesn't matter how much hard work and practice hours he puts in, he will alwasy lose.

Shame Steve Peters wasn't around this time, but his issues I'm sure aren't just Snooker related, must be also something with his family, his kids, parents, I dont know. Just know his head was all screwed up this time.

This isn't an excuse, but it did play a part.

Fair point.

The dream of 8 world titles is just about impossible now.

vodkadiet wrote:The dream of 8 world titles is just about impossible now.

lol it would still be a dream had he won it last year, nevermind now.

Him getting to 6 will feel like a dream.

Andre147 wrote:If he's head is not in the right place, doesn't matter how much hard work and practice hours he puts in, he will alwasy lose.

Shame Steve Peters wasn't around this time, but his issues I'm sure aren't just Snooker related, must be also something with his family, his kids, parents, I dont know. Just know his head was all screwed up this time.

This isn't an excuse, but it did play a part.

Wasn't he in the dressing room? That's what I heard on the BBC.

pasunegirafe wrote:

Andre147 wrote:If he's head is not in the right place, doesn't matter how much hard work and practice hours he puts in, he will alwasy lose.

Shame Steve Peters wasn't around this time, but his issues I'm sure aren't just Snooker related, must be also something with his family, his kids, parents, I dont know. Just know his head was all screwed up this time.

This isn't an excuse, but it did play a part.

Wasn't he in the dressing room? That's what I heard on the BBC.

Was he?

Well if he was he didn't do a great job at all so Ronnie should just fire him now

My prediction that Ronnie would win a world title in his 60s is looking like abit of a stretch, at the moment.

vodkadiet wrote:The dream of 8 world titles is just about impossible now.

That's OK. When I started watching snooker Ronnie was sitting at 2 world titles and Hendry's 7 seemed like a untouchable superhuman milestone. Now Ronnie sits at 5, one more than Higgins and three more than MJW. I never dreamed of Ronnie getting where he is now back then. Another one would be very nice, yes but Ronnie beating Hendry's 7 was never even on my radar.

Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Taking Robbo's defeat a little hard aren't you?

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Even if it is: Ronnie winning the UK for a fifth time 21 years after his first and making it 5-5-5 in the majors by beating Trump in a decider is the perfect ending in my opinion.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Even if it is: Ronnie winning the UK for a fifth time 21 years after his first and making it 5-5-5 in the majors by beating Trump in a decider is the perfect ending in my opinion.

Don't get me wrong, Ronnie has achieved everything there is to achieve. Winning the UK in the manner that he did is a fitting end to his major winning days, if that is the case, as you said.

Skullman wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Taking Robbo's defeat a little hard aren't you?

I don't know, I just feel empty.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Even if it is: Ronnie winning the UK for a fifth time 21 years after his first and making it 5-5-5 in the majors by beating Trump in a decider is the perfect ending in my opinion.

It couldn't have been nicer SO... If it's to end, then boy it ended on a high with that marvelous win.

I still think though that even if he doesn't win another Worlds, another Masters and/or UK title is certainly well within his range, especially a Masters one.

Cloud Strife wrote:

Skullman wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Taking Robbo's defeat a little hard aren't you?

I don't know, I just feel empty.

Me too. But it's always like this shortly after Ronnie crashes out Worlds. For me the worst year was 2009 as I was dead certain he would defend the title. 2010 wasn't nice either

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:

Skullman wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Taking Robbo's defeat a little hard aren't you?

I don't know, I just feel empty.

Me too. But it's always like this shortly after Ronnie crashes out Worlds. For me the worst year was 2009 as I was dead certain he would defend the title. 2010 wasn't nice either

2010 was worse than 2009, because Selby had just beaten Ronnie the way he did at Masters, so I badly wanted Ronnie to get revenge but no, Ronnie lost it again, and again he had a good advantage, something like 7-4.

But let's not dwel on sad memories shall we... as you said, just remembering the UK Final makes me feel happy already.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:

Skullman wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Tonight feels like the end of an era.

Taking Robbo's defeat a little hard aren't you?

I don't know, I just feel empty.

Me too. But it's always like this shortly after Ronnie crashes out Worlds. For me the worst year was 2009 as I was dead certain he would defend the title. 2010 wasn't nice either

1999 was pretty bad too. There was already talk from some quarters that Ronnie might do a Jimmy and never win the big one. And he had played so well too, it's just that bad opening session which cost him dear against Sourface.