2024 Masters - Jan 7th to Jan 14th - BBC/Eurosport

sligeach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616102#Comment_121616102

🪰🪰 are attracted to 💩.

HeidiHeidi

Jaysus they're one worse than the other!

Brian?

I think Ronnie wins now.

gormdubhgorm

Parrott blaming the players being too quick for causing along break in sessions and more drinking time for the crowd - then more boisterous as a result.

Some theory from him, only he would think of that.

Arthur Daley

Trump won three tournaments in a row earlier this season. And looked good for the UK until he lost to Ding in the semi final.

Certainly Ronnie will respect Trump. Like he does Higgins and Willo.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616160#Comment_121616160

Fair point.

sligeach

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616118#Comment_121616118

O'Sullivan isn't consistent either. The absolute state of the game. If you think there's no problem, you've either got blinkers on or you're lying to yourself(not you specifically). During the interval on BBC, they were showing footage of past finals and the champions. You know what was the common denominator? They were nearly all young.

There's nobody coming up through the sport now. It's the same old faces, and some of the snooker has been shocking. Tonight we have a 48 year old Vs a 44 year old.

And back to my point about O'Sullivan not being consistent. I heard someone say earlier that he has never won consecutive triple crown events. That does seem a bit odd to me, but would back up my point. If he wins tonight, it'll be the first time he's ever done so. I would really like Ali Carter to win(can't stand Ronald), but c'mon, it's Ali Carter.

tomhammer..

This captain's ship is sinking

Arthur Daley

Great brave red by Carter. But that was a terrible effort at the pink

Cetyl Palmitate

Very rare to see Ronnie using the 6 inch extension on his cue. Does he even have one? Maybe because he switches hands?

tomhammer..

O'Sullivan going into overdrive no one can live with it

Arthur Daley

The head is gone for Carter. Since he didn't take his chances in frame 15

HeidiHeidi

How many misses is that now when he was trying to do a thin cut?

Tom Mann Centuria

O'Sullivan fans in the venue are tiresome. They need to fupp off to the darts or wherever.

Arthur Daley

Like watching two old boxers dead on their feet

tomhammer..

Carter FFS

O'Sullivan generally pulls out the stops when needed

ooter

Jaysus what a miss.

waynescales1

Hopefully O'Sullivan riles up the whingers a bit more with his acceptance speech.

Pipmae

LOL he sounds drunk but I know it's put on!

gormdubhgorm

Nice homage to Jimmy White from Ali Carter there with his "He's binging to annoy me"

https://youtu.be/XkX27cEbruc?si=e5gLHeL-cPkzATTJ&t=1044

Pipmae

Ali ready to take Ronnie into the UFC ring after that speech LOL

patrickc

I am a Ronnie fan, but he doesn't seem at all interested tonight

tanko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616364#Comment_121616364

Well done Ronnie. This will keep the miserable arseholes quiet for another while.

tomhammer..

O'Sullivan is gas they all hate him in the game

AllForIt

Bit of a flat conclusion to this final, I thought it was going to be a bit closer than 10 - 7.

Pipmae

I'll keep fighting implying that there is no one to actually challenge him!

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616394#Comment_121616394

It's weird he is dying for someone to take the top spot permanently. Because he is so good he feels he has to keep going, because the fans demand it. It is obviously wearing him out, he sounded knackered and still won.

Brian?

Carter just fell to pieces. Poor bastard.

Pipmae

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616414#Comment_121616414

As my daughter said to me earlier 'you could play this sport until retirement age' and she is right. Quite unique when you think about it. Snooker needs a Luke Littler to inject a bit of life from the youth.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121616446#Comment_121616446

I think the injection of youth can only come from the Chinese lads, or maybe a prodigy female player who is good enough to take the men on. That would really shake things up.

But you see from a youngsters point of view they would not really relate to fellas in their 40's/pushing 50. Badly needs Zhao to start clicking into gear, preferably another fella with him to have that decade rivalry.

Because otherwise there is no young stand out player who is going to be 'the main draw" when Ronnie retires, the way things are going.