TheThaiger
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I've come to the conclusion it's because they enjoy it.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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I've come to the conclusion it's because they enjoy it.
TheThaiger
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They are highly representative of Wales, yes, but with hungrier appetites.
It is unbelievable, and truthfully, i do not care if he is taking drugs or not, as the media claims; still top performance ever. It is like running 13 packs or 10 balls if not much harder. His opponent Ding has had his 147 in 2013 too.
O'Sullivan would have had ten plus world titles by now if he'd kept his head.
i don't know anything about snooker,but when i watched ronnie
on a couple of these i was so impressed that i bought 25 ash shaft blanks from
shadowmoss
the first one is the best playing shaft/cue combination that i ever had period
i don't play like ronnie,or even close
but i do want to report that ash shafts are better than maple in my opinion
on a couple of these i was so impressed that i bought 25 ash shaft blanks from
shadowmoss
the first one is the best playing shaft/cue combination that i ever had period
i don't play like ronnie,or even close
but i do want to report that ash shafts are better than maple in my opinion
TheThaiger
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Which media are claiming Ronnie is taking drugs?
Isn't that more Ronnie himself claiming drug use, lol?
I haven't seen anything in the press about claims of current drug use.
TheThaiger
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Possibly, but the last 20 years have been hugely competitive, with Hendry, Higgins & Williams all being phenomenal in patches, and all equally capable of winning everything they entered.
You could make a case for any of them having won more WCs than they did. That Williams only won two is as big an under-achievement IMO. Comparing Ronnie and Higgins is interesting, though - they have virtually identical records, but Higgins is on a steep down slope, whilst Ronnie is resurgent - I wonder how much impact physical fitness has had? Quite a bit, I suspect.
So there you have it: talent, a good shrink and running. The secrets to greatness.
It's an amazing accomplishment, but surely you aren't actually comparing it to running a 13 pack in 10 ball?
yeah, thats believable... 15 pints of Guiness and a some reefer really improves your game... ok well whom ever wrote that column should smoke another one and have a nap
I doubt you will ever see him playing BB anytime soon since one of his wins paid him more than all the BB players have made combined to date
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Any rare accomplishments in pool could be equated to rare happenings in snooker; what would you compare 147 to in pool? 150 & out in 14.1, break and run in one pocket? 10 packs of 9 ball?
A 147 is meaningless achievement in terms of match play. Once a frame is won then the pressure is right off the player. In fact, top professionals will not even be thinking about a 147 or a century UNTIL the frame is won. It is only at the point that the frame is won and they realise that they have taken all blacks with the reds they start to consider the next bit.
A 147 therefore has no comparison in pool because it is a completely risk free bet for the player attempting it.
Look at it this way.
There have been 105 maximum breaks (including Ronnie's most recent) that have been recorded. I imagine there might be a few more that came during practice play.
Now when's the last time anyone ever broke and ran 13 consecutive racks of 10 ball on a regulation 9' table with 4 1/2" (or smaller) pockets? If it has been done, I assure you, it hasn't been done more than 100 times.
It's not that breaking and running a rack is difficult. The tough part is making a ball every break AND leaving yourself a shot.
Ok forget win and loss matches, making 147 in front of fully packed house, and final game is by itself a huge, and in snooker ; that is big, players run packs and lose tournaments, or run 150 and out and still loose tournaments, same thing wouldn't you say so?
I am welling to bet that you have never shot a ball on a snooker table? to know how difficult it is to make the black by itself two or three times in a row especially if you have a cut angle? we are talking 15 times in a row, and run all the colors.
yes, pink floyd reference:smile:
and yes, I agree Semih Sayginar likely belongs in the argument,
Difficult, of course. But what I don't think you're getting is that it's been done 105 times in competition.
I'm not entirely certain, but I'm pretty sure that the number of
150 and outs (14.1)
7+ break and runs (9/10 ball)
is nowhere near as much in actual matches.
I think the reason for this is a player has more control over what happens during a 147 break. In order for a player to put together large packages in 9/10 ball, not only do they have to run out every rack (the "easy" part), but they also need to make a ball on the break and get a shot.