Ronnie

CocoboloCowboy

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I don't think so... Snooker is snooker, our pool is many different things, Sizes and mental, If we had the audience all would be different...


Brits call Soccer Football, we call Soccer, Soccer. Football is American Football played in pads n helmets.

Soccer is played in shorts.🤭
 

telinoz

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Brits call Soccer Football, we call Soccer, Soccer. Football is American Football played in pads n helmets.

Soccer is played in shorts.🤭
It gets worse in Australia...

They call football soccer.
They call Rugby League, Football
They call Rugby Union, Football
They call Aussie Rules Football, AFL, Football.

Shorts all round though
 

Fatboy

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Ya these 3C guys rarely enter the conversation voting for an all time GOAT with a cue.

I've often lamented not witnessing many of the past greats. Harold Worst and Mosconi are on top of that list. Never witnessed them.
Lasiter, Balsis, Crane, .... and those champs? Only saw them over one long weekend. Mizerak and Rempe on the same weekend. Reyes, only a very few of times in person.

Ceulemans absolutely dominated for 30+ years. I believe he was the major reason to go to 40pts from 50pt games then came the 3 of 5 -15pt sets. NOBODY could beat him in the long game.

I'm not arguing Mr 100 was greater with a cue than Ronnie or anyone. Just enforcing the notion this argument is impossible to solve.

That said, I think I we're all witnessing some of the best that ever lived in all the cue disciplines right now, today.

Forget about who was better yesterday vs today.

Enjoy the greatness right in front of your eyes.

Hard to make the numbers lie.

PS: If you're not paying attention to Snooker, you're really missing some of the very best cue action on the planet.
The 3C champions are at a whole different level.

It’s my opinion they are more knowledgeable than any of the ball making or potting games. And they don’t get the recognition due to them. The margins of error are smaller and the games are more complex in billiards than potting games.

Also it’s a smaller community than other cue sports in most areas of the world. So less attention.

They have my highest respect,
Fatboy <——-loves all cue sports
 

Guy Manges

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a very long wait, i fear. snooker in the UK and ireland struggles with producing young new talents. if we ever will see one with that kind of exceptional offensive talent my bet is he will be from an asian country.
The best 8 Ball player i have ever seen in my 75+years of watching is Haifeng Gong a Chinese veteran player. I think by him playing many of the younger players he has been a great influence for the young to come. Gong is a large man with that rare golden touch , Aside from tournaments not many would beat him... My thoughts Guy
 

Guy Manges

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The 3C champions are at a whole different level.

It’s my opinion they are more knowledgeable than any of the ball making or potting games. And they don’t get the recognition due to them. The margins of error are smaller and the games are more complex in billiards than potting games.

Also it’s a smaller community than other cue sports in most areas of the world. So less attention.

They have my highest respect,
Fatboy <——-loves all cue sports
I don't think I could stand not hearing the sound of the OB hitting the back of that pocket, Its like a dodge v8 running good... Guy
 

Guy Manges

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I used to like playing it more than pool. Back in the 80’s.

To sweat I prefer snooker.

I haven’t hit a ball on a pool table or snooker table in way too long of a time. Potting balls in snooker seems like a impossible dream at this point.

Best
Fatboy
I wonder, will we have snooker tables in the next dimension, I like the table but hate the game, I wonder sometime if Earl has the same thinking... Guy
 

CanadianGuy

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I would say Ronnie's run at the moment is the greatest ever in modern cue sports, he was beating a prime Stephen Hendry in ranking tournament's 30 years ago as a teenager and today remains world champ and world number 1 ranked

his run through this years tourney was technical brilliance, he never came close to losing a match and just breezed through the whole damn thing

just ridiculous
 

telinoz

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The 3C champions are at a whole different level.

It’s my opinion they are more knowledgeable than any of the ball making or potting games. And they don’t get the recognition due to them. The margins of error are smaller and the games are more complex in billiards than potting games.

Also it’s a smaller community than other cue sports in most areas of the world. So less attention.

They have my highest respect,
Fatboy <——-loves all cue sports
I love 3C.
Massive skill.
Some of their delayed spin shots, 4 rails later are a thing of beauty.
 

CanadianGuy

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The best 8 Ball player i have ever seen in my 75+years of watching is Haifeng Gong a Chinese veteran player. I think by him playing many of the younger players he has been a great influence for the young to come. Gong is a large man with that rare golden touch , Aside from tournaments not many would beat him... My thoughts Guy
can you elaborate on this player? presumably he plays Chinese ball and yet is not one of their more well known champions?
 

skogstokig

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Fatboy

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I love 3C.
Massive skill.
Some of their delayed spin shots, 4 rails later are a thing of beauty.
The delayed spin shots are something else. 3C players are a whole nother level of greatness. The amount of knowledge they have to have is just profound compared to rotation games
 

sjm

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The delayed spin shots are something else. 3C players are a whole nother level of greatness. The amount of knowledge they have to have is just profound compared to rotation games
Yeah, three cushion is amazing. The one time I played against Sang Lee, he opened with innings of 9-8-9, so I trailed by a score of 26-1 after just three innings! Go figure.
 

Fatboy

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Yeah, three cushion is amazing. The one time I played against Sang Lee, he opened with innings of 9-8-9, so I trailed by a score of 26-1 after just three innings! Go figure.
That’s amazing! Sadly I never had the pleasure to meet him. I’ve watched so many of his videos over the years. He was a amazing person & player.

8.66 average is tough action. I’ve never played anyone near that strong. Can you imagine running 26 in 3 innings? That’s amazing.

The deceptive thing about 3C is the better the player the easier it appears to be. Which of course we know isn’t the case. But to the untrained eye, looks easy. Just hit all the balls…..sure.
 
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