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Ebdons behaviour

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  • #52
    DoctorEdgeWild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭DoctorEdgeWild


    Yes, I saw the game.

    Yes, Ebdon played really slow in order to get the upper hand on his opponent.

    No, I don't think that was unsporting or bringing the game into disrepute.

    Yes, I do think O'Sullivan lost his head with the frustration of being away from the table for so long.

    All my opinion of course, and I dont know if this debate can go any further although as far as online debates go, its been a great one. Very nice to see it can still happen.



    Eirebhoy - thanks for the link in your sig - got a great tip off that site last weekend and it came up for me.


  • #53
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    eirebhoy wrote:
    The people saying we're annoyed because we wanted Ronnie to win obviously don't like Ronnie judging by the comments.
    I specifically said that. I couldn't give a toss either way, I think they're both muppets. I'm not even a huge fan of snooker, I just watch if it's on while I'm channel-hopping, just like I only posted in this thread cos I spotted it while viewing new posts, wondered what Ebdon was supposed to have done wrong, and found a bunch of people talking complete arse. I hope this clears things up.

    adam


  • #54
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    I still haven't got a reply about the touching ball incident by anyone yet. :)


  • #55
    DoctorEdgeWild
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭DoctorEdgeWild


    The touching ball incident took maybe a minute, a minute 30? Hardly time to get the tent out.


  • #56
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    Will you let the time wasting escape your head for a minute. The touching ball incident was a completely different scenario and imo the silliest thing Ebdon did all night. That is not welcome in this sport. Pretending he thought the ball was touching to rile an opponent up. He's a bloody dickhead. If he wanted to win this tournament for the money, fair enough, but he makes enough money playing without having to cheat his way through. I would put that touching ball incident down as a little bit of cheating tbh.

    I would be congratulating Ebdon only for this incident, believe me.


  • #57
    MrPinK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭MrPinK


    eirebhoy wrote:
    The touching ball incident was a completely different scenario and imo the silliest thing Ebdon did all night. That is not welcome in this sport. Pretending he thought the ball was touching to rile an opponent up
    You're assuming that he was pretending. Why are you so sure that he didn't really think they were touching?


  • #58
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    MrPinK wrote:
    You're assuming that he was pretending. Why are you so sure that he didn't really think they were touching?
    You don't have to study phychology to know the way he was reacting was not what you do when you think its touching. Its not even debatable, just believe me. :)


  • #59
    funky penguin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭funky penguin


    Fair play to ebdon. He wanted to win, and he did. He stuck to his guns, and made a great comeback.


  • #60
    RedRules5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭RedRules5


    How good can your game be if your ability to pot a ball is determined by the length of time you're sat before getting to the table? What about players making unbelievable comebacks from big deficits, they would hardly touch a ball, be domoralised and yet still be able to make frame winning breaks.
    I do believe PE intentionally set out to play slowly as is his right, his error was to deny what was obvious to everybody.


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  • #61
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Hmm strange post actually and I think it's difficult to avoid bias. I actually thought on the night that ROS was more unsporting. Strange how opinions differ. I'm not a fan of either player but I think Ebdon is a pretty genuine guy.
    I've watched snooker for over 20 years now (a bitter life long Jimmy fan) and I honestly think Ebdon is just a very intense player who loses all perpective when making a huge effort to win a match. I believed him when he said he was not trying to put ROS off his game. Obviously others don't so what can you do. Sorry guys but unless you can proove you know what was going through Ebdon's mind then you have to forget it.
    Ronnie was downright ignorant in his behaviour (that is not the way to deal with the situation). I agree with the fact that he is a genuis on the table but tbh the "problems" he has are getting a bit tiresome now. Give me fast players like Mathew Stevens who amazingly just play the game with little fuss.


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