World Snooker Championship 2022

Ronnie reminds me of Federer when you think of snooker: “oh, this is how you play the game.”

the smoothest, most natural and effortless player ever.

Phil Taylor.

"He was hugging for too long!"

"He could have taken a moment out of his speech to do a testimonial bit for Hendry!"

Man, some ABRs are an odd breed. Must have been like trawling through the pit at an Oasis gig for some of them, having to sit through matches where the crowd were vocally supporting somebody.

The post World Championship blues setting in now, feel like I'm entitled to a day off work to recover...

Yes semis for the oldies is pretty impressive.

Does Ronnie Junior play do we know ?

I saw Neal Foulds doing a piece I think during the semi final and Paul Hunter was mentioned and he got all choked up and couldn't speak. Obviously Hunter's death was tragic but was there a particular connection between him and Foulds?

Would have to be a sharp tipping point which I can't see for a few years. Hes better now than he was 20 years ago. He broke John Higgins in the semis to the point Higgins was smashing his cue off the floor. 30 mins of top end safety and then a ridiculous break to win the frame. The Ronnie of earlier years would've done something wild to speed things up.

Seeing him in tears last night was unique stuff, for all his "dont really care" chat.

I definitely think the whole "I don't really care, mate" schtick is a defense mechanism for Ronnie.

He doesn't strike me as the most mentally robust (if I can put it that way), and one of the other players/commentators was pointing out over the weekend that a snooker table is a very lonely, pressurised place - you've no trainer, or corner man, or partner that you can talk to or bounce off - it's just you and your head and the pressure of the situation. And there was huge pressure on Ronnie in that final.

If his devil-may-care act is what gets him through it, and playing snooker like that, then away with him as far as I'm concerned!

Yeah whatever works for the fella. I was thinking that in those 21 years since he won his first WC. He has basically averaged one every three years. That is some consistency. I never would have believed it, not from Ronnie anyway. As he has said himself he is 'up and down like a whore's drawers'.

Absolutely a coping mechanism yeah. Quite a unique life off the table too.

Grew up in a millionaire family, Dad in prison for murder, Mum in prison for tax evasion, attended Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous, Grandad at 42, doesnt see his daughter or the grandkid, on/off depression, panic attacks, chronic insomnia, custody battles, decades of therapy etc.

And did anyone defend the referee or pull Ronnie up on this behavior? Not that I am aware of. Shower a hypocrites.

Maybe I missed it, but I heard nothing in defense of the referee.

Referees don't do what that referee did for no good reason, and yet even this wasn't mentioned.

Greatest snooker player ever but one of the worst sports I have come across. Right up there with an 1980s Mac or Serena. Horrible.

But of course, you will have some dismissing and defending his behavior as him being some maverick and genius and character.

And, my ignore list grows longer by one.

I think he was as well. Could have handled it better. Even Judd was annoyed by the way the ref did it. Asking why did he not do it after the frame. I am not sure Marteel will get a final again soon, seemed very edgy.

Yeah it's just a pity Judd wasn't firing on all cylinders.

Would have been a cracking final then and probably bringing out an even better performance from Ronnie.

Ronnie and Judd are my two favourite players so I didn't care which one won.

Probably rather see Ronnie reaching the 7 if I'm honest.

That wasn't the best Judd by a long shot.

Terrible positional and safety play and had to resort to keeping his potting as basic as possible a lot of the time.

I would love to see him up there in the future being a multi title winner like the other lads.