I'll be more happy if Marco Fu wins...

i notice how the previous champions such as higgins and­ osullivan who have previously
been fantastic ,last­ years championship it was all about murphy. Yes no­ matter how great a player they think they are....watch­ out cause often this course of great wins is never a­ guarantee that technique will not falter and a slip up­ is unfortunate as the pendulum either swings your way­ or it dosent, sometimes you can tell from the beginning­ who clearly has the upper hand. Although it can­ surprisingly tke a turn.

is a very boring sport

liverpool r the best

Stephen Hendry is the greatest by a mile, only­ Ronnie's coke head cronies would deny it.
To be­ fair Hendry should retire. Ronnie should stop throwing­ matches as an excuse for not having the stamina to­ match Hendry's achievements.

doyletony2000 and adamj you suggest I do not understand­ the game of snooker!

Possibly not but at least I do­ understand the word sarcasm, whoops! Of course there­ have only been 3 world championships in the last 16­ years *wanders off whistling*

nige_bashton

God you talk @#$% when it comes to­ snooker, you abviously no nothing about the game. You­ talk of how Ronnie has dominated the games for 16­ years? are you on drugs, I think he is a disgrace to­ the game and should have been kicked out of the game­ years ago. Tell me 1 other Pro who conceeds a match­ just because things are not going his way, like he did­ to Hendry a few years back, and again this week against­ Joe Perry conceeding the just because he missed a pot. ­ Nobody has dominated the game like Stephen Hendry has a­ true LEGEND of the game and the titles to prove it.­ Ronnie only has 3 world crowns

Stephen Hendry 7 world­ crowns

World Snooker Championships - 1990, 1992, 1993,­ 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
UK Championships - 1989, 1990,­ 1994, 1995, 1996
Masters - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,­ 1993, 1996
Grand Prix - 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995­
British Open - 1988, 1991, 1999, 2003
Regal Welsh­ Open - 1992, 1997, 2003
Asian Open - 1989, 1990­
European Open - 1994, 1995, 2001
Malta Cup - 2005­
Regal Scottish Open - 1999
Dubai Classic - 1989,­ 1990, 1993
Thailand Masters - 1998
International Open­ - 1993, 1997
Premier League - 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995,­ 2000, 2004
Scottish Masters - 1989, 1990, 1995
Irish­ Masters - 1992, 1997, 1999
Malta Grand Prix - 1998,­ 2001

Ronnie O
World Championship – 2001, 2004, 2008­
UK Championship – 1993, 1997, 2001, 2007
British Open­ – 1994
German Open – 1996
Scottish Open – 1998, 2000­
China Open – 1996, 1999, 2000
European Open – 2003­
Irish Masters – 2003, 2005
Welsh Open – 2004, 2005­
Grand Prix – 2004
Northern Ireland Trophy – 2008­

[edit] Other tournaments
Masters – 1995, 2005, 2007­
Scottish Masters – 1998, 2000, 2002
Irish Masters –­ 2001, 2007
Premier League – 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005­ (04/05), 2005 (05/06), 2006, 2007, 2008
Benson and­ Hedges Championship – 1993
Liverpool Victoria Charity­ Challenge – 1996
Riley Superstar International – 1997­
Champions Cup – 2000

Clearly you have no idea about this sport. Snooker was­ at it's peak in the 80's not the 90's when­ the likes of Jimmy White, Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis,­ Terry Griffiths Willy Thorne and the like dominated the­ sport. O'Sullivan became popular because he ended­ the era of dominace of the late 80's early 90's­ by Stephen Hendry as did Mark Williams albeit for a­ much shorter period of time. Stephen Hendry was just as­ dominant as Ronnie was but just not as exciting.­ Snooker is awful compared to how it was as there are no­ true characters in the sport anymore. They are just­ young pretenders to a golden age.

Gilliam85 how right you are, it has been all about­ O’Sullivan the last 20 years. True he has only been a­ pro since 1992 (that’s 16 years, to save you the effort­ of working it out) but I think we can safely say that­ snooker didn’t exist pre 92. During these special 16­ years he has won all three of the World Championships­ that have been held. It is amazing how he has managed­ to ensure that nobody else has even come close to­ capturing this ultimate snooker title since 92 … or­ before of course as snooker didn’t exist. During this­ time the extent of his achievement may be considered­ even greater when you remember that he has also won all­ 21 of the ranking events held. Absolutely amazing that­ he has not given any other player a sniff of a ranking­ tournament since 92.

To be honest, his dominance is­ that complete that I do not have any clue as to why­ other players even bother to pick up a cue knowing that­ they will always be easily and without a thought be­ pushed aside by the completely invincible Rocket.­

Nobody before has ever dominated the game to the­ extent that Ronnie has and, I am sure you will readily­ agree, nobody will ever again be able to win the number­ of titles that Ronnie has amassed during these 16­ amazing and absolutely flawless years.

Snooker was­ started by Ronnie and, once he hangs up his cue,­ snooker will be finished by Ronnie, Gilliam85 knows­ this to be a fact.

Well said Grandadpop. Merry Chritmas from us grown ups­ !

What has the weight and looks of the snooker player got­ to do with anything ? It's not X Factor. I agree­ re. the lack of personalities, snooker needs a slight­ makeover.

Can those idle trolls who can't read properly. can­ barely write - let alone string two sentences together­ without resorting to 'text-speak' - and have­ absolutely nothing of interest to add to these threads,­ please stay away. These threads are for the grown ups!­ Thank you!

Well done Shaun and Marco. A great­ match.
'G'

Marco would have been unaware of the foul on the green­ as after hitting the ball, he turned his head if I­ remember correctly to look whether the cue ball was on­ line to hit the red. He would certainly have called the­ foul if he felt it, as he's a real gentleman as is­ Shaun Murphy.

Snooker is less popular these days­ because of the way it's managed and promoted. You­ only need to compare with the sport 10-20 years ago, to­ realise what has gone wrong. I hope this gets rectified­ soon, especially to take advantage of the interests at­ China and other parts of the world these days.

Only Joking..
I used to love snooker..but lost complete­ interest when the real charachters finished..

IS IT A BIT LIKE TABLE FOOTBALL?

WHAT`S SNOOKER?

gazfox is obviously a toned Adonis

snooker is a game, not a sport

no doubt murphys a gud player dontv get me rong

murphy ur nuting wen u get 2 da level rocket has been­ at then u can claim urself as a true champ it all bn­ rocket da past 15 20 yrs no one can catch ronnie not­ even nasa can so stop tinking ur a expert speak 2­ rocket bout all heres achievements