2019 World Snooker Championship

[snookerball]

They were as bad as Bonhams, probably worse.

Someone else said that Higgins had thrown a match against Jordan Brown? Never heard that one before. Sounds made up and less than 'balanced' .

So that's 2 people being despicable and one person making stuff up. I think Billy got it spot on.

I'm the one who brought up the Jordan Brown match. I'm not anti-Higgins and wish him all the luck for the final.

But this Jordan Brown v John Higgins match at the 2012 Scottish Open contains a myriad of strange shot choices from John. There's an off day and there's this, it's something else. At 4:41 he taps the brown ball into a pottable position and seems to smirk and cover his mouth as he walks away.

https://youtu.be/ZvJSEI8OUSk

[MrRottweiler]

I'm not commenting on the NOTW stuff, but I do think maybe Higgins loves money a bit too much. Why else does he still play so many tournaments? He's made for life, has a family to spend time with, and his game would probably benefit from picking his tournaments. I think he finds it hard to turn earning down.

When the players are in their 20s they are enjoying splashing out winnings on flash cars and holidays but 20 years later even with millions in the bank they are playing for their children's and great grand children's futures. It's the same for Ronnie and if they retired now that could be 1 million+ in prize money they lose out on over the next few years. They wont be spending it at the casino but banking it for putting the kids through uni or helping with their first house.

[Mark187187]

He must have deleted them before I saw them. The only really negative posts that I read were posted by Bonman1970.

They were as bad as Bonhams, probably worse.

Someone else said that Higgins had thrown a match against Jordan Brown? Never heard that one before. Sounds made up and less than 'balanced' .

So that's 2 people being despicable and one person making stuff up. I think Billy got it spot on.

[DeanH]

I've been avidly watching and playing snooker for over 30 years and must say; Alan McManus is, very surprisingly, the most insightful commentator I have ever heard.

I say surprisingly probably a little unfairly as he was one of the most dour snooker players on tour and showed absolutely no personality whatsoever when playing.

It strikes me that he is a little bit of a connoisseur of our great game.

when I first saw Alan punditry on the ITV4 events a few years ago I had the same feeling; and love his insight and his banter

[mcsilks]

I've been avidly watching and playing snooker for over 30 years and must say; Alan McManus is, very surprisingly, the most insightful commentator I have ever heard.

I say surprisingly probably a little unfairly as he was one of the most dour snooker players on tour and showed absolutely no personality whatsoever when playing.

It strikes me that he is a little bit of a connoisseur of our great game.

[Stony152]

Oliver looks like one of The Proclaimers.

[MrRottweiler]

Well we certainly have a handful of truly hateful people on here, don’t we? I think we should pity them to be honest, as their own lives must be pretty **** if they can vomit out such bile and venom.

I’m not a massive John Higgins fan, but the attitude towards him by certain individuals here over the last few pages has been 100x more despicable than his own behaviour. I hope he wins now, if only because it will annoy certain people here!

I agree and don't see why some people despise John because of it. Comments on youtube snooker videos are rife with vile comments from people who are clearly not genuine snooker fans. If you asked them what they think of Stephen Lee they would probably say "who's he?"

I think the green eyed monster plays a big part.

[Stony152]

Zeroprobe wrote some pretty nasty stuff. He's gone back and re-edited or deleted all his posts, which probably says more than I can say about them. There was nothing fair and balanced.

He must have deleted them before I saw them. The only really negative posts that I read were posted by Bonman1970.

[DeanH]

So John Higgins does not use the Q-Rite attachment
they work well for those awkward down the cushion shots

[Mark187187]

Bonman1970 wasn't particularly balanced either:

'good luck to Trump I hope he kicks his fat arse back to Scotland a loser again , he doesnt even deserve to be playing again !'

So that's a small handful.

[Mark187187]

One poster had a very strong negative opinion of Higgins. I don't see how you get "handful" or "despicable"out of that. Some of just think that a fair and balanced look at his career needs to include what happened in Kiev. I think what you wrote is a massive overreaction to a fairly balanced discussion.

Zeroprobe wrote some pretty nasty stuff. He's gone back and re-edited or deleted all his posts, which probably says more than I can say about them. There was nothing fair and balanced.

[Mark187187]

Ever been a whitewash in a snooker world final yet, can feel it coming.

Definitely not going to happen. Over a best of 35, I'd back any player on the tour to pick up at least 2 or 3 scrappy frames even playing terribly.

[Stony152]

Higgins looks much less tired than he did throughout the match against Gilbert.

[DeanH]

Ever been a whitewash in a snooker world final yet, can feel it coming.

never in the Final, and I certainly hope not this time

[JimMalone]

I think Trump is handling the cueball much better this season than in previous years.