Redcafe Snooker

You can clearly see he wants to get this over quickly. It isn't not caring, he is just attacking everything and that should be relished as it won't be happening for a long time again.

One player on the top of their game, one who is in the mood to just hit anything.

Been such a good final so far because of that. I'm kind of rooting for Ali though, he deserves a major.
 
Even with Ali playing as well as he is, you still expect Ronnie just to suddenly flick the switch and rattle of 3 or 4 frames in quick succession. Having never been so close to a major win, it might weigh on him a bit as well in the later stages.
 
rajds89 said:
Even with Ali playing as well as he is, you still expect Ronnie just to suddenly flick the switch and rattle of 3 or 4 frames in quick succession. Having never been so close to a major win, it might weigh on him a bit as well in the later stages.
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Well timed!
 
100 said:
Well timed!
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You just expect it from Ronnie. This afternoons session was by his standards poor but already tonight you can see he is focused, he is playing the right shots at the right time and he is playing the occasion/table rather than his opponent. The mistakes from Ali are alarming in the sense that they are mistakes that in a final you just can’t afford to make, whilst he is still well within a shout of winning this.. you expect Ronnie to come out after the midsession break and put another 2 or 3 frames on the board and take the match away from him.
 
That three frame lead evaporated very quickly. Ronnie taking this session much more seriously than earlier today.
 
Redlambs said:
You can clearly see he wants to get this over quickly. It isn't not caring, he is just attacking everything and that should be relished as it won't be happening for a long time again.

One player on the top of their game, one who is in the mood to just hit anything.

Been such a good final so far because of that. I'm kind of rooting for Ali though, he deserves a major.
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Since my post he has toned it down to be fair and playing it safer.

When Ronnie's concentrated and doesn't play ultra aggressive no one beats him.
 
the_cliff said:
Since my post he has toned it down to be fair and playing it safer.

When Ronnie's concentrated and doesn't play ultra aggressive no one beats him.
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That's why he's the best of all time. Can literally do it all.

It was funny watching that nice montage they just did about the winners, how many were against Ronnie too :lol:
 
Another tonne in the bag for the captain. Benefited from a huge slice of luck at the beginning but you’ve still got to pot the balls after.

Still fancy Ronnie though, he’s just got the experience to get the job done. I’m not sure Ali has.
 
One Night Only said:
Carter took advantage of that massive slice of luck from his smash and hope earlier
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It was a fantastic percentage shot though, you get the ball back into the position he did and you could probably say you’re actually unlucky if you leave a pot on.
 
Weird how snooker players have to have complete silence during their shots, whereas darts players….
 
Redlambs said:
I meant in terms of the rowdy nature.

I love a good darts crowd! But that's not and never should be a snooker thing.
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The ref is telling them to shut up all the time, I don’t think it’s an encouraged cultural shift.
 
Pexbo said:
The ref is telling them to shut up all the time, I don’t think it’s an encouraged cultural shift.
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Like I say, the commentary have mentioned them after mostly every frame so far. Just have again as I type this.

I think it is a fine line though, they want the crowd in and interested, but not to be as "stuffy" (for lack of a better word) than it's know for.

This ref is on the ball though, hopefully it doesn't need more than that.
 
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