SammyUnited_83
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Another day, another bore off Ronnie look at me story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/36136874
Snooker is hardly a blockbuster sport, it's well down the list of popular past times in this country and around the world. And he plays a lot fewer tournaments these days so really the spotlight is properly on him for 2 weeks of the year. Diddums.
Don't agree.
In fairness to Ronnie he obviously suffers mentally, and he has some key people around him to try and keep his emotions in check. It is very easy to have a go, but he loves the game and wants to win otherwise he would have jacked it in.
I get what he means about the pressure, look at those QF, hardly inspiring and I imagine virtually all snooker fans were gutted to see him go out last night, especially as he was actually playing really well. He took over from Alex Higgins and Jimmy as the entertainer, snooker needs entertainers for people to tune in, but other than Ronnie they just aren't stepping up when it matters.
Other sports are built around rivalries, and although it's hard to disagree with Hearn when he says snooker is in a good state, they all seem very robotic. I love snooker, but won't be tuning in as much over the next few days now Ronnie and Trump have gone, as a fan it's so unfortunate to see them both go in the same day.
Not being a 'blockbuster' sport means jack all, when in fact it's about the only main tournament that the BBC have rights to anymore, so of course it will bring pressure.
Snooker would be a lot worse off without him.