Is snooker on TV now a load of balls?

Saturlight

Yeh, great in the early 1980s, but err a bit old fashioned today. The BBC is showing a tournament now, with Steve Davis looking around 70.

Are there any viewers out there? Stand up and be counted. All three of you!

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Saturlight

Most certainly not David Tennet. It's not as if he is bad, but the scrripts look like they're written by a lunatic ape! And that reflects badly on him.

Anyway, he won as the best Dr, with Tom Baker coming second. Sly McCoy was 5th.

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Salty25

Watching it fleatingly, snooker has no characters any more, it's too professional.

The sad death of Paul Hunter and the demise of Quiten Hann have done nothing to help, but I feel that people really miss Alex Higgins still. I say bring back pints and tag the players so they can only practice 2 hours a day - that should liven things up a bit.

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Saturlight

You're right, no characters anymore. I reckon it's had its day but my mum still watches it. However it doesn't have the interest for me as when Higgins and Reardon were playing.

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Topper

Ronnie O'Sullivan makes it interesting walking out five games into his match, feel sorry for all the supporters who paid good money to watch him.

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rolfw

I've never really found it that good for TV, but certainly the personalities seem to have disappeared.

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Milkybarkid

I haven't watched snooker on Tv for years. Used to like people like Hurricane Higgins.

leighpreece

I think sports like snooker and darts and maybe even cricket have very much taken a back seat to the great sport religion of footbal.

Why - because there is more money in football than other sports sadly so which do you think the broadcasters advertise more?

Also - people seem to want football football football - think do we have the same amount of hysteria over the Snooker finals than we had to experience for footy - with flags on cars, flags in windows, painted faces, etc - don't exactly see people going as mad with darts, etc, do we?

Personally I think we should get more curling on the TV as we had in the olympics..... now that was actually quite entertaining for some reason I cannot explain!

Also - will we ever see the return of real wrestling and not WWF stuff?

Leigh....

Llew

Used to watch 'Pot Black' when it started in the '60s when most people only had B/W TV's with dear old Ted Lowe as the commentator.

Famous quote of Ted's - The player is "going for the yellow ball by the sidepocket - and for those in black and white, it's next to the blue."

Llew

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frund

It is ok half time as I have not learned any arabic but only half time. art. Hurricane Higgins, Jimmy White, then it seemed to be as Davies would say "interesting" He was a great player although a bit over the hill now how many world champonships, one of the greats, family thing. Young man's game It's not sport in any way nor is darts. Nobody is purfect off to watch Shrewsbury v Hereford tomorrow.

BarMoo

Its funny, I read about the walk-off. Nothing like a bit of dynamic to an otherwise ploddy couch potato sport (which I used to enjoy before the BBC went into 2D).

What was funnier was reading that Maplin was the sponsor ?? I am still trying to work out a connection.

Mind, if Maplin is anything like Conrad here in Berlin (that never has stock of what you need) - I can quite understand O'sullivan's frustration.

Open to corrections on all points ;-))

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Have Fun, Moo.

Saturlight

Ronnie's in the wrong profession. Who reckons he should have been in Oasis?!

I wish women would stop saying I'm very good looking. It's embarrassing...

BarMoo

Funny you say that. :-))

I was in Las Vegas for a work trip - one evening someone dragged me to an Oasis concert - er, but one of the bro's had dun a bunk.

We were left with the one who knows what he's doing - and he managed quite well. Really enjoyed the beginning and middle bit: can't remember much of the end (American Beer vs Quantity there of).

,-))

Have Fun, Moo.

Saturlight

Yeh, that "attitude" thing among blokes in their 30s is a bity childish.

I wish women would stop saying I'm very good looking. It's embarrassing...

Salty25

This is the other thing with snooker - Ronnie's constant state of depression. I mean, come on, it was old even when it started and now I'm just bored of it. Much better in Higgins' day, he just head-butted refs when he got too much - legendary!