The reason Snooker is losing popularity in the UK is because all the clubs are shutting down. Ridiculous rates and rents on commercial properties is the main cause. Business is being suffocated in this country.
Why? Do you know WST has invested 0 into the game grassroots. Helping clubs might be asking too much, but they have not even invested in academies. Not even a single academy funded or built by WST/MATCHROOM/HEARN the Snooker Cartel in 30 years. CRIIMINALS.
@@lulitwogderess6440 And enjoying the game/sport or whatever you watch, that's what it's all about. I have nothing against snooker, I just don't watch it (same goes for football.) I like boxing, and a lot of people don't, but it's all good 🙃
I suffer with anxiety/depression and I know Ronnie has felt the same. In 2021 I got the chance to play him in an exhibition, so fought all my fears to play the frame but also used it to raise £1000 for MIND charity. 1 of my shots during the frame has 150,000+ views on YT and even John Virgo said it was a "Ronnie Special" afterwards :)
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The hardest thing about having anxiety and depression is not telling everyone you meet and starting sentences with it😂😂
I'm no psychiatrist or anything close, however; I think it is unusual to suffer from both anxiety and depression because people whom suffer from Anxiety live in the future and people whom suffer from Depression live in the past.
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@@j.jwhitty5861 great shout mate. Dont tell them that though, they like to cling onto every ailment going. Real anxiety and depression should be left to people who dont know wer their next meal is coming from, living in warzones, serious stuff like that, the rest is just plain weakness and attention seeking.
Ah but you see it's not a "Blazer Sport" is it, it's not show jumping or tennis or the like is it, it's played in dingy cellars and the like, a bit like speedway which took years to break down the barriers because of it's perceived image. There is no one called Pippa or Tinks or Algernon playing snooker is there?The Class System is alive and well in UK Sport
Ronnie’s first book is my birthday gift by my daughter, you can imagine how I am fond of him. My prayers is to get 8 times the triple crown so he remains top forever ❤❤❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤❤❤❤❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
10:05 "Snooker's doing alright yeah" What nonsense ; its dead in the UK , Stan Moody's the only half decent player under 30 coming through and he's not even 20.
Yeh true but he’s got to be appreciative of the game currently- all the 35-50 year old UK players are playing as good as they ever did arguably The standard is insane albeit the demographics are off the chart worrying
@@winnerwinnerchickendinner-y4w yeh in terms of actually the Television side of the game god can only imagine where we’d be if all the top players even Judds 36 now if they hadn’t gotten better and like the Jimmy Hendo Davis days got to 30 and were done…we’re so lucky just now but not too long to go in the scheme of things…unless your Mandarin is good lol
Ronnie is a legend. Loved him..loved Hendry..loved Davis. Just loved seeing players bashed! Only prob with an abroad world champ is the fans would suffer.
Snooker's in a _good place_ is it? ...utter rubbish. Snooker has been left to die in this country and in 20yrs when there's no UK player in the top 30, people will wonder why. There should be some regulation in place that helps entrepreneurs take old buildings and turn them in to venues. Rileys in Stockport still has all the tables and balls in there.. just rotting. It's heartbreaking.
Ronnie doesn't stand a chance with the Mumsnet share of the vote. They usually vote for some female sports personality no matter who else is nominated and what they have achieved.
For a family show etc Ronnies life has been more eastenders mum and dad banged up mate and lots other stuff -I’m a huge fan of his journey not just the ups but let sleeping dogs lie mate don’t get too bothered I’m sure your not
99.9999999% of the people watching the world snooker championship will be watching on TV and that would change to 99.9999999% if it was in a venue with 10x as many seats. Regardless of where it's held, the vast majority of the revenue will come from TV deals, not ticket sales. In snooker broadcasting, the TV screen is largely filled with the table and next to no fans (except occasionally the front 2-3 rows visible behind the player and an occasional wide shot between frames). So there's no point having a bigger audience from the TV viewers perspective. The existing crowd size already imparts more than enough atmosphere - making the venue bigger will make it more impersonal and potentially harder to control atmospheric conditions, and the people in the back row of the Crucible already view the table as a small green thing in the distance. Improved facilities have been called for by some players but not the arena itself. So there is an awful lot to lose on one side of the equation including the history and intimacy of the existing venue and on the other side as far as I can see is just a chance for an already rich man (Barry Hearn) to make marginally more money - he's a wheeler dealer and in all likelihood has some scheme in place to have greater control over a new soulless venue of his choice. It ain't broke at the crucible - there's nothing to fix.
Agree totally,the Wuhan tournament last week was practically empty,and the final featured two Chinese one of them actually from Wuhan.Keep it at Sheffield live spectator size as mentioned is irrelevant but with the crucible being small adds to the atmosphere,Ok, listen to the players and improve conditions there where possible,but DON’T succumb to Chinese or Saudi big money. Barry Hearn is the Don King of snooker!
We need snooker clubs there all shutting down use some of tbe saudi money to get more snooker clubs in towns in the uk run some amature tournaments leagues help help help
Ronnie just get 2 more tournament wins, invitational or ranking, here, China or Saudi! Then you go past Davis all time tournament record of 81 and you hold almost everything, maybe 28 more centuries too ;)
@@johndean4765 this pains me as Hendry was my sporting hero being a Scottish lad who was decent at snooker growing up. Ronnie is the goat for playing the game IMO now. However, Hendry changed the game forever and for that reason he can rightly be in the conv. With that said, was lot more than 6 tournaments back when Hendry was in prime, just not well known.
Knew from reading the video title exactly how this was going to play out - "We're talking about snooker World Championship plans drawn up by 'man in Saudi Arabia's pocket', and here to join us is 7-time World Champion 'other man in Saudi Arabia's pocket'.
So there I was in a snooker hall in Gants Hill and there was a poster on the wall advertising a new local up-and-coming talent........Steve Davis...I wondered if he ever made it....
@@garywallace5602 Most fans love him, you have a serious chip on your shoulder and a weird stalker like obsession with slating him. They take people to court over that these days.......
What average kid can afford a grand to get started in snooker? Whatever China is doing isn't happening over here. All the oldies are winning cos we ain't got no kids playing anymore.
Yes all the clubs are closing down.. I believe the snooker players should put their hands in their pockets and open clubs up for the youngsters.... Keep them away from crime and drugs...💯🇯🇲🇬🇧👍
Is there an argument the increased money raises the profile and steaks on offer which will attract a bigger pool of talent and a better contest for us to all follow?
@@Justin-yt8zv Yes you can absolutely sell out the sport for those potential benefits. There are endless strategies you could think of and selling out the sport is certainly one of them..
@@Justin-yt8zv in theory. But snooker is a niche sport and the fan base will never be large enough to grow snooker to the extent Barry wants. He's deluded. He's just after some of that Saudi sports-washing money. Like his son with the boxing.
Its a good idea to move it to a BIGGER venue, especially when a snooker table (where the action is) is 12'x6'! Do you all see were i'm going with this? Anyway, a tennis court is 78'x37'. A football pitch is 344'x223'. Would you like to watch a football game from 1 mile away (currently man u fans probably would 😊)? I certainly wouldn't. Keep it at the Crucible ffs.
With his exceptional ability, what an ambassador he should and could have been for the game. Rather than take a swipe at the game at every opportunity, he would have done well to show the game a little more respect
Barry Hearn is slowly killing snooker off in the UK with his mercenary like business practices. I understand money is a big part of running a sport, but with all the money they make off of the Saudis and from China, he could at least invest in the game outside of the pro scene.
Exactly, he's just lying. He wants to be a multi billionaire. It has nothing to do with the sport or necessity, these executives running snooker are already multi-millionaires and the sport is making more money now than it ever has. They are liars and they are even actively supporting nations involved heavily in humantrafficking, terrorism and other crimes against humanity. These huge business people in bed with saudi oil sheikhs and the CCP should be considered complicit in these crimes.
O'Sullivan is the biggest egomaniac I've ever ever heard - it's all me, me, me, and he's just a murderer's brat who can hit a few balls into pockets with a stick and inexplicably gets paid a fortune for it.
As the saying goes no one is bigger than the sport and that is true with every sport, be it football ,tennis, golf, etc, greats have left and the sport continues, and the same will happen with snooker when Ronnie leaves, but Ronnie is as close as possible to this being true you can get and a big hole will be left when he finally retires.
Hendry the best without doubt. Think Ronnie had said in previous interviews he feels the same. Like Mike Tyson hendry had that time of invincibility. Love Ronnie but he’s never had that.
Fraud of the sport Stephen Hendry worst loss was to Marcus Campbell who whitewashed him 9-0 in 1998. Was it yips? Or past his best? How come the weak era champion Hendry won the WSC title in 1999 if he was past his best? Most overrated snooker player ever. Ronnie leads your hero and fake goat Hendry the loser and cry baby 9-4 in finals, and 30-21 H2H, fact Hahahahaha And in the return grudge match in the WSC SF 2004, Ronnie wiped the floor with Hendry 17-4, You should watch the match its on TH-cam. Hendry was almost crying and it was a joy to watch his face Hahahaha. And the GOAT did it again to Hendry in 2008, He slaughtered Hendry 17-6 , another fact Hahahahaha Both matches on TH-cam Hahahahaha
For me Hendry still has a claim to GOAT. He dominated the sport for a decade and was unbeatable. He won 7 world titles in that time. Ronnie has been in and out and never dominated the sport. The big argument in Ronnie's favour is arguably a stronger era than Hendry had and his longevity winning major titles at his age. Hendry was finished at 40.
Interesting Ron mentioned he was 12 when it all clicked in. I played a tournament in the 80s and he was on the next table knocking in an 80 break and I thought that kid is going to go places with that talent. 16 & under English open in Bedford if I remember correctly
@@martyd8175 When you're 20 and you write an autobiography, does that mean you can't write another when you're 30? Didn't realise people were so thick. My bad
@@martyd8175 so your life is so sad it only has one dimension? Most of us have many dimensions/interests during our lives and writing different autobiographies about the various paths we've taken is very possible to comprehend. Hope your life gets more diversified!
Apologies to all the ronnie lovers who thought I was being pejorative/ serious. No doubt about it, he's the greatest ever to grace the game and his accolades prove it. I still think a book about running doesn't constitute an autobiography- but that's just in my sad little one dimensional world, which I accept. If you want a really, really powerful story- watch the documentary about the Klitscko brothers, or a documentary called Mr Calzaghe about the greatest ever to come from these shores. Autobiographical in its feel, and moving as well. I look forward to Ronnie's 4th autobiography called "of course I put my name to a school of excellence in Saudi, the money was amazing".
He literally threw it away in 2005 and 2006. Then there were a few other years where he went into it not in a good place. I only use those two years as the big ones as it’s not like he’s the only one who ‘could’ have done more.
You clearly know nothing about snooker. Hendry turned pro in 1985, and the GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan turned pro in 1993. The same year the greatest Ronnie turned pro as a 17 year old he beat Stephen Hendry in the 1993 UKC finals, and again in the 1997 UKC finals. Hendry cried & wet his knickers. Ronnie also leads Hendry 9-4 in finals and has a winning overrall record over Hendry. Hendry fan boys cant handle the fact Stephen Hendry couldn't live with Ronnie O'Sullivan who is the GOAT. Its in their head to head . Sado
@scottfletcherr1457 hey Scott, he often asks BBC interviewers to define words they use in their questions to him. Watch a few and you'll see what I mean.
“7x world champion, 8x UK champion, 8x Masters champion, 23 triple crown event winner” yeah cheers for adding those three massive numbers together for me love.
@@garyteeley9637 No , not ''end of'' 🤣 yes referring to Eddie and Barry as ''2x Hearns'' is cringe . As for ''amazing english'' . Why did you not put a capital E on English ? 🤣Also ''wtf'' ? HAHA .. keep going , little boy .
His like most sporting genius mental best gazza doesn't love the game down doesn't practice rather lose if not playing well don't kid yourself he practice loves the game feel sorry for him anyone give there right arm to have half the talent he has
The traditionalists players that want to keep the crucible, should maybe start taking traditional prize money. The kind of wages and prize money players were getting traditionally back in the 80s and 90s. Maybe then then crucible will remain sustainable. Will the players except that ? will they f 🤣 You cant expect big prize money and all that goes with it Whilst playing at a venue that dosnt generate the money needed. Although its a sport, its also a business, that cannot run at a loss, just so players can have high prize money Its 1 or the other, you cant have both. Make your choice..... But when it comes down to the crunch and your prize money being halved, Im sure then you will want to move elsewhere pretty sharpish 🤔
Back in the 80's they didn't have the multimillion TV deals and sponsorships. If you think snooker depends on a 1000 tickets for prize money you're crazy
@@NoChance-oz4dd I dont think that no, But a 1000 seats a day over a few weeks certainly helps. My point was things move on, and if you can sell 3 or 4 times more seats elsewhere, then why would you
Brilliant! I'm concerned he's already said he's leaving it to Eddie, who by his own admission doesn't care much for snooker... I can't work that one out me!
Ronnie copping some stick about his sporting achievements is gold I would not be the 1st bloke to leave the table if this fella popped in for a few games
Andy murray won it REASON HES A COMPLETE ATHLETE AND WON WIMBLEDON TWICE THE GREATEST SPORTSMAN EVER ON THESE ISLANDS NOT A ARGUMENT HES THE BEST EVER . Ronnie COUDNT carry Andy’s bag ffs
It starts at 8:50
Thanks. To add, he never “reacts”.
Thanks for that,the more I was looking at Gabby the more I was going to turn it off
The reason Snooker is losing popularity in the UK is because all the clubs are shutting down. Ridiculous rates and rents on commercial properties is the main cause. Business is being suffocated in this country.
Why? Do you know WST has invested 0 into the game grassroots. Helping clubs might be asking too much, but they have not even invested in academies. Not even a single academy funded or built by WST/MATCHROOM/HEARN the Snooker Cartel in 30 years. CRIIMINALS.
I have a club local to me and my son likes to play but I can't take him very often as the table rates are just so expensive.
@@end-game2030didn't hearn come from boxing, where a promoters aim is basically to make as much dough as possible by whatever means necessary?
@formulaic78 No. He stole the money from snooker and built his other crooked empire up.
Plus it’s all pool these days
The fact there isn’t more snooker on talk sport always makes me sad, it’s one of the greatest sports for me after football
It's not a sport imo (more like a game) same like chess.
Beats football for me...
@@CreativeWeazel Nah, its a sport. Someone could play your moves for you in chess.
Me too, enjoy snooker after football, but I can watch Ronnie O’Sullivan (the rocket) plays more than football 👈
@@lulitwogderess6440 And enjoying the game/sport or whatever you watch, that's what it's all about. I have nothing against snooker, I just don't watch it (same goes for football.)
I like boxing, and a lot of people don't, but it's all good 🙃
Glad the chap said it at the end. The greatest snooker player to ever live. Fact!! 🚀🚀🚀
I suffer with anxiety/depression and I know Ronnie has felt the same. In 2021 I got the chance to play him in an exhibition, so fought all my fears to play the frame but also used it to raise £1000 for MIND charity. 1 of my shots during the frame has 150,000+ views on YT and even John Virgo said it was a "Ronnie Special" afterwards :)
The hardest thing about having anxiety and depression is not telling everyone you meet and starting sentences with it😂😂
I'm no psychiatrist or anything close, however; I think it is unusual to suffer from both anxiety and depression because people whom suffer from Anxiety live in the future and people whom suffer from Depression live in the past.
@@j.jwhitty5861 great shout mate. Dont tell them that though, they like to cling onto every ailment going. Real anxiety and depression should be left to people who dont know wer their next meal is coming from, living in warzones, serious stuff like that, the rest is just plain weakness and attention seeking.
so so true 😂
@@j.jwhitty5861 you are correct, you are no psychiatrist with that diagnosis lol.
An unappreciated genius, one of the best sportsman this country has ever produced, if not The Best
doesn’t bear thinking about when Ronnie’s no longer competing in snooker, we’ve been spoiled having this genius for so long
can't imagine watching snooker when Ronnie retires for good:((. the rest are robots
Gabby: I've never writ a book.
Everybody: No? Surely not.
Any idea why the inappropriately named Gabby is there apart from the obvious?
How this guy has never won the BBC sports personality of the year is a joke
Who cares, he’ll prefer 7 world titles
@@MarkSmith-tp6zc no but it would be nice to be recognised for his achievements wouldn’t it pal
He deserves a knighthood. What a legend
Ah but you see it's not a "Blazer Sport" is it, it's not show jumping or tennis or the like is it, it's played in dingy cellars and the like, a bit like speedway which took years to break down the barriers because of it's perceived image. There is no one called Pippa or Tinks or Algernon playing snooker is there?The Class System is alive and well in UK Sport
Winning anything from the BBC is a disgrace
Ronnie looks llike he just woke up
it's called depression...
Probably did lol.
always looks like it, love that hair
@@da_great_mogulyawn
I suffer with it myself and yes, I'm tired with it when I'm down.
Ronnie’s first book is my birthday gift by my daughter, you can imagine how I am fond of him. My prayers is to get 8 times the triple crown so he remains top forever ❤❤❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤❤❤❤❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
10:05 "Snooker's doing alright yeah" What nonsense ; its dead in the UK , Stan Moody's the only half decent player under 30 coming through and he's not even 20.
Yeh true but he’s got to be appreciative of the game currently- all the 35-50 year old UK players are playing as good as they ever did arguably
The standard is insane albeit the demographics are off the chart worrying
Growing up in the 90s I could go to a local snooker hall and play. Now most have closed or are run down.
@@winnerwinnerchickendinner-y4w yeh in terms of actually the Television side of the game god can only imagine where we’d be if all the top players even Judds 36 now if they hadn’t gotten better and like the Jimmy Hendo Davis days got to 30 and were done…we’re so lucky just now but not too long to go in the scheme of things…unless your Mandarin is good lol
O'Connor is pretty good but you are right
and he's garbage too, never even made 147 in practice.
The Saudi’s are choosing which pants Barry is wearing nowadays.
Well done Ronnie. Me, alcoholic drug addict clean and sober 30+ years, one day at a time. I try to play snooker and enjoy every minute of it.
Ronnie is a legend. Loved him..loved Hendry..loved Davis. Just loved seeing players bashed!
Only prob with an abroad world champ is the fans would suffer.
Snooker's in a _good place_ is it? ...utter rubbish. Snooker has been left to die in this country and in 20yrs when there's no UK player in the top 30, people will wonder why.
There should be some regulation in place that helps entrepreneurs take old buildings and turn them in to venues.
Rileys in Stockport still has all the tables and balls in there.. just rotting. It's heartbreaking.
Century breaks with his left hand, insane, when Hendry and Davis say you are on a different level, then you are the GOAT
Absolute fact
We need trump to say it too, because trump is the closest to ronnie
@@NorthManchesterJamiaMosqueLive Trump has already called Ronnie the greatest, and Ronnie says Judd is the second greatest after himself.
How hes never won sports personality of the year is appalling
Ronnie doesn't stand a chance with the Mumsnet share of the vote. They usually vote for some female sports personality no matter who else is nominated and what they have achieved.
hes got the personality of a grumpy old man forever moaning
To out spoken
For a family show etc Ronnies life has been more eastenders mum and dad banged up mate and lots other stuff -I’m a huge fan of his journey not just the ups but let sleeping dogs lie mate don’t get too bothered I’m sure your not
The problem is his actual personality! He’s constantly moaning!
99.9999999% of the people watching the world snooker championship will be watching on TV and that would change to 99.9999999% if it was in a venue with 10x as many seats.
Regardless of where it's held, the vast majority of the revenue will come from TV deals, not ticket sales. In snooker broadcasting, the TV screen is largely filled with the table and next to no fans (except occasionally the front 2-3 rows visible behind the player and an occasional wide shot between frames). So there's no point having a bigger audience from the TV viewers perspective.
The existing crowd size already imparts more than enough atmosphere - making the venue bigger will make it more impersonal and potentially harder to control atmospheric conditions, and the people in the back row of the Crucible already view the table as a small green thing in the distance.
Improved facilities have been called for by some players but not the arena itself.
So there is an awful lot to lose on one side of the equation including the history and intimacy of the existing venue and on the other side as far as I can see is just a chance for an already rich man (Barry Hearn) to make marginally more money - he's a wheeler dealer and in all likelihood has some scheme in place to have greater control over a new soulless venue of his choice.
It ain't broke at the crucible - there's nothing to fix.
Agree totally,the Wuhan tournament last week was practically empty,and the final featured two Chinese one of them actually from Wuhan.Keep it at Sheffield live spectator size as mentioned is irrelevant but with the crucible being small adds to the atmosphere,Ok, listen to the players and improve conditions there where possible,but DON’T succumb to Chinese or Saudi big money. Barry Hearn is the Don King of snooker!
Simply the most naturally talented snooker player EVER , to play at the highest level both right handed and left handed is just mind blowing 🎱🎱🎱👍👍
Ronnie O'Sullivan is this country's greatest sportman-and that's it!
Phil the power.
Darts and snooker aren't sports. If there's no sweating...it's merely a pastime!
Max Woosnam
@@garywallace5602 go on, win a world championship as a pastime then lad.
If I won the World Championship at Subbuteo, would I be classed as a sportsman?
thanks for having sir ronnie o'sullivan on the show
The best single British sportsmen man that the UK have produced. A true legend and genius of his sport 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 s.o.sullivan
Its nice to look at new worlds for the sport , help others
Simply the greatest ❤
We need snooker clubs there all shutting down use some of tbe saudi money to get more snooker clubs in towns in the uk run some amature tournaments leagues help help help
They busy building mosques
Noticed that myself shame that.
That's a great idea 💡 👍
What's a snooker club mine all shut down in the 90s
True. I play every week and a lot of times there's one or two, sometimes none of the tables in play and this at club with 8 quality snooker tables.
Ronnie just get 2 more tournament wins, invitational or ranking, here, China or Saudi! Then you go past Davis all time tournament record of 81 and you hold almost everything, maybe 28 more centuries too ;)
Great comment a record that’s seldom mentioned
You cannot compare number of centuries as now over 30 tournaments, Hendry days just 6
@@johndean4765 this pains me as Hendry was my sporting hero being a Scottish lad who was decent at snooker growing up. Ronnie is the goat for playing the game IMO now. However, Hendry changed the game forever and for that reason he can rightly be in the conv.
With that said, was lot more than 6 tournaments back when Hendry was in prime, just not well known.
Oh yes........we all want Ronnie to attain the last few remaining high watermarks in the world of snooker. Love ya Ronnie!
@@johndean4765 No, but you can look at frames per century, and Ronnie has a better rate than Hendry.
I read it on holiday in Turkey last week, Ronnie really bears his soul in this, very enjoyable read.
He is right about Snooker in China, it's huge over there.
Probably my favourite sportsperson in history, majestic at the table at his worst. Makes it look easy then you try and play..
Knew from reading the video title exactly how this was going to play out - "We're talking about snooker World Championship plans drawn up by 'man in Saudi Arabia's pocket', and here to join us is 7-time World Champion 'other man in Saudi Arabia's pocket'.
The wheels have come off again recently. That left-handed horror show of a performance at the English open last month was a joke.
Me too, enjoy snooker after football, my best sport/game but I can watch Ronnie O’Sullivan (the rocket) plays more than football 👈
Who is this Ronnie O'Sullivan? Contradicting everything he's said in the past. The guy's disturbed.
Black Ferrari Spyder owner - Reg 147 !! 😍🥰
Ronnie has always talked down how good he is and his achievements
Think he is possibly the most talented sportsman this country has ever produced. I hope he one day gets that 8th world title but if not what a career
Absolutely greatness ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So there I was in a snooker hall in Gants Hill and there was a poster on the wall advertising a new local up-and-coming talent........Steve Davis...I wondered if he ever made it....
Typical Ronnie. They treat us better in other venues. In other words...I get paid more!
Well they do it for money mate 🤷🏻♂️
F@@k the fans...as long as I'm alright. Nice one Ronnie!
@@garywallace5602 Most fans love him, you have a serious chip on your shoulder and a weird stalker like obsession with slating him. They take people to court over that these days.......
he got a nice fat cheque from the Saudi's recently. Of course they'll roll out a red carpet for any one helping their sports washing campaign.
@@garywallace5602 but the fans are paying their wages. No fans, no snooker.
0:44 "British champion" Clearly Sawyer doesn't play snooker....
get a life
What average kid can afford a grand to get started in snooker? Whatever China is doing isn't happening over here. All the oldies are winning cos we ain't got no kids playing anymore.
Yes all the clubs are closing down.. I believe the snooker players should put their hands in their pockets and open clubs up for the youngsters.... Keep them away from crime and drugs...💯🇯🇲🇬🇧👍
And £10 and hour😵💫
@@markruston7984 Yeah, membership fees, tabletime, lighting time. What kid would pay all that unless they were forced into it. It's ridiculous
9:40 "We have to live in the real world , and the real world means money" Only to a relentlessly greedy money obsessed nob like Hearn.
Is there an argument the increased money raises the profile and steaks on offer which will attract a bigger pool of talent and a better contest for us to all follow?
@Justin Not really, just attracts similar greedy bastards to Barry Hearn!
@@Justin-yt8zv Yes you can absolutely sell out the sport for those potential benefits. There are endless strategies you could think of and selling out the sport is certainly one of them..
@@Justin-yt8zv in theory. But snooker is a niche sport and the fan base will never be large enough to grow snooker to the extent Barry wants. He's deluded. He's just after some of that Saudi sports-washing money. Like his son with the boxing.
Spot on my man.
Hearn should put his huge wealth, where is mouth is and redevelop the Crucible.
Job done.
Its a good idea to move it to a BIGGER venue, especially when a snooker table (where the action is) is 12'x6'! Do you all see were i'm going with this? Anyway, a tennis court is 78'x37'. A football pitch is 344'x223'. Would you like to watch a football game from 1 mile away (currently man u fans probably would 😊)? I certainly wouldn't. Keep it at the Crucible ffs.
Go on Ronnie!!!!
Love Ronnie, not even a snooker fan tbf
Ronnie the 🐐legend 🇬🇧👍
With his exceptional ability, what an ambassador he should and could have been for the game. Rather than take a swipe at the game at every opportunity, he would have done well to show the game a little more respect
He just tells it as it is, it's an incredibly boring game but for him. Snooker needs Ronnie more than Ronnie needs snooker.
@@scottfletcherr1457 Apart from one or two players it's boring beyond belief///
How do I order the book Ronnie, and will you sign it please 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Without question, the GOAT in snooker.
GOAT
Barry Hearn is slowly killing snooker off in the UK with his mercenary like business practices. I understand money is a big part of running a sport, but with all the money they make off of the Saudis and from China, he could at least invest in the game outside of the pro scene.
Exactly, he's just lying. He wants to be a multi billionaire. It has nothing to do with the sport or necessity, these executives running snooker are already multi-millionaires and the sport is making more money now than it ever has. They are liars and they are even actively supporting nations involved heavily in humantrafficking, terrorism and other crimes against humanity. These huge business people in bed with saudi oil sheikhs and the CCP should be considered complicit in these crimes.
O'Sullivan is the biggest egomaniac I've ever ever heard - it's all me, me, me, and he's just a murderer's brat who can hit a few balls into pockets with a stick and inexplicably gets paid a fortune for it.
I loved watching Natalie melt. 😂 rightfully so. Sports legend x❤
Most talented sports man ever. FACT. Gifted beyond any other.
Wish he would come to USA and play exhibits....I'd love to see him play.
By far the greatest British sportsman about
Class act.
How this man has never won SPOTY I will never know. Greatest British sportsman ever
Some of the people who have won over the years and he hasn't is insane
@@omegaman6494 Beth mead.
@@alfiematthews8140 she won in the same year Ronnie won his 7th world title lol
@@omegaman6494 ridiculous
His family story is like eastenders mate
I’m a huge fan but just let sleeping dogs lie
It would be fantastic if ronnie o'sullivan academy produce a future world champion.
Crazy to think it works out he's won 2 trophies a year throughout his career, and the competition he's had to face has been relentless.
GENIUS. 🐐
GOAT 🚀🐐
🐐, sports royalty of the highest order!!
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the greatest player of all time. Stats never lie 🐐🏆👌
Definitely
Definitely
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Ups & downs properly the Greatest snooker player ever naturel talent
Asking Ronnie questions hes been asked a million times before.
As the saying goes no one is bigger than the sport and that is true with every sport, be it football ,tennis, golf, etc, greats have left and the sport continues, and the same will happen with snooker when Ronnie leaves, but Ronnie is as close as possible to this being true you can get and a big hole will be left when he finally retires.
Hendry the best without doubt. Think Ronnie had said in previous interviews he feels the same. Like Mike Tyson hendry had that time of invincibility. Love Ronnie but he’s never had that.
Fraud of the sport Stephen Hendry worst loss was to Marcus Campbell who whitewashed him 9-0 in 1998. Was it yips? Or past his best? How come the weak era champion Hendry won the WSC title in 1999 if he was past his best? Most overrated snooker player ever.
Ronnie leads your hero and fake goat Hendry the loser and cry baby 9-4 in finals, and 30-21 H2H, fact Hahahahaha
And in the return grudge match in the WSC SF 2004, Ronnie wiped the floor with Hendry 17-4, You should watch the match its on TH-cam. Hendry was almost crying and it was a joy to watch his face Hahahaha. And the GOAT did it again to Hendry in 2008, He slaughtered Hendry 17-6 , another fact Hahahahaha
Both matches on TH-cam Hahahahaha
Even Hendry calls Ronnie O'Sullivan the GOAT 🐐
Does it even matter, clearly the 2 best players of all time by some distance.
For me Hendry still has a claim to GOAT. He dominated the sport for a decade and was unbeatable. He won 7 world titles in that time. Ronnie has been in and out and never dominated the sport. The big argument in Ronnie's favour is arguably a stronger era than Hendry had and his longevity winning major titles at his age. Hendry was finished at 40.
@@streetspirit956 hendry was finished at 35
Interesting Ron mentioned he was 12 when it all clicked in. I played a tournament in the 80s and he was on the next table knocking in an 80 break and I thought that kid is going to go places with that talent. 16 & under English open in Bedford if I remember correctly
''Ya know it's a book and people are buying it to read it'' - Ronnie O'Sullivan
I think Ronnie's acting career will get going in a couple of yrs; rumours of him joining Eastenders; involved with some major storylines.
Has Natalie actually watched a snooker match? I think not when she thinks Snooker still needs ring walks and music….Snooker has had that for 20 years
not to the extent she is meaning. She means turning it up a notch or two.
"Ive done 3 autobiographies now and they're all different".......so which ones the autobiography?
The one about your idiocy.
@@DameTremonti what for understanding the word autobiography? 🤣
@@martyd8175 When you're 20 and you write an autobiography, does that mean you can't write another when you're 30? Didn't realise people were so thick. My bad
@@martyd8175 so your life is so sad it only has one dimension? Most of us have many dimensions/interests during our lives and writing different autobiographies about the various paths we've taken is very possible to comprehend. Hope your life gets more diversified!
Apologies to all the ronnie lovers who thought I was being pejorative/ serious. No doubt about it, he's the greatest ever to grace the game and his accolades prove it. I still think a book about running doesn't constitute an autobiography- but that's just in my sad little one dimensional world, which I accept. If you want a really, really powerful story- watch the documentary about the Klitscko brothers, or a documentary called Mr Calzaghe about the greatest ever to come from these shores. Autobiographical in its feel, and moving as well. I look forward to Ronnie's 4th autobiography called "of course I put my name to a school of excellence in Saudi, the money was amazing".
Should Ronnie have more world titles? If yes, what held him back?
Cocaine and changing coaches and lack of commitment to training
He would have 10 easy if he had steve Peters early on in is career
He literally threw it away in 2005 and 2006.
Then there were a few other years where he went into it not in a good place.
I only use those two years as the big ones as it’s not like he’s the only one who ‘could’ have done more.
If this was a BBC interview, Ronnie would have asked "what does cathartic mean, what does that mean?!"
He wouldn't, is actually intelligent. Has achieved far more on his life than a username on youtube who insults his intelligence.
You clearly know nothing about snooker. Hendry turned pro in 1985, and the GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan turned pro in 1993.
The same year the greatest Ronnie turned pro as a 17 year old he beat Stephen Hendry in the 1993 UKC finals, and again in the 1997 UKC finals. Hendry cried & wet his knickers.
Ronnie also leads Hendry 9-4 in finals and has a winning overrall record over Hendry. Hendry fan boys cant handle the fact Stephen Hendry couldn't live with Ronnie O'Sullivan who is the GOAT. Its in their head to head . Sado
Ronnie leads Hendry 9-4 in finals and owns Hendry's soul head to head.
@@WayneAnthonyHolmes-rd6yy what's that got to do with my comment???
@scottfletcherr1457 hey Scott, he often asks BBC interviewers to define words they use in their questions to him. Watch a few and you'll see what I mean.
We are further along with mental health than we were but we are still a long way off
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
“7x world champion, 8x UK champion, 8x Masters champion, 23 triple crown event winner” yeah cheers for adding those three massive numbers together for me love.
Ronnie has made snooker so exciting ! what would we do without him ?.
I don't get upset if I miss a shot playing snooker mind you I'm on my 4th cue this year.
I’m glad Jim white wasn’t on because he would be butting in every second
I have his Book hard Copy and on page 66 there was a Naughty Note.
Eh?
2 x hearns are for sure the best narcissist son and father ever seen
Absolute nonsense and who the HELL types '' 2 x Hearns'' . That is cringe
@@CraigWeir-q5v amazing english, that is cringe...wtf.
Opinion will are allowed, shocking people...end of
@@garyteeley9637 No , not ''end of'' 🤣 yes referring to Eddie and Barry as ''2x Hearns'' is cringe .
As for ''amazing english'' . Why did you not put a capital E on English ? 🤣Also ''wtf'' ? HAHA .. keep going , little boy .
@@CraigWeir-q5vpuerile(look it up and then get back to me😂)
Britain’s most natural sportsman ever
Snooker is finished when ronnie retires. Almost everyone I know only watches snooker because of him. The rest of players are boring af. Like robots
Rocket Ronnie living legend
Legend❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Brutally honest eh!
Legend.
His like most sporting genius mental best gazza doesn't love the game down doesn't practice rather lose if not playing well don't kid yourself he practice loves the game feel sorry for him anyone give there right arm to have half the talent he has
The traditionalists players that want to keep the crucible, should maybe start taking traditional prize money.
The kind of wages and prize money players were getting traditionally back in the 80s and 90s.
Maybe then then crucible will remain sustainable.
Will the players except that ? will they f 🤣
You cant expect big prize money and all that goes with it
Whilst playing at a venue that dosnt generate the money needed.
Although its a sport, its also a business, that cannot run at a loss, just so players can have high prize money
Its 1 or the other, you cant have both. Make your choice.....
But when it comes down to the crunch and your prize money being halved,
Im sure then you will want to move elsewhere pretty sharpish 🤔
Back in the 80's they didn't have the multimillion TV deals and sponsorships. If you think snooker depends on a 1000 tickets for prize money you're crazy
@@NoChance-oz4dd I dont think that no, But a 1000 seats a day over a few weeks certainly helps. My point was things move on, and if you can sell 3 or 4 times more seats elsewhere, then why would you
His favourite song is Layla 😆
One of these Christmases, Barry Hearn is going to be visited by four ghosts.
Brilliant!
I'm concerned he's already said he's leaving it to Eddie, who by his own admission doesn't care much for snooker...
I can't work that one out me!
@@mcfcworcester1365correct
Ronnie copping some stick about his sporting achievements is gold
I would not be the 1st bloke to leave the table if this fella popped in for a few games
Andy Bradbury would..
One more and he’s done only 79 trophies 👍⭐️
The problem is there are no snooker halls anymore. Is there one where you live?
Yes
A humble genius
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😂The reason why he has never won The Sports Personality of The Year is because divvy BBC viewers vote...DO NOT PAY THE BBC TV TAX 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😊
or... snooker is a niche sport compared to where other nominees are picked.
Absolutely, he doesn't tick the correct boxes.
Andy murray won it REASON HES A COMPLETE ATHLETE AND WON WIMBLEDON TWICE THE GREATEST SPORTSMAN EVER ON THESE ISLANDS NOT A ARGUMENT HES THE BEST EVER . Ronnie COUDNT carry Andy’s bag ffs
@poneil6442
And Murray couldn't carry Ronnie's trophies.
Ronnie is a complete dose
What does that mean?
It’s appalling ronnie hasn’t been considered sports player of the year …he’s truly the Grandmaster of snooker…