World Snooker

[Sarb]

I hate the ****ing idiot fans in the crucible who leave they're phone on loud ringer.

I don't get this, no noise when playing snooker. It's pretty odd. Telling me when they practice, they practice in absolute silence. Not a dig at you, just a general point. Unless someone shouts something mid-cueing, I don't see the issue with a bit of noise

[magicalbarnes]

Waldens & Hawkins is such a **** semi.

[Jayesh87]

9-7 to Ronnie

[Sarb]

Go on Ronnie

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Walder v Hawkins has to be the worst game of snooker I've ever watched and its a semi final ffs

[Shaggy]

They just said it again as Ronnie and Trump came back out after the mid-session interval! "Incredible atmosphere" - there were about five blokes shouting "GO ON RONNIE"

[magicalbarnes]

Walder v Hawkins has to be the worst game of snooker I've ever watched and its a semi final ffs

Such a pointless game.

They should just give the winner of the Ronnie / Trump game the trophy.

[Shaggy]

Someone in the crowd just farted loudly while TRUMP was about to play a shot

[magicalbarnes]

Someone in the crowd just farted loudly while TRUMP was about to play a shot

It had to happen one day!

[Fivex]

Someone in the crowd just farted loudly while TRUMP was about to play a shot

[magicalbarnes]

What just happend between the female ref and Ronnie? Im watching it on Eurosport and apparantley the ref said to Ronnie 'stop making obscene gestures'

[Fivex]

[Chazza]

From: @georgeyboy
Sent: 3 May 2013 21:28

Ronnie's just said "I wanna go home" midway through frame 23 v Trump. He's leading 13-9 but his patience & interest have dipped #bbcsnooker

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[Liverpel]

What just happend between the female ref and Ronnie? Im watching it on Eurosport and apparantley the ref said to Ronnie 'stop making obscene gestures'

Ronnie O'Sullivan was reprimanded by the referee Michaela Tabb for making what she perceived as an obscene gesture in his World Championship semi-final against Judd Trump .

After missing a ball in the penultimate frame he ran his hand up the shaft of his cue between his legs and Tabb stepped in to issue a reprimand, saying: "Don't make obscene gestures again, OK?"

O'Sullivan merely said he was wiping something off his cue before joking: "I want to go home." But it seemed to unsettle him and Trump went on to win the frame, the longest of the match so far. O'Sullivan took the last of the night to go 14-10 in front, three away from his fifth World Championship final.

A World Snooker spokesman said: "We have been told by eyewitnesses in the arena that Ronnie O'Sullivan made an inappropriate gesture, though this does not seem to have been captured on camera." That fact may save him from censure by the governing body.

O'Sullivan has been in trouble for similar incidents before. In 2008 he was fined £2,750 after being caught on camera making lewd remarks following his exit from the China Open.

After answering a question and waiting for it to be translated into Chinese, he was seen pointing to his penis and asking out loud: "Do you want to suck that? Do you want to come and suck on that later?" He then laughs and says: "Anyone want to give me a nosh? Suck my dick." In 2010 he was warned for making a one-fingered gesture at the table in a match with Liang Wenbo.

The four-time world champion, who said on Wednesday he would retire before next season's World Championship, said Barry Hearn could change his mind.

Hearn, who has managed O'Sullivan in the past, has vowed not to stand in the his way should he decide to stick to the latest in a long line of retirement warnings.

O'Sullivan, 37, said: "You never know with Barry, he's always changing things. He might go: 'Look Ronnsy, I've got a little tournament for you, you can turn up, do two weeks' practice.' And I might go: 'You know what, I'm up for that.' "But I'm not up for the constant putting my life into snooker."

To trade in snooker for a new career would be an extraordinary move, given his earning ability, but O'Sullivan insists he is tired of the sport that has brought him over £6m in prize money, and huge sums in endorsements. He suggests he wants a quiet life, possibly in a field as relatively humdrum as property development.

"I don't want to be a celebrity, I don't want to be on the telly, I don't want to do any of that sort of stuff," O'Sullivan said. "I don't want to be a billionaire, I don't want to rule the world. I want to have a purpose in life and there are other things out there that I'd like to do and I'm excited by it.

"I've been watching these property programmes where they buy a new house, put a new kitchen in... it sounds a bit easier than playing snooker."

The quality of O'Sullivan's tussle with Trump was not being replicated by last-four debutantsBarry Hawkins and Ricky Walden in the second semi-final, with the pair struggling in their afternoon session. Walden went from 6-2 to 9-7 in front with Hawkins still without a half-century break in the match.Chester-based Walden fired in 106, his third century of the match, to lead 8-5, but then saw Kent's Hawkins claw his way back.

Hawkins had struggled badly, managing a top break of just 36, and his break-building trouble persisted as the match progressed. Eventually he managed to improve on it, allowing himself a small fist pump during a break of 47.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/may/03/ronnie-osullivan-obscene-gesture-world-championship

[Gingawaria]

Ronnie O'Sullivan was reprimanded by the referee Michaela Tabb for making what she perceived as an obscene gesture in his World Championship semi-final against Judd Trump .

After missing a ball in the penultimate frame he ran his hand up the shaft of his cue between his legs and Tabb stepped in to issue a reprimand, saying: "Don't make obscene gestures again, OK?"

O'Sullivan merely said he was wiping something off his cue before joking: "I want to go home." But it seemed to unsettle him and Trump went on to win the frame, the longest of the match so far. O'Sullivan took the last of the night to go 14-10 in front, three away from his fifth World Championship final.

A World Snooker spokesman said: "We have been told by eyewitnesses in the arena that Ronnie O'Sullivan made an inappropriate gesture, though this does not seem to have been captured on camera." That fact may save him from censure by the governing body.

O'Sullivan has been in trouble for similar incidents before. In 2008 he was fined £2,750 after being caught on camera making lewd remarks following his exit from the China Open.

After answering a question and waiting for it to be translated into Chinese, he was seen pointing to his penis and asking out loud: "Do you want to suck that? Do you want to come and suck on that later?" He then laughs and says: "Anyone want to give me a nosh? Suck my dick." In 2010 he was warned for making a one-fingered gesture at the table in a match with Liang Wenbo.

The four-time world champion, who said on Wednesday he would retire before next season's World Championship, said Barry Hearn could change his mind.

Hearn, who has managed O'Sullivan in the past, has vowed not to stand in the his way should he decide to stick to the latest in a long line of retirement warnings.

O'Sullivan, 37, said: "You never know with Barry, he's always changing things. He might go: 'Look Ronnsy, I've got a little tournament for you, you can turn up, do two weeks' practice.' And I might go: 'You know what, I'm up for that.' "But I'm not up for the constant putting my life into snooker."

To trade in snooker for a new career would be an extraordinary move, given his earning ability, but O'Sullivan insists he is tired of the sport that has brought him over £6m in prize money, and huge sums in endorsements. He suggests he wants a quiet life, possibly in a field as relatively humdrum as property development.

"I don't want to be a celebrity, I don't want to be on the telly, I don't want to do any of that sort of stuff," O'Sullivan said. "I don't want to be a billionaire, I don't want to rule the world. I want to have a purpose in life and there are other things out there that I'd like to do and I'm excited by it.

"I've been watching these property programmes where they buy a new house, put a new kitchen in... it sounds a bit easier than playing snooker."

The quality of O'Sullivan's tussle with Trump was not being replicated by last-four debutantsBarry Hawkins and Ricky Walden in the second semi-final, with the pair struggling in their afternoon session. Walden went from 6-2 to 9-7 in front with Hawkins still without a half-century break in the match.Chester-based Walden fired in 106, his third century of the match, to lead 8-5, but then saw Kent's Hawkins claw his way back.

Hawkins had struggled badly, managing a top break of just 36, and his break-building trouble persisted as the match progressed. Eventually he managed to improve on it, allowing himself a small fist pump during a break of 47.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013...d-championship

This is the problem...the sport is up it's own arse!

Obscene gesture FFS