tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post2836484522944008730..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: SNOOKER'S LIFE EXPECTANCY SHORTENED BY OBSERVERDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-17870189575805827092010-01-14T20:51:58.302+00:002010-01-14T20:51:58.302+00:00Snooker © The Fine Art Method
A secret is wasted ...Snooker © The Fine Art Method <br />A secret is wasted if not shared <br /> Dear Dave <br />How are you lad! I am really sorry that you have dropped another couple of my posts; I expect Dave it must be on borderline legality as opposed to unsavoury remarks.<br /><br />The game is really based on the copycat principle of “Watch Me” and I’ll show you again, and don’t forget to follow through.<br /><br />I hope that “The Mechanics of the balls” and the introduction of “Snooker Physics” will not require conformation from a gaggle of physicists. Mr hey you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-43306524986453595092010-01-14T13:44:03.310+00:002010-01-14T13:44:03.310+00:00Snooker © The Fine Art Method
A secret is wasted ...Snooker © The Fine Art Method <br />A secret is wasted if not shared <br />Hello Dave and Hello Barney Ronay <br />I am sorry Dave that your fellow writer has bailed out. Putting pen to paper with regret for a professional is a short cut to the dole. <br />I am very surprised Barney that you couldn’t find the plausible words in syntax to keep Dave’s blog ---Blogging, it was good for another two weeks.<br /><br />The “Fine Art” snooker method Barney was the only post that agreed with your sentiment on Snookers demise. The Fine Art opinion was “Tongue in Cheek”, simply by knowing that snooker the “Fine Art” will probably dominate snooker worldwide as the games only copyright. Mr hey youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-40315836195717205522010-01-14T12:26:56.202+00:002010-01-14T12:26:56.202+00:00To be fair I will leave it as I was doing that ann...To be fair I will leave it as I was doing that annoying thing where I labour a point too much! I did notice you tip Murphy for title. As you are on form you may be right, I went be Maguire but now Ronnie has got past Robbo I think he will take some beating on his home patch. Against Murphy the crowd could be even bordering on hostile as he is not the most popular of players.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-61845104459951248152010-01-13T14:26:06.115+00:002010-01-13T14:26:06.115+00:00Don't think so, but post it againDon't think so, but post it againDave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-87301466306173608832010-01-13T14:19:29.678+00:002010-01-13T14:19:29.678+00:00Did I not leave another comment here, perhaps I fo...Did I not leave another comment here, perhaps I forgot to press the right button, as the comment did not appear offensivejamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-73723809520115565622010-01-13T12:49:48.281+00:002010-01-13T12:49:48.281+00:00What does it matter what's in the newspapers, ...What does it matter what's in the newspapers, any way?<br />Aren't newspapers on their way out?<br />Who bothers to actually buy newspapers nowadays?southernernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-2964634233177820862010-01-12T18:49:22.809+00:002010-01-12T18:49:22.809+00:00All opinions aren't valid or equal. It depends...All opinions aren't valid or equal. It depends who holds them, their knowledge, experience and insight.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-4620369033833605652010-01-12T18:46:09.173+00:002010-01-12T18:46:09.173+00:00Well I fully agree but neither me or you know that...Well I fully agree but neither me or you know that for sure. Don't get me wrong it is 99 per cent certain, but if Hearn did fail to pull it off then where is the game going to go. In my eyes the UK is bigger than the Masters doesnt mean I'm right though or wrong, but perhaps something as sweeping as what Ronay said is wrong as it is based on little evidence. I t wouldn't take that much to slip into semi amateur though as a number of PDC players still have jobs.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-57090266269401054242010-01-12T18:34:49.134+00:002010-01-12T18:34:49.134+00:00His opinion that snooker will be an amateur sport ...His opinion that snooker will be an amateur sport by the end of the decade is quite obviously wrongDave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-69111354611726663542010-01-12T18:33:19.604+00:002010-01-12T18:33:19.604+00:00Fair play to Ronay for coming out and being honest...Fair play to Ronay for coming out and being honest about. I agree about the informed bit, but there is no such thing as a right or wrong opinion in my mind as is it not fact. Im in agreement mostly Dave these pieces seem too crop up too often around big events. Got to say I loved Ronnie's post match comments on the BBC today about Ken Doherty wearing a thong and then saying Ebdon should hurry up around the table!jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-15443420842561185712010-01-11T22:19:19.322+00:002010-01-11T22:19:19.322+00:00Being entitled to an opinion doesn't mean it&#...Being entitled to an opinion doesn't mean it's a correct or informed one.<br /><br />Mr. Ronay has posted the following on thesnookerforum.com:<br /><br />Hello. I wrote the article you're talking about. Seeing this in print I kind of agree with you. You don't often regret writing things but I could never really see the point of this one and wish I'd never got involved. Here's how these things work: the Obs wanted an article about snooker dying for their mag. my own choice would have been 50-over cricket, but they asked me to do it, so i wrote something quite mild and elegaic, which was then tweaked a little to make it sound more damning. For what it's worth I'm going to try and do an "another-viewpoint" piece about snooker not actually dying after all. And, yes, you spotted the irony: is if anything's dying around here it's the observer sport monthlyDave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-26841151365376888692010-01-11T18:14:28.933+00:002010-01-11T18:14:28.933+00:00To be fair I agree with Dave, the piece is not wel...To be fair I agree with Dave, the piece is not well researched and I don't agree with any of what you have quoted. However, he is allowed his view and surely just because you are not into snooker doesn't mean you are not allowed to write negatively about in a justified way. I hate Formula One and would quite happily write an article on it, but I would do it constructively and attempt to do some research as otherwise then I think someone like Dave is write to criticise it.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-64116549276215409462010-01-11T11:07:25.307+00:002010-01-11T11:07:25.307+00:00Snooker © The Fine Art Method
A secret is wasted i...Snooker © The Fine Art Method<br />A secret is wasted if not shared <br />Dear David<br /> How are you lad! As the dear ole “Bookie” and there close cousins are the main benefactors of snookers prize money, I think you should know the unwritten rule Dave. Never pick and choose a bet offered or the poor ole bookie becomes a common “Punter”.<br /><br />Picking and choosing your posts on the Mr Ronay subject was wrong. Opinions are a sign that your people are alive and thinking. If you won’t your blog members to always agree with the “Loudest Voices” it will cease to be the David Hendon blog site.<br /><br />Mr Ronay or the said papers official writer on snooker should have been invited to comment and if he fully agreed with his work mate’s opinion. Discrimination Dave they say is unlawful.<br /> Mr hey youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-53940336199482587552010-01-10T22:48:54.537+00:002010-01-10T22:48:54.537+00:00snooker is definitely dieing... in UK
Barny didn&...snooker is definitely dieing... in UK <br />Barny didn't mention a huge amount of people across the world who are interested in this poor, dieing sport<br /><br />and Janie, what are you going to do with miles of column in newspapers.... chinese newspapers? <br /><br />ps: agree White was a wrong choice!SnookeromAnkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656301025146788846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-87952470141314993822010-01-10T21:45:57.287+00:002010-01-10T21:45:57.287+00:00I think the bloke is right snooker is dieing ,the ...I think the bloke is right snooker is dieing ,the snooker in the masters has been rubbish so far and I have switched off the white match because its awful ,we all new the windward was the wrong choice and tonight has shown it !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-88422934379438222712010-01-10T14:41:43.958+00:002010-01-10T14:41:43.958+00:00Definitely a poorly researched article. I believe ...Definitely a poorly researched article. I believe the hall in Bahrain was empty, not half empty as the article suggests!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-32889471084366468102010-01-10T14:38:58.172+00:002010-01-10T14:38:58.172+00:00You didn't even include the silliest comment: ...You didn't even include the silliest comment: "18.5m people watched Steve Davis lose to Dennis Taylor in the 1985 World Championship final... the recent UK Championship final finished at midnight, too late to be covered in daily newspapers and out of reach of a family audience."<br /><br />Yeah, can you imagine what opportunities would have been lost had that 1985 final frame finished after midn...oh, wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-76793797530160133452010-01-10T13:55:39.579+00:002010-01-10T13:55:39.579+00:00Jesus what a pathetic article. Frightening that s...Jesus what a pathetic article. Frightening that such an uninformed and lazy journalist could be employed by a national newspaper.<br /><br />Thankfully we have some good journalists, like you Dave, contributing constructively, and balancing all sides.<br /><br />The Snooker Oracle<br />http://twitter.com/SnookerOracleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-42236071226417945022010-01-10T13:38:38.992+00:002010-01-10T13:38:38.992+00:00Doesn't it just make you sick!
We crave column...Doesn't it just make you sick!<br />We crave column inches for snooker.<br /><br />There are plenty of us snooker journos with the knowledge to write perfectly balanced and unbiased articles about the sport and the players.<br /><br />Give us the inches and we'll give you miles of coverage.Janie Watkinshttp://www.global-snooker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-69725871122291075842010-01-10T13:19:09.705+00:002010-01-10T13:19:09.705+00:00Seems like we get one of these articles every six ...Seems like we get one of these articles every six months or so and they might as well all say the same thing. <br /><br />Dreadful, unlike Mark Selby this afternoon incidentally.Matthttp://prosnookerblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-46982961174702445842010-01-10T11:18:58.402+00:002010-01-10T11:18:58.402+00:00A very poor synopsis by the Observer journalist an...A very poor synopsis by the Observer journalist and as you quite rightly point out the Observer is far more likely to be out of business than snooker anytime soon. Now for a plug if that's ok Dave. My sports betting blog with a big emphasis on snooker is returning and can be found at http://redandblackblog.wordpress.com/<br />Tip for this morning is obviously too late but also put up a good argument for backing Fu this afternoon and some decent priced outrights.RichPhttp://redandblackblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-51460186581688171572010-01-10T09:57:07.121+00:002010-01-10T09:57:07.121+00:00Having been to Wembley numerous times over the pas...Having been to Wembley numerous times over the past few years, the atmosphere during the week is dead, even when O'Sullivan has played. What other sport puts on their main draw on a Tuesday afternoon? I haven't checked this year's scheduling but hopefully this has changed. Shorter matches in prime time viewing slots is the way forward. This will upset the traditionalists but it's definitely a case of adept or die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-85308673793690150482010-01-10T08:58:05.721+00:002010-01-10T08:58:05.721+00:00well we had something equally infuriating after th...well we had something equally infuriating after the Exhibition "the rocket hits Hamm" in 2008. A German TV station sended a Reporter who obviously had no information about Snooker at all. The report was a desaster (it wasn't about Snooker at all) and I was as furious as you are now. <br />It's simply wrong what this Ronay <br />person writes! But you're giving him the right answer now, here in your BLOG. Snooker is at the verge of a re-start and everyone who takes a little care in it can see Barry Hearn at work. It's been little changes so far, but good changes! I can't wait to see what will happen next and since I am the average fan it should be prove enough that the rejuvination of Snooker reaches us fans - even now where there's undoubtetly more to come.trophymadhttp://twitter.com/Trophymadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-20899874921493388212010-01-10T08:52:49.410+00:002010-01-10T08:52:49.410+00:00DAVE, ALTHOUGH HES TECHNICALLY WRONG ON SO MANY CO...DAVE, ALTHOUGH HES TECHNICALLY WRONG ON SO MANY COUNTS IT COULD BE THOUGH THAT THIS IS HOW A LOT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO OCCASIONALLY VIEW SNOOKER SEE IT TOO, sorry about caps.....so, even though hes wrong which is terrible, it could actually be good in that its still proves theres a job to be done to trun the casual viewer and the reporters of sport to realise change is happening and snooker is in a better situation than its been in half a decade or more.....<br /><br />even though hes wrong, imho it should help in that we know folk in that "high regard" can still make a Hugh Jars of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com