Agree with Murphy talking about Players need to be more interactive to boost themselves and the sport. This channel is the only thing out there where we see players talking/interacting etc.
Just to add to that. Snooker is regarded as an “old school” sport. Seemingly popular with the old generation of people than the modern. Only those in the sport would know if this is accurate or not. That being said I know about 10 old boys, they all have their fav players they follow.. none of them have UA-cam etc. maybe a smart phone.. but I doubt they’d go out their way to watch videos such as these as it’s not considered easy access to them. Repeatedly, they all have their players they follow… but they rely on live TV snooker to watch them.. how rare is that… once every 4-5 months? even then their favourite players are on screen playing the game in the silence… my point being, some of these older generation supporters… which is probably a higher percentage of the demographic, they’ve never even heard their favourite players speak… because there is nothing out there that gets them involved on a personal level. (Despite maybe a 2 minute documentary pre match that may appear before a big game on tv). The snooker world is a silent sport.
Hendry may not have cared about entertaining anyone when he was playing, but he’s certainly become very entertaining as a pundit, UA-camr, and ambassador for snooker. Thank you sir.
If people don’t think hendry was entertaining when he was at his pomp they are watching the wrong game. Basically no safety. Long red into the pack clear up
@michaelmulhall5007 It's not that Hendry wasn't entertaining, but that he didn't care about being entertaining. He wasn't bothered about whether audiences were having a good time, as he was there to win. As a comparison, think about when Andre Agassi played tennis at around the same time as Hendry was playing snooker. Agassi was a showman, who did care about entertaining (though not at the expense of winning).
Ray Reardon is like a 100 years old & was a club player. Give it a rest. We want Mark Selby or Jack Lisowski! Stephen is finding it hard to fill episodes 🐐
@@christopherrichardson5352 Smurphy turned me when the players were moaning about money and he said "We get good money for what we do. If you think you are being hard done by. Go and spend a few weeks on the bins in bad weather! Then you may have something to moan about. We have it good." A superb comment.
When Stephen (quite rightly) said people’s entertainment style is dependant on their character, it really hit home the difference this channel has made with showcasing personalities. Snooker players don’t have to trash talk or go all UFC/WWE to build their brand, just a bit more engagement from them being themselves would surely be massively beneficial. I never even heard some of these players speak before coming on this channel - they all have such different personalities and come across as one of the best crops of sportsmen in the world. I do appreciate how the broadcasters try get them on to interact etc though, so maybe this will pay off soon :)
man, so agree with this, as someone else said in the comments, this channel got me back into watching the game, after seeing the personalties of the players that this channel shows, made me love the game again.
I'd like to see an exhibition week before the triple crown events, where the players have a (light hearted) warm up, whetting the public's appetite for the main event. A bit like the golf majors, but longer. A 6-red competition, doubles, smash em 147 competitions with one player, 2 v 1 games, the public get two shots every miss vs one for the pros, ex champions handicap exhibitions....there are so many things they could do.
I remember the ponytail Ebdon, he was quite fast. He used slow play as a tactic to beat Ronnie, but that's not breaking the rules and was quite entertaining. Ronnie eventually worked out how to combat that, all part of what made him a great player.
When the late Paul Hunter was around we used to have a cue school at Supa Snooker in Leeds in the 90s which he used to frequent. After his passing, it just stopped. We used to have age group tournaments and training and it just stopped.
Nice one boys! On the last question of entertainment - as not just a snooker fan, but a cue sports fan, I personally would like to see more inter-cue sport. For example, top Chinese eight ball players competing against top Snooker, American Nine ball and English eight ball players - they could compete against each other on the respective table types. It could be a knockout tournament and the winner becomes the ultimate cue sport champion. I believe that sort of event would really draw the crowds and would be immensely entertaining.
I like it at times but he goes too far with it, if he knew when to reign it in, people would like him more. He could get away with it if he was a comedian, but many people take him too literally. At times, he sticks by a statement that he then has to apologise for, that's not doing him any good.
You gotta love Murphy and how strongly he feels towards being entertainment in the sport. I agree. People love Ronnie (myself included) because he is an entertainer. It’s true. And Murphy does interact with the crowd. I am becoming more and more of a fan of his every season.
Great vid. Snooker will never be taught in PE lessons though. The whole point of PE in schools is to keep kids active and give them physical exercise. Snooker in the olympics on the other hand, sure I can see that
People don't realise the physical effort required to keep dead still to play a shot and not miss. I'm in my 50s now, but even when I was in my 20s I'd play a best of 9 frame match and was knackered and ached afterwards! Same for Darts - need to keep still to provide the platform to deliver the dart accurately with minute margins of error. That's why I say snooker and darts are still sports and not 'games'. Formula 1 is classed as a sport and they're sitting on their backsides all day!
For me I enjoy snooker as much as I do football, snooker is the first sport I got into properly watching before anything. I'm 32 but been watching since I was tiny 😁
I don't know why some people don't like Shaun. He is one of the most charismatic and entertaining people in the game and I 100% more players should follow his example.
I agree but I get why some people don't like him, it's because he likes to be a bit pompous and over-the-top and that can seem snobbish to some people. But I think a lot of people wrongly mistake his pompousness for arrogance when I really don't think he is honestly arrogant. He likes to be cocky at times but to me, it's pretty obviously just joking around. Whenever he talks seriously about his own game and his place in the history of the sport, you can see that he's very humble and self-reflective.
because he's an echo chamber for the WST and thinks the authorities can do no wrong. also if he had his way then we wouldn't have seen the emergence of Si Jiahui which is ironic considering he's one of the precious few young talents who can reach the very top of the game
The reason I don't like Shaun, is because he said some things about mental health years ago. He comes across as a pompous pr**k. Then he kick off about losing to an amateur, then had to pretend he was sorry. He seems like a too faced, lying piece of sh*t. But that's my honest opinion, people are entitled to disagree and have a completely different opinion. I didn't like Stephen much when he was playing, but maybe that was because I loved Jimmy White. I was definitely wrong about Stephen and maybe I'm wrong again. I know I'm rambling but I don't want to come across as a troll because I don't like Shaun
Wanted to say I enjoyed Shaun's comments about entertainment. I will never forget him coming into the arena at Llandudno, going to his seat, then standing up turing to the crowd and looking at our faces. I gave him a thumbs up and received a smile in return. I travelled from plymouth to see the tournament and attended sessions every day. I forgot many moments, but will always remember that 30second interaction, thank you Shaun, you super star!!
Throughly enjoyed this video, well done to all the players who took part. Would like to see more like this. Stephen, your channel is excellent, well done.
The main trouble with snooker in schools is that a lot of people still think it's a 'layabouts' sport and a waste of time time without considering the positive aspects of the game. It develops concentration/focus, fairness and honesty (not withstanding controversy with gambling), and developing advanced motor skills. There's a lot to love about playing snooker. I'm still competing at a local level in my 60s. Made some lifelong friends as a bonus.
Fully agree with making snooker available in schools would be great. Trying to get into the game is tough as the local pub doesn't have a table not do your mates. Access to the sport is largely behind closed doors. Especially here in NZ.
This actually brings the personality of the players out. If we see more of this from these guys I think snooker would be way more popular. All we see is Ronnie moaning the snorefest. Would like to see more content with these guys
It's actually amazing to think back two years ago. Imagine if someone had said "the next two winners of the World Championship will be Luca Brecel and Kyren Wilson". Nobody would believe you.
Nice of Shaun to bring Hendry onto his podcast this week! Jokes aside he makes some great points, I love getting to see snooker player's discuss the sport they love. You can see the passion, especially from Shaun.
If that's correct and true why does shaun never play left handed pots when he has an excellent letf hand, unless he doesn't want to be dragged into a conversation with ronnie
Re: the crucible, maybe the answer is to have the world championship at the crucible every other year. That holds on to the history and tradition whilst opening the tournament up to new markets.
Maybe the World Championships should be held in the country of the previous winner? If China wants it, they would have to produce a winner first. Seems fair.
Snooker taught in school??? Not fussed it’s so in China. Since when have they been a country to follow. Children need to be physical in sport and I mean ‘need’
I think the point is that China would love to take over snooker and they are doing everything to grow young talent and encourage people to play. Whereas we maybe the leaders in snooker at the moment but there is a huge shortage of clubs to play in and even when you find one you have the travel, cost and hope there is a table free. It is just not as accessible in the UK. So if we do nothing to help the young then we risk losing our domination to China in future years.
Ding wants to move the world championship to China we need to keep it here in England. And government needs to support up and coming talent which they don't this is the reason we don't see any World class British prospects .
@@smarterproperty6378 i don't live and work in china so why the fuck would i speak mandarin? Nor do i play snooker for money. You make 0 sense, your logic is kindergarten level
Also reads better than Ronnie O'Sullivan who struggles with words. Especially on a screen. Almost positive the Irish guy will arrive here when he spends his life stalking people on UA-cam!
Stephen definitely has to do a video with Kyren and Shaun and settle this rest debate once and for all. A range of different challenges all using the rest. At least one has to include the long rest too and possibly the spider. The video would be gold 👌
Always liked Murphy since he seemed to come out of nowhere in 2005. My favourite current players are; in no particular order: Robertson, Murphy, Bingham, O'Sullivan and Higgins. Favourite now retired players where: Davis, Hendry, Ebdon, Haan and Lee.
Agree about the funding. It’s bloody expensive now. Where I live it’s £8-£10 an hour for a table then a lot of clubs won’t allow kids or have a minimum age of say 14 to play.
@juchetony1910 bit extreme lol I was thinking more of a 10 shot challenge with different aims to each shot and whoever is closest with each shot gets a point.
Shaun Murphy as the Players chairman is going to be a good thing for the sport. Hopefully he can drill his ideas into the players a bit more. The entertaining part does need improving. Without fans, there is less money to play for.
I had a snooker and pool club in Pretoria South Africa for 25 Years, was eventually forced to close because of a bad Landlord. I still have 5 of the 11 table's, I had in the club. It is so hard to get a venue where one can operate at a profit. When my club was open it used to bring in almost all of the new blood into the game in the area. Now there are no public clubs left. What is it like in other countries? Thanks for your show.
We need a boxing type pre-match press conference where the players meet up and smack-talk about their opponent's game. Flip some tables, and throw some water..would be hilarious.
A 147 is certainly not the hardest thing in all of sport. We've seen 14 of them at the Crucible and many more in other tournaments. It "only" takes 36 shots. Last week saw only the 4th round of 62 in a major golf tournament and that will be beaten one day. There have been 44 hat-tricks in test match cricket dating back to 1879. Just a little perspective.
I grew up in a town called Bracknell. We had 3/4 quality snooker clubs in the town. One in the town centre had about 30 snooker tables across 2 levels including private rooms. All of them taken care of, re-clothed when needed etc. By the time I turned 17, they had all closed down. I've barely played since. I was absolutely gutted. Nearest snooker club was a few towns across in Reading which was a dive.
The problem with the 147 being worth more (and I still agree with Stephen and Ding) is that the players have become so good in the last few decades. It's rare for a season to have less than 10 maximum breaks due to how many tournament they play. Should it be worth £147,000 like it used to be? No, but I think it should be worth more than what they have been giving the last few seasons for sure. Ultimately snooker is vastly underfunded and I admire every single person that try to make it (and do make it) as a professional because it proves their love for the game. There's way more money in other sports.
How about every player that gets a 147 in a three-year stretch gets an invite to a tournament just for 147 winners and on top of that if you make a 147 in that tournament you get half a million?
Great vid as always. Probably players can entertain on the table with a few power shots, exhibition type of shots like judd Trump once the frame is won. We need more of that.
@@Kissmikerotch yeah I know. But this just seemed a bit dickish. Nothing wrong with a bit of bantz, and I suppose if Murphy is pals with Bullard then it puts a different spin on it. Just seemed a bit unnecessary.
Seeing Marcel in the background made me wonder if Stephen is going to interview the refs. They are just as known as the players nowadays. Funny moments, how they got into reffing. A different side of the sport.
Love how Murphy just says it how it is. People slander him but I think he's great for the sport. He is absolutely spot on. Loved these Q&A format. Highly entertaining!
Stephen Henry plays to win... and as a fan of the sport .... we all did enjoyed and were entertained by those frames ... even though your intention was not to entertain... your serious play was entertaining...you were entertaining.... thank you so much for what you did for this beautiful and the tough game.❤
I agree with some what Murphy says about interacting but not everyone is comfortable with that or have the right things to say I mean you could be the greatest player the game has ever seen but when it’s time to talk sometimes it might not sound good 🤔😄
I wanted to comment on the discussion that 'Snooker isnthe hardest sport there is'. There is one thing that sets Snooker asid and that is the tangible issue that only one player can play at a time. If the other person runs the table and makes big break after big break you simply canot score points. As Johj Virgo (and others) often say.. you can't do anything if you are sat in your seat. True. This message it very hard. However, if we compare Snooker to other sports. Tennis where there is also the need for.incredi le.precison and skill from player through the bracket to the ball. But at high speed. You have to respond to the other players real-time, ofter high speed play. Running around for hours. Alone.. running a marathon? 26 miles on your own. Sports with extreme physical demands. Pole Vault? Darts has many of the same challenges as Snooker. Is that therefore up there as one of the hardest sports? What about Bowls? Curling? Formula One motor racng? Rally Driving? OTher sports with mecahine or tools. Or lower physical demands? I love snooker and admire the skill of the players. Incredible. And the tactical player is like nothing else. But to say it is the hardest sport there is laughable and does not do the game or the players justice.
Agree with Murphy talking about Players need to be more interactive to boost themselves and the sport.
This channel is the only thing out there where we see players talking/interacting etc.
This channel is one of the best things to happen for the sport. Snooker in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics yeah? Yeah?
but some people just wanna play snooker and are good at it and don't want interaction with strangers.
There is a snooker podcast on BBC sounds.
Just to add to that. Snooker is regarded as an “old school” sport. Seemingly popular with the old generation of people than the modern. Only those in the sport would know if this is accurate or not. That being said I know about 10 old boys, they all have their fav players they follow.. none of them have UA-cam etc. maybe a smart phone.. but I doubt they’d go out their way to watch videos such as these as it’s not considered easy access to them. Repeatedly, they all have their players they follow… but they rely on live TV snooker to watch them.. how rare is that… once every 4-5 months? even then their favourite players are on screen playing the game in the silence… my point being, some of these older generation supporters… which is probably a higher percentage of the demographic, they’ve never even heard their favourite players speak… because there is nothing out there that gets them involved on a personal level. (Despite maybe a 2 minute documentary pre match that may appear before a big game on tv). The snooker world is a silent sport.
This channel brought me back to watching snooker after 10 year hiatus
Hendry may not have cared about entertaining anyone when he was playing, but he’s certainly become very entertaining as a pundit, UA-camr, and ambassador for snooker. Thank you sir.
If people don’t think hendry was entertaining when he was at his pomp they are watching the wrong game. Basically no safety. Long red into the pack clear up
Davis was to snooker as Thatcher was to politics. Made people tune in just to hope that they'd lose.@user-jv9oy7vg5r
@michaelmulhall5007 It's not that Hendry wasn't entertaining, but that he didn't care about being entertaining. He wasn't bothered about whether audiences were having a good time, as he was there to win. As a comparison, think about when Andre Agassi played tennis at around the same time as Hendry was playing snooker. Agassi was a showman, who did care about entertaining (though not at the expense of winning).
His snooker was impeccable. HE WAS boring though. But since being a pundit he is a breath of fresh air! Love the UA-cam channel.
@user-jv9oy7vg5r Hendry and Davis were not boring to watch. They were fascinating.
We need a full episode with ding. Love the video.
yeahhh
Yes please! it's fascinating to hear how he thinks about the game.
Can’t see that he’d be interested
Need a Ray Reardon full episode ❤❤❤
Ray Reardon is like a 100 years old & was a club player. Give it a rest. We want Mark Selby or Jack Lisowski! Stephen is finding it hard to fill episodes 🐐
Ding's insight is fantastic. I actually didn't realise his English was that good, either.
Ding wants World championship in China .Keep it here in England.Also China is not a democracy so why should we help them .
"Can Jimmy Bullard even count to 100"; "You are considerably older than everyone else in this building"
Murphy took no prisoners that evening 😅
Good Lord I get such a kick out of Shaun Murphy. He is such a lovely chap and doesn't pull any punches. 😅😅😅
All facts too
at this rate, Sean's going to get kneecapped one day....
He also said Stephen had no competition. Bit of a bell end really
@@christopherrichardson5352 Smurphy turned me when the players were moaning about money and he said "We get good money for what we do. If you think you are being hard done by. Go and spend a few weeks on the bins in bad weather! Then you may have something to moan about. We have it good."
A superb comment.
Screw back of the rest competition coming up Murphy vs Wilson
Set it up Hendry 👌
Also most overrated player of all time competition. Mark Selby v Ronnie O'Sullivan! O'Sullivan probably win!
@@Guv-q9p so you think Selby and ronnie are overrated ? What a joker 😂😂
@@Guv-q9p Melt.
They should honestly set up a rest challenge between them two if they’re both up for it, would be great content.
@WAYNEANTHONYHOLMES-bt3zh ur a virgin
When Stephen (quite rightly) said people’s entertainment style is dependant on their character, it really hit home the difference this channel has made with showcasing personalities. Snooker players don’t have to trash talk or go all UFC/WWE to build their brand, just a bit more engagement from them being themselves would surely be massively beneficial. I never even heard some of these players speak before coming on this channel - they all have such different personalities and come across as one of the best crops of sportsmen in the world. I do appreciate how the broadcasters try get them on to interact etc though, so maybe this will pay off soon :)
man, so agree with this, as someone else said in the comments, this channel got me back into watching the game, after seeing the personalties of the players that this channel shows, made me love the game again.
I'd like to see an exhibition week before the triple crown events, where the players have a (light hearted) warm up, whetting the public's appetite for the main event. A bit like the golf majors, but longer. A 6-red competition, doubles, smash em 147 competitions with one player, 2 v 1 games, the public get two shots every miss vs one for the pros, ex champions handicap exhibitions....there are so many things they could do.
"Selby took longer than that to take a shot"
We're still waiting for Ebdon.......
I remember the ponytail Ebdon, he was quite fast. He used slow play as a tactic to beat Ronnie, but that's not breaking the rules and was quite entertaining. Ronnie eventually worked out how to combat that, all part of what made him a great player.
As annoying as peter was he was a effing good player
"I shall moonwalk back to my seat." Saved the best line for last.
Love kyrie Wilson attitude in this video I think he’ll win this world championships after this interview
You could be onto something there...
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You're not gonna believe this
Mystic Meg here
Great prediction from 21 hours ago. Absolute melt
When the late Paul Hunter was around we used to have a cue school at Supa Snooker in Leeds in the 90s which he used to frequent. After his passing, it just stopped. We used to have age group tournaments and training and it just stopped.
I love this channel.
I love seeing the people rather than the players.
I particularly love Shaun Murphy. He gets alot of stick but he is brilliant.
Love this format
The Murphy and wilson questions about the rest were toooo funny the way they asked the opposite ones to each other 😂😂
Nice one boys! On the last question of entertainment - as not just a snooker fan, but a cue sports fan, I personally would like to see more inter-cue sport. For example, top Chinese eight ball players competing against top Snooker, American Nine ball and English eight ball players - they could compete against each other on the respective table types. It could be a knockout tournament and the winner becomes the ultimate cue sport champion.
I believe that sort of event would really draw the crowds and would be immensely entertaining.
I love Murphy's sometimes harsh but funny honesty. More videos like this please.
I like it at times but he goes too far with it, if he knew when to reign it in, people would like him more. He could get away with it if he was a comedian, but many people take him too literally. At times, he sticks by a statement that he then has to apologise for, that's not doing him any good.
@@sharpvidtubesnowflake
@@sharpvidtube yeah hes cheeky no doubt about it
You gotta love Murphy and how strongly he feels towards being entertainment in the sport. I agree. People love Ronnie (myself included) because he is an entertainer. It’s true. And Murphy does interact with the crowd. I am becoming more and more of a fan of his every season.
Great vid. Snooker will never be taught in PE lessons though. The whole point of PE in schools is to keep kids active and give them physical exercise. Snooker in the olympics on the other hand, sure I can see that
People don't realise the physical effort required to keep dead still to play a shot and not miss. I'm in my 50s now, but even when I was in my 20s I'd play a best of 9 frame match and was knackered and ached afterwards! Same for Darts - need to keep still to provide the platform to deliver the dart accurately with minute margins of error. That's why I say snooker and darts are still sports and not 'games'. Formula 1 is classed as a sport and they're sitting on their backsides all day!
@@SotonCueMan If you think car racing is just sitting around, then you are really out of touch.
@@SotonCueMan If you were aching after a best of 9 frames in your 20's that's worrying!
For me I enjoy snooker as much as I do football, snooker is the first sport I got into properly watching before anything. I'm 32 but been watching since I was tiny 😁
Since VAR, I have preferred snooker.
I don't know why some people don't like Shaun. He is one of the most charismatic and entertaining people in the game and I 100% more players should follow his example.
I agree but I get why some people don't like him, it's because he likes to be a bit pompous and over-the-top and that can seem snobbish to some people. But I think a lot of people wrongly mistake his pompousness for arrogance when I really don't think he is honestly arrogant. He likes to be cocky at times but to me, it's pretty obviously just joking around. Whenever he talks seriously about his own game and his place in the history of the sport, you can see that he's very humble and self-reflective.
because he's an echo chamber for the WST and thinks the authorities can do no wrong.
also if he had his way then we wouldn't have seen the emergence of Si Jiahui which is ironic considering he's one of the precious few young talents who can reach the very top of the game
The reason I don't like Shaun, is because he said some things about mental health years ago. He comes across as a pompous pr**k. Then he kick off about losing to an amateur, then had to pretend he was sorry. He seems like a too faced, lying piece of sh*t. But that's my honest opinion, people are entitled to disagree and have a completely different opinion. I didn't like Stephen much when he was playing, but maybe that was because I loved Jimmy White. I was definitely wrong about Stephen and maybe I'm wrong again. I know I'm rambling but I don't want to come across as a troll because I don't like Shaun
Oh come on it's ok to like him but charismatic is not a word I would use to describe Murphy.
I love watching Murphy. He's a great player and up there with the best. And he makes the best faces.
Can we get a Murphy vs Bullard boxing match 😂
I prefer Murphy Vs usyk
Both would beat John Fury
@@Jim-so3zm lol
Bull-hard would claim he already knocked out 10 people
Murphy would need 3 sets of gloves.
Wanted to say I enjoyed Shaun's comments about entertainment. I will never forget him coming into the arena at Llandudno, going to his seat, then standing up turing to the crowd and looking at our faces. I gave him a thumbs up and received a smile in return. I travelled from plymouth to see the tournament and attended sessions every day. I forgot many moments, but will always remember that 30second interaction, thank you Shaun, you super star!!
Throughly enjoyed this video, well done to all the players who took part. Would like to see more like this. Stephen, your channel is excellent, well done.
Come for the riveting conversation, stay for taking the piss out of Jimmy Bullard. 🤣 Love you Jimmy!
Loved this. Thanks guys
Really good interactions between you guys, just love it...more please.....
Brecel „my snooker brain is one of the best on tour“ 😂 dream on man
You haven’t read his new book “I love Me”?
The main trouble with snooker in schools is that a lot of people still think it's a 'layabouts' sport and a waste of time time without considering the positive aspects of the game. It develops concentration/focus, fairness and honesty (not withstanding controversy with gambling), and developing advanced motor skills. There's a lot to love about playing snooker. I'm still competing at a local level in my 60s. Made some lifelong friends as a bonus.
This channel just keeps on getting better, and better and better. Great watch.
This was brilliant. Really enjoyed the variety of opinion.
The snooker world is booming! Great job Mr. Hendry!
1:25 😂😂
That was absolutely brutal 😂😂
Fully agree with making snooker available in schools would be great. Trying to get into the game is tough as the local pub doesn't have a table not do your mates. Access to the sport is largely behind closed doors. Especially here in NZ.
Your 5 challenge series was great missing that series tooo much
We need Murphy vs Kyren frame with the rest in next episode 😄
This actually brings the personality of the players out. If we see more of this from these guys I think snooker would be way more popular.
All we see is Ronnie moaning the snorefest. Would like to see more content with these guys
It's actually amazing to think back two years ago. Imagine if someone had said "the next two winners of the World Championship will be Luca Brecel and Kyren Wilson". Nobody would believe you.
Stephen, you are doing more for snooker exposure with this channel and content than the WST. Snooker fan from the states.
A great channel and terrific videos. So much more informative and watchable than the lazy BBC coverage.
Murphy v Bullard on Golf Life with Tubes and Ange
Murphy v Wilson on Cue Tips
Please make this happen!
we need a full episode with ding!!
I love Ding, very clever and personable.
Nice of Shaun to bring Hendry onto his podcast this week!
Jokes aside he makes some great points, I love getting to see snooker player's discuss the sport they love. You can see the passion, especially from Shaun.
If that's correct and true why does shaun never play left handed pots when he has an excellent letf hand, unless he doesn't want to be dragged into a conversation with ronnie
Re: the crucible, maybe the answer is to have the world championship at the crucible every other year. That holds on to the history and tradition whilst opening the tournament up to new markets.
I like this as an option! I hadn't thought of that... Perhaps just as an option to evaluate.
I've been saying myself it needs to be rotated. If it's a WORLD Championship it doesn't seem right having it in England all the time.
Maybe the World Championships should be held in the country of the previous winner? If China wants it, they would have to produce a winner first. Seems fair.
There’s only one man who can beat Mark Selby at his own game… Mark Allen.
Murphy gone two footed on the bulldog!!😂😂
Snooker taught in school??? Not fussed it’s so in China. Since when have they been a country to follow. Children need to be physical in sport and I mean ‘need’
I think the point is that China would love to take over snooker and they are doing everything to grow young talent and encourage people to play. Whereas we maybe the leaders in snooker at the moment but there is a huge shortage of clubs to play in and even when you find one you have the travel, cost and hope there is a table free. It is just not as accessible in the UK. So if we do nothing to help the young then we risk losing our domination to China in future years.
Ding's English is getting good.
Ding wants to move the world championship to China we need to keep it here in England. And government needs to support up and coming talent which they don't this is the reason we don't see any World class British prospects .
yeah only took him 20+ years to start stringing some semi-coherent sentences
@@nitnesto9195 How is your Mandarin coming on? Knocked in any 147’s lately?
@@smarterproperty6378 i don't live and work in china so why the fuck would i speak mandarin? Nor do i play snooker for money. You make 0 sense, your logic is kindergarten level
Also reads better than Ronnie O'Sullivan who struggles with words. Especially on a screen. Almost positive the Irish guy will arrive here when he spends his life stalking people on UA-cam!
This is super fun and a great format, but Stephen, please let the players answer the question themselves 😊
He does,but the questions are for both him and the guests. They both have to say if they agree or not
@@davidmellish3295 I agree 👍🏻 but at least he should let the player answer first…
Actually he does, but most of them dont talk much.
I think he is trying to make players feel comfortable
I agree…he cuts them off and is desperate to shout his answer over them
Luca saying he has one of the best snooker brains on the tour... lol. No chance.
Agree
He's only a former World snooker champion & multiple ranking event winner so what do you know. Seriously how are these guys allowed on Cue Tips? 🤔🏳️🌈
One of the best.. not the best, so ok to me..😊
Great vlog as usual.fantastic "snookering" questions.great see players aren't robots
Stephen definitely has to do a video with Kyren and Shaun and settle this rest debate once and for all. A range of different challenges all using the rest. At least one has to include the long rest too and possibly the spider. The video would be gold 👌
Brilliant! And hilarious! And really insightful!
Thank you so much Stephen!
More Ding please! ❤❤❤
this channel is the best "more entertainment" the game needs
One of the best most entertaining vids on yt in months !
One term in the mid-90s (in London), we actually did get our PE teachers to let us go to a local snooker club for a few lessons.
if they actually taught Snooker I would have spent more time in school
The best Beaker impression I've ever seen 0:15 🤣
Yes 😆 spot on.
Always liked Murphy since he seemed to come out of nowhere in 2005. My favourite current players are; in no particular order: Robertson, Murphy, Bingham, O'Sullivan and Higgins.
Favourite now retired players where: Davis, Hendry, Ebdon, Haan and Lee.
Great video Stephen
4:02 Ding's handler in the background, watching impatiently.
Hi Stephen. Excellent show, and I wish you more subscribers. Really want to see your session with Ding Junhui of China.
Ronnie entertains with skill. Mark Williams entertains with shot choice and he brings abit of fun for the crowd also
Ding is a good speaker and interesting guy. Much more forthright than I'd have thought he'd be. He should do more interviews.
However we may feel about Shaun, he's absolutely perfect for his role in WPBSA .
Agree about the funding. It’s bloody expensive now. Where I live it’s £8-£10 an hour for a table then a lot of clubs won’t allow kids or have a minimum age of say 14 to play.
I considered buying a warehouse flat, just to put a snooker table in and save on the club fees. The wife doesn't quite see it the same way though.
Shaun murphy is spot on about Snooker being taught in P.E lessons
as if Murphy's opinion on P.E. was relevant
Love to see the magician roasting jimbo over his century. Might have made one on a six footer maybe
Stephen should definitely make a video of shuan murphy vs kyren wilson using the rest. Then we will see who's the best.
a 147 challenge only using the rest.
@juchetony1910 bit extreme lol I was thinking more of a 10 shot challenge with different aims to each shot and whoever is closest with each shot gets a point.
Big Ronnie fan, but i'd love to see Ding win a world championship, bless him he has so much pressure on him from back in China, he is a good lad tho
20:51 is Marcel Eckardt looking around for Ronnie?
Shaun Murphy as the Players chairman is going to be a good thing for the sport.
Hopefully he can drill his ideas into the players a bit more. The entertaining part does need improving. Without fans, there is less money to play for.
I had a snooker and pool club in Pretoria South Africa for 25 Years, was eventually forced to close because of a bad Landlord. I still have 5 of the 11 table's, I had in the club. It is so hard to get a venue where one can operate at a profit. When my club was open it used to bring in almost all of the new blood into the game in the area. Now there are no public clubs left. What is it like in other countries? Thanks for your show.
Great stuff!
We need a boxing type pre-match press conference where the players meet up and smack-talk about their opponent's game. Flip some tables, and throw some water..would be hilarious.
can we have a weigh in too, with Stephen Lee?
A 147 is certainly not the hardest thing in all of sport. We've seen 14 of them at the Crucible and many more in other tournaments. It "only" takes 36 shots. Last week saw only the 4th round of 62 in a major golf tournament and that will be beaten one day. There have been 44 hat-tricks in test match cricket dating back to 1879. Just a little perspective.
Surprised Ding thought there had been just over 100 147s when in fact it’s over 200
"Selby's played a shot longer than that" 🤣
That was cold 🥶 when Stephen shows that he made three times 147’s at Crucible and specially against Shaun 😂
I grew up in a town called Bracknell. We had 3/4 quality snooker clubs in the town. One in the town centre had about 30 snooker tables across 2 levels including private rooms. All of them taken care of, re-clothed when needed etc. By the time I turned 17, they had all closed down. I've barely played since. I was absolutely gutted. Nearest snooker club was a few towns across in Reading which was a dive.
What a great clip. Enjoyed this a lot.
The problem with the 147 being worth more (and I still agree with Stephen and Ding) is that the players have become so good in the last few decades. It's rare for a season to have less than 10 maximum breaks due to how many tournament they play. Should it be worth £147,000 like it used to be? No, but I think it should be worth more than what they have been giving the last few seasons for sure. Ultimately snooker is vastly underfunded and I admire every single person that try to make it (and do make it) as a professional because it proves their love for the game. There's way more money in other sports.
How about every player that gets a 147 in a three-year stretch gets an invite to a tournament just for 147 winners and on top of that if you make a 147 in that tournament you get half a million?
I'd like to see a £1m 147 prize fund, with an award to all the players who made one, after the WC final, and split the money.
Great vid as always. Probably players can entertain on the table with a few power shots, exhibition type of shots like judd Trump once the frame is won. We need more of that.
Shaun murphy should be Ambassador of WST. He just love the game and true to it
I don't mind Murphy as much as some folk do, but he was pretty rude about Bullard. "Can he count to 100...".
He has an abrasive personality and I think he knows that, and leans in to it. Which I respect. But yeah he's a twat. A cool twat.
Bullard takes the piss out of people as well.
@@Kissmikerotch yeah I know. But this just seemed a bit dickish. Nothing wrong with a bit of bantz, and I suppose if Murphy is pals with Bullard then it puts a different spin on it. Just seemed a bit unnecessary.
Bullard has never had a 32 let alone a 102?
Seeing Marcel in the background made me wonder if Stephen is going to interview the refs. They are just as known as the players nowadays.
Funny moments, how they got into reffing. A different side of the sport.
Ding’s philosophy is great
More episodes in this format
jimy white is the best rest player 12:38
9:15 how handy that Luca had a miniature table to use as a diagram, during his interesting observation about the golden ball! lol
That was so entertaining, top blokes and of course players. BTW Shaun Dennis T v Stee D final, was incredible, that's why 16 million plus viewers..
Love how Murphy just says it how it is. People slander him but I think he's great for the sport. He is absolutely spot on. Loved these Q&A format. Highly entertaining!
I wonder how Jimmy White would go against Murphy and Kyren Wilson in a rest contest.
In his day he was as good if not better.
Stephen Henry plays to win... and as a fan of the sport .... we all did enjoyed and were entertained by those frames ... even though your intention was not to entertain... your serious play was entertaining...you were entertaining.... thank you so much for what you did for this beautiful and the tough game.❤
Was that Jan verhaas in the background
I agree with some what Murphy says about interacting but not everyone is comfortable with that or have the right things to say I mean you could be the greatest player the game has ever seen but when it’s time to talk sometimes it might not sound good 🤔😄
Nice of Stephen to let his guests speak on occasions lol
Wilson sounds like John Major doing a kermitt frog impression.
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I wanted to comment on the discussion that 'Snooker isnthe hardest sport there is'. There is one thing that sets Snooker asid and that is the tangible issue that only one player can play at a time. If the other person runs the table and makes big break after big break you simply canot score points. As Johj Virgo (and others) often say.. you can't do anything if you are sat in your seat. True. This message it very hard. However, if we compare Snooker to other sports. Tennis where there is also the need for.incredi le.precison and skill from player through the bracket to the ball. But at high speed. You have to respond to the other players real-time, ofter high speed play. Running around for hours. Alone.. running a marathon? 26 miles on your own. Sports with extreme physical demands. Pole Vault? Darts has many of the same challenges as Snooker. Is that therefore up there as one of the hardest sports? What about Bowls? Curling? Formula One motor racng? Rally Driving? OTher sports with mecahine or tools. Or lower physical demands? I love snooker and admire the skill of the players. Incredible. And the tactical player is like nothing else. But to say it is the hardest sport there is laughable and does not do the game or the players justice.
This is brilliant