Ronnie O'Sullivan praises LEGEND John Higgins | Eurosport Snooker

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  • Ronnie O'Sullivan in-studio interview on John Higgins' incredible talent and his performance at the 2021 Northern Ireland Open.
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  • @pudsrus2
    @pudsrus2 2 роки тому +73

    High praise from the best that ever picked up a cue.

    • @mariogmajner6549
      @mariogmajner6549 2 роки тому

      Why no close up of the presenter.

    • @Ian-if2lf
      @Ian-if2lf 2 роки тому

      3rd best

    • @matthewsmith-rm6qc
      @matthewsmith-rm6qc 2 роки тому +4

      What, Stephen Hendy.

    • @greaser7765
      @greaser7765 2 роки тому +1

      @@matthewsmith-rm6qc 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @81Mace81
      @81Mace81 2 роки тому +2

      @@matthewsmith-rm6qc Ronnie O'Sullivan is regarded as the greatest of all time by anyone who knows the game. It was more up for debate a few years ago, but since all the records he's subsequently smashed, there's just no contest now. And if you want to go by World Titles alone, then why not say Joe Davis? 😂

  • @MK-so2iz
    @MK-so2iz 2 роки тому +15

    I don't think I've ever seen this on any kind of sport show. A player as big as Ronnie complimenting the shit out of another legend right there in front of him. They are still "rivals" in the loosest sense of the word because they obviously have great respect for each other. I know Messi and Ronaldo have great respect for each other but they have never complimented each other quite like this on live television. great to watch just like the match

  • @J5X7
    @J5X7 2 роки тому +20

    Love ROnnie waffling on, it's hilarious!

  • @themcgonigleboxingpodcast8581
    @themcgonigleboxingpodcast8581 2 роки тому +14

    Respect between two greats

  • @vsp888
    @vsp888 2 роки тому +9

    I'm really happy to see this uploaded here, in fact I don't know how I could have missed not being subscribed to this channel on UA-cam. I have been following snooker for maybe some 25 years now, thanks to Eurosport of course, and you can't imagine how much happiness you have brought me over the years. To hear Ronnie speak about John like this is something that is beyond sport, it's a real sign of what class O'Sullivan has no matter what he may have done in the past in terms of controversy with some of his statements. He's a gem of a human being (even though of course I don't know him personally). It gave me huge joy to hear these words. I've been a big fan of Higgins ever since I started watching snooker but I love all the players because I know how tough this sport is and the amount of skill these guys have is just unbelievable. If you love snooker, you will find your favourite players but in truth you should admire all of them for their styles and the way they go about the game. Okay, I know nobody will read this but anyway. Thank you to Eurosport for the coverage and for the studio, the quality of your commentators, pundits, experts is unrivalled and I love the banter, it makes snooker fun and it makes it extra compared to the other broadcasters. (even if Angles and Neal Foulds also work for other channels ; and Doherty is a great joker always anywhere he is). Thank you and all the best from the Czech Republic.

  • @Nishaan24
    @Nishaan24 2 роки тому +10

    Even from their early days always been a respectful rivalry between these two.

  • @robin231176
    @robin231176 2 роки тому +4

    I've been following different sports over many decades, but rarely have I heard such effusive praise from a defeated opponent.

  • @djMacMahon
    @djMacMahon 2 роки тому +4

    Awwwwww bless. Ronnie gushing, and rightly so.

  • @saidsabi1397
    @saidsabi1397 2 роки тому +7

    from morocco i love watching ronnie and higgins .... they are the best ...... i became a snooker fan thanks to ronnie

  • @Bulls79
    @Bulls79 2 роки тому +19

    Wow!.. I agree with Sullivan's compliments to John Higgins... He deserve all that words really... At the end, both of them are GOAT.

  • @hema1074
    @hema1074 Рік тому +1

    Wow!! Respect!!

  • @mickmcdonagh1557
    @mickmcdonagh1557 2 роки тому +16

    Ha look at John Higgins face he's loving it getting that sort of praise from the GOAT

    • @Ian-if2lf
      @Ian-if2lf 2 роки тому +3

      the GOAT telling you who the real GOAT is.. but you an't avin it .. lol.

  • @charlesscottkelly
    @charlesscottkelly 2 роки тому +3

    2 of the greats .

  • @winddonny4000
    @winddonny4000 2 роки тому

    so much respect ... thats what i love about about this sport :)

  • @thehighlander4771
    @thehighlander4771 2 роки тому +3

    Nice hearing the rocket talk about John playing well mutual respect from both

  • @bmac7885
    @bmac7885 2 роки тому +97

    If Ronnie had John's temperament he would never lose a frame, likewise, if John had Ronnie's natural ability he'd not lose one either, lol

    • @gerryross7834
      @gerryross7834 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed 👍

    • @markredmond59
      @markredmond59 2 роки тому +4

      He would have to throw a few.

    • @Bob-ts2tu
      @Bob-ts2tu 2 роки тому

      it's easy to have a good temprement when you lose and still win a ton of money

    • @da_great_mogul
      @da_great_mogul Рік тому +1

      are you talking about Hendry?

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 Рік тому

      I kind of feel John has Ronnie's natural talent nearly when they were younger. So I don't agree.

  • @piho-thecat2119
    @piho-thecat2119 2 роки тому +3

    Please post content on constant basis. Thankyou.

  • @ArtEmis55K
    @ArtEmis55K 2 роки тому +21

    Higgins is one of the all-time greats. He can do it all: cueing, potting, safety, swallowing 300 grand - you name it

  • @joaquimaraujo96
    @joaquimaraujo96 2 роки тому +6

    Ronnie is the GOAT 🐐

  • @paulssmith4706
    @paulssmith4706 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing from john higgins man and well said ronnie both best ave grew up watching loved that game cmon john parkhead needs a trophie this year lol

  • @Sb-do6xc
    @Sb-do6xc 2 роки тому +1

    No higher praise than player like ronnie would trade places with you

  • @MrGloryglorymanutd18
    @MrGloryglorymanutd18 2 роки тому +16

    I've always said Higgins and O'Sullivan are the best I've ever seen and the respect for each other is fantastic to see.

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv 2 роки тому

      Hendry and Davis were better than Higgins.

    • @artr1059
      @artr1059 Рік тому

      @@BD-vu9bv better careers but not better players

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv Рік тому

      @@artr1059 Okay mate, would you like me to rip your comment apart and embarrass you or will you apologise right now and say that as a Higgins fan (even though he's a cheat) you just got a bit carried away?

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv Рік тому

      @@artr1059 BTW, I made my comment a year ago.
      Timing is everything 😉

    • @artr1059
      @artr1059 Рік тому

      @@BD-vu9bv keep calm. Its my opinion. I am a ronnie fan , by the way...
      At his best, higgins is second only behind ronnie .
      Even ronnie said that higgins is the perfect snooker player , multiple times.

  • @LIVERNIL723
    @LIVERNIL723 2 роки тому +8

    John Higgins is like the T1000 so I see where Ronnie comes from, however in terms of the beautiful game, it has to be Ronnie himself. Prior to that, it would have been Alex Higgins and Jimmy White.

  • @jordanwillrog
    @jordanwillrog 2 роки тому

    Go on Ronnie

  • @1965deebee
    @1965deebee 4 місяці тому

    Well said Ronnie..

  • @iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635
    @iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635 6 місяців тому +2

    Ronnies very clever, he knows how to get into John Higgins head for the coming tournaments if he meets him. That's top psychology from Ronnie even though Ronnie knows 100% that he's the best player that's ever been and ever will be most likely. The guy with the best cue action breaks all the records and that's Ronnie o'Sullivan. Ronnie will have a bad run of games every now and then, but he's the one that get's magnified for every single shot. Nobody really talks about the other elite players when they have a bad run of games and how their cue action is shite.
    Ronnie now has 40 ranking titles having just one his 8th UK title so that's 22 titles in the tripple crown series. And I assure you, every snooker player on the circuit with a brain would want Ronnies cue action, because that's the perfect cue action that has broken all the records.

  • @thedarkhugheshughes2640
    @thedarkhugheshughes2640 2 роки тому

    Top men

  • @radioactivepotato2068
    @radioactivepotato2068 Рік тому

    Higgins is the definition of a professional snooker player.
    No bells and whistles, thoroughbred temperament, plays his own game.
    An absolute dog of a match player.

  • @adam007ize
    @adam007ize 2 роки тому +4

    I never knew Lionel Messi could play Snooker

  • @richlondonrich
    @richlondonrich 2 роки тому

    Lionel Messi. The way he says it makes me happy

  • @andywalne9352
    @andywalne9352 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant stuff this... The best ever to play saying who the best ever is.

  • @michaelpaterson8355
    @michaelpaterson8355 2 роки тому +12

    Nice compliment but everyone knows Ronnie’s the Governor.

  • @pink43560
    @pink43560 5 місяців тому

    Higgins is an amazing talent for sure… should of won many more Titles.

  • @numbersix8336
    @numbersix8336 2 роки тому +6

    In my humble opinion, John Higgins is the greatest all round snooker player I ever watched. Only Ronnie has more centuries and only Mark Selby has a comparable granite match game. The final is a must watch

    • @Ian-if2lf
      @Ian-if2lf 2 роки тому +4

      I think all the pros know that John is the man, Ron has honesty that his fans don't even like to hear, John has taught everyone something new, and that is even since Hendry taught everyone something new. Ron is just a freak talent, and nobody can learn that, he has not brought anything new, Ron knows the difference and he is just trying to tell everyone

    • @billsamuls7620
      @billsamuls7620 2 роки тому

      no comment

    • @artr1059
      @artr1059 Рік тому

      100% agree

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 Рік тому +1

      I agree that Ronnie is the best all rounder. I noted this in the 90s when he was actually a better player. But the fact is Hendry dominated. Sometimes you can be complete but not the best. As brilliant as John is he would come of second best to a peak Hendry or Williams in my book. John for all his brilliance lost to vastly inferior players at the crucible.

  • @barrypaton3641
    @barrypaton3641 2 роки тому +4

    fair play to ronnie ive always said john higgins is on a par with ronnie as best to play the game

  • @cloudstrife206
    @cloudstrife206 2 роки тому +1

    Two Goats in the same studio this is like countryfile

  • @ozgurkoseoglu13
    @ozgurkoseoglu13 2 роки тому

    Maybe #1 and #2 most natural gifted player in that game. Brilliant scene...

  • @hellraiser917
    @hellraiser917 2 роки тому +11

    Stephen Hendry is the GOAT!

  • @jasonwales6502
    @jasonwales6502 Рік тому

    He never will be able to…that’s the best thing o have heard😂😂

  • @jonjosenna5581
    @jonjosenna5581 2 роки тому +4

    Snooker played well isn’t big flair shots and the like.
    It’s methodical and thoughtful

  • @Greggieboy76
    @Greggieboy76 2 роки тому +2

    The 2 GOAT for me. I know most people would have Hendry above Higgins, but I've heard Ronnie say that Higgins is the best player all time, several times, so who am I to argue!

  • @beesnees3758
    @beesnees3758 2 роки тому +4

    Higgins winning titles, Lee putting sesame seeds on buns at Mcdonalds.

  • @MK-so2iz
    @MK-so2iz 2 роки тому +1

    BTW "John 'The Governor' Higgins" is waaay better and more fitting than 'the wizard of Wishaw' wherever that is...

  • @alecbruton1218
    @alecbruton1218 2 роки тому +1

    It’s difficult to separate the top 4 players of all time.

    • @alecbruton1218
      @alecbruton1218 2 роки тому +4

      Hendry, O’Sullivan, Higgins, Davis,

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv 2 роки тому +1

      @@alecbruton1218 Not in that order 😉

  • @saidsabi1397
    @saidsabi1397 2 роки тому +2

    ah ... I forgot: I am Moroccan I appreciate laila rouass and therefore her companion .... hhhhh

  • @grayeves3309
    @grayeves3309 2 роки тому +3

    Ronnie 1 hendry 2 Higgins 3

  • @johnny207
    @johnny207 2 роки тому +5

    No one can place a big bet like John Higgins.

  • @qazzell
    @qazzell 2 роки тому

    I see no comparison whatsoever.

  • @dingdong289
    @dingdong289 2 роки тому +5

    Nice comments for "honest John", bet Stephen Lee agrees !!

  • @mohammadrezarezaei6751
    @mohammadrezarezaei6751 2 роки тому

    john higgins the great., second generation of the best players in the world ., if we say the frist generation ,were hendery, davis and white. and second generation o,sullivan, higgins and williams.

  • @HND-qh4ot
    @HND-qh4ot Місяць тому

    John Higgins will always be known to be guilty of match fixing related charges 😢

  • @jamesdoyle3885
    @jamesdoyle3885 3 місяці тому

    Yan bigtoe got a ban for match fixing. He unlike John got a 5 year ban i believe

  • @markbanner6473
    @markbanner6473 2 роки тому +5

    Hendry is the GOAT if I had to pick one. He got to his 36 titles much faster than Ronnie got to that same number. 8 years faster!
    But actually like Tennis you can a have a few GOATs.

    • @nesatbilgin655
      @nesatbilgin655 2 роки тому +1

      Hendry didn't have many opponents, Ronnie played against players like Judd, Higgins, Selby, Ding, Mark W. Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and many other good players. You can easily say that Ronnie's generation is more difficult.

    • @markbanner6473
      @markbanner6473 2 роки тому +2

      @@nesatbilgin655 Balancing it all out. I personally if I had to pick just one GOAT would still go Hendry. That one stat alone 8 years faster is still pretty impressive whatever way you look at it imo.

    • @nesatbilgin655
      @nesatbilgin655 2 роки тому +2

      And I say that If Ronnie had played during this time, he would have become world champion at least 10 times. Hendry was lucky with his generation. He always played against Jimmy White in the world championships. Snooker has changed a lot in the last 20 years.

    • @danielgoncalves6438
      @danielgoncalves6438 2 роки тому +1

      @@nesatbilgin655 absolutely. Not to mention that Hendry's last decade as a pro was painful to him to say the least but Ronnie on the other hand kept wining well over in his 40's against a new generation of players that make centuries for fun!

    • @jonobrow
      @jonobrow 2 роки тому +2

      "He got to his 36 titles much faster than Ronnie got to that same number. 8 years faster!"
      You say that like it has any significance.

  • @ac5788
    @ac5788 6 місяців тому

    No mate, you're Messi. He's CR7.

  • @Bob-ts2tu
    @Bob-ts2tu 2 роки тому +11

    Higgins should have got a lifetime ban for bringing the game into disrepute years ago.

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv 2 роки тому +1

      Yes.

    • @jonobrow
      @jonobrow 2 роки тому +1

      So why didn't he? Could it maybe be because you don't know as much as you think you do?

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv 2 роки тому +3

      @@jonobrow If you think that Higgins would take a meeting in a hotel not knowing what it was about and not knowing a thing about the people he was meeting, you're deluded 😂

    • @jonobrow
      @jonobrow 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@BD-vu9bv Well I'll certainly take your word for it over the police officer who carried out the investigation...
      Honest question, do you ever consider that you maybe aren't as insightful as you think you are?

    • @BD-vu9bv
      @BD-vu9bv 2 роки тому +2

      @@jonobrow Blatantly avoiding my points.

  • @pelcenglishcourses1841
    @pelcenglishcourses1841 2 роки тому

    John lost weight?

    • @mbucd
      @mbucd 2 роки тому

      50 pounds I heard

  • @equisde8026
    @equisde8026 2 роки тому +11

    come on Ronnie, you're talking nonsense, everybody knows you are much better than Higgns...you are a lot more effortless too

    • @scotw1820
      @scotw1820 2 роки тому +7

      B/S He's maybe better or certainly more flash, but he's definitely not much better.

    • @equisde8026
      @equisde8026 2 роки тому

      @@scotw1820 I think all the stats favour Ronnie, can’t argue with the numbers really

    • @scotw1820
      @scotw1820 2 роки тому +4

      @@equisde8026 I never said O'Sullivan wasn't better, I said he wasn't much better, ask ANY pro snooker player or any snooker fan who knows what he's talkin about and they'll ALL tell you that O'Sullivan isn't much better than Higgins, better maybe but not much better.

    • @mbucd
      @mbucd 2 роки тому +1

      I think when Ronnie peaks he's better than Higgins but Higgins is more consistent.

    • @Ian-if2lf
      @Ian-if2lf 2 роки тому +2

      @@equisde8026 I think all the pros know that John is the man, Ron has honesty that his fans don't even like to hear, John has taught everyone something new... changed the game, and that is even since Hendry taught everyone something new. Ron is just a freak talent and he knows it, and nobody can learn to be that , he has not brought anything new, Ron knows the difference and he is just trying to tell everyone, so you should listen.

  • @billybhoy32
    @billybhoy32 2 роки тому

    Has John booked a taxi ?

  • @jamesadcock5235
    @jamesadcock5235 2 роки тому

    John has a stalker

  • @liamn7016
    @liamn7016 2 роки тому

    What were the stupid shouts?

  • @fifthof1795
    @fifthof1795 2 роки тому

    unfortunately lost in the final though. Should have won that.

    • @mbucd
      @mbucd 2 роки тому

      That's the story of John in big finals in the last few years, he's become a bit of a choker.

    • @fifthof1795
      @fifthof1795 2 роки тому

      @@mbucd It is weird. Was it not the c
      Champion of Champions this years that he went through the whole week and only lost four frames, three of them to Ronnie in the final? That week was the most crushing snooker I have ever seen from one player. I don't think any player in history, even playing at their best would have beaten him. He missed almost nothing.

  • @amigodawn1728
    @amigodawn1728 2 роки тому +2

    Get a hotel room.

  • @John-tz2tx
    @John-tz2tx 2 роки тому

    Well Messi lost

  • @errol-ih4jy
    @errol-ih4jy 2 роки тому

    DONT CARE HOW GOOD HE IS RONNIE HES A VILLAIN, PROVEN CHEAT, GET HIM OUT OF THE GAME.

    • @philholdsworth8280
      @philholdsworth8280 2 роки тому +1

      Not heard of this. Who did he cheat, how and when?

    • @jonobrow
      @jonobrow 2 роки тому

      Oh wow you actually have proof of cheating after all these years? What is it?? Have you contacted the Snooker Association?

  • @wiltshirepianoguitarschool4508
    @wiltshirepianoguitarschool4508 2 роки тому

    Obviously. I'm an idiot who won this? Allen as far as i could see ........er I mean Messi got beat by John Smith from the 2nd division!! absolute nonsense...honestly

  • @stevena3244
    @stevena3244 2 роки тому +4

    Oh give it a rest Ronnie. Yes he's so good......and well below you. This false modesty has to stop

    • @John-tz2tx
      @John-tz2tx 2 роки тому +2

      I agree, it does my head in, fanboy stuff.

  • @davescupper5789
    @davescupper5789 2 роки тому

    Brown envelope 😑

  • @kennethspinks3298
    @kennethspinks3298 2 роки тому +3

    You know very well Ron you are streets ahead of Higgins and you have never thrown a match

    • @mbucd
      @mbucd 2 роки тому

      that we know of

  • @todareistodomyfoot8403
    @todareistodomyfoot8403 Місяць тому

    Ronnie sure does know how to bullshit about John Higgins. Higgins will never be as good as Hendry in his prime but Ronnie is way out in front as the best player ever in all departments. That's long potting, which leads to the most break builds of all time and Ronnie has all the records to prove it.

  • @stevenmitchell2996
    @stevenmitchell2996 2 роки тому

    Ronnie O'Sullivan can't even reach a final anymore or win one. 🤣 Don't think he cares either.

    • @grayeves3309
      @grayeves3309 2 роки тому +1

      He will befor he's 50

    • @mbucd
      @mbucd 2 роки тому +1

      Eh...he won the World Championship last year

    • @ndogg8568
      @ndogg8568 3 місяці тому

      This aged well 👀

  • @MrSkinkarde
    @MrSkinkarde 2 роки тому +1

    Sadly the best snooker is boring. Like watching paint dry

  • @liamn7016
    @liamn7016 2 роки тому

    Ronnie needs to realise that Messi and Federer are no longer the forces they once were....

  • @mbucd
    @mbucd 2 роки тому

    John is a great player no doubt but ever since the WC loss to Selby he has had a hard time
    getting the job done in finals. It's a pretty glaring weakness for him but none of the pundits
    managed to point it out.

  • @jasonblackburn6828
    @jasonblackburn6828 2 роки тому +2

    whatever everyone thinks hes still a cheating mug ,should of got banned for life

    • @alecbruton1218
      @alecbruton1218 2 роки тому +1

      @jason Blackburn, he’s never cheated. He was banned and fined for not declaring that he was offered a bribe to cheat

  • @Jr18x-
    @Jr18x- 6 місяців тому

    John is a cheat

  • @danielpowers2191
    @danielpowers2191 2 роки тому

    Shame he's a cheat. Tarnished reputation.