Ronnie O’Sullivan demands snooker culls Following…

While not competing in the current Scottish Open in Edinburgh, Ronnie O’Sullivan is a commentator for the competition and hasn’t held back in his most recent evaluation.

The “boring players” in snooker, according to Ronnie O’Sullivan, “drain the life out of everybody” who plays the game.

One of the all-time greatest snooker players is The Rocket, 48. Thirty years after taking home his first global championship, he made history last month by winning his eighth crown in the UK Championship in York. He is a seven-time world champion.

O’Sullivan was scheduled to play in the current Scottish Open, however he withdrew the night before. Even so, he came to Edinburgh to act as a pundit for Eurosport, covering the Sunday final between Noppon Saengkham and reigning champion Gary Wilson.

In the game of pool, O’Sullivan was questioned about a strategy used to score points without potting a ball. It is most frequently employed when a player has run out of points to overturn a disadvantage and salvage a frame.

For instance, with only 58 points left on the table, a player can trail their opponent by 60 points. In the event that one player snookers the other, the latter must play a stroke from.

In the event that player fails to hit the target, their opponent will receive a foul and score points. A foul entitles the player to seven points, not less than four.

Snooker players disagree about the end of frames when there aren’t enough points left on the table, which makes the sport contentious. When asked for his thoughts on the subject, O’Sullivan chose to criticise a few of his peers.

“I think you should bring out a rule where you get rid of boring snooker players,” O’Sullivan shot back. I think that’s a better rule.

O’Sullivan continued, “Clever snooker players can be fun, but boring snooker players just drag the game out,” after a few chuckles. Get rid of them, that is. Punish them. Take action. Rather of merely taking all the lives from each other, get them to play pool.”

Then someone questioned O’Sullivan if he would continue to play snookers. The old hand replied, “No, snookers aren’t my thing. I’d prefer to move on to the following frame.”

“I think the game has to be entertaining, at the end of the day,” he continued. It can be interesting to see someone lose at pool, but I believe the more important thing is to eliminate the truly dull people who play terrible, ugly pool.”

When asked if the snookers seen at the Scottish Open were entertaining, O’Sullivan replied: “They’re good players, they’re proper players. I can watch that all day long, I haven’t got a problem with that. It’s when you get really negative players.

“It’s hard to watch. I think that’s a more important thing to get rid of than people playing for snookers. We’re talking about something that’s not really important. It’s the way that game’s played that should be more important.”

O’Sullivan also wasn’t too keen on the idea of introducing a shot clock to expedite the match. He stated: “I don’t think you need a shot clock, just encourage people to play snooker properly… a lot of these players I see, they’re just painful to watch.”

Additionally, O’Sullivan desires that the sport be played correctly. “There are winning styles, play a winning game,” he told his opponents. You cannot win if you play that way. What’s the point? Watch some movies of Stephen Hendry and try to imitate him.”