Embassy World Snooker Championship Final.

Of David and Goliath...

I'm bad luck to my sporting idols. I get that Tottenham Hotspur aren't especially great anyway, although they were forty years ago, but I mean, when I got to see the World Series in California, the Yankees lost. I bet if I turned around and said I was an Arsenal fan (like fucking hell I will) they'd immediately destroy the unprecedented unbeaten record they've had going all season. Actually, that's an idea...

Anyway, I tuned in to see the snooker final this afternoon, only to watch my personal snooker hero Ronnie O'Sullivan lose the first five frames. FIVE! RONNIE! To Graeme Dott! Just to put that in perspective, Ronnie is now once again world ranked No. 1 and Graeme Dott's odds were 200-1 at the start of the tournament to winning.

Then in the sixth frame, Ronnie gets himself a century break, just to say 'You might have won the first five frames, but I'm still Ronnie O'Sullivan'. I didn't watch the next one, and would you Adam and Eve it? Ronnie won. I should not watch my heroes play in important games because they always seem to do badly.

The first snooker world final I saw was the 2001 John Higgins/Ronnie O'Sullivan final. I was rooting for Higgins because I'd seen him through the whole thing and hadn't seen much of Ronnie play. Of course, John lost and Ronnie won.

That said, Ronnie just won the ninth frame. If one more person makes a David & Goliath reference I may screeeeeeam.

But, on behalf of the 'Essex Exocet' (what a shite nickname), I would like to offer these statistics:

Major Titles Won: O'Sullivan: 29. Dott: 0
Major Finals: O'Sullivan: 40. Dott: 3

So, I guess it really is a bit of a David & Goliath scenario. I wonder if Goliath was from Essex?

Dennis Taylor looks a little like a muppet. I don't mean that in a Year Eight insult kind of 'you muppet!' thing, I mean he actually looks like a muppet. There was a shot of him and Clive Everton in the commentary box and he looked like a little muppetty dude, although since giving up the snooker himself he's no longer wearing those famously weird glasses he had for playing.

God love Ronnie O'Sullivan, a man who can play world beating snooker right or left handed, who makes a really difficult game look effortless, and who makes Essex men look good for once.

Mid-session interval: 6-6. Good boy.

Embassy World Snooker Championship Final.

Of David and Goliath...

I'm bad luck to my sporting idols. I get that Tottenham Hotspur aren't especially great anyway, although they were forty years ago, but I mean, when I got to see the World Series in California, the Yankees lost. I bet if I turned around and said I was an Arsenal fan (like fucking hell I will) they'd immediately destroy the unprecedented unbeaten record they've had going all season. Actually, that's an idea...

Anyway, I tuned in to see the snooker final this afternoon, only to watch my personal snooker hero Ronnie O'Sullivan lose the first five frames. FIVE! RONNIE! To Graeme Dott! Just to put that in perspective, Ronnie is now once again world ranked No. 1 and Graeme Dott's odds were 200-1 at the start of the tournament to winning.

Then in the sixth frame, Ronnie gets himself a century break, just to say 'You might have won the first five frames, but I'm still Ronnie O'Sullivan'. I didn't watch the next one, and would you Adam and Eve it? Ronnie won. I should not watch my heroes play in important games because they always seem to do badly.

The first snooker world final I saw was the 2001 John Higgins/Ronnie O'Sullivan final. I was rooting for Higgins because I'd seen him through the whole thing and hadn't seen much of Ronnie play. Of course, John lost and Ronnie won.

That said, Ronnie just won the ninth frame. If one more person makes a David & Goliath reference I may screeeeeeam.

But, on behalf of the 'Essex Exocet' (what a shite nickname), I would like to offer these statistics:

Major Titles Won: O'Sullivan: 29. Dott: 0
Major Finals: O'Sullivan: 40. Dott: 3

So, I guess it really is a bit of a David & Goliath scenario. I wonder if Goliath was from Essex?

Dennis Taylor looks a little like a muppet. I don't mean that in a Year Eight insult kind of 'you muppet!' thing, I mean he actually looks like a muppet. There was a shot of him and Clive Everton in the commentary box and he looked like a little muppetty dude, although since giving up the snooker himself he's no longer wearing those famously weird glasses he had for playing.

God love Ronnie O'Sullivan, a man who can play world beating snooker right or left handed, who makes a really difficult game look effortless, and who makes Essex men look good for once.

Mid-session interval: 6-6. Good boy.