RONNIE O’SULLIVAN HAS taken a pop at World Snooker for the poor conditions at this year’s English Open.
The K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley is currently hosting the event, and reigning champion O’Sullivan eased into the second round with a 4-1 win over Kurt Maflin today.
After the victory, ‘The Rocket’ criticised the venue — labelling it a “hellhole”.
“It’s such a bad venue, it demotivates you to want to play,” O’Sullivan told the BBC. “This is about as bad as I’ve ever seen. It’s a bit of a hellhole.
I don’t know what this gaff is but I’ve just done an interview and all I can smell is urine.
“It’s just got no atmosphere in there. I’m practising and I’ve got wires all around the table. There’s no security, you’ve got people running at you left, right and centre.
“It’s not the fans’ fault. They [World Snooker] obviously haven’t got the budget to run it properly.
“I don’t know where their budget is but they’re cutting corners. I think they should invest in good venues. Players deserve better.”
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There’s only ever been one bad boy snooker player so pipe down Ronnie, you’ll never be the People’s Champion !
@David Carino: You pipe down, Ronnie is a legend of the game. Most bad boy snooker player ever was Quinten Hann
@Frank Scanlon: yea of course he is
@Frank Scanlon: more of a nutcase than a bad boy
@Frank Scanlon: Fwank maybe The Hurricane was before your time , that would explain your delusional and ignorance
@David Carino: he is
@Anthony: No Anthony he’s a spoiled child who has so much talent, but thinks he’s above the game
@Ragman: Even though your sentence is grammatically incorrect, I will respond anyway. It’s hardly delusional and ignorant to say Ronnie is a legend of the game, and let’s face it, he’d wipe the floor with Higgins.
@Frank Scanlon: grammar nazism is not cool. Ever.
@Fionn Falcao: ‘never cool’ you mean. Words don’t grow on trees you know!
I’m sorry, but this has to be said, he’s taking the piss.
@The don: I’ll get your coat