Just been watching the clip of Ronnie O'Sullivan potting balls against the Stig caning his SL500 around the track, and just one word to describe Clarkson - ignorant plonker :-)
(you wouldn't guess I've got 2 A levels in maths, lol!!!)
Ronnie went to break, and, like snooker players normally do, hit it against the side cushion and back off the back cushion to hit them from behind (a normal snooker break) and JC went and said "and he's missed....oh no..."
Bloody idiot!!
Peter
"AstraVanMan" wrote;
Hi Peter,
I was going to right something sarcastic but I don't think you would understand! Oooops.
Steve.
Heh! Fair point, but it did look like JC was genuinely a bit clueless about snooker, especially judging from what I can remember from his comments when he was chatting to Ronnie when he appeared on Top Gear.
Peter
Not as clueless as the yanks.
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I've seen things like this before. There is a name for it - I beleive its called 'comedy'?
He was joking I think.
BTW - Was the series that just ended Series 3 or 4 of the new format?
Well it brought a smile to my face, even the second time round. I like JC because he makes me smile :-)
I want a Ferrari!
He will sell you his, now he has the Ford to fuel.
He doesn't have one. He gave it away in a Sunday Times competition at least
2 years ago.
Ah, OK. not a Times reader, normally just pickup the Observer for food Monthly. Don't normally buy a paper.
Yeah, might put petrol in the Ford for, ooh, a few months at least......
Peter
Aye, replaced it with the SL55.
Not that this is on topic or anything, but actually the normal break off shot in snooker is to hit the pack first time (with side spin towards the nearest side of the table, depending on which side of the pack you hit, and slight backspin), which causes the pack to stay fairly undisturbed with a few reds loosened. Also this shot has the characteristics of not bringing any reds beyond the blue and finishing with the cue ball on the baulk cushion having avoided canoning any colours instead coming back between the pink and the blue due to the side spin.
However, Ronnie wasn't playing a normal frame of snooker at this point, so he hit the pack from behind in an attempt to break the balls up evenly therefore making them easy to pot (not the intention in a normal frame of snooker).
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But a valid (if risky) strategy in pool.
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