goaaaal
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Great point craigyboy. He set a standard that the others followed no one could touch him as he excelled above already decent standards of players at that time but it caught up with him to an extent when the young squad who followed eventually matched him to some extent as well as a drop in form from Hendryt comes to them all.
Calling time when he did was disappointing although the field had evened out the comebacks the last few years of older players has been good to see but only Hendry will know if it's worth returning for which he said he would a while after stepping down.
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I think those two finals in 93 & 94 & who Henry beat to get there are amongst the Greatest games of Snooker I've watched. I would say his style varied greatly down the years from Ruthless to at times Showy but in a very controlled way that it still did damage.
For me the best all round player I've watched having grown up watching Alex Higgins& Jimmy White to Davis's domination ousting the old guard much in the same ruthless way Henry did albeit two great showman in White & Higgins still in there through the early 80s then along comes Hendry who also had many competitors by 1990/1991 for that decade O Sullivan I can't stand he's out of this world on form but I just couldn't take to him at all.
I sat down & watched his triumph in 2013 & it was outstanding probably the first & only time I wanted to see him win as his snooker was superb he is a one off but for me his ability meant he should have won more than 5 starting as early as the mid 90s but clearly not mature enough despite having so much talent .
I often wondered how many Hendry could have won for all the finals he made he was close in a few he lost despite the fact he was older but his form wasn't as ruthless as it once was having set such a marker with breakbuilding & shots to match easy & difficult some player in his day took me a few years to appreciate just how good he was in who he disposed of through a brilliant career who challenged him but came a cropper even at his peak more than a few times.
Another Scot I liked was Alan McManus,Higgins I could never take to him maybe that wee Oirish face, good bear in Graeme Dott glad he became WC.
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Cash for clothes for the paupers ! Bling for Ching if your G O'c
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Maybe he was Auditioning for T2 after seeing Ewan McGregor leg it in the Original films Opener after a Blag.
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I don't rate him at all from the ball out tonight he should see what's in front of him so IMO he is as culpable & it's not the first time either his kamakaze passes out of his box show just how inept the last line of defence is & forwards know it. The amount of pissing about he does rather than get the ball into play despite players in space wanting it he.gives them a no-no with his hands whilst still refusing to send the ball. His attempted punch out tonight was pathetic , it's only now he acknowledges his part whereas up to now he's got away with it.
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Question.
Do you believe Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, when he says he was never in the IRA?
Slightly off topic having watched a Documentary last night this Unrepentant Fenian more or less Unequivocally agreed on the question posed to him regarding Adams in his Answer
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Rangers v Hibs In a Cup Semi Final in the early 1990's The Gers went out in that game always mind Mo Johnston hitting the post in the dying embers of that game which would have given us a lifeline, we had the whole Celtic End that night as I was in it the old days when you could still pay at the gate.
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Quote Peter 1872
"other non dom schools have the same thing like pirie park primary school "
You miss the point regarding the last minute change from what was initially billed as A Community Centre only to be renamed which was a dubious late change of circumstance considering this was billed by Glasgow Life as a Community Venture, not for A Catholic School that now gets exclusive use of facilities & name change that states quite categorically who the intended facilities were aimed at all along.
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Anyone in any doubt as to dubious tie up's with GCC or any of their offshoots need look no further than a Community centre opened a few years ago in Summerston , NW Glasgow.
Where it was to be named Summerston Community/Sports Centre quickly re named John Paul Community Centre where upon opening it was suddenly renamed amid a tie in with the local Catholic School who unusually had no facilities of this calibre apparently given the previous luxuries their Schools were afforded like Swimming pools at the expense of Non Dom Schools the very inclusion of a former pope in name hints at the lengths these rats will go to in pacifying the rabid elements where community is overlooked given it is a community entity not a catholic one.
Joe Public can get Access to the facilities at night time so it was clearly built for them all along so I wouldn't be surprised if anything around the East End doesn't end up under their hand be it caretaker or otherwise use of facilities.
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The wee campaign by Garth Crooks (Ex Spurs) to convince everybody that Football clubs are Inherently racist by not Employing black people in management was blown out the water with Paul Inces Appointment at the time.
Chris Hughton is doing a job at Norwich so dispels the myth still being peddled by the likes of Crooks on the BBC where his idea of equality is flood a limited market with people based on race only.
it's attitudes like his that need challenged but given his free reign In spouting such shite he gets away with it none of his colleagues have effectively called his bluff.
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For the record they did stick up for their fans last year when it came to having to fork out the School Uniforms
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Strange maybe a combo of all the above factors he always claimed he gave it 8 hrs a day even into the 2000's in practice.
He surpassed most of Steve Davis's records early doors the recent documentary where both players discussed their ambitions & targets were always a motivating factor in how Hendry wanted to outdo Davis & Likewise SD to what went before them.
They discussed modern day players like R O'S to Selby it was quite a good insight.
I always remember for a while when Hendry was near to his 30's he was up against it he looked Gubbed in 3 Finals against Mark Williams,Ken Doherty & Peter Ebdon having lost all three if memory serves correct & a Bruiser of a semi final one year against Williams where every jammy shot just fell to Williams probably had an effect more so those finals even though a resurgence around 2003 wasn't enough to hit the highs he once achieved.
They finals may well have done to him what he put wee Jimmy White through.