“That’s pathetic, isn’t it?” | Higgins Slams World Snooker Championship Schedule | Eurosport Snooker
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2023
- John Higgins criticises the World Snooker Championship Schedule as he will be required to be playing double sessions back-to-back for the quarter finals.
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The World Snooker Tour responded to Higgins' remarks with a statement that read: "The quarter-finals are scheduled to ensure that at least one match finishes in each session on Wednesday. It is important for our international broadcasters to spread the match finishes across the three sessions in this way, and we have to take this into account while trying to make the schedule as fair as possible for all players."
At least they got an answer..
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Different sports, same excuses. The broadcasters are more important than the sports stars!!
I wonder what world snooker thinks to the match fixing issues-washing their hands of that too? Hearn said millionaires would be made- where are they? Some players can’t pay their bills
Selby and Higgins were st a clear disadvantage when it comee to winning the whole thing being forcsd to play back to back quarter final sessions on the same day when none of the other 3 quarter finals had to play 2 sessions back to bsck on the same day.
It’s nice to know not only Ronnie has an opinion, because we thought everyone was thinking he was a looney when this clearly is not the case well said John.
John seems to be in agreement with Ronnie that the people in charge need to change!
Barry Hearne with his production line snooker. no consideration for the players.
He can expect Shaun Murphy to make a comment disagreeing with him and backing the people in charge….
You have a choice.
It stays with Barry and Matchroom or it's sold off to China and we'll have a big 5 (China will want a major over there.) and most events will move overseas.
I want it to stay with Barry but we need a set of former players as a board running the fixtures / open talks with players / growing the youth side..
@@fingersTitan suits me fine. too many events now in my opinion. it takes the special part out of the game and these players are put under ridiculous amounts of pressure. every week there's a different tournament.
John should keep his mouth shut because the "people in charge " kept him out of jail.
Nice to see honest John doing so well, assume Stephen Lee is impressed. 🤔🤔
It'd be funny if Stephen Lee came back and agreed with the scheduling issues. "It made the fix much harder..."
@@gamesbloke John and honest lol
John is absolutely right! The planning is not fair
this back to back sessions is madness. how the hell do you expect the players to play their best under such pressure.
poor snoleflakes
Thank you
It’s been the same for years and years some things don’t need to change
They must be tired,playing inside,give them a bed to rest,they are millionaires,let them play
@@andreiionescu205 haha, the top boys might be, the poor buggers down the line are definitely not.
At my local club I’ve often wondered if someone would come and pull me off after my frame. It’s not happened once! I live in hope 😉
Perhaps they will take the hard brown as well
@@rayfinkle2805 The pink is always more inviting. And worth more points so it’s a win win
Move to Brighton if that’s your thing.
@@annoyingbstard9407 So I should move to Brighton, Join a snooker club and then play there with the hope someone comes up and pulls me off? That’s a bit too much effort mate. I’ll give it a miss. Tempting though
Alan asked the question that John asked him to ask, that gets him lunch and the point is made! And the fans support them! Nicely done fellas
Nice to see honest John so grateful for still being allowed to play professional snooker.
Being drawn to play afternoon and evening session on day 2 of the quarter finals is really pulling the short straw.
We need Gary Anderson in the studio also for Scottish language trifecta.
Isn't he the darts player? Lol
Radzi is Scottish isnt he?think he was born in Dundee.
@@GG-ml3vr very close.. Oxfordshire. His mother is from Dundee though.
@@GG-ml3vr na he is african or pakistani origin or both
"Aye, I heard that Shane Murphy slagging me off. What a numpty. Absolutely shocking commentator. If that's the state of snooker these days, I'm away. I'd rather watch Heartbeat on itv3."
Well played John 🖖💯
Your namesake..
@@Househead1200 Nice one
How'd ya swallow three hundred thousand John?
Never understood how John Higgins’s wasn’t banned for life.
Because he was proven innocent. He was stitched up by a known corrupt newspaper outlet.
Nor do I.
Also, having unfair scheduling makes it much, much easier to manipulate the outcome in favor of the most popular players. There's corruption in every sport. I'd be hugely surprised if there wasn't deliberate attempts to manipulate the outcomes to maximize profit.
I love John's voice
He is pretty easy on the ear. Maybe he'll commentate whenever he's done playing.
Bender
Hearing him say “Radzi” was really pleasing
I’ve been thinking recently about these competitions when a particular player as gone through to the next round and time to spare and another player playing late into the night ( could be even after midnight as we all know ) the winner then as to be back on the table lunch time the following day how can that be right/ fair ?
thats like you racing lewis hamilton and finishing a lap in twice the time as him and saying why do i have to do another lap its taken me longer then him, lol
Imagine pulling John off after 8 frames
Imagine pulling John off at all? Fair play to his wife
🤮
John makes a lot of sense, time for the organisers to get the draws correctly
John, leave it out mate. You shouldn't even be in the sport.
What is still baffling is he's still playing after the bribe scandal ,,,
He was entrapped by the gutter press. The newspaper in question is now out of circulation due to their later activities.
@@frankspencer6935 I seen the video and audio all he was interested in was how do I launder the money 💷
It’s pathetic that he was allowed to play ever again after he got caught .. can’t stick him
After he got set up by news of the world?
who got caught which one,many have been caught its all about money
The different treatment of Higgins and Stephen Lee is baffling.
Never got caught for match fixing, he got fined for talking about betting but never convicted or caught for fixing
@Matthew Foley
Yes, but is one that much worse than the other?
If John was Chinese he'd have been banned for life, he's in no position to complain about anything
Couldn't agree with you more John. I think the back to back scheduling is totally crazy. It needs rectifying.
There is only one reason things are the way they are in regards to high end sport.......money.
No it’s not, it’s ineptitude and fear of being the one to change something. How is this specific example to do with money? Trite nonsense.
@@Vtwin_Superbikesit has absolutely everything to do with MONEY🙄😳
Closed captions didn't help that much. Maybe it's just me. 🙂
Yeah, I always wondered why the schedule is like that. Turns out it's because people who decide these thing just don't care...
Terrible isn’t it. Having to work a whole day without a break.
@@Robc--jd6yh They're not working, they're competing in the jewel of the sports events that people pay large amounts to watch and expect (hope to see) the best possible performances. It's product mismanagement due to negligence.
1:28 "Ya pleyyy a dobble saisson beck to beck"
hehe nice accent John
The irony of John calling out standards. ‘How do you swallow the 300k John?’
Complaining about scheduling? What a laugh. It’s the World Championship. Is it too tiring for you John ? Or maybe not enough time between sessions to call your bookie?
I think more than 3 sessions may be needed with the meeting coming up with Mark Selby ;-)
It's pathetic, there's potential there's only half an hour rest between him playing sessions, which means he'll be playing afternoon to midnight with no delay
*next to no delay
doesn't moan about it when it's the final...
@@doctormarazanvose4373 it's morning and evening sessions in the final bro, not afternoon and evening sessions
@@andymerrett hardly the point and he might well prove you wrong, if he can get past Selby, big ask but he’s got a chance, cannot write off a four time winner
@@crosscourttennis1796 lol
Higgins wants to be thankful that he is still allowed to play snooker.
Can’t watch him!!!
😴😴😴😴
@@davidhale8034 Clearly you're awake enough to comment with emojis.
cheating jock prick
exactly
Had to click on the subtitles to understand what was being said. 😉😂
didnt even think it was like that, thought its play morn and even, then next day your the afternoon session. thought thats the same for all quarters.
Ah the stress of a real job. Poor soul!
Eejit
Should also be remembered that the world championship still sells out days after going on sale, unlike many other events playing to half empty venues must be doing something right.
God Bless them
I love watching Snooker it is my second favourite sport to watch after darts. I get swept up in the atmosphere & 2/3 hours pass like minutes.
I got hooked on it over lockdown watching repeats when it was too dangerous to play. I’m hoping it will all be safe again to go out without my mask soon , but happy to stay in & watch these great sportsmen.
Do they do a women’s equivalent as I like watching women play
Do us a favour and just stay in doors
''I’m hoping it will all be safe again to go out without my mask soon...'' You remind me of the Jap. who thought the war was still on. 🤣🤣
who doesn't 🤣?
@MJ1931 This is very subtle trolling I think haha
Queer!!
Very hard to fix a match with such a short interval between matches. Very bad planning.
Wonder if he bet on it!
He was cleared of match fixing and definitely didn't throw his business partner under the bus to save himself 😉
We need subtitles for John and Alan .
ok this could be avoided, but when they play a final of a tournament don't they play 9 frames in the afternoon and potentially 10 in the evening? And that is even worse because in a best of 25 the second and third session are only 8 + 9
The point is it is only 1 of the Quarters. It is needless.
I believe it is best of 35 in the final
@@Mladenac He's talking about some of the other tournaments you numpty
Not worse because in those finals the first session starts 90 mins earlier at 1pm.
@@rikspilz4991 yeah makes sense
The Wednesday evening session must have two matches playing their third/final session. If the Wednesday afternoon session did not have either of those match playing their second/middle session, then the only option would be to have the other two matches playing their third/final session. However, this opens up the possibility of no play at all (in the case where both matches finished with a session to spare). That's why you usually see a final session on one table, and a non-final session on the other table.
This, can't have a situation where a session is wiped out
John,s got a point, long memory's in suffolk don't change fact that your a past banned cheat 😮
@@robertoxford7280 When did Higgins cheat?
@@AGxAG 09/10 film available of John Higgins accepting money on utube information openly available to Google ect
However is responsible for the whole schedule need to be fired. It is as random as random get. I cannot come up with one reason why it wouldn't be "morning-noon-evening" rotation regardless of how many sessions it is. Some 3 session matches are needlessly on 3 different days. LIke in this case why isn't the Allen vs Jones match at the same time as Ronnie vs Brecel like it is on the previous day? Because of this John's matches two last session are back to back. I see zero reason for this.
slip John a tenner to sit in his chair for an extra frame..
🤣🤣
I like when players start losing concentration. It adds another dimension to the game
Class act John is. Im a big Ronnie fan and want him to win. John is the one player I dread Ronnie playing. John can win another title. Thankfully they wont meet before the final
defo especially the time he got caught on tape match fixing a class act indeed 😂
@@Derek-im3tw was never proven.
the final is back to back sessions
If you ask me 2012 was the golden year for John..
"I've been coming for29 years"
... let's not gloss over this sentence and all take our time and think about what that means
No wonder he’s got no hair left 😮
Both JH and AM are Scottish...JH english is so difficult to comprehend for us Asians ..😀😄
Learn English then
Uch aye laddie 🎩 .
It's difficult for English also 😂😂😂
Not just for Asians.. ;)
Just make it up 😂
I can never understand anything John says. Lol.
A wee bit of racism because he's scottish
@@martincosgrove8879 racism? Really?
I understood him perfectly well when he was trying to fix a match
@@martincosgrove8879 that word does not mean what you think it means
@@martincosgrove8879 So being Scottish is a race? 🙄
Looking and sounding a lot like Victor Meldrew these days.
Bloody amazing 2nd round match though. If John can keep it up, there is going to be no stopping him.
I don't believe it!
The world snooker finals years ago had more frames and hardly any money, they never complained.
Was Higgins not caught fixing ?
No. There's no evidence he fixed a single match.
he was just involved in a journalist sting about match fixing and didn't report it
@@TequilaToothpick apart from the video evidence of him agreeing to fix games for cash and even coming up with ways he could be secretly paid. No he didn’t get caught actually fixing, but he did get caught agreeing to do it
@@Stribbo55 with apparent "intentions" you cannot make trials or give convictions, otherwise prisons would be full of people that "wanted" to do something.
He never fixed anything but he did get caught on video agreeing to swallow 300k to throw frames.
The simps in the comments keep crying that he never did it, but the video all over the internet proves he's a piece of shit
I replayed it a few times to see if he said "shit hapens every year" 🤣
John needs time between sessions to meet up with the bookies.
Imagine two double sessions each day in the final, but all quarters should be the same
Those sessions start 90 mins earlier though which is time enough to chill and watch a movie
Higgins the bung man that never got banned cant get enough eh John
6months ban
Come on reply he never took a bung nor does he do drugs like some rockets were
@@TRY.BE.BETTER he went with his agent on camera to Russia and agreed to throw 4 frames in certain games guys a fucking cheat end of
Well said John hope he makes it no 5 😊
Match fixer
All the best to honest John 👏👏
He will never win another world title
@@tahirahmed33 he's backed himself not to win another world title !!
These guys almost need subtitles :)
Remember that news of the world investigation?
Wow, it's nearly like having a hard day at work, then having to get up and go to work again. Who would have thought this could happen to anybody....
Do you practice your work for hours upon hours before you actually start work ?, Do you have to travel around the world to do your work?, Do millions of people around the world tune in to watch you doing your work?, ...when you do your work and have put all that effort in does someone say to you sorry you didnt make the final so you wont be getting as much money as you could have?, when you work do you also have to face the end at about 50 years of age or do you have the luxury of carrying on until retirement ?......I dont really think there is any comparison !
They are world class athletes competing at the most prestigious event in their sport for millions of people watching. I don’t see how your 9-5 job draws any parallels
Its not fair when it could possibly mean the difference in a massive payday and not get that at all that doesn’t happen at your work or maybe it does no judgement
What a stupid comment. They’re playing elite level snooker. Best players in the world. Your 9-5 isn’t comparable. It’s ridiculous having two sessions so close together. Potentially everyone suffers, the players and the fans.
They dont Like IT,Tell them to do Something else
This is a debate that isn’t for bbc coverage.
It's just 'dance, little monkey, dance!'
I think snooker players have missed a trick: If snooker players start using the language of boxers before a match, like prize fighters, a few fireworks in sparing talk would up the viewing figures. LOL
Subtitles wouldn't be so bad 😊
Is English not your first language?
@@TequilaToothpick
I understand them. But it's not about me. Many other people don't understand them - including some Americans.
He’s lucky not to be disgraced!!.. the cheek of him to say IT’s pathetic after letting him off big style!!!
Is snooker such a big global corporate sport that they can’t just tell the tournament organisers directly to change the schedule?!
I understand his point but remember its the same for both players.If I was to do a morning session then have to wait all afternoon for the evening session I would probably get through a bottle of scotch anyway ? Mind you I would be on fire at least.
But if each player was required to slice thier own nostrils before a match, it would be the same for both players, but it wouldn't be right though.
Dumbest response ever.
Yeah John it’s pathetic. Stephen Lee and Quentin Hann are in complete agreement with you 👍
It’s pathetic than John Higgins is still allowed to play snooker
How many times has the child Ronnie retired
@@johnallan4826 nobody was talking about people retiring….
listen its not like your working 12 hour shifts in an industrial factory , just be greatful
I know, even if they play back to back sessions in the same day, what is that, 8 hours of snooker or something.
@@njc84 And its not as if they're active all of that time like a head to head sport like football, when their opponent plays they're sitting down doing nothing.
You'll just have to swallow it, John.
I still cant understand what john saying...
You can't keep missing and missing.....Yeah you can.
I know I do.
Yea John I've been saying for decades, as a businessman Barry has let snooker down. Massively he doesn't work it how it's supposed to be for at least 10 years. These days there are far better and brighter minds that could actually get snooker going again and bring in big sponsorships. It doesn't suprise me that old Barry can no longer attract those sponsors that are needed to take the game back to it's heights. At it's heights in the 80s with baccys sponsors the 1985 got 18.5milliom viewers in Britain alone now it's barely a few mil
There were three channels back then. By the time Taylor potted that final black there was quite possibly NOTHING else on the tv.....No programmes on terrestrial TV get the viewing figures they used to. It’s a different world.
@29memyselfandi
Exactly!! People talk about the glory 80s.
There was literally nothing else to watch anyway. Of course 18 million viewers were tuned into BBC......other option was reading a book
Aah, the rose tinted good old days. CRT TVs, coal fires and single glazing. Marvellous.
@@29memyselfandiactually, Channel 4 started broadcasting in 1982.
@@Nickbaldeagle02 yeah but was it still showing programmes after 12 o clock at night?
Alan str8 in for his lunch lol
Back to back sessions against Selby.....probably need 2 days sleep after that!
When ronnie says something about snooker organization or the people in charge he is bad and he is getting attacked by other players.john higgins was one of them.he attacked ronnie in the past for critisizing snooker organization and now he is crying.such an hypocrite
Or his eyes have been opened over time...
What's pathetic is the fact that this man is still allowed to play
What i find pathetic is John Higgins is still a professional snooker player. After we seen videos of him preparing to throw matches for money.
Nice to see the human side of John
Why is no one talking about the cloths this year? Pockets playing like buckets and never seen so many roll offs
Not been that good this world championship the tables are a joke pockets are to forgiving the black Higgins potted along the top cushion said it all. The crowd are so noisy with no respect for players on the other table crucible has been great but maybe time for a change of venue with more space.
It is pathetic I mean fancy having to work two, 3 hour stints back to back.... outrageous.
This comments section is gold 😂
Its pathetic that JH got away with an attempted bung
I’m. No longer a fan of Higgins when I saw the video saying he could lose frame’s for cash. I lost all respect I had fair enough he isn’t the only one
Expect a fine John.😀😀
Well said 👏👏
Hard to cheat in back to back session’s John hey
Maybe somebody took a bung to mess with the draw. It's not there fault John, they might have been scared!
Maybe he should try bribing the people in charge.
I wonder if Higgins paid his opponents to lose.
Jack’s not out yet
Those people didn't suspend John for his Kyiv holiday so maybe he should be grateful he's playing at all.
In Joe Davis's day they played 12 frames every day for nigh on 2 weeks, and for less than 2 grand. About time todays players manned up.
He’s right. It’s ridiculous.
I think John and Allan need to put this into context, so they have to do back to back sessions. big deal. We have doctors Nurses working long hours day in and day out any mistake they make can cost lives, not cost a snooker match. Maybe they should go and work on a building site for a week and find out what working long hours is about!!!
'Pathetic'... I find it pathetic that John still has a tour card despite the match fixing sting.
He never did anything wrong.
Andy, these pictures on your computer are much worse.
I think the video proves otherwise and his manager got banned for life 🤷♂️
Well said 100 % correct should never been allowed back, done worse than Stephen Lee ,! He can use his spare time to fix the correct scores no doubt
well said
Come on John Higgins title number 5🙂