'Entertaining' is the operative word...
Lol - yes I knew someone would mention that! :eyebrows:
Snooker is what it is... I grew up watching the greats, during the 80s, such as Hurricane Higgins and Jimmy White, and they made the game ENTERTAINING, often due to their rather exuberant personalities, especially Alex Higgins, who had immense natural talent and played with SPEED and skill (as did Jimmy), which is what hooked me to the sport.
There was a rich vain of talent in snooker during that era, not just from those two players, but from the likes of Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, John Virgo, Terry Griffiths, Ray Reardon and many more, together with some truly epic matches! :eek:
So that's what hooked me to snooker, and also because I sometimes play the game myself, along with pool. These days, it's not quite the same, but there are still some entertaining players around who 'put bums on seats', such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, arguably the modern day Alex Higgins, and when he's on song, he's a joy to watch.
As you can see, I prefer the fast and skillful players in snooker, who 'speed up' an otherwise slow game, stopping it from becoming boring, which ties in with the point Svend and I were making earlier. I can't abide things that (to me) are dull and dreary. I hate snooker, for example, when it becomes too tactical and defensive.
I'm also the same when it comes to tennis, preferring PASSIONATE (often temperamental) players, who make the game ENTERTAINING to watch, no more so than (again back in the 80s) the great John McEnroe - now HE was simply immense!! :D
My other favourite players from then would've been Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker (the tennis he played to win Wimbledon in 1985 was about the best I've seen) and Andre Agassi. I also loved watching the truly epic battles between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova... I like watching stuff that pins you to your seat!!
Coincidentally, that's also why I support Glasgow Celtic, because of the fast, attacking and ENTERTAINING football they play! Rarely are they boring to watch. I can't abide slow and boring defensive *anything* in sport.
I even hate football when it becomes too tactical and turns into a game of chess!! European and International football often gets like that now. YAWNSVILLE...
Can you see where I'm coming from now?
Marco.