White 'needs' to beat Hendry 'big time'
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Jimmy White says he needs to beat Stephen Hendry "big time" when the two old rivals face off in Monday's World Championship qualifier.
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05/04/2021 09:42:32
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Like many in the 90’s, I used to hope Jimmy would win, knowing full well Hendry would. Plus ca change, or should that be déjà vu?
To be fair I don’t think he’s fighting to stay on tour.
If he loses then as a legend of the game, Hearn will hand him another 2 year tour card anyway.
If he loses then as a legend of the game, Hearn will hand him another 2 year tour card anyway.
Maybe just retire Jimmy? There’s something quite sad about the game’s greatest ever non-World Champion still playing, 20 odd years past his best.
Good to have Jimmy back on the scene. Such a great role model for young players - unlike O'Sullivan and his pathetic antics - which are the main reason snooker's in such a dire state.
Nahh snooker needs Ronnie massively when he retires or is not at the business end of tournaments there will be a big void to fill. Without characters and egos snooker loses lots of the buzz
Maybe just retire Jimmy? There’s something quite sad about the game’s greatest ever non-World Champion still playing, 20 odd years past his best.
This story is not about Jimmy. He's been there forever, potting away, mostly in the background now.
This story is about Stephen. And why on earth he thinks he can come back and be viable at his age .
He has retired. He should enjoy his new relationship, his money, his commentary and his punditry.
If these things leave him cold and he needs more, than I feel a bit sorry for him.
This story is about Stephen. And why on earth he thinks he can come back and be viable at his age .
He has retired. He should enjoy his new relationship, his money, his commentary and his punditry.
If these things leave him cold and he needs more, than I feel a bit sorry for him.
I think he’s probably quite happy with his lot. He has already said this is just a short term thing, to feel the buzz one more time. Nothing wrong or sad about that. And he can still knock in the tons. He did so on his first match back, when Selt played brilliantly to beat him.
This should be interesting. Come on Stephen
Absolute classics back in the day a match for the ages not looked forward to a sporting match up like this for a long time not for the highest standards that won’t be on display but for the pure drama of it will be a must watch
Pure drama? What, like seeing Jimmy needing the ref’s help to get up out of his chair. Sober hopefully. And where’s the fun in watching Hendry shaking his way around the table as Jimmy drifts into his afternoon nap? All that’s missing is a laughter track and it’s a Dave rerun every Easter.
Expecting a WhiteWash sadly.
Where can we watch it?
Dunno why people are slating them for
Playing if you’re good at something have the opportunity to play and earn some money make some entertainment then what’s the problem. Any real snooker fan will be looking forward big time to this game
Playing if you’re good at something have the opportunity to play and earn some money make some entertainment then what’s the problem. Any real snooker fan will be looking forward big time to this game
I watched Dennis Taylor take the world championship on the black in the final game. I don’t know if that makes me a real snooker fan or not, but if I am, I’m squirming at the very thought of this game. I certainly won’t watch it. Why would I? To see top draw snooker? There won’t be any. It will be like watching your dad entering the Butlins disco dance competition. Too old. Not good enough.
Jimmy likens it to Borg v McEnroe? He hasn’t lost his sense of humour at least.
Where did it all go wrong?
Where did it all go wrong?
I watched Dennis Taylor take the world championship on the black in the final game. I don’t know if that makes me a real snooker fan or not, but if I am, I’m squirming at the very thought of this game. I certainly won’t watch it. Why would I? To see top draw snooker? There won’t be any. It will be like watching your dad entering the Butlins disco dance competition. Too old. Not good enough.
Well, in Hendry’s first match after 9 years off tour, he knocked in a 107. Not bad for an old bloke.
Where can we watch it?
To those asking about the TV coverage: it's on Eurosport at 7.30pm, and the qualifiers will go on until 14th April.
This is a nothing match. Hendry should remain retired and hold onto his untarnished legacy. White is a still a genius, but should stick more with exhibition stuff. Hendry has lost most of his abilities and white is a showman, not really a winner. Cringe of a match.
I watched Dennis Taylor take the world championship on the black in the final game. I don’t know if that makes me a real snooker fan or not, but if I am, I’m squirming at the very thought of this game. I certainly won’t watch it. Why would I? To see top draw snooker? There won’t be any. It will be like watching your dad entering the Butlins disco dance competition. Too old. Not good enough.
I loved both of them in their heyday. But now? 2021? It will become parody and that’s not fair on either of them. It’s akin to televising Hamilton racing Vettel in go karts when they’re in their 60’s. Would anyone be celebrating that ‘spectacle’. Of course not. Yet hark at all these supposed snooker aficionados popping the champagne in excitement when it’s not even worth a can of Tizer
Expecting a WhiteWash sadly.
This story is not about Jimmy. He's been there forever, potting away, mostly in the background now.
This story is about Stephen. And why on earth he thinks he can come back and be viable at his age .
He has retired. He should enjoy his new relationship, his money, his commentary and his punditry.
If these things leave him cold and he needs more, than I feel a bit sorry for him.
This story is about Stephen. And why on earth he thinks he can come back and be viable at his age .
He has retired. He should enjoy his new relationship, his money, his commentary and his punditry.
If these things leave him cold and he needs more, than I feel a bit sorry for him.
white will actually feel very confident as he still plays on the main tour.Hendry if he kept playing would have been the ultimate goat but his perfectionist mantra got in the way.could go all the way.
Agreed hendry packed it in to early when u see how the elders are going these days. He was a perfectionist and couldn’t handle the drop in his high standards. I wonder if he would have packed it in though if he realised how bigger the pockets were gonna become because that has defo helped the careers of those who would have tailed of otherwise
Maybe just retire Jimmy? There’s something quite sad about the game’s greatest ever non-World Champion still playing, 20 odd years past his best.
White likens this game to tennis players Borg and McEnroe & boxers haggler and Leonard! Really lol ?? 2 washed up old snooker has beens!!! White was a serial loser. He lost 6 yes 6 world championship finals. And Henry could play. He won 7 titles but the most recent win was in 1999!!! Yes some 22 years ago!! I was born in 1998!!! I personally wouldn’t cross the road to watch this match
Don't bother then. Sport did exist before you were born. Go and play on your Xbox, there's a good boy.
Loser? Millions play competitive snooker, White is ranked in the top 10 over the last 50 years. Your concept of a loser suggests you had a low ranking at school!
It's Hendry, not henry. At least White got to the finals, can you hold a snooker cue?
To those asking about the TV coverage: it's on Eurosport at 7.30pm, and the qualifiers will go on until 14th April.
I watched Dennis Taylor take the world championship on the black in the final game. I don’t know if that makes me a real snooker fan or not, but if I am, I’m squirming at the very thought of this game. I certainly won’t watch it. Why would I? To see top draw snooker? There won’t be any. It will be like watching your dad entering the Butlins disco dance competition. Too old. Not good enough.
You don’t mean the Gibraltar Open? Where his very first shot of the game was declared a foul shot by the red? He was knocked out in the first round 4-1 by the blaize blazing Matthew Selt? I hadn’t heard of him either so I looked him up. His only title is the Indian Open in 2019 (some unknown was runner up). Not bad for an old bloke? Sid, your post is almost a part of this entire parody.
I loved both of them in their heyday. But now? 2021? It will become parody and that’s not fair on either of them. It’s akin to televising Hamilton racing Vettel in go karts when they’re in their 60’s. Would anyone be celebrating that ‘spectacle’. Of course not. Yet hark at all these supposed snooker aficionados popping the champagne in excitement when it’s not even worth a can of Tizer
This story is not about Jimmy. He's been there forever, potting away, mostly in the background now.
This story is about Stephen. And why on earth he thinks he can come back and be viable at his age .
He has retired. He should enjoy his new relationship, his money, his commentary and his punditry.
If these things leave him cold and he needs more, than I feel a bit sorry for him.
This story is about Stephen. And why on earth he thinks he can come back and be viable at his age .
He has retired. He should enjoy his new relationship, his money, his commentary and his punditry.
If these things leave him cold and he needs more, than I feel a bit sorry for him.
You don’t mean the Gibraltar Open? Where his very first shot of the game was declared a foul shot by the red? He was knocked out in the first round 4-1 by the blaize blazing Matthew Selt? I hadn’t heard of him either so I looked him up. His only title is the Indian Open in 2019 (some unknown was runner up). Not bad for an old bloke? Sid, your post is almost a part of this entire parody.
Where can we watch it?
38 comments. On an article published four hours ago. I think that speaks for itself. I can’t see Eurosport televising it at this rate. You’d get higher viewing figures for two gerbils sailing paper boats on the local pond
at their own volition? that would be pretty historic too tbf
To those asking about the TV coverage: it's on Eurosport at 7.30pm, and the qualifiers will go on until 14th April.
White likens this game to tennis players Borg and McEnroe & boxers haggler and Leonard! Really lol ?? 2 washed up old snooker has beens!!! White was a serial loser. He lost 6 yes 6 world championship finals. And Henry could play. He won 7 titles but the most recent win was in 1999!!! Yes some 22 years ago!! I was born in 1998!!! I personally wouldn’t cross the road to watch this match
I watched Dennis Taylor take the world championship on the black in the final game. I don’t know if that makes me a real snooker fan or not, but if I am, I’m squirming at the very thought of this game. I certainly won’t watch it. Why would I? To see top draw snooker? There won’t be any. It will be like watching your dad entering the Butlins disco dance competition. Too old. Not good enough.
Uh oh! Pendant alert! Pedant alert!
I'm struggling to understand the negativity about this match. For these guys, who were truly world class and entertained millions for years, I think they deserve a little more respect. Fair play to both and I hope they both enjoy it. It would be great if the winner made it all the way to the crucible. Henry is a legend but White was always my marginal favourite!
I don't get what you're struggling to understand. they are called trolls or for people older than about 35, "wind up merchants". like the post below about gerbils and sailing boats. better to just laugh to yourself about the childishness of it all, rather than post angry responses which is why they do it.
White likens this game to tennis players Borg and McEnroe & boxers haggler and Leonard! Really lol ?? 2 washed up old snooker has beens!!! White was a serial loser. He lost 6 yes 6 world championship finals. And Henry could play. He won 7 titles but the most recent win was in 1999!!! Yes some 22 years ago!! I was born in 1998!!! I personally wouldn’t cross the road to watch this match
White is battling to stay in the professional Tour while two female players were included in the Tour for 2yrs without needing to qualify to be included. How is that fair?
he's battling to stay in the tour by right of his performances and results.....obviously Barry Hearn isn't going to announce "hey Jimmy don't worry if you lose I'll award you another wildcard". and obviously he will, if that happens. Jimmy puts bums on seats, that's what matters.
A tour card lasts for 2 years. If a player is outside the top 64 at the end of the season and not within the top 8 on the single season list (of those ranked 65 and below) at the end of the 2+ years, they lose their card.
White is currently 6th on the season list so may still qualify for a tour card (he has been given tour cards by Hearn when dropping out in the past so this may happen again).
White is currently 6th on the season list so may still qualify for a tour card (he has been given tour cards by Hearn when dropping out in the past so this may happen again).
A tour card lasts for 2 years. If a player is outside the top 64 at the end of the season and not within the top 8 on the single season list (of those ranked 65 and below) at the end of the 2+ years, they lose their card.
White is currently 6th on the season list so may still qualify for a tour card (he has been given tour cards by Hearn when dropping out in the past so this may happen again).
White is currently 6th on the season list so may still qualify for a tour card (he has been given tour cards by Hearn when dropping out in the past so this may happen again).
White likens this game to tennis players Borg and McEnroe & boxers haggler and Leonard! Really lol ?? 2 washed up old snooker has beens!!! White was a serial loser. He lost 6 yes 6 world championship finals. And Henry could play. He won 7 titles but the most recent win was in 1999!!! Yes some 22 years ago!! I was born in 1998!!! I personally wouldn’t cross the road to watch this match
I'm struggling to understand the negativity about this match. For these guys, who were truly world class and entertained millions for years, I think they deserve a little more respect. Fair play to both and I hope they both enjoy it. It would be great if the winner made it all the way to the crucible. Henry is a legend but White was always my marginal favourite!
I don't get what you're struggling to understand. they are called trolls or for people older than about 35, "wind up merchants". like the post below about gerbils and sailing boats. better to just laugh to yourself about the childishness of it all, rather than post angry responses which is why they do it.
Agreed. I think one of the biggest legacies of lockdown will be the wave of morons who have spent too long behind a screen, spouting nonsense. I don't feel old enough at 45 to say "back in my day" but at least face to face conversations, debates and chats around a few pints in a pub, kept things in check (most of the time!) lol.
Poor Reeves. Very poor. I’m no troll. Perhaps it was beyond you the wit of my username but it characterises what I’m about. Scripts. Humour (what you could ascribe to Jewish if you will). There is nothing nasty in my comments either so you don’t even understand what a troll actually is and it isn’t someone who satirises or questions someone using comedic metaphor.
Nice try but no cigar woody
Nice try but no cigar woody
People are asking "Why all the negativity?" My humble opinion is that JW was an English 6 time loser at the WC and Hendry, a Scot, was a 7 time winner. Nobody in England likes a loser - particularly when it was against a Scot! Watch the down arrows!
if you're gonna do wind-ups at least try to have them make sense.
"nobody in England likes a loser"
(a) Jimmy undoubtedly ranks as one of the all time most popular snooker players ever
(b) The UK are famous for loving a loser/underdog...this is the main reason Steve Davis was so unpopular.
(c) I'm guessing like me you're Scottish. I don't think references like "nobody in England" do us any favours
"nobody in England likes a loser"
(a) Jimmy undoubtedly ranks as one of the all time most popular snooker players ever
(b) The UK are famous for loving a loser/underdog...this is the main reason Steve Davis was so unpopular.
(c) I'm guessing like me you're Scottish. I don't think references like "nobody in England" do us any favours
All those people whining about them being has beens need to get back in their boxes. Sport is entertainment and a lot of people are loving this, simple as that. Come on Jimmeeee!
Lots of people are loving this? You are a living example of hope over expectations and it’s tickled me this Easter Sunday so thank you for that. Sadly for you, there isn’t going to be anything subtle in the quality of their game. I just hope fathers don’t drag their sons to watch it. It will stain the eyes of every child watching it. For so many reasons.
Please Jimmy, just bury your cue.
Please Jimmy, just bury your cue.
if you're gonna do wind-ups at least try to have them make sense.
"nobody in England likes a loser"
(a) Jimmy undoubtedly ranks as one of the all time most popular snooker players ever
(b) The UK are famous for loving a loser/underdog...this is the main reason Steve Davis was so unpopular.
(c) I'm guessing like me you're Scottish. I don't think references like "nobody in England" do us any favours
"nobody in England likes a loser"
(a) Jimmy undoubtedly ranks as one of the all time most popular snooker players ever
(b) The UK are famous for loving a loser/underdog...this is the main reason Steve Davis was so unpopular.
(c) I'm guessing like me you're Scottish. I don't think references like "nobody in England" do us any favours
White likens this game to tennis players Borg and McEnroe & boxers haggler and Leonard! Really lol ?? 2 washed up old snooker has beens!!! White was a serial loser. He lost 6 yes 6 world championship finals. And Henry could play. He won 7 titles but the most recent win was in 1999!!! Yes some 22 years ago!! I was born in 1998!!! I personally wouldn’t cross the road to watch this match
I don't get what you're struggling to understand. they are called trolls or for people older than about 35, "wind up merchants". like the post below about gerbils and sailing boats. better to just laugh to yourself about the childishness of it all, rather than post angry responses which is why they do it.
Agreed. I think one of the biggest legacies of lockdown will be the wave of morons who have spent too long behind a screen, spouting nonsense. I don't feel old enough at 45 to say "back in my day" but at least face to face conversations, debates and chats around a few pints in a pub, kept things in check (most of the time!) lol.
Seriously. You two! You had conversation in a pub over a few pints and you’re upset about my rib taking of Jimmy and Henry. There can be no one who read your comment and has an accurate recollection of boozy “conversations” in old school pubs who believes you. So only two conclusions. One, you’ve never set foot in a pub or two, it was a sterile gastro with nowhere to stand and you were alone
White likens this game to tennis players Borg and McEnroe & boxers haggler and Leonard! Really lol ?? 2 washed up old snooker has beens!!! White was a serial loser. He lost 6 yes 6 world championship finals. And Henry could play. He won 7 titles but the most recent win was in 1999!!! Yes some 22 years ago!! I was born in 1998!!! I personally wouldn’t cross the road to watch this match
People are really missing the intrigue to this match. We know it ain’t gonna be top class snooker we know it ain’t gonna be anywhere near to how neil was playing last week in the tour but it’s a match up between 2 of the games biggest names who went at it bad back in the nineties. Hend top 2 all time can take Jimmy card away Jimmy will want to end his comeback so bad. will be compelling viewing
Still only 58 comments about this snooker ?? game after being posted 8 hours ago. That tells me everything I need to know about this stupid game between 2 old has beens who haven’t done anything of note this century. They’re well past it
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That's two nasty, patronising, arrogant and pathetic comments you've made about two of the greatest players the sport has ever seen. You really are a seriously nasty piece of work.
Talkimg of well past it, didn't Socrates make a brief comeback at Garforth Town? Reminds me a bit of Jimmy....never won the......
Agreed hendry packed it in to early when u see how the elders are going these days. He was a perfectionist and couldn’t handle the drop in his high standards. I wonder if he would have packed it in though if he realised how bigger the pockets were gonna become because that has defo helped the careers of those who would have tailed of otherwise
Lots of people are loving this? You are a living example of hope over expectations and it’s tickled me this Easter Sunday so thank you for that. Sadly for you, there isn’t going to be anything subtle in the quality of their game. I just hope fathers don’t drag their sons to watch it. It will stain the eyes of every child watching it. For so many reasons.
Please Jimmy, just bury your cue.
Please Jimmy, just bury your cue.
I don't get what you're struggling to understand. they are called trolls or for people older than about 35, "wind up merchants". like the post below about gerbils and sailing boats. better to just laugh to yourself about the childishness of it all, rather than post angry responses which is why they do it.
Poor Reeves. Very poor. I’m no troll. Perhaps it was beyond you the wit of my username but it characterises what I’m about. Scripts. Humour (what you could ascribe to Jewish if you will). There is nothing nasty in my comments either so you don’t even understand what a troll actually is and it isn’t someone who satirises or questions someone using comedic metaphor.
Nice try but no cigar woody
Nice try but no cigar woody
Agreed. I think one of the biggest legacies of lockdown will be the wave of morons who have spent too long behind a screen, spouting nonsense. I don't feel old enough at 45 to say "back in my day" but at least face to face conversations, debates and chats around a few pints in a pub, kept things in check (most of the time!) lol.
Seriously. You two! You had conversation in a pub over a few pints and you’re upset about my rib taking of Jimmy and Henry. There can be no one who read your comment and has an accurate recollection of boozy “conversations” in old school pubs who believes you. So only two conclusions. One, you’ve never set foot in a pub or two, it was a sterile gastro with nowhere to stand and you were alone
White and Hendry first met at the Crucible 33 years ago. This will will never happen again and this isn’t just about who wins. Anyone who understands the history between them will understand what this will mean to Jimmy, probably more than Hendry. Jimmy will win 6-2 I think. He will then lose in the next round, but still a great match for proper snooker fans
38 comments. On an article published four hours ago. I think that speaks for itself. I can’t see Eurosport televising it at this rate. You’d get higher viewing figures for two gerbils sailing paper boats on the local pond
Literally meaningless comment. Quit the bank holiday spliffs if I were you.
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Thankfully I’m not Removed
Still only 58 comments about this snooker ?? game after being posted 8 hours ago. That tells me everything I need to know about this stupid game between 2 old has beens who haven’t done anything of note this century. They’re well past it
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Shame these two millionaires are still taking up places that would be better filled with fresh talent
They must have big egos
They must have big egos
I stopped going after I developed a phobia for spiders
Some comments on here are typical of the modern culture in this country ... people just looking to find fault with everything. If the two players want to compete then what harm is it doing to anyone else ? Also look at the publicity this contest has generated.
They are both legends of the sport and will still be talked about long after many current players have retired and forgotten.
They are both legends of the sport and will still be talked about long after many current players have retired and forgotten.
at their own volition? that would be pretty historic too tbf
Whats the score?
Whats the score?
And a dreadful game too
Still only 58 comments about this snooker ?? game after being posted 8 hours ago. That tells me everything I need to know about this stupid game between 2 old has beens who haven’t done anything of note this century. They’re well past it
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Uh oh! Pendant alert! Pedant alert!
Sadly not. Only managed to scrape an LLM at Kings College. You? An alumni of Morriston Comp no doubt. The Eton of Wales. Am I on the money?
If that is the end of Jimmy’s career it would be kind of ironic that it is Stephen Hendry who has ended it.
if you're gonna do wind-ups at least try to have them make sense.
"nobody in England likes a loser"
(a) Jimmy undoubtedly ranks as one of the all time most popular snooker players ever
(b) The UK are famous for loving a loser/underdog...this is the main reason Steve Davis was so unpopular.
(c) I'm guessing like me you're Scottish. I don't think references like "nobody in England" do us any favours
"nobody in England likes a loser"
(a) Jimmy undoubtedly ranks as one of the all time most popular snooker players ever
(b) The UK are famous for loving a loser/underdog...this is the main reason Steve Davis was so unpopular.
(c) I'm guessing like me you're Scottish. I don't think references like "nobody in England" do us any favours
Why on earth is Hendry messing around with having to win four qualifiers just to get to the first round? it's not like he has any hope of making the latter stages, it'll be a miracle if he makes it to the first round proper. He should have stayed out of it and been remembered for making a 147 in his last match like the legend he is.
If that is the end of Jimmy’s career it would be kind of ironic that it is Stephen Hendry who has ended it.
I genuinely find it sad when Jimmy keeps saying in interviews , "My game is still there". I don't mean that in any nasty way . Jimmy is a legend ,and a gentleman , but outside of the practice rooms, where it counts, he struggles to make breaks of 20. It is sad watching him struggling constantly,on a BBC rival channel.
If he is enjoying it ,he has more than earned the right to enjoy the game.
If he is enjoying it ,he has more than earned the right to enjoy the game.
Shame these two millionaires are still taking up places that would be better filled with fresh talent
They must have big egos
They must have big egos
Regardless, they are still way past their sell by date.
Sad to read that Jimmy bottled it yet again.
Time for both to retire for good.
Sad to read that Jimmy bottled it yet again.
Time for both to retire for good.
Back to school for Jimmy.
Literally. A school.
Literally. A school.
Sadly not. Only managed to scrape an LLM at Kings College. You? An alumni of Morriston Comp no doubt. The Eton of Wales. Am I on the money?