Stephen Hendry: Snooker's decline, slow play, socialising, idols, regretting retirement

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Off The Ball

6 жыл бұрын

OTB's Shane Hannon spoke with seven time Snooker World Champion Stephen Hendry in the Crucible Arena.

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@schmurgen5242 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting interview technique there. Most people think of the question first, then ask it. It’s nice to see him literally making up questions as he asks them!!

@MA-sb4dg 5 жыл бұрын

85 snooker clubs closed during the length of time Ben stokes questions took to ask.

@usefulidiot9896 3 жыл бұрын

He took so long that even Ebdon made a break of 12

@paulharrison8612 2 жыл бұрын

The rocket did 4 maxs in the same time this interview took 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rorus9530 5 жыл бұрын

I was gutted when Hendry retired. He was the player I rooted for every tournament. He had great determination and yet a really chilled out smooth playing style. It’s frustrating seeing how much success mark williams has had since his comeback, thinking that perhaps Hendry could have done the same.

@AliRaza-uw4bj 3 жыл бұрын

As a child in the 90s, snooker was Stephen Hendry. Whenever it was on, he was centre stage. When he was playing, he dominated play. Unrelenting and a formidable attacking player. A true master.

@Sickelm 6 жыл бұрын

The decline of snooker in Ireland and the UK is simple. No kid can afford 6-8euro a hour to play. It needs to be 1-2euro an hour and government funded as a sport. There is no other way it can grow again without funding.

@TheSnookerGym 6 жыл бұрын

Why would a govt subsidise snooker clubs? There are 500 higher priorities, which if all were implemented would double the tax rate... something you will not be voting for!

@egroegartfart 6 жыл бұрын

That's sad Inspector. I love the game yet I've never been able to play because there are no snooker tables anywhere near me. The closest one is almost 6 hours away in Detroit, Michigan. The pool hall I practice at had one years ago but they got rid of it because they said no one ever played. I just think that's ashame. I've been watching it now on youtube for the last year and I love it. It's a gentleman's game. A pro here told me that people in the U.S. are too impatient to play snooker. Everyone wants to play a fast game and get on to the next game. And I don't see many gentlemen playing pool here either. I think we could take lessons from you guys who play snooker and are respectful. It's just sad. I will play one day, but I only play 8, 9, and 10 ball. I just think you guys are so lucky to have snooker. I hope that people in the UK and Ireland will keep playing. Have a great day.

@egroegartfart 6 жыл бұрын

aremedy frosty thanks aremedy. Yes. Just from watching it the last year I know it's terribly hard to do. I would just love to be able to play it. I love 8,9, and 10 ball but that's all we play. I'd just like to try something new but there's just no tables anywhere here. I do agree with the pro at my pool hall that people here in the U.S. are just too impatient to play it. And it's a gentleman's game. Haha. Not many gentlemen here unfortunately. No joke. But hopefully someday I'll get to play. Hey I think 32 is great. I would probably be lucky just to pot a red and a color. Lol. Thanks man. Have a good day.

@KingGambler1983 6 жыл бұрын

I feel the need to mention Malcolm Thorne, the brother of Willie. Most snooker fans won't know of him but he managed their snooker club in Leicester. Malcolm would spot young talent and give them unlimited free table time and coaches to work with. He would also run plenty of tournaments and events with no restrictions on entry so these young players could play in them. Mark Selby, Ben Wollaston and Tom Ford have all been pro for a long while now after being helped by this man. If you ever wondered why Leicester is like a hotbed for snooker then Malcolm is the reason. Sadly, he passed away a long time ago now but his legacy has lived on even if very few know about it.

@mndak76 6 жыл бұрын

Snooker needs to come to America!

@Uboat1407 3 жыл бұрын

Stephen, para sempre o melhor. Forever the best. From Lisboa - Portugal

@aquienpuedaimportar3028 6 жыл бұрын

A good, interesting interview. The questions could have been expressed more succinctly, but they were good questions and brought out interesting answers (especially Hendry regretting becoming friends with players).

@richardcliff8354 6 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC INTERVIEWER

@acidcube6967 5 жыл бұрын

Hendry your a good Man🌟✨🤛 〽️🕶

@grahamfarquharson2786 5 жыл бұрын

I can remember watching 1990 tournament when he was 'The new boy'.

@enjoyyourday5870 4 жыл бұрын

long questions but nice interview.

@dannicatzer305 3 жыл бұрын

I only knew off one Scottish player before Hendry came along Murdo MacLeod.. Seen him a few times in my local snooker hall as he was friends with the owner.. Don't think he won anything but after Hendry came along the club was heaving with new players but it just petered out and the clubs all closed.. My nearest one is in Edinburgh now.

@johntogher7356 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview, good questions but could have shortened them

@brak777 6 жыл бұрын

Good interview. Thanks

@ScoopexUs 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty good interview actually. And some thoughtful replies with the patented sly humor :) I actually don't see a decline today compared to say 5-10 years ago - at least not in viewer involvement and appreciation. Not the craze of the 80s/early 90s, but better than recently for sure. Players and clubs... I don't know what it's like in the UK but here it's virtually nonexistent. A few clubs in the major cities and that's it. I doubt a player could come from Sweden and have had enough opposition to reach the top 64... China, Thailand must be booming, obviously a much greater population than even the UK...

@jamesm1579 2 жыл бұрын

The interviewer seemed a nice guy but Hendry’s patience while waiting for the questions to finish was quite impressive here.

@YOYO-mx6ie 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest ever snooker player To pick up a cue.

@amit77 5 жыл бұрын

Who's the greatest snooker player that hasn't picked up a cue then

@danielbeard5281 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. For me Stephen Hendry the greatest ever. He peaked and fell quickly. A real shame because now people will believe Ronnie is the greatest ever but had Hendry kept his form for longer we wouldn't be saying Ronnie the greatest. I don't ever remember anyone having a better ability to create angles for the next shot like Hendry. I was gutted he never regained his composure.

@danielbeard5281 4 жыл бұрын

@Truth God absolutely. I wish Hendry kept his form up. The best ever

@idontknowyou876 2 жыл бұрын

Not anymore I'm afraid

@owencampbell8799 Жыл бұрын

He got the yips

@masseysmoviemadness1411 6 жыл бұрын

I'm getting that book! :)

@yankorusev 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview

@stevemartin8202 2 жыл бұрын

Interview ok & Stephen tries to be open with answers & actually gives good replies however the interviewer spends too much time on each question. He needs to work on shortening his questions as they are too long winded. Questions that take ages to finish makes interview boring. Good to see Stephen trying to be positive with his answers though to keep the interview alive!!

@tylermassey5431 6 жыл бұрын

I'm calling it right now. Hendry is coming back!!!

@lost_poet_ 3 жыл бұрын

You called it right. Well done.

@tylermassey5431 3 жыл бұрын

Even a broke squirrel finds two nuts a day... or something like that.

@Damo833 6 жыл бұрын

Didn’t expect Ben Stokes to be the interviewer

@pauldart8548 6 жыл бұрын

Gifted Satsuma maybe if he King hit Him?

@147breaks 6 жыл бұрын

What take way should I get?

@benneave4921 Жыл бұрын

Jeez ! How long are the questions?

@AlonsoRules 6 жыл бұрын

slow play can be attributed to the miss rule

@talibanimmigrant2281 6 жыл бұрын

no characters no snooker - simple.

@hansolofthiderman2719 5 жыл бұрын

Its sad in a way that they dont give out one wild-card to the Crucible, given out a week before the tournament started ! That would make the possibility of playing there still "alive" for all players even if they dont succeeded to qualify through their results and rankings ! Its gonna be like, "the season is not over " until that name is reveal, thats what i call a Cliff-hanger ! And why dont let the snooker-fans vote for it, like a peoples choice, the sport wouldnt be where it is today with out them !! So if someone who is close to Barry Hearn and has read this , please mention this for him !! It would be worth trying and a fun spice in that melting-pot that Crucible really stands for !! Cheers…...

@guerrilla5002 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the interview was good with interesting questions, idk what everyones problem is.

@pennyfulton3418 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah ! .... obviously displacing their own personal problems !

@123bwlch 4 жыл бұрын

Because Hendry was constantly looking away showing minimum interest in the questions.

@pennyfulton3418 4 жыл бұрын

@@123bwlch Well then, that is HENDRY 's behaviour : not the interviewer's prompting ! ....QED ...Have you ever tried to speak to someone who is constantly giving off those signals ? ..This kind of cowardly ignorance and rudeness is all too common these days, so I'm sure you must have done so .

@123bwlch 4 жыл бұрын

@@pennyfulton3418 Every time I dealt with the media within my work you had to be professional unless the journalist was nasty or your out of a job , seen Hendry in the studio being a pro many a time. Must had a bad day or wanted to pee badly.

@pennyfulton3418 4 жыл бұрын

@@123bwlch Indeed ...Hendry must have repeated the same gist a thousand times in interviews by then ... poor old Hannon had drawn the short straw .

@brynjones7371 6 жыл бұрын

It's a long game, people want five minute outcomes, now 20/20 cricket is too long. Patience and skill are no longer valued, Wham bam thank you mam is the norm. I'm depressed about the future, particularly sports. 17 days of snooker is great. Five day tests is great. TV says no. Sorry state of sport.

@michaeltrumph121 5 жыл бұрын

Most viewers are bored with safety play. They need shot clock on pro events.

@breadandcircuses9967 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltrumph121 Thats because most viewers have only played on cheap inconsistent club tables where snookers and snookering is forgotten because the cushions and cloths are too slow , they don't actually understand what they're watching and fall in love with o'sullivan .

@pennyfulton3418 4 жыл бұрын

Hear hear ! B.J. Today' s not so young generation let alone the young, can't see how dumbed-down they have allowed themselves to be .

@therebel4332 3 жыл бұрын

They've dumbed society down to accept average as being heroic and "genius",, people working in a food factories during this "pandemic" are classed as "heroes".. everyone is now a hero, everyone is now a genius, society is dead.

@TheLastAngryMan01 3 жыл бұрын

Social media has a lot to do with the erosion of attention spans unfortunately, everything is bite size now.

@nige99 4 жыл бұрын

Snooker clubs where always dens of iniquity.....lovely places

@Captain_Rhodes 6 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 90's. we had playstation, megadrive, snes and we all played snooker all the time. snooker always took priority over computer games because winning at snooker meant so much more. I dont think its computer games that take kids away from snooker but maybe social media and those smartphones that take away the need to actually meet up and do something. Also im sure the price of a table these days is expensive. it wasnt so bad back then but increasing rents probably made prices go up too much.

@maxington26 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly honest answer to "why did you write this book?".

@yankorusev 5 жыл бұрын

Wish hendry would make a comeback

@daniels.1014 3 жыл бұрын

Now he does it!

@gaywest4298 3 жыл бұрын

He has now!

@internetuser1183 6 жыл бұрын

when i was a teenager i would play pool every day in my local pub with my friends... went to my local snooker hall once .. 30 euros yearly membership and they had top up meters at every table meaning you had top up 1 euro every 10 mins to keep the lights on.. disgraceful, how can kids afford this ? snooker game last about 30mins for someone learning, it would cost 5euros for one game

@erikbeijleveld3636 6 жыл бұрын

95% blabbering interviewer, 5% Hendry

@pennyfulton3418 4 жыл бұрын

That's a mean thing to say , he wasn't deliberately getting tongue tied ! Maybe you just needed to take out some of your own inadequacy on someone else .........Ha !

@cloudstrife206 3 жыл бұрын

penny fulton ? The interviewer is useless

@ibrarali9369 6 жыл бұрын

No one comes close to Stephen, end of discussion.

@tiarnan76 5 жыл бұрын

the interviewer got pretty close...

@bernardscoupreman7426 5 жыл бұрын

ronnie...

@godzillas6301 5 жыл бұрын

ignoring a ton of players yes , yes no-one comes close

@81Mace81 5 жыл бұрын

lol err no. Still a legend though.

@aspiknf 4 жыл бұрын

@@godzillas6301 ton of players??? pffft no

@elliotbullman4765 Жыл бұрын

I wish an interviewer would ask Hendry how he used to cope with all the zits that would erupt all over his face. Did he use Clearasil?

@vladimirserzho 6 жыл бұрын

Можно ли данное видео найти на русском?

@breadandcircuses9967 4 жыл бұрын

This might sound silly but you can’t have characters in snooker because the pro table is too specialised or niche to play on , the pockets are too small so you get faceless parts of the furniture 40 year old players like joe perry ryan day and ali carter sweeping up the prize money , it can be revitalised but only if tables with bigger pockets and slower cushions are used otherwise these faceless bores have too much of an advantage with 20 to 30 years experience .

@user-dq6se6er8j 2 жыл бұрын

Never read such nonsense

@shanebonetti5758 2 жыл бұрын

One of the things a good interviewer learns is to let the interviewee talk. That means, Shane Hannon, not answering your question in your question.

@joemilbourne3151 6 жыл бұрын

The last in the statement above - regretting retirement is easily fixed ...... make a comeback ..... Ronnie is still playing in his forties so why not !!

@jugular911 6 жыл бұрын

he only regrets retirement because he sees Ronnie breaking all his records. if there was no one breaking his records, i'm sure he wouldn't regret it.

@joemilbourne3151 6 жыл бұрын

You are more than likely right there Geo and Ronnie isn't finished yet ....I hope ....Ronnie has I think about another 152 centuries to go yet and a few more maximums and what ever else his superb ability conjures up !! Ronnie O'Sullivan for ever :-) :-) :-)

@joemilbourne3151 6 жыл бұрын

Luckily I am not most people :-) Ronnie is the best that has ever been and I watched them all starting with Joe Davis 50 odd years ago...any title is great if you are good enough on the day but the daily grind ...the longevity is what counts for me and 948 centuries says that he is the greatest break builder of all time and his 14 maximum breaks are phenomenal and is what? 6 more than the next highest !! On his day ( of which he has had many) he is unbeatable with some of his shot selections even baffling the retired pro commentators but he still pulls them out of the proverbial hat ...as in magicians hat :-) Have a good day mate !! :-)

@jeremywinslow7345 6 жыл бұрын

Geo the thing is there are more top level players today than there were in Hendrys time.

@KeithHiew 6 жыл бұрын

Yep, Ronnie is great, love him. I think he and Hendry are probably side by side as no. 1 and no. 2 on the greatest list. And because of that sometimes, especially at the world champs, I'd just wish he'd tone down a little on the drama and just focus on playing snooker well. Just be a bit more robotic like a Selby for that one tournament alone and win a couple more or something.

@benzflynn 3 жыл бұрын

Questions are too longwinded. Get to the point of the question - not how *you* feel about it.

@fessellsahmed2587 3 жыл бұрын

I think snooker players should have a 2 minute deadline to take a short. Ebdon would take longer to think than a clearup by Sullivan.

@juliusseesaw5450 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen, what indeed , is your favourite colour ?

@cammy_No1 6 жыл бұрын

Kids don't want to play snooker for 3 hours and spend £40 and neither do parents that's why I go to a local club and pay £1 an hour and that's about as cheap as it's gonna get, tbh I've only ever been to northern snooker in Leeds once and the tables weren't that good so I'll stick to the club better people and better atmosphere

@lsbrother 6 жыл бұрын

Northern Snooker charges £7.50/hour - £22.50 for 3 hours - £11.25 each for 2 people! - where do you get £40 from?

@cammy_No1 6 жыл бұрын

lsbrother it's still expensive for a child or a parent to go play snooker that's the point £7.50 for 1 hour isn't cheap when you used to pay 10p or 20p for the lights where are they getting their numbers from

@lsbrother 6 жыл бұрын

Well it's all relative: go to a football match or the cinema and you'll pay similar money. I too can remember when for sixpence you could watch a movie, have a meal, 3 pints and get a taxi back home - but those days have long gone!

@cammy_No1 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know it's very unfortunate a lot of kids would rather play these games on an Xbox but your right it's inflation if local clubs can keep 3 tables running with 20p lights why can't northern snooker that's really my only question just don't get where there prices are coming from what are the running costs for there lights and keeping the cloth in good condition can't be to expensive if maintained well

@lsbrother 6 жыл бұрын

At 20p/hour a table, 22 tables going (unrealistically) for an average of 10 hours/day would produce £44/day - hardly enough to pay for the upkeep of the tables let alone the staff's salaries, business rates, electricity bill, cleaning bill, etc etc. I think you are living in some private dream world!

@jakeuk93 6 жыл бұрын

It’s got nothing to do with the “iPhone Generation” it’s got more to do with the ridiculous prices it costs to play, the “old man” vibe of dark and dingy snooker clubs I’d never take my kid. It’s the lack of personality in the players. It’s the lack of any rivalry. It’s the lack of any promotion. It’s the fact the biggest stars (Ronnie, Judd etc) never do any talk shows on mainstream telly advertising the upcoming matches. It’s the lack of controversy. It’s also the lack of excitement. Every single one of us that loves snooker was at one time excited by it. If any kid flicks through the channels and comes across snooker... what is there to excite them? If the iPhone generation is to blame then other mainstream sports would suffer aswell, but they don’t.

@graniteman62 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, snooker is like golf now, pros take forever to play, slow man. Snooker same, these pros have seen every shot, plus the tables dont change man, see the shot play it man.

@gmonkey6523 6 жыл бұрын

They closed down all the snooker halls where I live. Shame.

@dav22we84 6 жыл бұрын

Pro am’s that toured the existing snooker clubs would generate interest but you would have to have the bigger names prepared to step out of their comfort zone and mingle.

@JamboRiffs 3 жыл бұрын

Property / land prices are too high and snooker tables are too big. That means the cost per hour is high, kids can not afford it. They should make the tables 8 foot and the game might stand a chance

@bobbynas4656 6 жыл бұрын

This interview makes me wanna go to bed and sleep- in the whole week!!!

@ericsalles3393 4 жыл бұрын

When they put fobts in the betting shops . It was the death knell for snooker clubs .they made their money on the fruit machines . Not on the lights .plus everything else .mobile phones and stuff

@richm4100 6 жыл бұрын

Snooker is too expensive thesedays, 6.50 per hour at my local joint. No wonder kids can't afford to play.

@no_one_of_that_name_here 5 жыл бұрын

Shorter questions

@scaramonga 6 жыл бұрын

Hendry doesn't want to be here.

@Revolver1981 5 жыл бұрын

He's a little shy, that's all.

@TheJohnCooper 6 жыл бұрын

The standard of snooker has dropped so severely in the last 15 years

@Revolver1981 5 жыл бұрын

Are you joking? It's arguably at its best.

@macca8562 6 жыл бұрын

the worst interview ever,snooker is dying because the players are boring full stop,when ronnie osullivan finally retires i think tv will give up on it too

@michaelosullivan9339 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a nice fella

@bigfriki 6 жыл бұрын

Some people in the comments section have serious impatience issues... (probably the iphone generation ;-))

@JackBarrBaxter 6 жыл бұрын

Who are the so-called "iPhone generation"? A lot of people have iPhones, don't they? Guarantee one of your family members do. If you're talking about young people then that's an unfair thing to say.

@bigfriki 6 жыл бұрын

I agree it's not the most accurate term to use, but it basically refers to the generation that grew up with smartphones as teenagers (well, and all the generations after that). I guess late Millennials would also fall under this demographic (born in the 90s mainly).

@JackBarrBaxter 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think owning a smartphone as a teenager is indicative of having a short attention span though. I'm 18 and own a smartphone and I watch snooker and Test cricket, sports which have a perceived notion of being boring by a lot of people.

@Liam-gr2ir 6 жыл бұрын

Hendry starting to look like Graham Norton...

@eminemdrehybrid 6 жыл бұрын

Liam 😂

@emcg.9655 6 жыл бұрын

fifthof 😂

@MargiesSims 5 жыл бұрын

George Michael you mean hahaha

@rolandtomassi3486 2 жыл бұрын

Interviewer needs more than just good research, all the charm of you boss Joe. Painful to listen to these guys who are no use at sport themselves

@jaaayj5474 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen's thinking get me out of here

@Revolver1981 5 жыл бұрын

No he's just a shy character. Suffers a little from social anxiety.

@bobsnooker.3950 3 жыл бұрын

How can you miss a pink for a 147.

@leonardvaivada9046 5 жыл бұрын

I think it should be a bit like hockey. Players could fight and hit each other with their sticks between frames. Female refs will be scantily dressed in bikinis and after the break the first player to tackle the her gets a free ball.

@aspiknf 4 жыл бұрын

I bet you had Michaela Tabb in mind when you said 'female refs scantily dressed in bikinis'

@leonardvaivada9046 4 жыл бұрын

@@aspiknf She is hot. She makes it hard to concentrate on the game "so to speak"

@aspiknf 4 жыл бұрын

@@leonardvaivada9046 I know what you mean sir :-) I used to fancy her. Yes she can make it hard to concentrate on the game! :D

@leonardvaivada9046 4 жыл бұрын

@@aspiknf I wonder if any of the players said to her "nice rack"

@jakhaughton1800 4 жыл бұрын

Never liked Hendry at his best! (Jimmy White Syndrome) But he’s turned out to be a nicer person since his retirement. I’m assuming that dedication and determination don’t care about what others think.

@zh295 6 жыл бұрын

its declining wow i thought it was goin up

@kenshields7922 2 жыл бұрын

i hope people will like it what he means is make me richer money money money 💷

@KimPhilby203 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus the interviewer talks way to much

@breadandcircuses9967 4 жыл бұрын

Its funny that Hendry is bemoaning the decline of snooker when I asked him once why are there so few pro standard tables in england for people to get familiar with the pro game to have a chance to make it , he answered it was a good thing there weren’t many because pro snooker has to maintain a social class status like golf and not become too common , thats largely why he made it too , so I’d take what he says in front of a camera with a large pinch of salt , he’s just playing to the crowd .

@tonberrykinged 6 жыл бұрын

Wait for it, wait for it, the question is coming. (But you might want to put the kettle on first.)

@suffern63 6 жыл бұрын

If you're being serious,not taking the mick.Government funding for snooker! Laugh my ballix off!Maybe the government should send someone round to clean my bottom every time I visit the wc.

@dretety1 2 жыл бұрын

Hendry forgets that Walter Donaldson won the world championship twice.

@johnmccaughey2722 Жыл бұрын

Yeh in the 40s abd 50s. I think its safe to say there had been no real stars from scotland until hendry came along.

@SilverLiningPictures 5 жыл бұрын

I love the way snooker players pick their nose on camera all the time with not a care in the world. The only sport in the world where sticking your finger up your hairy nose in an interview is not frowned on lol

@grahamfarquharson2786 5 жыл бұрын

Henry looks bored. The interviewer is taking almost a minute to ask a simple question. No wonder Stephen looks BORED

@ybergik 6 жыл бұрын

The kids of today aren't interested if it cannot be mastered lying on a couch with a playstation controller in their hands.

@JackBarrBaxter 6 жыл бұрын

I think that's a bit harsh, Henrik.

@possessedslig 6 жыл бұрын

You mean the youth of today didn't live up to the previous generation? Never heard that one before.

@JackBarrBaxter 6 жыл бұрын

bathtownship Shurrup with this "these days" rubbish. The reason snooker isn't played by young people nowadays isn't because they're lazy. Most teenagers grow out of video games by the time exams roll around. It's deeper than that.

@5wisher5weet 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it’s just like saying “why aren’t kids playing pac man these days”, the new stuff is way more stimulating.

@vithuraanvaroththayan9627 5 жыл бұрын

@@JackBarrBaxter typical. you do know that video game competitions pay more than snooker tournament wins right? why bother learning a dying, boring art when you can learn gaming which is more exciting and more lucrative.

@adriannewman5881 6 жыл бұрын

is it me or does Stephen Hendry, look like Kevin Spacey.

@bigfriki 6 жыл бұрын

he always has

@DavidDavid-yz2sh 6 жыл бұрын

Elvis Locksmith Arnold???? U need to get ur eyes check bro.

@amarsbarr 6 жыл бұрын

A little bit from the side view

@adriannewman5881 6 жыл бұрын

are you blind Luke

@adriannewman5881 6 жыл бұрын

Elvis, get your dark glasses on, or get back to Graceland,he could be his brother.

@arjunkhanna7523 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@TheGeniegenius 6 жыл бұрын

get rid of some of the daft commentators, mainly the irish ones. give Higgins what Stephen lee had and maybe the game could be good again

@seancampbell9740 2 жыл бұрын

Billy Connolly was his idol for long periods

@0777cnut 6 жыл бұрын

Big long winded stupid questions

@steviegbcool 6 жыл бұрын

does stephen look like a skinny Arnold Schwarzenegger lol

@davidelder8100 6 жыл бұрын

steven G Your on the smack mate

@jimmymalone9139 3 жыл бұрын

BOOK = NEEDS MONEY TO KEEP HIS 26 YEAR OLD BIRD IN TAN ETC

@Bloxdio_God 6 жыл бұрын

The bloke is hopeless.

@KimPhilby203 3 жыл бұрын

Poor interviewer ..

@MB-pm4xe 6 жыл бұрын

Poor interviewer.

@PaulMorrisseyIRL 6 жыл бұрын

Why? Thought he was good

@Gerryx 6 жыл бұрын

Same as that.

@tomthumblittle2289 6 жыл бұрын

couldnt agree more...he asks a question and starts looking away like he is uninterested

@5wisher5weet 6 жыл бұрын

Tom Thumblittle he is looking at his notes/ next question so can ask them properly so we get what we want, more of Hendry etc. I care about what’s coming out of Hendys mouth not about the body large of the interviewer. Do you watch the referee the who is you watch snooker?

@tomthumblittle2289 6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Streiff ..i supose you have a point...but even when i dont look and just listen he is still pretty bad...and he should know his first 3 to 4 questions hands down before he even interviews the man makin it look and sound a bit more professional ...and then maybe look at your next 3 to 4 questions after that ...he might grow yet you never know