Stephen Hendry Debates Snooker’s BIG Questions With Trump, Allen, Milkins & More

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Күн бұрын

Should snooker be in the Olympics? Is Jimmy White snookers greatest ever entertainer? And can snooker learn from darts to grow the game globally? These are just some of the questions we're asking Judd Trump, Mark Allen, Robert Milkins, Tom Ford and Rob Walker in this first episode of Pick Your Side. Get a debate going in the comments with your biggest opinions on the questions in this video.
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@Neil-Hanson67 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this format Mr Hendry, more please.

@DonCHFC1875 Ай бұрын

Stephen is loving his new career as a KZfaqr. Get the sidemen in for a frame 😂

@nickchapman9117 Ай бұрын

Need a cue tips full session with rob Milkins - he’s so bloody dry and funny 😂

@79BlackRose Ай бұрын

Could be a quick episode, lol. 😅

@joshd790 Ай бұрын

Great suggestion

@YTguySmithy-lk6go Ай бұрын

Rob is a strange chap. Not the ideal temperament for snooker.

@jasonbushell7080 Ай бұрын

Hope he is dry. Seems like a good guy.

@w00llee14 15 күн бұрын

Us lot in the west of the country tend to speak our minds and be very to the point. Honesty is the best policy!

@seamusodoherty5126 Ай бұрын

Milkins is solid gold

@PointNemo9 Ай бұрын

Cider

@MattITFC Ай бұрын

Rob Milkins “You can come, but you’re not coming with me” 🤣

@davidhale8034 Ай бұрын

And Stephen's big grin 😂😂😂

@PointNemo9 Ай бұрын

Cider

@user-oq6mp3kt5t Ай бұрын

Worked out well for him this year 🤣

@warrensmith8606 Ай бұрын

He is right though. It's like i'm here trying to win and now you're gonna expect me to take my time to spend it with you. It'd be like having your kid sat there asking you questions all day like why farts smell bad while youre trying to complete a time sensitve project at work

@grahamfuller1749 Ай бұрын

who knew, what we need is a full Rob Milkins episode !

@PointNemo9 Ай бұрын

Cider

@cfcsk2996 Ай бұрын

@AD-kv9kj Ай бұрын

Yes

@reds005 Ай бұрын

This channel continues to deliver 👍🏼

@MrJayscinema Ай бұрын

Great to have Dom and Milky on as well. Nice to hear from the other top players not just the “headliners”

@sanmiguel4019 Ай бұрын

Sorry, who is Dom?

@medved5925 Ай бұрын

@@sanmiguel4019 Dominic Dale, probably, but he's not here.

@sanmiguel4019 Ай бұрын

@@medved5925 Maybe he meant Tom, god knows!

@RachaelTaylor-qz2vz Ай бұрын

However I do think Dominic Dale would be great on the channel! He’s a super interesting guy

@Kissmikerotch Ай бұрын

Rob Milkins should join Karl Pilkington in a TV show. It'd make for brilliant viewing.

@PointNemo9 Ай бұрын

Cider

@gfdggdfgdgf Ай бұрын

Good observation!

@juchetony1910 Ай бұрын

and Clive Anderson: "Milks, Pilks and Silks".

@urbexandoutdooradventures1671 Ай бұрын

Head like a f-ing orange…. 😂 or like a snooker ball perhaps

@juchetony1910 Ай бұрын

there's an idea, a team tournament with gingers vs brown hair vs black hair vs bald.@@urbexandoutdooradventures1671

@Kissmikerotch Ай бұрын

Why not have a cueball with ultraviolet spots so the players can't see the spots but the TV viewers can?

@Mandarin9900 Ай бұрын

That's actually amazing, this should be a solid point to be broughtup within snooker broadcasting

@mkevilempire Ай бұрын

Lol nice

@joshd790 Ай бұрын

Rob Mulkins is class I love how snooker are becoming more open to the world it’s great to see will only get more fans I love hearing people opinions from top to bottom of the sport it’s great

@PointNemo9 Ай бұрын

Cider

@williambremner9022 Ай бұрын

This was immensely entertaining! Get Stephen Maguire, Marco Foo, Mink, Tepchaiya Un-Nooh, Reanne Evans, Ding, Mark Williams, Si Junhui, Jackson Page and others in for the same kind of session.

@dangermouse8466 Ай бұрын

Wow! I love this episode. Thanks Stephen!! We need more of this. Stephen, it seems that, with this channel, you've done more for snooker than anyone in the history of the sport.

@jackwentrunning Ай бұрын

It’s interesting that Hendry says disagree to the technology question when he is pretty much single handedly opening up snooker to the world of social media and KZfaq. Never mind snooker using technology, snooker needs to take a leaf out of Hendrys book and get some good content out there like this. Break from life is also a great channel to sub too

@royalty4958 Ай бұрын

Agree, however, i do think he was approaching the question from a players pov

@AceUK_Hunter Ай бұрын

100% mate, love the channel, young players should be watching this as much as possible to help their game, who maybe dont have access to coaching

@thenazarite2444 Ай бұрын

He's not thought it through

@jackwentrunning Ай бұрын

@@thenazarite2444 yeah, he’s clearly thinking more about the actual physical game and not the broader engagement of the sport

@warrensmith8606 Ай бұрын

I thought more of this question like "VAR" etc. Personally i'd like to see technology with regards to ball replacement for example an overhead that shines a coloured circle on the table to represent where a ball was so the ref can replace them without the "left a bit.......right a bit.... etc" nonsense. There would be zero ambiguity too. No arguments. What about ball speed sensors to tell us how hard a player is striking the ball and what about cameras that pin point the place a player struck the cue ball so that they can put a white ball on the screen with a marker indicating exactly where the ball was struck. What about more commentator tools so they can describe a shot and then a computerised image shows you the shot they say. For example if they say pot the long red and cannon this red to leave himself on the black they could tell the computer thats what they want and then it does it and we see it and then it goes back to live and we see the player do it too.

@thesmithsnerd Ай бұрын

Robert Milkins is a legend

@richardanderton5832 Ай бұрын

Wish this was longer - could have watched more of this! Some very interesting answers and insights!

@AceUK_Hunter Ай бұрын

I agree, channel is great, more please Mr Hendry

@Sillygoooose624 Ай бұрын

More Robert Milkins ranting about life

@martint.1538 Ай бұрын

Very down to earth !.

@martint.1538 Ай бұрын

Almost farmer 👨‍🌾 Giles like !.

@Eat-MyGoal Ай бұрын

A seriously unlikable bloke. Basically a knob jockey...

@sticksman1979 Ай бұрын

Rob doesn’t give a!

@ronysingh2920 Ай бұрын

Yes please

@jrich6322 Ай бұрын

Surely a part 2 coming up?? We needed an hour of that

@Theo-ul8qm Ай бұрын

Loved the Olympic question! I think one argument against snooker in the olympics might be that it is not a worldwide sport. Snooker is very popular in a few countries - China and the UK in particular - but in most of the world it isn't practised very much. So an Olympic gold in snooker wouldn't really mean that much, in my eyes, because the competitor pool at the Olympics would be pretty much the same as the one in any other tournament.

@ronmckay504 Ай бұрын

Only Northern Countries participate in the Winter Olympics. Not too many ice skaters from Africa or South America!!!!

@jamiepr1991 Ай бұрын

Have you not seen Cool Runnings then?? @@ronmckay504

@omegaman6494 Ай бұрын

It can be done but not with players currently on the world snooker tour, would have to be with players on q tour or wsf tours

@andrasszabo1570 Ай бұрын

@@ronmckay504maybe, but it's still the US, Canada, most of Europe, China, Korea and Japan at the Winter Olympics. Snooker does not compare, not even close.

@ronmckay504 Ай бұрын

@@andrasszabo1570 .....Snooker is popular in th UK, China, India, Thailand, Australia and several other countries in Europe. I think it's because the game is not popular in the US is the main reason it won't be considered.

@piokul Ай бұрын

About technological advances I think the most useful would be automating ball replacement after a miss. It could be fully robotic or at least the ball positions could be projected onto the table surface to mark where they were. Both well within the capacity of existing technology. Verbaly navigating the referee by someone looking at a screen seems a bit outdated and inaccurate. They even show the before and after on tv and sometimes it's clearly off. If we can see it on the tv camera, what are they using? And why can't the referee see the screen for themselves, but has to have a middleman? That last one alone should help the accuracy lots.

@TheycallmeMrWonka Ай бұрын

It would take a system designed specifically for it but you'd be able to use a system that utilises red laser dot type markers to quickly get the balls back on their spots. There's a few ways it could be done and id agree that the shouting back n forth is a bit outdated. It does result in the odd amusing moment of confusion though.

@Joe-ye5mc Ай бұрын

They use ball replacement technology in China. Its readily available. The UK broadcasters and events don't want to pay for it. Only the Chinese events use it

@leesmith9299 Ай бұрын

i enjoy the occasional replacement debacle. all part of the charm .

@Sillygoooose624 Ай бұрын

Not a chance. This technology would presumably cost Brick Top Hearn not make him money?

@Mandarin9900 Ай бұрын

@@Joe-ye5mc Where can this be seen in a video? I've never seen this before

@garycrowther4912 Ай бұрын

More of these and more of Rob Milkins and Tom Ford both bring a honesty and freshness to the table .

@Xhenix Ай бұрын

I love Rob haha

@julian_b Ай бұрын

One of your best episodes. Milkins should have a podcast.

@PointNemo9 Ай бұрын

Cider

@ikonoklastas3454 Ай бұрын

Wow, what a great segment you got here Stephen. Would love to see all individual interviews. Keep up with this great work!!!

@CeasarJames Ай бұрын

Mark has lost so much weight.. Good job pal well done 👍

@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff Ай бұрын

He was on his way to being the next STEPHEN LEE and got some kids making jokes about it… he decided to drop the weight and get off the journey to becoming STEPHEN LEE

@uk5g262 Ай бұрын

Hendrys turn to lose some chub next

@CeasarJames Ай бұрын

@@uk5g262 then me 🙄

@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff Ай бұрын

@@uk5g262 Hendry not knocking on the door of STEPHEN LEE size just yet! But he needs to watch it!

@avaDD Ай бұрын

What a great video! Happy to see new formats!

@wandelust Ай бұрын

That was a great video. Loved it when Stephen said Murray won for Scotland 😄

@christophertaylor5744 Ай бұрын

Great video. Enjoyed the format, thanks Stephen.

@Lionfire1 Ай бұрын

‘I don’t know if I strongly disagree, na I do strongly disagree’ haha love stephen, could watch his clips all day! 12:42

@everythingbobbywolfe Ай бұрын

You should do a segment where Philomena Cunk interviews the players 😂😂

@CalumnMcAulay Ай бұрын

Excellent upload...interesting to hear their opinions and get more a sense of who they are. You could definitely create more of this type of content.

@StenJenkins Ай бұрын

That was fantastic, I could've watched another couple of hours of that 😂

@adn8722 Ай бұрын

Could you create a video discussing snooker cues, including their weights and the types of wood used? It would be great if you could compare older cues to modern ones, Joints, Wood and craftsmanship. Additionally, could you compare professional snooker tables from the 80s to modern star tables, pocket sizes and table cloth types I believe many people would be interested in watching this video. Would be great to see how the game has evolved over the years.

@danshewell8746 Ай бұрын

This was a really interesting video. Would love to see the whole thing with all the guests.

@paulbaker1639 Ай бұрын

"Making a 147 is the toughest thing to do in sport": One thing I never understood about snooker, and I never hear mentioned, is that a maximum break of 147, difficult as it may be, is *easier* to achieve than a complete clearance of all reds and, say, yellows (a break of 72). Would snooker be an even more interesting game if the low and high value colour positions were swapped around?

@black_eagle 19 күн бұрын

Yes I've had the same idea. It would be a very interesting variant; 147s would be almost impossible.

@Zigarius1123 Ай бұрын

Talking about entertaining, THIS was definitely that! Would love to see some more on this.

@laganas2008 Ай бұрын

Strongly agree.

@georgestich Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this episode. Brilliant!

@Anakoluti 25 күн бұрын

Really entertaining and interesting video! More of these next year, please

@DevilboyScooby Ай бұрын

Great to hear their unfiltered thoughts free from any press angle!

@81Mace81 Ай бұрын

This was fun! Reminds me of the Peter Boghossian 'Street Epistemology' thing. More of these please 😁

@miloss. Ай бұрын

This has to be one of the best episodes so far. Genuinely good questions all around. And yes, snooker should be an Olympic sport. As well as American pool.

@angelatanurdzic7508 Ай бұрын

This is awesome, thank you so much.

@davidheath4531 Ай бұрын

I loved the phone screen time question, Was watching the first John Higgins session Sat and over the commentary radio you kept hearing a mobile text chime, looking up you could clearly see Stephen on his phone, so maybe you should of gone slightly higher :-)

@SquireJumy Ай бұрын

This is a fantastic format.

@uk5g262 Ай бұрын

Robert “Your not coming with me” milkins 😂😂

@jackpalmieri Ай бұрын

Good format, very watchable that!

@alexmashkin863 Ай бұрын

Omg this channel, just when you think Stephen can't make it any better! I wasn't as big a fan of yours when you were playing than I am now! :-)) So good

@jamiew1664 Ай бұрын

Steven, your channel is brilliant. Love it. Keep doing what youre doing

@adrianwright8685 Ай бұрын

"Stephen" !

@pot123123pot Ай бұрын

Wonderful. Best snooker related media I've seen ina. long time.

@johnflynn7035 Ай бұрын

Very enjoyable, good stuff

@JamboRiffs Ай бұрын

This was a great format question and answer thingy, really enjoyed, every year please. PS I want to see ultra slow motion repeats of great shots, so you can see the path of the cueball, and I want spots on the cueball. Yes its annoying for the players but you'll get used to it.

@AntIska94 Ай бұрын

What a banger episode, hope to see more of this kind 👌

@thomasbywater8236 Ай бұрын

Cracking video... best one yet in my opinion

@LadyVesuvius Ай бұрын

Stephen and Alan McManus - perfect off the table as well as on it. Love the way they interact with other players and give their insight on the game in general. Could watch/listen to them all day long!

@mrdrifter3925 Ай бұрын

Quality. Love it.

@gregclevett5861 Ай бұрын

Great video. Love this channel

@IRoberts Ай бұрын

Awesome video! Could we get the full interviews with each player?

@viciousvillain12 Ай бұрын

Anyone else noticed at 7:09 when Stephen puts his chalk down the white part of the chalk blends perfectly with the 'R' in Strongly Agree 😂

@YesOkayButWhy Ай бұрын

It took 15 takes but he got it eventually.

@mzzzzz2179 Ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed that more than I had anticipated! Brilliant video. As for Snooker being in the Olympics, definitely should be and please get rid of the Saudi Golden Ball event in the process.

@firminshepherd4834 23 күн бұрын

Top-notch; great stuff!

@ciaranmcevoy2269 Ай бұрын

More of these pleeeeease!!!

@MrTone41 Ай бұрын

loved this

@kevinkeane254 Ай бұрын

Very enjoyable Stephen 👍

@nickedmondson1583 Ай бұрын

Brilliant video and idea this Stephen

@SuperMarc281 Ай бұрын

Great video. Keep up the good work

@TilleyGunner Ай бұрын

I agree with Judd on the technology front, as someone who wants to learn seeing where the player has struck the white to get their spin/side etc would very interesting and helpful.

@DiamondMinerOfficial Ай бұрын

This was great!

@eddherring4972 Ай бұрын

Regarding the entertainment/sport question. I think the shot clock, 167 et al provide the entertainment. The Masters, World Championship etc provide the intrigue. It’s similar to 20/20 vs test cricket. I have a suggestion for misses as well. Why not rig a laser light network above the table so when a shot likely to result in a miss the lasers are set so when the ball(s) are replaced the laser lights which are above the balls are left lit, this would resolve setting up balls accurately and quickly. Obviously you’d need a hell of a lot of laser lights. Either that or a couple of individual movable laser lights one which always tracks and locks on the cue ball and one for a ball likely to need replacing.

@tubewatcher97 Ай бұрын

yes there has to be an easy way of electronically saving the position of the balls . I dunno if thats it , but there be a fairly easy way , especially with this "hawkeye" tech already existing

@DrPool147 Ай бұрын

Hendry asking himself questions on this one. Few guys couldn’t get a word in 😂

@JJmoony Ай бұрын

Another great show from the master.

@Jay-hy1si Ай бұрын

Brilliant. However, regular viewers will have already heard most of Hendry's opinions. Would be better to give the guests first chance to answer.

@jeffreyhampton9130 Ай бұрын

great content, as always.

@anasatzie 3 күн бұрын

love the content. very entertaining.

@ravivarman2020 Ай бұрын

Enjoy your videos. Thanks SH. Judd is probably the most entertaining player on the circuit. Hope other players also perform exhibition type of shot making once the frame is safe.

@Gbonejohn1974 Ай бұрын

regarding technology they absolutely need to indicate where the cueball is hit on each shot ,would be an incredible learning tool

@Sabre_Wulf1 Ай бұрын

Absolutley brilliant idea. Wow as a snooker lover of 50 years, this is brilliant.

@da_great_mogul Ай бұрын

Milkins mistook this for his weekly counselling session.

@PigeonAbides Ай бұрын

😂 what a legend he is

@asadhussain5267 Ай бұрын

This was a great video. Something different.

@pSynrg303 Ай бұрын

Despite Walker, where I could excercise my fast forward technique, really good little session!

@1965deebee Ай бұрын

Rob Walker is one of the best things to happen to snooker. His positive energy and knowledge is simply magnificent. He is so good for the modern game and his opinions are worth their weight in gold….👍

@ShoganGeorge Ай бұрын

Mark Williams is really entertaining to watch too! Judd is my favourite player overall, after Stephen of course. You got me hooked on Snooker! Neil Robertson is really good to watch too.

@bigboy5428 Ай бұрын

Great chats and great questions 👍Henry playing snooker in the 900s 14:14 how old is he 😂

@darraghcurry1232 Ай бұрын

Loved this vid

@iagolopez953 Ай бұрын

Love how you show proudness for Scotland Stephen, Long live Scotland, always with the self determination hehe, thanks for all the amazing content

@Juventinos Ай бұрын

so good. I feel people talking to Stephen are more honest. he has an aura of not talking bullshit around him. Get Milkins, get Ford on.. they deserve it!

@ziyadbagharib7803 28 күн бұрын

On the technology question at 13:47 I'm surprised they didn't mention things like using better camera technology to, say, judge free ball situations, verify fouls, accurately replace balls after miss, etc. These are things that actually affect the gameplay, not just the viewing experience

@paulcurran6747 Ай бұрын

Jimmy was always my favourite player been watching for over 40 years, but best cue action for me has to be steve davis he was known as the master cue_man , always love this channels output 👋

@einarvindenes9509 Ай бұрын

This was cool and laidback.

@wallstock Ай бұрын

Rob Walker is such a try-hard. No doubting he’s a nice fella but I wouldn’t be able to spend 5 minutes around him. Would drive me mental! 😂

@reds005 Ай бұрын

Bugs the shit out of me

@Sillygoooose624 Ай бұрын

Can't stand him, very odd personality

@Mark-eg2yd Ай бұрын

He's ridiculously false or irritatingly enthusiastic in the worst possible way. Not a fan

@dangermouse8466 Ай бұрын

I strongly disagree with you there my friend. Let's get the boys on the baize. 😛

@dannyhoban Ай бұрын

I'm glad he's toned down his player intros a little.

@AndrewRedshaw Ай бұрын

Be great having a little white ball on the corner of the screen to show where to strike it . Would like to see more shots from the above cam . Best cue action Stephen Lee

@symmetricat188 Ай бұрын

Feels like Stephen's stumbled upon Peter Boghossian. Good for him.

@TheycallmeMrWonka Ай бұрын

There definitely needs to be an ease of access to actually watching the sport. Even the possibility to jumps between matches with the click of a button. There's a few ways the sport could be improved from a viewers ease perspective.

@juchetony1910 Ай бұрын

the BBC could do a split screen format, where the two matches are side by side on the screen.

@awgroom Ай бұрын

great content

@FlushJay Ай бұрын

Great idea for a video

@abdulmuhaimin4666 Ай бұрын

Milkins seems like he's having a conversation in a pub. He just says it as it is too funny 😂

@MrMangoSnow Ай бұрын

Brilliant! They should do this all the time. Maybe get the ref's and WST officials in as well!!

@Jamrollio Ай бұрын

Speaking of technology in the game, whatever happened to the hawk eye that was used a few years back, I thought it was brilliant to get a proper view of the actual shot players were facing, would love to see it back

@gfdggdfgdgf Ай бұрын

Too expensive to use apparently

@willemtheron Ай бұрын

As far as the dress code goes, the players lack a lot of imagination, there is a lot to choose from and there is a lot more than just a flashy waistcoat, a pair of black trousers a white shirt and a black bow tie. There should be some sort of guidance given to help them pick out more stylish formal outfits, a cravat can replace a bow tie, coloured shirts, with complimentary suits, or even an analogous colour scheme. Ditching the formal attire is like letting go of the line on a kite to go higher, without the line it will come crashing down.

@tacticalchunder1207 Ай бұрын

I kind of agree, that mustard shirt that Ronnie had on recently looked good. Not enough experimenting goes on within the current dress code.

@mrindecisive100 Ай бұрын

@@tacticalchunder1207 The shirt he wore might have been alright if it didn't have a zip pocket on it; that just looked totally wrong with the waistcoat etc.

@mrindecisive100 Ай бұрын

Most of the players of today just seem like all they want to wear is black (shoes, trousers, shirt and waistcoat). It was much better years ago. If you watch any old Alex Higgins clips, he never seemed to wear the same thing (shirts and waistcoats) twice. Puts all the modern players to shame. Mind you, most of them play snooker that is just as dull as the lack of colour they wear.

@adrianwright8685 Ай бұрын

Agree - so many players restrict themselves to black. Could at least try some different colours for shirts and waistcoats.