The Debate: who is the Greatest Snooker Player of All-time, Ronnie O'Sullivan Or Stephen Hendry?
Two members of the bet365 News group dispute who the greatest player in snooker history is, Ronnie O'Sullivan or Stephen Hendry.
There's a case for both to be made, one developed himself as the dominant force in the 1990s, winning an impressive 7 world titles across the decade, whilst the other has proven to possess a truly unrivaled durability at the summit of the sport, remaining at the summit an incredible three years on from catching his very first ranking crown.
It's a topic that draws so much intrigue and interest each and every year, and a dispute that might extremely well rage on for ever more.
Sport isn't about talent, it's about winning, and nobody knew how to win quite like Stephen Hendry, composes Liam Williams ...
While there's very little to separate Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry, O'Sullivan himself - a male it's not easy to draw out appreciation from - stated Hendry to be the much better of the 2, while Hendry concurred, stating that he 'd elegant himself over a four-session match to accomplishment every time.
O'Sullivan's psychological battles off the baize have no doubt impacted his profession, and it's a testimony to his fortitude that he's preserved a 30-year career at the top of the game. But so much of snooker - definitely at the elite level-- is simply as much about what goes on in between your ears as on the table itself, and throughout his career, O'Sullivan's personality has been found wanting in such a way Hendry's was not.
Memorably at the 2005 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon's slow play left Ronnie annoyed - Ebdon of course wasn't a simple challenger, and really beat Hendry in a world last - with the Rocket losing all focus and blowing a cause leave a tournament he most likely should have won. It was a psychological blip that Hendry simply didn't have in his locker.
Two members of the bet365 News group dispute who the greatest player in snooker history is, Ronnie O'Sullivan or Stephen Hendry.
There's a case for both to be made, one developed himself as the dominant force in the 1990s, winning an impressive 7 world titles across the decade, whilst the other has proven to possess a truly unrivaled durability at the summit of the sport, remaining at the summit an incredible three years on from catching his very first ranking crown.
It's a topic that draws so much intrigue and interest each and every year, and a dispute that might extremely well rage on for ever more.
Sport isn't about talent, it's about winning, and nobody knew how to win quite like Stephen Hendry, composes Liam Williams ...
While there's very little to separate Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry, O'Sullivan himself - a male it's not easy to draw out appreciation from - stated Hendry to be the much better of the 2, while Hendry concurred, stating that he 'd elegant himself over a four-session match to accomplishment every time.
O'Sullivan's psychological battles off the baize have no doubt impacted his profession, and it's a testimony to his fortitude that he's preserved a 30-year career at the top of the game. But so much of snooker - definitely at the elite level-- is simply as much about what goes on in between your ears as on the table itself, and throughout his career, O'Sullivan's personality has been found wanting in such a way Hendry's was not.
Memorably at the 2005 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon's slow play left Ronnie annoyed - Ebdon of course wasn't a simple challenger, and really beat Hendry in a world last - with the Rocket losing all focus and blowing a cause leave a tournament he most likely should have won. It was a psychological blip that Hendry simply didn't have in his locker.