Ronnie O'Sullivan praises LEGEND John Higgins | Eurosport Snooker
Ronnie O'Sullivan in-studio interview on John Higgins' incredible talent and his performance at the 2021 Northern Ireland Open.
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High praise from the best that ever picked up a cue.
Why no close up of the presenter.
3rd best
What, Stephen Hendy.
@@matthewsmith-rm6qc 🤦🏻♂️
@@matthewsmith-rm6qc Ronnie O'Sullivan is regarded as the greatest of all time by anyone who knows the game. It was more up for debate a few years ago, but since all the records he's subsequently smashed, there's just no contest now. And if you want to go by World Titles alone, then why not say Joe Davis? 😂
Respect between two greats
Love ROnnie waffling on, it's hilarious!
I don't think I've ever seen this on any kind of sport show. A player as big as Ronnie complimenting the shit out of another legend right there in front of him. They are still "rivals" in the loosest sense of the word because they obviously have great respect for each other. I know Messi and Ronaldo have great respect for each other but they have never complimented each other quite like this on live television. great to watch just like the match
I'm really happy to see this uploaded here, in fact I don't know how I could have missed not being subscribed to this channel on KZhead. I have been following snooker for maybe some 25 years now, thanks to Eurosport of course, and you can't imagine how much happiness you have brought me over the years. To hear Ronnie speak about John like this is something that is beyond sport, it's a real sign of what class O'Sullivan has no matter what he may have done in the past in terms of controversy with some of his statements. He's a gem of a human being (even though of course I don't know him personally). It gave me huge joy to hear these words. I've been a big fan of Higgins ever since I started watching snooker but I love all the players because I know how tough this sport is and the amount of skill these guys have is just unbelievable. If you love snooker, you will find your favourite players but in truth you should admire all of them for their styles and the way they go about the game. Okay, I know nobody will read this but anyway. Thank you to Eurosport for the coverage and for the studio, the quality of your commentators, pundits, experts is unrivalled and I love the banter, it makes snooker fun and it makes it extra compared to the other broadcasters. (even if Angles and Neal Foulds also work for other channels ; and Doherty is a great joker always anywhere he is). Thank you and all the best from the Czech Republic.
Even from their early days always been a respectful rivalry between these two.
Awwwwww bless. Ronnie gushing, and rightly so.
Lol
I've been following different sports over many decades, but rarely have I heard such effusive praise from a defeated opponent.
Wow!.. I agree with Sullivan's compliments to John Higgins... He deserve all that words really... At the end, both of them are GOAT.
Indeed
S hendry
from morocco i love watching ronnie and higgins .... they are the best ...... i became a snooker fan thanks to ronnie
me toooo from marrakech
Ha look at John Higgins face he's loving it getting that sort of praise from the GOAT
the GOAT telling you who the real GOAT is.. but you an't avin it .. lol.
Wow!! Respect!!
2 of the greats .
Ronnie is the GOAT 🐐
Nope
@@donuttime2507Say that again?
Nice hearing the rocket talk about John playing well mutual respect from both
so much respect ... thats what i love about about this sport :)
Higgins is one of the all-time greats. He can do it all: cueing, potting, safety, swallowing 300 grand - you name it
Hahahaha
Please post content on constant basis. Thankyou.
Maybe #1 and #2 most natural gifted player in that game. Brilliant scene...
Brilliant stuff this... The best ever to play saying who the best ever is.
Amazing from john higgins man and well said ronnie both best ave grew up watching loved that game cmon john parkhead needs a trophie this year lol
If Ronnie had John's temperament he would never lose a frame, likewise, if John had Ronnie's natural ability he'd not lose one either, lol
Agreed 👍
He would have to throw a few.
it's easy to have a good temprement when you lose and still win a ton of money
are you talking about Hendry?
I kind of feel John has Ronnie's natural talent nearly when they were younger. So I don't agree.
Well said Ronnie..
Go on Ronnie
I've always said Higgins and O'Sullivan are the best I've ever seen and the respect for each other is fantastic to see.
Hendry and Davis were better than Higgins.
@@BD-vu9bv better careers but not better players
@@artr1059 Okay mate, would you like me to rip your comment apart and embarrass you or will you apologise right now and say that as a Higgins fan (even though he's a cheat) you just got a bit carried away?
@@artr1059 BTW, I made my comment a year ago. Timing is everything 😉
@@BD-vu9bv keep calm. Its my opinion. I am a ronnie fan , by the way... At his best, higgins is second only behind ronnie . Even ronnie said that higgins is the perfect snooker player , multiple times.
fair play to ronnie ive always said john higgins is on a par with ronnie as best to play the game
No higher praise than player like ronnie would trade places with you
Top men
Snooker played well isn’t big flair shots and the like. It’s methodical and thoughtful
I never knew Lionel Messi could play Snooker
Lionel Messi. The way he says it makes me happy
John Higgins is like the T1000 so I see where Ronnie comes from, however in terms of the beautiful game, it has to be Ronnie himself. Prior to that, it would have been Alex Higgins and Jimmy White.
Higgins is the definition of a professional snooker player. No bells and whistles, thoroughbred temperament, plays his own game. An absolute dog of a match player.
Ronnies very clever, he knows how to get into John Higgins head for the coming tournaments if he meets him. That's top psychology from Ronnie even though Ronnie knows 100% that he's the best player that's ever been and ever will be most likely. The guy with the best cue action breaks all the records and that's Ronnie o'Sullivan. Ronnie will have a bad run of games every now and then, but he's the one that get's magnified for every single shot. Nobody really talks about the other elite players when they have a bad run of games and how their cue action is shite. Ronnie now has 40 ranking titles having just one his 8th UK title so that's 22 titles in the tripple crown series. And I assure you, every snooker player on the circuit with a brain would want Ronnies cue action, because that's the perfect cue action that has broken all the records.
Higgins is an amazing talent for sure… should of won many more Titles.
Two Goats in the same studio this is like countryfile
Nice compliment but everyone knows Ronnie’s the Governor.
Stephen Hendry is the GOAT!
Nah.
In my humble opinion, John Higgins is the greatest all round snooker player I ever watched. Only Ronnie has more centuries and only Mark Selby has a comparable granite match game. The final is a must watch
I think all the pros know that John is the man, Ron has honesty that his fans don't even like to hear, John has taught everyone something new, and that is even since Hendry taught everyone something new. Ron is just a freak talent, and nobody can learn that, he has not brought anything new, Ron knows the difference and he is just trying to tell everyone
no comment
100% agree
I agree that Ronnie is the best all rounder. I noted this in the 90s when he was actually a better player. But the fact is Hendry dominated. Sometimes you can be complete but not the best. As brilliant as John is he would come of second best to a peak Hendry or Williams in my book. John for all his brilliance lost to vastly inferior players at the crucible.
He never will be able to…that’s the best thing o have heard😂😂
Higgins winning titles, Lee putting sesame seeds on buns at Mcdonalds.
hahahahaahah
It’s difficult to separate the top 4 players of all time.
Hendry, O’Sullivan, Higgins, Davis,
@@alecbruton1218 Not in that order 😉
BTW "John 'The Governor' Higgins" is waaay better and more fitting than 'the wizard of Wishaw' wherever that is...
ah ... I forgot: I am Moroccan I appreciate laila rouass and therefore her companion .... hhhhh
Ronnie 1 hendry 2 Higgins 3
No one can place a big bet like John Higgins.
The 2 GOAT for me. I know most people would have Hendry above Higgins, but I've heard Ronnie say that Higgins is the best player all time, several times, so who am I to argue!
Hendry is the GOAT if I had to pick one. He got to his 36 titles much faster than Ronnie got to that same number. 8 years faster! But actually like Tennis you can a have a few GOATs.
Hendry didn't have many opponents, Ronnie played against players like Judd, Higgins, Selby, Ding, Mark W. Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and many other good players. You can easily say that Ronnie's generation is more difficult.
@@nesatbilgin655 Balancing it all out. I personally if I had to pick just one GOAT would still go Hendry. That one stat alone 8 years faster is still pretty impressive whatever way you look at it imo.
And I say that If Ronnie had played during this time, he would have become world champion at least 10 times. Hendry was lucky with his generation. He always played against Jimmy White in the world championships. Snooker has changed a lot in the last 20 years.
@@nesatbilgin655 absolutely. Not to mention that Hendry's last decade as a pro was painful to him to say the least but Ronnie on the other hand kept wining well over in his 40's against a new generation of players that make centuries for fun!
"He got to his 36 titles much faster than Ronnie got to that same number. 8 years faster!" You say that like it has any significance.
Ronnie needs to realise that Messi and Federer are no longer the forces they once were....
I see no comparison whatsoever.
Higgins should have got a lifetime ban for bringing the game into disrepute years ago.
Yes.
So why didn't he? Could it maybe be because you don't know as much as you think you do?
@@jonobrow If you think that Higgins would take a meeting in a hotel not knowing what it was about and not knowing a thing about the people he was meeting, you're deluded 😂
@@BD-vu9bv Well I'll certainly take your word for it over the police officer who carried out the investigation... Honest question, do you ever consider that you maybe aren't as insightful as you think you are?
@@jonobrow Blatantly avoiding my points.
come on Ronnie, you're talking nonsense, everybody knows you are much better than Higgns...you are a lot more effortless too
B/S He's maybe better or certainly more flash, but he's definitely not much better.
@@scotw1820 I think all the stats favour Ronnie, can’t argue with the numbers really
@@equisde8026 I never said O'Sullivan wasn't better, I said he wasn't much better, ask ANY pro snooker player or any snooker fan who knows what he's talkin about and they'll ALL tell you that O'Sullivan isn't much better than Higgins, better maybe but not much better.
I think when Ronnie peaks he's better than Higgins but Higgins is more consistent.
@@equisde8026 I think all the pros know that John is the man, Ron has honesty that his fans don't even like to hear, John has taught everyone something new... changed the game, and that is even since Hendry taught everyone something new. Ron is just a freak talent and he knows it, and nobody can learn to be that , he has not brought anything new, Ron knows the difference and he is just trying to tell everyone, so you should listen.
Nice comments for "honest John", bet Stephen Lee agrees !!
😂
O' Sullivan obviously owes him money…
lol
No mate, you're Messi. He's CR7.
john higgins the great., second generation of the best players in the world ., if we say the frist generation ,were hendery, davis and white. and second generation o,sullivan, higgins and williams.
John has a stalker
Yan bigtoe got a ban for match fixing. He unlike John got a 5 year ban i believe
Has John booked a taxi ?
Walah I can't understand this pronunciation offffff 😂😂😂
John lost weight?
50 pounds I heard
Well Messi lost
Get a hotel room.
What were the stupid shouts?
unfortunately lost in the final though. Should have won that.
That's the story of John in big finals in the last few years, he's become a bit of a choker.
@@mbucd It is weird. Was it not the c Champion of Champions this years that he went through the whole week and only lost four frames, three of them to Ronnie in the final? That week was the most crushing snooker I have ever seen from one player. I don't think any player in history, even playing at their best would have beaten him. He missed almost nothing.
Brown envelope 😑
Obviously. I'm an idiot who won this? Allen as far as i could see ........er I mean Messi got beat by John Smith from the 2nd division!! absolute nonsense...honestly
DONT CARE HOW GOOD HE IS RONNIE HES A VILLAIN, PROVEN CHEAT, GET HIM OUT OF THE GAME.
Not heard of this. Who did he cheat, how and when?
Oh wow you actually have proof of cheating after all these years? What is it?? Have you contacted the Snooker Association?
You know very well Ron you are streets ahead of Higgins and you have never thrown a match
that we know of
Oh give it a rest Ronnie. Yes he's so good......and well below you. This false modesty has to stop
I agree, it does my head in, fanboy stuff.
John is a great player no doubt but ever since the WC loss to Selby he has had a hard time getting the job done in finals. It's a pretty glaring weakness for him but none of the pundits managed to point it out.
John is a cheat
Ronnie O'Sullivan can't even reach a final anymore or win one. 🤣 Don't think he cares either.
He will befor he's 50
Eh...he won the World Championship last year
This aged well 👀
Sadly the best snooker is boring. Like watching paint dry
whatever everyone thinks hes still a cheating mug ,should of got banned for life
@jason Blackburn, he’s never cheated. He was banned and fined for not declaring that he was offered a bribe to cheat
Shame he's a cheat. Tarnished reputation.