WONDERKID! 🙌 | Rod Lawler vs Stan Moody | 2023 Northern Ireland Snooker Open Highlights

Conclusion of Rod Lawler vs Stan Moody in the 2023 Northern Ireland Open.
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[@dmccmd]

He'll have no chalk left soon this lad 😂😂😂

[@user-ii4sk3zy6b]

I don’t think I’ll be watching too much of this lad especially if I’m in a bad mood 😂

[@roubee4004]

I find the kids shot preparation infuriating. Hope he doesn't continue arsing around like that.. up down.. up down.. looking at the angle of a basic shot 3 times. He'll be more boring than Selby. Hes a good talent, but currently unwatchable

[@deepskymike767]

Great player is Stan but I find him a hard watch. Too much looking at different shots and getting down for shots only to get back up again. Not knocking his ability though.

[@henrikhyrup3995]

I actually like that, when players spend some time going through their options, what shots to play etc. Stan Moody doesn't seem like a very instinctive player (think Thepchaiya Un-Nooh or Ronnie O'Sullivan, they always know what to do 3-4 shots ahead)

[@JoshJackson-lq7tj]

I know he’s only young it’s is mannerisms around the table that seems to bug me for some reasons half the time he’s looking on diagonal to centre pocket and there’s nothing there

[@stevenwade7466]

It's called composing yourself.

[@theironshiek]

He also suffers from the yips which the getting up and down off the shot is related too. He's also 17 and playing professional snooker so give the kid break eh

[@purpleaki06]

Agreed. Superb talent but I find myself skipping through his frames a bit

[@terryduckworth5105]

He’s 17 so you have to expect plenty more of them moments…. At the end of the day he’s a kid still but has massive potential. Potential is one thing but it is another thing to actually reach your full potential, hope the lads goes far 🤷‍♂️

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

Just because he's 17 doesn't give him the right to have all the worst habbits which puts opponents off. He's a terrible player for me, his shot selection is awful and what he does inbetween shots should be stopped. One of the most annoying players I've ever seen as the boy makes Alex Higgins look normal.

[@roubee4004]

I presume he arses around every shot to piss his opponent off. Downside of that.. he pisses the audience off

[@danielvandenbroek2275]

🤣

[@johnmackenzie3773]

Honestly Stan Moody v Peter Ebdon would be the longest frame and match EVER 😂

[@donsimon2830]

Rod's last shot was terrible. Always a chance that the red was going in so at least play it in a way to guarantee not leaving any kind of pot on the yellow.

[@Benwycheung]

Then there would be a free ball anyway, the shot to play was to leave the black infront of the red and try get a few fouls

[@muzz852]

Possibly one of the worst shots I've ever seen at professional level.

[@slottyken]

Cliff Thorburn's mother plays faster than this kid.

[@nobodyinparticular8195]

Stan is a huge talent for the future. However, at times he was lucky in this frame, such as when he lost his patience and smashed the reds to escape that snooker. He was lucky that Rod fouled the red in off the black, as this was a lifeline to help him win the match. If this hadn’t happened, I think Rod would have won the frame and made it 3-2. Still, it’s very good to see such young talent on the tour!!

[@martinpetkovski6009]

True, if he played against better player, that luck wasnt gonna help him

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

He's a huge talent if you live in planet s h i t e.. The guy shouldn't be on the circut, he's dreadful and the fact that he is just shows how bad snooker is at the moment.

[@Correction294]

He’s painful to watch but a good young talent. The constant walking around the table and relentless chalking must be irritating to watch while playing him. He came down to my local club down south a few times with his dad and he was clearly a good player but lost to one of the other young talents in the final. You could see he was gutted but it’s all good character building. There’s been many players who were predicted to do great things and never did so let’s see how he gets on.

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

He's not a good young talent, it just shows how bad the game is at the moment and Ronnie tried to warn us. This guy has some of the worst habbits |I've ever seen on a table, he makes Alex Higgins look normal ffs. His shot sellection is that of an amateur and the amount of things that he does before he takes a shot is enough to put someone in a straight jacket. I'd be complaining to the ref If I was playing him and I can't see how he gets away with it.

[@dfstarborn]

He's dreadful to watch with his tripple checking of obvious shots and his nervous ticks. How is this behaviour allowed in modern day snooker the beating of his shows on the floor too. Are their shoes miced up now? His shot selection is that of an amateur and I can't believe he's allowed on the circuit with his weird ticks. It's kind of like if Terry Griffiths was possessed by Alex Higgins then a new palyer would be born and his name would be Stan Moody.

[@robh5748]

@@dfstarborn lol

[@jayjayb89]

15:38 wtf even was that 😂😂😂

[@benjidigsag2284]

One of the worst shots I have ever seen......

[@tesla-spectre]

Surely a talent but can somebody give him some valium or whatever to calm him down. He is so hectic. And he was bloody lucky on that reckless snooker shot But what in God's name did Rod do there on the black?

[@slice709]

Stan looks like a baby face young and old at the same time 😂

[@NNC93]

Wonder kid brilliant talent that’s all we ever hear about this lad and he’s done absolutely nothing let’s be honest at least say it when he’s actually doing something

[@muzz852]

you jelly? he's literally only just old enough to get on tour. It's his first year you muppet.

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

I wonder how he's playing on the circuit as he plays like an amateur. I think he's garbage and should be allowed on this circuit becasue of his childish amateurish antics around the table. Like is he deliberately trying to put his opponents off?

[@DavidSmith-jm3xr]

That black on red was shocking. Put green safe and snooker him behind brown or take the long pink.

[@briancraggs4235]

Rod's shot on the black was the worst in snooker history😢

[@gamblinggod960]

You have to wonder if he looks at every potting angle of a simple pot because he has just been told to do so by his coach. If he gets to one of the big tournaments, i don't think i could watch a whole match of his.

[@dfstarborn]

looks like John Virgo has a new player to imitate.. Stan Moody is possessed by Alex Higgin, Peter Ebdon and Terry Griffits.

[@shaunkilcourse8097]

No commentary 🎉

[@ranbirsingh7666]

Well done 👏 young man. Is it me or Shaun Murphy been on the next table last few times Moody been playing 😅

[@Paul-sl9zm]

Murphy is his father

[@ranbirsingh7666]

@@Paul-sl9zm 🤭

[@ML-or2ot]

His style is like Sean Murphys

[@user-ii4sk3zy6b]

I’m surprised rods still playing has he ever won anything 😂

[@hebehall]

Louis Walsh reffing now?

[@mcmalachy1]

As good as he is and luckily young. He will have to show more confidence in himself, because he is like a jack in the box at present. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

I've seen young players in pubs better than this, he's rubbish and has the habbits of an amateur.

[@supertarantatikataka3313]

hurry up lads

[@leboeuf05]

What was Rod trying to do on that last red? Player of his experience. Try and lay a snooker behind one of the baulk colours. Even if he doesn't get it. But there, he's given the kid 7 points, and left him on the yellow. Terrible shot choice.

[@ChrisTian-tg3lj]

Prob the next Stephen Hendry.

[@jamesroche6138]

When he’s in the mood he’s good to watch but I noticed a few times where he played up the table for a colour in balk when could have stayed on black, his shot to come back down table suffered , also he felt pressured to take on tough long shots when cue ball was on cushion and missed. This shows inexperience and still time to learn

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

He's a terrible player, plays like a baby and there's no way he's going to be a star in the future if he's this bad. He plays like an amateur pup player.

[@thefreedomclub5287]

You can see he's still raw. He was reckless on the snooker and would have got punished for it against a good player. Lovely cue action though and he has plenty of time to develop.

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

He's a dreadful player and needs to take classes on how to conduct himself round the table, I'd be complaining to the ref about his antics and I think he knows what he's doing in order to put opponents off.

[@xCriZzZ]

Tbh Stan's walking around the table and "breakdancing" is really annoying 😅 He looks like he is in a hurry but he got a lot of talent in his game. Future champion

[@sooty6520]

FUTURE WORLD CHAMPION

[@iainamurray]

Rod the Plod?

[@Hatchie87]

lol

[@davidparris3705]

Hes a good player but the media need to stop putting so much pressure on the boy..

[@user-ii4sk3zy6b]

Great player just seems indecisive but that is his age I think 😊

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Great performance by Stan.👍

[@PhilElcorry]

It’s actually painful for my eyes he’s got to be the most annoying player ever

[@danielvandenbroek2275]

Nah.... that title is already claimed by kryin' Wilson...😄

[@user-ii4sk3zy6b]

@@danielvandenbroek2275😂

[@PhilElcorry]

@@danielvandenbroek2275 can you imagine watching a doubles match Stan moody kryin Wilson vs Peter ebdon mark selby 😂🥴

[@dufferfishing4217]

13.51 Stan moody needs to stay still when in opponents eyeline. Turned his head then tapped his cue whilst opponent was taking his shot. I would have called him out for that

[@scambodia147]

He wasn’t in his eye line Wtf are you on about?

[@dufferfishing4217]

@@scambodia147 I think you need your eyesight checking. Or alternatively you have tunnel vision. It’s called peripheral vision, try it sometimes

[@shellsbignumber2]

Stan was in the Mood.

[@FF_Talk_]

Potting the red off the black is one of the worst shots I’ve ever seen. Good god. Put the green safe with the yellow! The yellow was the only ball safe and he left the cue ball in the only place possible to pot it 😭🤣

[@alielbaz4928]

15:40 no disrespect but what was he even trying there???

[@nakke3]

Trying to make or at least move the red. Unlucky to leave any shot on the yellow. You can't leave the red there, better to give him even the yellow that is much more difficult pot and not on from 95% of the table. It's a solid shot choise.

[@joestevenson3338]

Don’t rate Stan know he’s young but never rated him

[@Darts-kh2rs]

He class

[@williamgeorge4349]

How can u not rate him, lol he's obviously got a whole lot of talent, shows it with his shots, yes he's annoying to watch sometimes but his talent isn't in question 😊

[@davidhale8034]

That makes no sense 👏🏼👏🏼🤣🤣

[@JP-lz3vk]

Stan is a mass of nervous tics and indecision. He needs to learn much better cue ball control to go a lot further as a professional.

[@jalalalbustami9105]

I’ve never felt this annoyed watching someone play snooker! I’d rather watch Ebdon take 1 minute per shot than this… good god he’s annoying

[@sanjirosanjiro6529]

Stan is up and down like a yo yo accessing his options, surely must ruin his rhythm, he's young hope he grows out of that but he's beating some seasoned pros well done to him indeed.

[@stevenjohnston2263]

His mannerisms irritate the crap out of me.

[@markasomerville]

Stan has a long way to go yet. He is very indecisive off the ball. He second guesses himself a lot and feel this leads him to miss balls. But wish him all the best in his snooker career going forwards

[@iwannadrinkfromyourwideeye2635]

That's like something a 12 year old would do, it seems to me he has some kind of condition like ADHD. He's not talented in my book he just pots balls but hasn't a clue about proper positioning. He's very amateurish and should be allowed on the circut until he learns how to play the game properly. He's very offputting so image what its' like for his oppoents to put up with his crap. I don't care how young he is, I think he's a dreadful player and bad for the game.

[@dfstarborn]

Yes, it's like he's not being coached at all and this sort of behavior around the table needs to be cut out. He needs to be taken away for 6 months to be shown how to conduct himself properly around the table. I can't believe he's allowed to act this way in 2023. He's tripple checking almost every shot, constant chalking of the cue and he runs around the table like a blue arse fly? It's like he's got ADHD or some medical illness like that. I'm just tryintg to imagine what it's like for the opponent to have to put up with this fidgetting nervousness round the table.

[@markasomerville]

@@dfstarborn fully agree with what you said. Hopefully someone will take him under their wing. Its like having a Mark Selby , Peter Ebdon and Alex Higgins in one body. Their mannerisms more so than their skill levels. he is long way from that.

[@robh5748]

@@dfstarborn It directly affected Gary Wilson who has troubles of his own. After 2 frames of twitching GW had enough and wanted out lol. Moody knew what it was doing to Wilson and stepped it up I reckon.

[@WayneAtkinsonEntrepreneur]

If he stopped eying up the shots 10 times, chalking his cue 10 times, pushing his arms out every shot (to prob relieve him of an ill-fitting shirt), then I would like to watch him as he has talent. Untill then, he's a rabbit in the headlights. (meant in good faith as I appreciate the skill)

[@tonymckenzie3091]

he is so irritating to watch

[@Jimladvw]

Lovely cue action. Future world champ for sure.

[@adrianwright8685]

17 year old beats 52 year old!

[@darrensmith4279]

Age means nowt lol

[@lew115]

Stan's put him in a bad mood! Ha ha, good joke.

[@SHADOW.GGG-]

Too hyper, no future unless he calms down

[@daz14_lad63]

Grim seeing all these overrated comments. He’s simply a kid, not wonder kid not overrated. A kid winning matches on a professional stage.

[@azaf]

Lovely talent but bruh hurry up man.

[@MemeAthon.]

Can't watch Stan take so long on every shot

[@fahranmahmood2698]

How slow and boring is he? Great talent nevertheless

[@roubee4004]

& at his age.. nowhere as good as Ronnie/jimmy/hendry.. probably end up a decent top 16 grinder

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

To be fair, he looked less stiff today. Good frame. Better than last match for sure. Might struggle against better opponents. However on his side, Hendry won the world champs at 21, and this lad is 17, so he does have potential to go big. Good luck to him. I think he would need to display more gears in his arsenal than what he has now, but it might 'click'. I don't think he is a natural, so can be off-putting to watch, then again the old grinder Thornburn won the world's and he was no natural. I remember watching him when he won it, and he grinded every ball. Sheer determination and a good mathematician. Many ways to skin a cat.

[@pasijunnila3248]

He is not good yet

[@mhell1694]

clearly 🙄

[@hebehall]

Just a little better than you though (no offence!)

[@soberlifestyle]

Eurosport are creaming over Stan and fair play, he's a great young talent. But he isn't a class of '92 great young talent.

[@relaxedremedy1219]

This ref, slurping like he's going to say something, remove his mic 🤣. As for Rob Lawler, my god, you are so boring to watch. You take a week to get down for a shot. Can't even look at the table when Stans is playing. Pretty disrespectful! I can't watch anymore 🤣

[@aloisberger8891]

Overrated

[@mounirel5198]

I can’t stand watching moody too much manners

[@dfstarborn]

There's nothing wonderful about Stan Moody, he's one of the most annoying snooker players I've seen and that game and I'd put him up there with Doug Mountjoy, Terry Griffiths and Peter Ebdon. The boy has more ticks than Alex Higgins and is so slow because he has to tirpple check way to many shots for my liking. How is this allowed in modern professional snooker?

[@clivebond7858]

Lawler is the slowest player on tour 😴😴😴😴

[@kevinmoore2696]

What a snooze fest

[@ScoopexUs]

Brainfart. XD Just put a color safe and breathe.

[@nickedmondson1583]

he's no wonder kid though by any stretch, hes a top 32 at best (and thats in todays poor rankings, he'd prob only be a top 64 when the talent pool was better).. Hes had a couple of seasons, and this was Rod Lawler he was playing.. so lets all take a minute and hold off with the wonderkid stuff... very talented yes, World Champ - No, Career player - Yes...

[@muzz852]

lol wtf is Rod doing on that red/black