Hossein Vafaei

[diz]

Lost in the early part of the Saudi Invitational to a lower ranked English dude. Would have met his kryptonite Ronnie in the 1/8 round anyway.

[diz]

^lost to Ronnie 0-5. Ronnie is in his head for sure

[diz]

Vafaei vs O’Sullivan today in 1/8 round in China Grand Prix

[diz]

Won all 3 of his group stage matches in the championship league

[DR Strangemoosh]

More balanced opinions on him that the hate he is now getting:

https://twitter.com/RobJF24/status/1782707627996135514

[DR Strangemoosh]

Agreed.

But the cruicible didnt really adress the issue about the venue and are also making fools out of themselves. "its a small venue". As if small venues can't be nice.

I think the momentum from the players means they will lose this - and odds are that the world champs will be in Saudi by 2030.

I just think Vafaei needs to be more political, at least until he wins a major title which isn't that one frame thing he won

[AGC]

Lost in first round of world champs against Trump

Went on a huge rant against the venue
I don't necessarily disagree with him but this is not a way to make himself popular, it's similar to when he randomly attacked Ronnie

The guy needs a PR agent

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/21/hosse...-bad-20689590/

Agreed.

But the cruicible didnt really adress the issue about the venue and are also making fools out of themselves. "its a small venue". As if small venues can't be nice.

[DR Strangemoosh]

Lost in first round of world champs against Trump

Went on a huge rant against the venue
I don't necessarily disagree with him but this is not a way to make himself popular, it's similar to when he randomly attacked Ronnie

The guy needs a PR agent

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/21/hossein-vafaei-goes-fiery-crucible-rant-its-just-really-bad-20689590/

[DR Strangemoosh]

The Bushehri boy is live on BBC One (!) in the first round against Trump

It's also online

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone

And on Iplayer (if you have a proxy)

[diz]

Lost his quarter final against Ding 5-0, tournament is taking place in China.

dang ding

[Medzdidz]

Lost his quarter final against Ding 5-0, tournament is taking place in China.

[diz]

Vafaei up against Ding in the next round of World Open

[DR Strangemoosh]

I honestly think today's comeback win on the final frame could be a huge step for Vafaei in terms of getting that winning mentality which can make him world champion

Hard to remember another last minute steal from an Iranian sportsperson, let alone against the greatest of all time in the sport:

https://twitter.com/WeAreWST/status/1770753346028060818?t=2zxfGUI2W53qiLGv56cusQ&s=19

[diz]

O’Sullivan wins it

[DR Strangemoosh]

Does anyone here know the guy? Can he just pay some money (surely a fraction of his winnings?) to get a mental coach + sports psychologist?