‘Why’s Ronnie O’Sullivan wearing a baby poo coloured shirt?’ ask baffled fans as snooker ace rekindles Snotgate rivalry

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN left fans baffled with his choice of shirt colour at the Tour Championship.

The Rocket took on rival Ali Carter in the quarter-final and raced into a 7-1 lead before the mid-session interval.

Ronnie O’Sullivan had fans questioning his choice of shirtITV

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The pair have feuded for several years and faced each other for the first time since their war of words at The Masters final.

And O’Sullivan’s decision to wear a murky-brown shirt left fans a little confused.

Some questioned O’Sullivan with one reacting saying: “Why, oh why is Ronnie O’Sullivan wearing a shirt the colour of baby poo?”

Another added: “Doesn’t suit him.”

A third wrote: “Looks like diarrhoea.”

And another commented: “Washed all his white shirts with a stray brown sock.”

O’Sullivan, 48, has had a hugely successful campaign and has pocketed a record £1.142million in prize money.

He has won the UK Championship, Masters, Shanghai Masters, World Grand Prix and World Masters of Snooker.

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But he is not pleased with his game and was very critical of his technique, suggesting in some ways he has had a “terrible season”.

He said: “In some ways it’s been a good season, in some ways it’s been a terrible season.

“I always compare it to the year I had five finals that I lost [2020/21], I was really enjoying my snooker, felt like I was playing well, cueing well.

“I didn’t get the wins but I wasn’t really that bothered, I was excited to play every match and felt like I was competing well and playing good.

“This year I’ve got the wins but technically I’ve been terrible, probably my worst year technically.

“I’ve had to grind out the wins and that’s never going to give me much satisfaction.

“It’s a bit like ice skaters, they mark them for their technical and then for their dance routines.

“I’ve tried to separate the two and go, technically it wasn’t great but mentally I’ve done well to cope with that, still play and compete.

“That’s the way I try and break it down to try and not beat myself up. Wins are not that important to me, because if they were I’d be sat here saying, ‘It’s been an amazing season! I’m so happy!’ But I’m not, I’m genuinely not.”