‘It’s always a hindrance to anyone’s game’ says Neil Robertson as he calls for snooker rule change

NEIL ROBERTSON has called for a timer to beryllium introduced to snooker with the purpose of speeding players up erstwhile they are taking excessively agelong to enactment up a shot.

The 42-year-old was criticised by Judd Trump for his dilatory play erstwhile the 2 players met astatine the Champion of Champions earlier this month.

Trump said: "It was a pugnacious game, it was precise slow. I emotion Neil, but determination was a batch of dilatory play and he’s a overmuch amended subordinate erstwhile helium conscionable gets connected with it."

Robertson has since insisted helium was not intentionally playing slowly.

In fact, helium wants a timer to beryllium introduced truthful that players debar taking excessively agelong portion lining up a shot.

The Aussie explained: "I’m decidedly not slower connected purpose.

"It’s ever a hindrance to anyone’s game. Maybe there’s 1 oregon 2 players who play dilatory connected purpose, but me, decidedly not."

He went connected to uncover that Joe Perry erstwhile gave him a grilling for taking excessively overmuch clip connected a shot.

Robertson continued: "Joe gave maine a spot of a grilling erstwhile I was connected a bluish successful the past framework and I was trying excessively hard to get cleanable connected the adjacent reddish and I took, like, a minute-and-a-half implicit a shot.

"It’s brainsick to walk that overmuch clip connected a shot. It’s mode excessively long.

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"That’s wherefore I deliberation it would assistance with a timer. Not a changeable timepiece that beeps, but thing you tin see.

"If it went to 30 seconds and the ref told you it’s been 30 seconds past I’d person conscionable dropped the bluish in.

"We request immoderate benignant of clip absorption strategy that benefits the players. It’s not determination arsenic a punishment to marque them play quicker.

"I’ve seen it with [Mark] Selby, I’ve adjacent seen it with Judd before, taking 4 minutes connected a changeable due to the fact that helium couldn’t determine what to do.

"If you get a spot of a nudge, you go: 'OK, I’ll conscionable play this shot'. I deliberation thing similar that could beryllium bully for the game.

"I deliberation the game’s slowed down a batch successful the past fewer years. It’s doing Stephen Hendry’s caput successful in the punditry box, helium doesn’t bask it. I’d similar to spot thing implemented to assistance the players.

"We’re each trying truthful hard to win, the prize wealth has ne'er been higher. I deliberation players are conscionable trying excessively hard. Something similar that would payment the players and the game.

Robertson volition look Trump erstwhile again connected Tuesday day successful the UK Championship.