{"id":6174,"date":"2026-04-21T21:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6174"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:48:49","slug":"gary-wilson-lost-with-snooker-and-frustrated-with-naive-pundits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6174","title":{"rendered":"Gary Wilson &#8216;lost&#8217; with snooker and frustrated with &#8216;naive&#8217; pundits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272438342.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28067648\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Four\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Gary Wilson cut a very frustrated figure at the Crucible (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gary Wilson is \u2018lost\u2019 with his game and is frustrated with \u2018naive\u2019 pundits who have praised his snooker.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old was beaten 10-5 in the opening round of the World Snooker Championship by Judd Trump on Tuesday, having raced into a 4-1 lead, including a break of 139.<\/p>\n<p>However, the world number one reeled off nine of the next 10 frames to secure passage into the second round where he takes on Si Jiahui or Hossein Vafaei.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson was left despondent after the defeat, not especially because he lost to the former world champion, but because of how uncomfortable he felt in his own game.<\/p>\n<p>He has felt similar for some time, even when he won two games in qualifying to reach the Crucible and frustration is now at an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Deep down as I was cueing awful, as usual, it\u2019s just constant disappointment,\u2019 Wilson told the BBC. \u2018I am and always have been since the age of 13 been a better player than this. It\u2019s just a constant struggle all the time now the yips are getting worse. I\u2019m just riding through it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tAre you snooker loopy?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>You&#8217;re in the right place. I&#8217;m Phil Haigh, and I cover the game we all love for <strong>Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In my new newsletter, The Table, I&#8217;ll be analysing the biggest talking points, breaking down frames and crowning the week&#8217;s winners and losers every Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The World Championship is here, so there&#8217;s no better time to sign up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB-MAIN-8adc.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27997408\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Phil has been reporting on snooker for over a decade, since working in World Snooker&#8217;s press office in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018People are being really naive if, I\u2019m being totally honest, people who know snooker, people are watching and saying I\u2019m playing good, but missing all the really bad shots and really snatchy ones and not seeing anything a normal good player would notice. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272362107.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28067650\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Four\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Judd Trump battled back to victory after a good start from Wilson (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s even frustrating, everything\u2019s frustrating because no one\u2019s even seeing what I\u2019m showing them. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m just riding it out, playing ok at times, but I\u2019m just masking the problems, its just debilitating. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Towards the end there you lose a bit of heart, it\u2019s not composure, I get that nonsense off commentators, it\u2019s a bit of heart and embarrassment where you know you\u2019re playing a little bit worse towards the end than you even were at the start. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272446104.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28067651\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Four\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Judd Trump will face Si Jiahui or Hossein Vafaei in the next round (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Even if you do manage to get in you feel like you can\u2019t hold yourself together. So you just try different things, it\u2019s not composure. You try to speed up, be more aggressive, anything, its desperation. I just wish I could have a game like I used to have and I\u2019d come to these tournaments to compete and enjoy it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The world number 27 has been to a ranking final and semi-final this season, so is picking up results despite how desperate he feels at the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m still sort of competing playing like that and that\u2019s the sad thing, I\u2019m sort of competing,\u2019 he said. \u2018What do you do? There\u2019s not a lot you can do. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m making a good living, trying to enjoy the game I\u2019m trying to do well in tournaments but me game is just letting us down. It\u2019s as simple as that really.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s been a number of years and I\u2019m completely lost at this point. I\u2019ve started speaking to somebody, and I\u2019ve done that before, it\u2019s not a mental thing for me. We\u2019ve all got temperaments on a scale, some might be better than others, but mine isn\u2019t bad when I feel I can actually cue the ball in a straight line.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just don\u2019t have anything really I don\u2019t know what to do from here. I\u2019m making a good living, doing ok, that\u2019s just depressing though, the more the years go on, unfortunately.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272446105.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28067731\" alt=\"Halo World Snooker Championship - Day Four\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Trump feels Wilson is too hard on himself (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump felt Wilson looked good early in the match and can talk himself down too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think he was a bit hard on himself in that interview,\u2019 said Trump. \u2018At the start he was playing well, all the long balls were going in, he was hitting the ball well, you don\u2019t do that if you\u2019re struggling. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Towards the end it built up a little bit and the game was slipping away. He missed a couple and maybe started rushing a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We all struggle at points and Gary is a great player, just sometimes just a little bit too hard on himself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan punishes nervy debutant as he begins record-extending Crucible campaign<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mark Selby brushes off last year\u2019s Crucible nightmare as match he \u2018couldn\u2019t win\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Hossein Vafaei speaks out on challenge of playing on during Iran war<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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