SHAUN MURPHY has slammed Netflix’s Matchroom documentary over its biased coverage.
The new show, Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen, covers the world of darts, boxing and snooker.
Shaun Murphy slammed the new Matchroom documentary on Netflix[/caption]
Murphy said he was ‘disappointed’ with how the coverage came across[/caption]
He added Matchroom would not exist without snooker[/caption]
However, former snooker world champion Murphy believes it only shows a good standing in two of the three, with snooker being sidelined.
Speaking on the onefourseven podcast, Murphy said: “What I found surprising was… I was slightly vexed… it felt as if some of the bosses at Matchroom were mocking the venue [in Brentwood] on the Netflix documentary.
“It almost felt a bit like they were having a bit of a dig at it as well.”
In the show, boxing and darts were shown in a very glamorous light.
A substantial section of the show displayed Eddie Hearn meeting Ronnie O’Sullivan in Saudi Arabia.
But in another part, it showed the promoter not being too keen to go to the English Open in Brentwood, which confused Murphy.
The 2005 world champion added: “I was disappointed with it. I thought it showed snooker in quite a negative light and bear in mind Matchroom was created because of snooker.
“Without snooker Matchroom wouldn’t exist.
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“Barry Hearn would be a chartered accountant who you’d never heard of, you certainly would never have heard of Eddie Hearn.
“I was very disappointed with how they portrayed snooker. I felt like they portrayed it as if it is the ugly relative.”
While the 43-year-old acknowledged it was more difficult to show off the drama of snooker compared to boxing or darts, he felt there was a lack of effort in attempting to do so.
Murphy’s fears were echoed by commentator David Hendon when speaking on the Snooker Scene podcast.
He said: “I think this series is actually a disaster for snooker.
“I think snooker comes out of it really badly. Partly because it barely features.
“I think one of the worst things you can be is ignored and to a large degree that’s what happened.
“You wouldn’t have formed the impression watching the documentary that it’s very important to Matchroom and of course it is, it’s massively important, the whole organisation was built on snooker.
“I thought it was disappointing from a snooker perspective and a massive opportunity missed.”
