It's clearly obvious watching old episodes of WL that there was a definite tension between Tony and Ryan. After John Sessions got kicked off WL for being an unbearable prima donna, Tony became the star of the show. No surprise there really - he was funny, very sexy,versatile,, and worked well with everybody on the team- especially Mike McShane and Josie Lawrence.
But when Ryan and Colin began making regular appearances on the UK WL, you can see the whole team dynamic change. Ryan comes over as an ambitious performer and not a team player - unless it's with his friend Colin (who he got the Uk WL job for in the 1st place )
Tony and Ryan were chalk and cheese as performers - Tony was the naughty cheeky anarchic one - Ryan the slick professional almost scripted player. They had some brilliant scenes together, but you could tell they weren't fond of each other as people just by watching old UK WL episodes (check out their lack of chat with each other inbetween games on the old shows)
I've chosen not to mention Tony's battle with manic depresion and cocaine because that's another story , but hopefully the whole Tony/Ryan scenario might sound a bit clearer! (just wish CH4 hadn't wiped all those great WL Uk clips off YouTube , otherwise I could refer you some great examples)
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