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Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby SnookerEd25

Juddernaut88 wrote:
SnookerEd25 wrote:Johnny - did you like watching Tornado Drago?
You like your flair players, seems he would have been right up your street, at his best :chin:


Drago was good to watch in my opinion <ok>


I’ve never really had ‘favourites’ (bar Cliff Wilson, of course), which I find quite beneficial in wataching the sport as I’m almost always rooting for the player who is behind in the hope of a dramatic decider. I have had a few players down the years I didn’t really like - some, because they came across as not very pleasant individuals, others because although they may have seemed decent enough in themselves, I just never took to their style of play - so was generally happy if and when they lost.

Possible exception to this rule is peak Drago who, at one point was my absolute favourite to watach. I was convinced it would hold together long enough for him to win a Ranker and for a while backed that belief with cold hard cash (odds were always long), until such time as my sanity and - perhaps more important my bank balance - could sustain it no longer :sad:

Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby mick745

Pink Ball wrote:Mick745 becomes the seventh person to submit a list. At least 39 matches will now appear in the countdown.


I have been watching snooker since about 1982/3, it was so so hard picking just ten, so many thrilling matches i had to reluctantly leave out, on another day the choices may have been completely different but I'm content with my submission.

Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby Pink Ball

We are now just two months from the deadline. At this point, 10 Snooker Island posters have submitted their votes, a very healthy number, but I'm hoping for big numbers so we get a proper reflection of the Island's view. Anyone who submits votes, I'll be hugely grateful.

Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby Juddernaut88

mantorok wrote:
Juddernaut88 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Si Bot would like to submit Matthew Selt's recent win.


It doesn't meet the criteria I'm afraid.


Call this a long shot but I think he was joking.


Well it was a very poor attempt of a joke to be honest.

Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby SnookerFan

Juddernaut88 wrote:
mantorok wrote:
Juddernaut88 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Si Bot would like to submit Matthew Selt's recent win.


It doesn't meet the criteria I'm afraid.


Call this a long shot but I think he was joking.


Well it was a very poor attempt of a joke to be honest.


Oh buck off.

You're a very poor attempt at a poster.

Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby Juddernaut88

SnookerFan wrote:
Juddernaut88 wrote:
mantorok wrote:
Juddernaut88 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Si Bot would like to submit Matthew Selt's recent win.


It doesn't meet the criteria I'm afraid.


Call this a long shot but I think he was joking.


Well it was a very poor attempt of a joke to be honest.


Oh buck off.

You're a very poor attempt at a poster.


rofl I love you too.

Re: Greatest matches 1976-2021: Snooker Island decides

Postby vodkadiet1

Pink Ball wrote:Good evening, ladies and gentleman.

Over recent years, you may have enjoyed my countdown series, updated annually, of the top 125 matches since 1980 (when I began watching).

On the eve of the 2022 World Championship, I will count down the greatest matches of the modern era (from the 1976-77 season up to and including all of the year 2021), but as voted for by you, the posters. Simply select your 10 greatest matches, PM them to me, and I will reveal how the voting went afterwards.

Order your list from 1 to 10, and points will be awarded according to the Formula One points system: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1.

All the matches you select must be at least best of 17 frames in length, and the gaps between the two players can not have been more than follows:

Up to and including best of 21: two frames (maximum gaps of 9-7, 10-8, 11-9)
From best of 23 to best of 27: three frames (maximum gaps of 12-9, 13-10, 14-11, 15-12)
Best of 31 to best of 35: four frames (maximum gaps of 16-12, 17-13, 18-14)

You must submit your votes BEFORE Friday, April 15, 2022.

Happy voting, and remember, submit your scores via PM, not on this thread!



Has there even been a match that was best of 29? 15-12 would be such a match.