Snooker Overdrive wrote:Ding Junhui: 95%: will be a winner at the Crucible, only a question of time
Mark Selby: 65%: had a great opportunity last year, not a certainty any more
Stephen Maguire: 10%: it looks like his best days are over, had his golden chance in 2007 against Higgins as he blew that one
Ali Carter: 40%: has the potential, has a good record in the Crucible, but often blows it in the deciding moments
Mark Allen: 55%: a man of the big tournaments, still young and has the bottle, the only worrying thing for him are 6 lost semis
Jamie Cope: 10%: I would be really surprised should he even get close to the final
Ricky Walden: 15%: he didn't carry on after his Shanghai Masters win, still no sucess in the Crucible
Judd Trump: 15%: as often on the screen as Steve Davis (playing a match), but his Premier League debut impressed me
Fu, Bingham, King, Day, Stevens, Gould, Hawkins, Wenbo: no chance
Time to update my list:
Ding Junhui: 95%: He proved this championship even more that it will be only a matter of years
Judd Trump: 90%: A new snooker star has risen. If he plays like this year and can improve his breakbuilding even more, a certainty for multiple titles. But other great players stumbled at winning the worlds but I don't expect him struggle he's just an amazing pressure player.
Mark Selby: 50%: this year was a failure once again peaking to early and coming up against a better player
Stephen Maguire: 5%: now way Maguire will achieve it after the trend of the last seasons
Ali Carter: 35%: a very good player but still not a great one would need to improve to get the big one
Mark Allen: 55%: he needs to switch up a gear in the vital matches but he has the game to win the world championship
Jamie Cope: 10%: his attitude is poor, he looks like a shadow of the player I saw just a few years ago, but still young
Ricky Walden: 5%: no way. Will never be a top class player, his top 16 status didn't inspire him, a shame really
Marco Fu: 5%: very inconsistent and dropped out of the top 16 but still a class player on his day, can't believe he will win it
Liang Wenbo: 5%: still very young but at a low at the moment needs to improve massively
Bingham, King, Day, Stevens, Gould, Hawkins: no chance of becoming a world champion
Young players like Luca Brecel and Michael White are not evaluated yet.