Mark Selby.... Attacking or Negative Safeties !!!

Now he doesn’t open the pack from a safety shot, he’ll clip reds and play a lot of negative safeties similar to Mark Selby. But they both seem to be tagged as being attacking when they’re not.

RC: So you see Mark Selby as a negative player?

GD: (laughs) I think without any shadow of a doubt! I think THE most!

RC: You’re talking to a Mark Selby fan here! (laughs)

GD: I think Mark Selby is a phenomenal player. But he’s definitely the most negative player in the top 16.



Wild

Wild m8, why so confrontational?. Its a discussion forum, so discuss.

I've just read the last page or so and I am firmly behind Wild on this (apart from the bit about Dotty talking through his bottom!). Maybe because I'm a fan I'm blinded but it does seem to me that Selby plays a hell of a lot of inventive, out of the box thinking positive safety shots in order to put the opponent in more difficulty than the standard safety shots would. The fact he is so good at safety means a lot of times the opponent will come to the table with only a 3 cushion dead weight roll up to get out of trouble.

And the fact when you play him you find yourself having to play these sorts of shots means you get frustrated and think he's negative because he stops you playing your own game because you want to get at those reds but he doesn't let you.

So I'm interested to see your montage snooky and I will look at it with an open mind. I've studied his game for years though and the reason I'm such a fan is because I'm a fan of his game. He's a one off, there's never been anyone like him. And he has the added factor of being the only pool style snooker player I've seen.

That's true enough.