Mark Williams in 2011/2012

SnookerFan wrote:How do you see Mark Williams season going next year?

It was good to see Mark Williams win the China Open a couple of seasons back, and we heard that Mark Williams was 'back to his best'. But this season the only ranking event he translated that to was the German Masters.

Can Mark Williams win a ranker next year? Especially one that requires playing well for more then four or five days? I'd love to see him to do it, but I'd have to put John Higgins and Judd Trump as favourites for winning tournaments next year. How does everybody else see it panning out for Williams?

SnookerFan wrote:

Tubberlad wrote:You can never write off a player as good as Mark Williams. Whether he can still win majors after the traumas against Higgins last season remains to be seen, but he remains one of the finest players I've seen.

When you've won the Masters twice, UK Championship twice, and the World Championship twice, you can't really complain about your haul. But I'd like see his hard work and practice rewarded. Be nice to see him win a couple of week-long tournaments as well. If he wins a couple more of the Shanghai Masters, Welsh Open or Australian type tournaments, it'd be good to see, even if he doesn't win a major.

Tubberlad wrote:For those with short term memories: Mark Williams in late 2002 and 2003 was nothing short of awesome

SnookerFan wrote:

randam05 wrote:He remains to be my current favourite player. (real favourite asides from dale, swail and hamilton) He is truely brilliant and gives me goosebumps the way he plays. Hes a role model of mine and a childhood hero if Im honest.

I dearly want to see him win a World championship. He deserves a third in my eyes.

Let's hope he misses John Higgins in the draw.

SnookerFan wrote:

Wild wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

randam05 wrote:He remains to be my current favourite player. (real favourite asides from dale, swail and hamilton) He is truely brilliant and gives me goosebumps the way he plays. Hes a role model of mine and a childhood hero if Im honest.

I dearly want to see him win a World championship. He deserves a third in my eyes.

Let's hope he misses John Higgins in the draw.

lets face it he wasent the only player that folded badly against John last season.

John did not win puerly on his form because i did not think he played anywhere near as well as his 2009 win players folded badly....they have to step it up at crucial times and they didnt John did.

I don't think that's true of everyone. Judd didn't in the final. It took John the first day of the final to figure out Judd's style, and Higgins would've lost if it was a best of 19.

SnookerFan wrote:Go on then. Who will win more ranking events next year? (PTCs excluded.) Mark Williams or Judd Trump?

Casey wrote:I think full ranking event winners next season will be -

Williams
Higgins
Selby
Ding
Carter
Trump

Major winners -

Higgins
Selby

SnookerFan wrote:

Sonny wrote:Why excluding PTC if all the players are there?

No real reason, I was just more interested in who would win full ranking events, not minor ones. I am just old-fashioned in my thinking. But, they did seem to be competitions with which people picked and chose last year, that was part of the reason also.

Wild wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Sonny wrote:Why excluding PTC if all the players are there?

No real reason, I was just more interested in who would win full ranking events, not minor ones. I am just old-fashioned in my thinking. But, they did seem to be competitions with which people picked and chose last year, that was part of the reason also.

trying to predict PTC Champions is a minefield
Barry Pinches
Marcus Campbell
Michael Holt
next season there will be a few surprises like them along the way.

Witz78 wrote:

Wild wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Sonny wrote:Why excluding PTC if all the players are there?

No real reason, I was just more interested in who would win full ranking events, not minor ones. I am just old-fashioned in my thinking. But, they did seem to be competitions with which people picked and chose last year, that was part of the reason also.

trying to predict PTC Champions is a minefield
Barry Pinches
Marcus Campbell
Michael Holt
next season there will be a few surprises like them along the way.

i think there will be fewer surprises in the PTC

the big guns are more likely to enter more this season and take them more seriously. Whilst the top top players might not win many, id expect the bulk of then PTC winners to come from the 10-25 bracket of the rankings, those floating around the top 16 trapdoor who need the points badly

Wild wrote:Barry Hearn has said if someone comes forward with a offer he will play a PTC Anywhere it doesn't have to be sheffield.

Witz78 wrote:

Wild wrote:Barry Hearn has said if someone comes forward with a offer he will play a PTC Anywhere it doesn't have to be sheffield.

does that mean the SWSA are funding the 2 PTCs being player there then?

Wild wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

Wild wrote:Barry Hearn has said if someone comes forward with a offer he will play a PTC Anywhere it doesn't have to be sheffield.

does that mean the SWSA are funding the 2 PTCs being player there then?

dont know lol

but i do know over the coming years the PTC will be evolving in to bigger events one way or another.