Who will you follow in the 12/13 season

Definitely The Lion and Luca Brecel but also I'll be keeping an eye on Kyren Wilson and Ben Harrison as they qualify through the Q School then tear apart the main field on their way up the charts

I'll also be looking out for the shy and artistic breakbuilding talent of Xiao Guodong to get closer to the top 16 and see how Jamie Jones and Cao Yupeng can get on after their respective runs in the Worlds.

Of the big names, when will Ronnie play again and how will he fare with lack of match practice as the World Champion? Will John Higgins pull his finger out and start playing properly again? Will Mark Selby's neck fully recover and will he then regain the form he had just rediscovered prior to the injury and do himself justice with titles? Will Ebdon stay in Carter's corner and feed him carrot juice and tell him not to go for any pots? Has Robbo lost that aura now Ronnie showed him up and that he can be rattled?

So much to look forward to

India's best player Aditya Mehta.

For a completely new player to the tour Iran's Hossein Vafaei Ayouri, the IBSF World champion and Asian U21 Champion. Interesting to see how the first Iranian on the tour does. Plus the two amatuer competitions he has won are against some of the best amateurs in the world and Asia (which has a 'Chinese revolution' of talented players coming through) respectively and he should be good.

Of the top players, I've come to like Maguire's game more and it seems like he has a title due at some point. And John Higgins of course. I want to know if his poor season is down to lack of practise like he said, or if it's the start of his decline.

Allen of course, but I will look to Robbo and Ding to be at the top.

I'll be following Quinten Hanns plans now the clock is well and truly kicking

I will follow O'Sullivan, Trump, Brecel and Jones.

1. Zhanger
2. Brecel
3. Jones

Ronnie
Judd
Ebdon
Davis
Jimmy
Drago
Paglyagn (or however you pronounce it)
Harrison
Double J
Xiao
Chow
Loo
Ants
Brecel
Lisowski

im sure theres a few more of my proteges ive missed

I always follow Maguire, Robertson and Trump with great interest.

However this year I will also be keeping an eye on Luca Brecel as I will be interested to see how he goes after getting to the World Championships. I hope he can push on an have a good season rather than fading away like many players do.

Interested to see whether Xiao Guodong, Yu Delu, Ben Woollaston and David Gilbert 'kick on' from their good 2011/2012 seasons, and to see if Luca Brecel has really cracked it now. And I'm hoping Ricky Walden can make a better job of establishing himself now. And still awaiting the big breakthrough I keep expecting from Liam Highfield, maybe this is the year.

Like Skullman interested to see how Hossein Vafaei Ayouri and Aditya Mehta do, also Mohamed Khairy, although I'd think he's got a lot further to go development-wise.

If Ronnie takes a sabbatical and then comes back firing on all cylinders - would possibly influence whether other players do the same down the line.

And I think Stephen Maguire will continue his recent upswing in form.

Li Yan & Cao Yupeng....2 overseas players who don't blob it against the grinders

Luca Brecel....should confidently carry his Sheffield form into 2012-13

John Higgins....I'm convinced Hendry beat him to the "retirement" podium. Hopefully he'll regain focus and his best scoring boots

Liang Wenbo....players who reach the top 16 quickly and drop out just as quick, usually just continue plummeting; please buck this trend Liang

Alex Pagulayan....hope he does better than Jim Rempe and Steve Mizerak managed on the tour

Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, Zhang Anda, Aditya Mehta....make it count this time boys

Welcome to the Island Jewel.
I have a soft spot for Ricky Walden and would like to see him safe in the top 16 so that SnookerFan and I can see him play in the Masters. I was very dissappointed he didn't make it to Sheffield, talking of which I hope that Jamie Jones will continue in his current vein. I think it will be awful if Cao Yupeng drops of the tour.
*whispers* re Luca I don't believe the hype.

Don't believe the hype about Luca?

That kid is special, trust me!

He'd probably not even heard of him before he got to the Crucible

Sonny wrote:He'd probably not even heard of him before he got to the Crucible

If you told Taylor that Brecel worked at Haven House he would of believed you

now Hendrys gone......i really dont know :(

I will definitely keep an eye on Yu Delu and Xiao Guodong as well as on Luca.
I'm also wondering on how Jack Lisowski will fare: will he show the form he had on his first season, or will it be the rather flat Jack we saw last season?

Jack obviously needs to pull his finger out. He's got the talent but was woeful last season.

sundaygirl wrote:Welcome to the Island Jewel.
I have a soft spot for Ricky Walden and would like to see him safe in the top 16 so that SnookerFan and I can see him play in the Masters. I was very dissappointed he didn't make it to Sheffield, talking of which I hope that Jamie Jones will continue in his current vein. I think it will be awful if Cao Yupeng drops of the tour.
*whispers* re Luca I don't believe the hype.

I'm not spending as long looking for a McDonalds as we did last time.

Obviously Dale and Hamilton for me.

But yes also Luca, will it kick start his career or will he expect too much now and flop? Also look forward to seeing if Woollaston and Gilbert kick on now as someone said earlier.

I agree Walden will be good to watch, hopefully he can get back in the top 16, same as wenbo. Ronnie will be very interesting and I hope Higgins and Williams can pick up a little bit! Hope Robertson can win the UK title and I hope Judd has a complete flop and everyone wonders where the hype came from (but we can only dream).

Also want to see how the old guard get on in Davis and White. Also want to see if Gould can start performing again as hes so good to watch when playing well!

at the moment i dont care much about players to follow next season im in To Q School and Get talented players on to tour.

in Q School ill be following

Ben Harrison
Kyren Wilson
Sean O'Sullivan
Gareth Allen
Chen Zhe
son of Steve Greg
Kacper Filipiak
Allan Taylor
Reanne Evans
Michael Wasley
Daniel Wells
Sydney Wilson

Roland wrote:Don't believe the hype about Luca?

That kid is special, trust me!

Oh aye.

Pink Ball wrote:

Roland wrote:Don't believe the hype about Luca?

That kid is special, trust me!

Oh aye.

He is special ...

sundaygirl wrote:Welcome to the Island Jewel.
I have a soft spot for Ricky Walden and would like to see him safe in the top 16 so that SnookerFan and I can see him play in the Masters. I was very dissappointed he didn't make it to Sheffield, talking of which I hope that Jamie Jones will continue in his current vein. I think it will be awful if Cao Yupeng drops of the tour.
*whispers* re Luca I don't believe the hype.

Yea good to see Jamie Jones and Cao Yupeng doing well

Yeah, to be fair, Luca hasn't yet flew to the giddy heights of Ronnie O'Sullivan.

He's not even won as many ranking events as Dominic Dale yet.

Re Luca Brecel 100% stand by what I said, one dimensional player
24 years old, already in decline, currently ranked lower than both Ricky and Matthew

And why haven’t they opened a Macdonalds at Ally Pally yet?

sundaygirl wrote:Re Luca Brecel 100% stand by what I said, one dimensional player
24 years old, already in decline, currently ranked lower than both Ricky and Matthew

He's the next Ronnie.

In the 2012/13 season, i will be mostly following Stephen Lee.