by Dragonfly » 05 May 2021 Read
Selby vs Ebdon would have been the most exciting and easy to watch final of all time.
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by TheRocket » 05 May 2021 Read
I think Ebdon would have had a decent chance to beat Selby actually. He is a fighter and he for sure had a lot of patience. And in the 2002 final he showed that he can score very well.
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by SnookerEd25 » 05 May 2021 Read
Of course not. He was a pro’ for most of those years and didn’t. He was pretty mediocre for the best part of a decade, people seem to forget
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by Juddernaut88 » 05 May 2021 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:Of course not. He was a pro’ for most of those years and didn’t. He was pretty mediocre for the best part of a decade, people seem to forget
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by Running side » 05 May 2021 Read
The_Abbott wrote:yes. He would have out-Ebdoned Ebdon.
What a great match to miss, they would have had the crucible to themselves.
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by Truth » 05 May 2021 Read
The fact that 35% of people didn't believe Selby of 2017 could even win one title against Ebdon, Doherty or Murphy in the arbitrarily chosen period between 97-05 shows that many were voting with their hearts rather than their heads. If there were people that genuinely thought this then I wouldn't want to meet them without their straitjacket.
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by TheRocket » 05 May 2021 Read
Truth wrote:The fact that 35% of people didn't believe Selby of 2017 could even win one title against Ebdon, Doherty or Murphy in the arbitrarily chosen period between 97-05 shows that many were voting with their hearts rather than their heads. If there were people that genuinely thought this then I wouldn't want to meet them without their straitjacket.
I'm sure the 2017 Selby would have won a World title but I would still like to remind you that Ebdon or Doherty were not some mugs or fodder. In fact very tough to beat at the Crucible with impressive Crucible records. Hendry ,ROS, Higgins and Williams will confirm that.
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by Juddernaut88 » 05 May 2021 Read
TheRocket wrote:Truth wrote:The fact that 35% of people didn't believe Selby of 2017 could even win one title against Ebdon, Doherty or Murphy in the arbitrarily chosen period between 97-05 shows that many were voting with their hearts rather than their heads. If there were people that genuinely thought this then I wouldn't want to meet them without their straitjacket.
I'm sure the 2017 Selby would have won a World title but I would still like to remind you that Ebdon or Doherty were not some mugs or fodder. In fact very tough to beat at the Crucible with impressive Crucible records. Hendry ,ROS, Higgins and Williams will confirm that.
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by Truth » 05 May 2021 Read
TheRocket wrote:Truth wrote:The fact that 35% of people didn't believe Selby of 2017 could even win one title against Ebdon, Doherty or Murphy in the arbitrarily chosen period between 97-05 shows that many were voting with their hearts rather than their heads. If there were people that genuinely thought this then I wouldn't want to meet them without their straitjacket.
I'm sure the 2017 Selby would have won a World title but I would still like to remind you that Ebdon or Doherty were not some mugs or fodder. In fact very tough to beat at the Crucible with impressive Crucible records. Hendry ,ROS, Higgins and Williams will confirm that.
You don't need to remind me, I've been watching snooker long before 97. I agree with you that Ebdon, Doherty and Murphy were no mugs, and I don't consider it a formality that Selby would consistently beat them all. Similarly I don't consider it a formality that Hendry, ROS, Higgins and Williams would consistently beat Selby. I'm sure that if prime Selby were around in the 97-05 period then he'd have been amongst the favourites to win any tournament he entered.
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by Pink Ball » 05 May 2021 Read
Yes, Selby could have won a world title in that period as he is a better player than Doherty, Ebdon and Murphy. I think he'd have struggled to win multiple titles in that time as only Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan won multiple titles in that time.
Anything else you want me to help you all out with?
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by chengdufan » 05 May 2021 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Anything else you want me to help you all out with?
Who was better, prime John Virgo or prime Ricky Walden?
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by Pink Ball » 05 May 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:Pink Ball wrote:Anything else you want me to help you all out with?
Who was better, prime John Virgo or prime Ricky Walden?
Tough one, but I'd probably go with Walden.
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by Truth » 05 May 2021 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Anything else you want me to help you all out with?
How many inches wider are the pockets of today compared with the Neolithic period?
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by HappyCamper » 05 May 2021 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Yes, Selby could have won a world title in that period as he is a better player than Doherty, Ebdon and Murphy. I think he'd have struggled to win multiple titles in that time as only Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan won multiple titles in that time.
Anything else you want me to help you all out with?
i'm out of eggs. can you get me some? free range naturally.
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by Pink Ball » 05 May 2021 Read
Truth wrote:Pink Ball wrote:Anything else you want me to help you all out with?
How many inches wider are the pockets of today compared with the Neolithic period?
Don't think the pockets are any wider, actually, but they've certainly been playing far easier at most World Championship since 2009.
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by Holden Chinaski » 05 May 2021 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Doug Mountjoy.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 05 May 2021 Read
Looking at Selby's record during that period I notice he lost 9-0 to Mark Williams at the 1999 UK Championship and followed that with a 5-0 loss to Stuart Bingham.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 05 May 2021 Read
Could Stuart Bingham have won a World Title between 1997 and 2005?
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by SnookerEd25 » 05 May 2021 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Doug Mountjoy.
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by Truth » 05 May 2021 Read
KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Looking at Selby's record during that period I notice he lost 9-0 to Mark Williams at the 1999 UK Championship and followed that with a 5-0 loss to Stuart Bingham.
He also lost 5-0 to Steve Davis in the 2000 China Open. So I think we can safely conclude that a 13 year old Selby would not have presented much threat to Davis at the 97 Masters.
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by Andre147 » 06 May 2021 Read
Simply answering the question of the thread, with his A game he had a definate chance to win the world title back then, but lots of great players in their prime waiting so his test would be as hard as ever.
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by Ronnie79 » 07 May 2021 Read
this really is a retarded question in played in that era, turned pro in 199 and was sh1t so no chance
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by Juddernaut88 » 07 May 2021 Read
Ronnie79 wrote:this really is a retarded question in played in that era, turned pro in 199 and was sh1t so no chance
He must be some player then being over 1800 years old.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 11 May 2021 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:Ronnie79 wrote:this really is a retarded question in played in that era, turned pro in 199 and was sh1t so no chance
He must be some player then being over 1800 years old.
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by CaldoTheKid » 14 May 2021 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:vodkadiet wrote:Pink Ball wrote:vodkadiet wrote:He certainly wouldn't have won the title in 1993. Hendry was awesome that year.
Probably the best performance I've seen over the course of an entire championship.
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The funny thing about the culmination of that year's event was that Hendry hadn't played White all season. The last time he had played him just a week after beating him in the 1992 final, when he beat him 9-0 in The Matchroom League Final.
At the end of 1993 final,
Hendry had therefore won 37 of the last 42 frames he had played against White.
This stat is made all the more remarkable when you consider that White was absolutely flying in practice at the time.
Not quite White in his autobiography he had hadn't had proper practise for a good while because he had broken up with his wife and so was drinking and snorting coke more than ever.
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by chengdufan » 14 May 2021 Read
CaldoTheKid wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:This stat is made all the more remarkable when you consider that White was absolutely flying in practice at the time.
Not quite White in his autobiography he had hadn't had proper practise for a good while because he had broken up with his wife and so was drinking and snorting coke more than ever.
You need to take that back, young fella.
Suggesting on the island that there may have been a time when Jimmy was not flying in practice is a bannable offence.
Jimmy is and always was flying in practice.
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by SnookerFan » 14 May 2021 Read
Is that the true meaning of "flying in practice"? He was actually high in practice.
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by Juddernaut88 » 14 May 2021 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Is that the true meaning of "flying in practice"? He was actually high in practice.
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