SnookerFan wrote:Witz78 wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Ken Doherty vs Liang will be interesting. Liang has struggled for form, if you don't count the World Cup that was a team game. But Ken is past his best too.
This could turn out to be a pretty interesting quarter-final line-up. I'd love to see a decent tournament run by Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry. Though, I may just be dreaming.
could be the worst QF line up ever more like. These donkey journeymen of around 40 year old benefitting from the stinking attitude of the elite, and thus securing their top 32 places in the rankings for eternity
Wenbo my big hope now in this tournament.
It's not their faults if the top-16 play badly, can't be fussed or are too tired from playing in the World Cup. You only beat what's put in front of you. The oldies came through qualifying, just like any other player, so can't complain.
Besides, Hendry is provisionally ranked 17, and finished last season in the official top-16. Hardly a journeyman.
Hendry wasnt really in my thoughts when i said that, but yeh i guess he almost falls into that category now.
Im thinking more along the lines of the likes of McLeod, Campbell, M.Davis, Dale etc who have been around for years doing nothing yet still are doing enough to stay high, infact all of them doing as well as they have in their careers.
fair play to them i guess for stepping it up and earning a last few seasons paydays before the young guns emerge
but the likes of the top 16 will look back in years to come and think, i wish id given it my all when i was at the top of my game, the way the sport is heading i think the days of players being regular fixtures in the top 1 for 10,15,20 years will be gone, bar a few exceptions.