Skullman wrote:And Murphy finishes Fergal off to win his first event carrying ranking points in almost three years. Not a big title, but I doubt any player will say no to a confidence boost and a trophy.
He’s played well when he had to. Made plenty of good breaks, including his third career max and his long potting was as good as I’ve seen it. He even played good safety and his cannons were very un-Murphylike (aka they worked out). Let’s see what effect it has on the rest of his season…
Yeah, very happy to see Murphy play well again and win an event, even if it is only a PTC it's like you say, hopefully this result will boost for greater things.
He's wonderful to watch on this sort of form, and sometimes he can be underated by some, he's not in the level of Robbo, Ding or Selby for instance, but at his best I would put him up there close, would be in the same level of them if he had a better safety game.
And glad Skull kept the forum alive
I didn't post much because I had some internet problems over the weekend, particularly today.
The turning point for me in this match wasn't so much the first frame when both had chances but definately the 2nd... Murphy missed a black off its spot, scattered the reds all over the place and Fergal looked odds on to take the frame but missed an easy pink to right middle and Murphy took a 2nd chance to lead 2 nil, and from there Fergal couldn't really recover.