by SnookerFan » 14 Dec 2017 Read
kolompar wrote:Happy birthday Jonathan Bagley.
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by Andre147 » 14 Dec 2017 Read
I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Andre147 wrote:I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
Being world no. 1 means nothing whatsoever. One might become no. 1 by reaching finals and final stages of tournaments, but I doubt any top pro would care more about that than about winning tournaments.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:Andre147 wrote:I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
Being world no. 1 means nothing whatsoever. One might become no. 1 by reaching finals and final stages of tournaments, but I doubt any top pro would care more about that than about winning tournaments.
That makes no sense Johnny. You cannot be no 1 without winning tournaments.
I worry that Selby has become complacent as his dominance has been so complete - he needs to guard against that. I would hate a situation like in cycling where only one event really matters, and the no 1 let's other players have the scraps. I want all tournaments to be fought over hard.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Andre147 wrote:I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
Being world no. 1 means nothing whatsoever. One might become no. 1 by reaching finals and final stages of tournaments, but I doubt any top pro would care more about that than about winning tournaments.
That makes no sense Johnny. You cannot be no 1 without winning tournaments.
I worry that Selby has become complacent as his dominance has been so complete - he needs to guard against that. I would hate a situation like in cycling where only one event really matters, and the no 1 let's other players have the scraps. I want all tournaments to be fought over hard.
Selby has not become complacent, he simply isn't good enough to dominate. I've never ever seen him steamroll opponents throughout a tournament the way Ronnie and Hendry have.
Even the WC's he's won, he barely scrapped through certain rounds.
And you can become wn1 even without winning tournaments, tennis is a very good example.
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by eraserhead » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Great clearance from Guodong to win the decider.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
How Huggil managed to make it so far is beyond me.
He's one of the weakest players out there.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
He can't even get on a color with all the reds spread across the table
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by masterdoctorgenius » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Fu the defending champ comes back from 0-3 to force the decider. Leads with 50 odd point and Xiao somehow produces a 73 clearance.
It happenes so often that the player who comes back doesnt get rewarded in the end (bar Selby the comeback king)
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by TheRocket » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:How Huggil managed to make it so far is beyond me.
He's one of the weakest players out there.
We did see the same in Northern Ireland. The bo7 format and the amount of tournaments (fatigue) is affecting the toppros quite heavily. Some toppros obviously don't even turn up and skip this.
What you get is a terrible standard and many journeymen in the last 16 and even in quarters and semis.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Andre147 wrote:I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
Being world no. 1 means nothing whatsoever. One might become no. 1 by reaching finals and final stages of tournaments, but I doubt any top pro would care more about that than about winning tournaments.
That makes no sense Johnny. You cannot be no 1 without winning tournaments.
I worry that Selby has become complacent as his dominance has been so complete - he needs to guard against that. I would hate a situation like in cycling where only one event really matters, and the no 1 let's other players have the scraps. I want all tournaments to be fought over hard.
Selby has not become complacent, he simply isn't good enough to dominate. I've never ever seen him steamroll opponents throughout a tournament the way Ronnie and Hendry have.
Even the WC's he's won, he barely scrapped through certain rounds.
And you can become wn1 even without winning tournaments, tennis is a very good example.
I know little of tennis, but that is irrelevant.
It is either impossible or practically impossible to be No1 without winning tournaments in snooker. I am happy to be corrected by a counterexample though.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
TheRocket wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:How Huggil managed to make it so far is beyond me.
He's one of the weakest players out there.
We did see the same in Northern Ireland. The bo7 format and the amount of tournaments (fatigue) is affecting the toppros quite heavily. Some toppros obviously don't even turn up and skip this.
What you get is a terrible standard and many journeymen in the last 16 and even in quarters and semis.
This Huggil guy can't even make a 20 break
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Robbo leads 3-2 and we will have a decider in the McLeod vs Walden match
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by boris_the_butcher » 14 Dec 2017 Read
I hoped to use 'Amazing Grace beats bottle blonde bore' as a headline. i'm disappointed.
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by Iranu » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Andre147 wrote:I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
Being world no. 1 means nothing whatsoever. One might become no. 1 by reaching finals and final stages of tournaments, but I doubt any top pro would care more about that than about winning tournaments.
That makes no sense Johnny. You cannot be no 1 without winning tournaments.
I worry that Selby has become complacent as his dominance has been so complete - he needs to guard against that. I would hate a situation like in cycling where only one event really matters, and the no 1 let's other players have the scraps. I want all tournaments to be fought over hard.
Didn't Hendry become WN1 in 2006 or something despite not winning anything?
I might be wrong but I'm sure I remember him saying at the time that he'd rather be winning tournaments than be WN1.
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by TheRocket » 14 Dec 2017 Read
pathetic performance from Hugill. As worse as I've seen anyone play. Some players are just wasting their time. They'll never achieve anything in this game. The only thing they might do is causing an upset in first or second rounds. Thats it.
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by Incident on 57th street 20 » 14 Dec 2017 Read
TheRocket wrote:pathetic performance from Hugill. As worse as I've seen anyone play. Some players are just wasting their time. They'll never achieve anything in this game. The only thing they might do is causing an upset in first or second rounds. Thats it.
Yes it's terrible.
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Iranu wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Andre147 wrote:I think Selby will start playing great once again in the New year.
He knows Ronnie has a realistic chance of taking his number 1 spot.
Being world no. 1 means nothing whatsoever. One might become no. 1 by reaching finals and final stages of tournaments, but I doubt any top pro would care more about that than about winning tournaments.
That makes no sense Johnny. You cannot be no 1 without winning tournaments.
I worry that Selby has become complacent as his dominance has been so complete - he needs to guard against that. I would hate a situation like in cycling where only one event really matters, and the no 1 let's other players have the scraps. I want all tournaments to be fought over hard.
Didn't Hendry become WN1 in 2006 or something despite not winning anything?
I might be wrong but I'm sure I remember him saying at the time that he'd rather be winning tournaments than be WN1.
Good example, you sir are correct. I forgot about that one
Here's the link to prove it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker_season_2006/2007
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by Badsnookerplayer » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Fair play with the example but I still don't think being no.1 is meaningless
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Incident on 57th street 20 wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Neil delivers the coup-de-grace with a century
back to back centuries.
I'd love to see him winning this, if Ronnie gets beat by Riggins
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by boris_the_butcher » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Joe Johnson thinks Hugill is set for a good career, maybe but not in snooker.
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by LC » 14 Dec 2017 Read
These young players are so far away from the old guards top level that is why they are continuing to rule the top of the game
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by Incident on 57th street 20 » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Incident on 57th street 20 wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Neil delivers the coup-de-grace with a century
back to back centuries.
Sorry, he only had one century.
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by boris_the_butcher » 14 Dec 2017 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:Incident on 57th street 20 wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Neil delivers the coup-de-grace with a century
back to back centuries.
I'd love to see him winning this, if Ronnie gets beat by Riggins
Rohn Riggins?
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by Johnny Bravo » 14 Dec 2017 Read
boris_the_butcher wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Incident on 57th street 20 wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Neil delivers the coup-de-grace with a century
back to back centuries.
I'd love to see him winning this, if Ronnie gets beat by Riggins
Rohn Riggins?
John C heattiggins
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