Cazoo Players Championship Final !!!

TheRocket wrote:they got cocky again. Hope Nadal trashes him at the French.

TheRocket wrote:

Acé wrote:

TheRocket wrote:its a strange season for Ronnie. He's getting to finals so he must be doing something right but he has spells in matches where he struggles to even pot a few balls and looks like he wants to go home. And the slow starts obviously which have been mentioned a lot. Makes a huge difference at this level because it allows opponents to settle in quickly.

He shouldn't have reached the Scottish final he was dreadful there but should've won the Welsh, Welsh was the best and most consistent form he's shown this entire season

Yes there is no doubt the Brown defeat was the worst. I definitely expected him to trash Brown. All the other matches, especially the one in the Scottish you knew his level wasnt gonna be good enough.

Good to see you back here btw.

Andre147 wrote:Just checked the stats..

Ronnie finished the Final with 80% pot success, 35% long pot success.

Can't remember any other Final from him with such low numbers, even the other recently.

Iranu wrote:

Andre147 wrote:Just checked the stats..

Ronnie finished the Final with 80% pot success, 35% long pot success.

Can't remember any other Final from him with such low numbers, even the other recently.

In fairness it’s skewed by how many ridiculous pots he took on.

35% is actually decent LP considering the shots he was going for!

Iranu wrote:I think Higgins genuinely plays snooker the way Ronnie wishes he could, in terms of 100% focus and determination, and always playing the right shot. If Ronnie could have anyone’s game and mindset he’d maybe have Higgins’ over his own.

Obviously he overdoes the praise, though. I didn’t think he was that bad in his runner-up interview, although I wasn’t paying full attention.

For what it’s worth, MJW basically speaks about Higgins the same way he speaks about Ronnie, on Twitter at least.

On an unrelated note, this tournament showed what I’ve been saying for ages and people seem to have forgotten: when Higgins’ long game is on, it is absolutely scary. Up there with the best, I genuinely think that.

Andre147 wrote:Yes Wild you said it all there.

My main problem is he seemed to give up and play ridiculous shots way too early, after the 2nd frame in fact.

Iranu wrote:I think Higgins genuinely plays snooker the way Ronnie wishes he could, in terms of 100% focus and determination, and always playing the right shot. If Ronnie could have anyone’s game and mindset he’d maybe have Higgins’ over his own.

Obviously he overdoes the praise, though. I didn’t think he was that bad in his runner-up interview, although I wasn’t paying full attention.

For what it’s worth, MJW basically speaks about Higgins the same way he speaks about Ronnie, on Twitter at least.

On an unrelated note, this tournament showed what I’ve been saying for ages and people seem to have forgotten: when Higgins’ long game is on, it is absolutely scary. Up there with the best, I genuinely think that.

Iranu wrote:I think Higgins genuinely plays snooker the way Ronnie wishes he could, in terms of 100% focus and determination, and always playing the right shot. If Ronnie could have anyone’s game and mindset he’d maybe have Higgins’ over his own.

Obviously he overdoes the praise, though. I didn’t think he was that bad in his runner-up interview, although I wasn’t paying full attention.

TheRocket wrote:

Iranu wrote:I think Higgins genuinely plays snooker the way Ronnie wishes he could, in terms of 100% focus and determination, and always playing the right shot. If Ronnie could have anyone’s game and mindset he’d maybe have Higgins’ over his own.

Obviously he overdoes the praise, though. I didn’t think he was that bad in his runner-up interview, although I wasn’t paying full attention.

He talks like a little kid who is in awe of his hero. I've seen some great rivalries in any sport but I've never seen something like this where a guy treats his main career rival as some sort of god. We talk about Judd a lot and his bemoaning of bad luck after every match but even that I'd prefer over Ronnies ridiculous comments about Higgins.

Absolutely every relevant stat and number out there proves that Ronnie is a superior player than Higgins but in Ronnies head Higgins is probably the best ever.

Anyways, it is what it is. Even if it doesnt make any sense.

TheRocket wrote:Higgins praises him but when they are out there playing he still treats him just like another opponent. He is playing the table, not the man.

Ronnie was like that in the past as well but the older he got the more Higgins got into his head. There is one stat which needs to be pointed out. Ronnie had a 10:5 lead in multi session matches at one stage. Now its 12:10. That tells you the story.

SnookerFan wrote:So, Higgins finally a tournament winner. He was in scary form.