Sonny wrote:Don't know how you can be critical of him. He had Bingham 5-1 up playing care free and not missing to suddenly not getting any chances and thinking too much. 6-5 from 5-1 down. But he does it all the time!
Then Williams was awful and nothing can be read into Selby's performance because he wasn't put under any pressure and did what he had to do. Then he had Dotty looking like killing him off when it was 4-1 and 4-2 in the semi but he dug in and exploited a weakness in his opponent (frustration) and won ugly.
Then today he owned Neil Robertson in the Masters final. Great tournament.
I wrote earlier yesterday before the final started,...
,... Selby looked dead and buried in his first round when Bingham went 5-1 up and Bingham had several chances to wrap up the match but just could,nt get over the line.
Although the scoreline against Williams looks a one way track,(6-1),it certainly was,nt,both players were well off song,especially Williams who played some of the worst snooker he,s ever produced in a pro Tourney,especially in a BIGGIE like this Masters!.
Selby once again SHOULD have been thrown out of this years Masters by Dott in the semi-final,trailing 4-1 and once again playin way off his very best,he comes back and wins yet another decider,Dott messing up chances similar to what Bingham did.
All in all though,bottom line is,...one could say,if there opponents can,t take there chances and put them away,then it,s not Robbos and Selbys fault,we still have to give every credit for these 2 not giving up and bein able to turn the match around.
I,ve said it before and i,ll say it again,....Snooker,just like other sports and life in general are,can be fullllll of SHOULDS,COULDS,SHOULD HAVE,COULD HAVE etc,but at the end of the day,a win is a win and it,s not just down to luck,the run of the balls,coincidence if a player keeps gettin far in or even goes on to win many tournaments.
Selby indeed had Robbo on toast in the final,Robbo only maybe scared Selbs a tiny,wee bit when he came back to make it 8-6,apart from that he was in control of the final,you have to admit though,Selbs did have the run of the ball a good few times which obviously made it even more tough for Robbo to comeback,on the other hand Robbo,like Bingham and Dott had more than enough chances throughout the match,Robbo was way off his best but thats the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.
All in all,It,s crazy how Selbs managed to win this tourney,i mean i,ve witnessed far better,far more convincing performances to win a tournament,but credit to him for not giving up.
Thanks to these comebacks he keeps making,his tremendous grit,grinding abilities,he,s getting himself a very good aura,many players are scared,or are gonna get scared of him,(is scared the right word?!
) if he keeps it up,a bit like when many were scared of Davis,Hendry,Ronnie,Higgins,Willams in there hey days,he,s obviously miles off of them but you know what i mean.
On a last note for the mom,one thing that i,ve noticed,i,m sure many have noticed who follow snooker or better said follow Selby is that his breakbuilding has gone downhill in the past few tourneys and the reason for that is mainly due to his positional play,he had a good long spell where he was knocking in centuries,Big breaks like they were easy as pie,he,s been struggling with that POSITIONAL part of the game lately thats also why his play looks very negative at times,yes he does play more safety than most other players,(it,s not forbidden) but many times he plays safe cause he runs out of position.
Sometime he,ll get that back on track and when/if he does,boy,he,s gonna be an even more of a handfull for anyone,he,ll start to finish frames in 1,2 visits and won,t need to have to grind so much.
Anyway,one could discuss forever,i,ve said my bit,take care,see you all soon.