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Re: Ding

Postby SnookerFan

I wrote this in the UK Championship thread.

SnookerFan wrote:
Ding is very much a confidence player.

He can be amongst the best in the world, if he believes he's amongst the best in the world. But when he suffers a crisis of confidence his form dips, his confidence gets worse and it's a downward spiral. Look how long it took him to regain confidence after the Ronnie Masters loss. Several seasons.

Then suddenly, he wins a title in China, a place he's been struggling for years, and he wins five rankers in a season. Several of which were in China.

He swings from elite level player to club level player, are very much determined in how he is confidence wise.



I think that pretty much sums Ding up. He's almost as hard to predict as Ronnie. Wouldn't surprise me if he did drop out of the top-16, but at the same time, a good run of form and he could win a ranker.

Re: Ding

Postby Andre147

SnookerFan wrote:I wrote this in the UK Championship thread.

SnookerFan wrote:
Ding is very much a confidence player.

He can be amongst the best in the world, if he believes he's amongst the best in the world. But when he suffers a crisis of confidence his form dips, his confidence gets worse and it's a downward spiral. Look how long it took him to regain confidence after the Ronnie Masters loss. Several seasons.

Then suddenly, he wins a title in China, a place he's been struggling for years, and he wins five rankers in a season. Several of which were in China.

He swings from elite level player to club level player, are very much determined in how he is confidence wise.



I think that pretty much sums Ding up. He's almost as hard to predict as Ronnie. Wouldn't surprise me if he did drop out of the top-16, but at the same time, a good run of form and he could win a ranker.


Yeah that description you made is pretty much spot on. :spot on:

I don't think he'll fall out of Top 16, but needs some good results in the ranking events, and fast.