by TheRocket » 05 May 2017 Read
Seems to be some kind of hot topic the recent days. So. Who is the greater player? Who would you put first in the All-time Great list?
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by Alex0paul » 05 May 2017 Read
MS
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by SnookerFan » 05 May 2017 Read
Mark Williams. Just.
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by Dannyboy » 06 May 2017 Read
Annoyingly, Selby.
He's won £1m in one season FFS.
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by SnookerEd25 » 06 May 2017 Read
Better player or better person?
Oh, actually, Williams on both counts. At their peaks.
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by kolompar » 06 May 2017 Read
How can you have Selby as greater? He won most of his titles in 3 years in a very weak era. Remember when he was just a 2 time ranking event winner, because there was competition? He's just a better version of Stuart Bingham.
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by SnookerFan » 06 May 2017 Read
kolompar wrote:How can you have Selby as greater? He won most of his titles in 3 years in a very weak era. Remember when he was just a 2 time ranking event winner, because there was competition? He's jdust a better version of Stuart Bingham.
Selby beat Ronnie, Ding and Higgins in his three Crucible final wins. Which one of those opponents do you consider to be weak?
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by Cloud Strife » 06 May 2017 Read
Williams at his peak, is easily the better player, but it's getting to the stage where it can be reasonably argued that Selby has had the better career.
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by kolompar » 06 May 2017 Read
All of them? Ding is mentally weak. Higgins way past his best, Ronnie too probably, and both choked and threw big leads.
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by sas6789 » 06 May 2017 Read
kolompar wrote:All of them? Ding is mentally weak. Higgins way past his best, Ronnie too probably, and both choked and threw big leads.
Ronnie was looking more dominant than ever in the 2014 final, he won the last 2 world titles in row and blew away his opposition on the way to that final (aside from Perry in the second round) and there was a lot of talk about him breaking Hendry's world title record. As for Ding he's won everything bar the WC so he can't be that mentally weak and something to note is he has literally hundreds of millions of people watching his every move.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 06 May 2017 Read
sas6789 wrote:kolompar wrote:All of them? Ding is mentally weak. Higgins way past his best, Ronnie too probably, and both choked and threw big leads.
Ronnie was looking more dominant than ever in the 2014 final, he won the last 2 world titles in row and blew away his opposition on the way to that final (aside from Perry in the second round) and there was a lot of talk about him breaking Hendry's world title record. As for Ding he's won everything bar the WC so he can't be that mentally weak and something to note is he has literally hundreds of millions of people watching his every move.
So, WILLIAMS or Shelby??
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by Wildey » 09 May 2017 Read
you can't argue against Selby now he's won more World titles and played in more world finals.
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by SnookerFan » 09 May 2017 Read
Wildey wrote:you can't argue against Selby now he's won more World titles and played in more world finals.
I'm beginning to edge towards Selby, for those reasons.
I had originally said Williams, just based on the fact his ranking event total is larger.
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by Dan-cat » 09 May 2017 Read
Peak Williams - for those couple of years - he once won all 3 triple crown events in one season - was better than Selby will ever be. However... Selby is overtaking him on the all time list there's little doubt in my opinion
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