by SnookerFan » 08 Nov 2017 Read
Triple Crown Winner. Been in two further Crucible finals.
Where does Shaun Murphy rank, for you?
Is he consider a great? Just outside of being one?
Or does he not deserve a mention at all?
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by Andre147 » 08 Nov 2017 Read
He's probably up there with Doherty or Parrot.
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by Dan-cat » 08 Nov 2017 Read
Andre147 wrote:He's probably up there with Doherty or Parrot.
Exactly.
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by Cloud Strife » 08 Nov 2017 Read
Let's have a Hendry vs Murphy debate.
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by SnookerFan » 08 Nov 2017 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Let's have a Hendry vs Murphy debate.
Murphy's attacking game is good, but not as good as Prime Hendry's. Murphy's safety game doesn't exist.
End of debate.
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by The_Abbott » 08 Nov 2017 Read
He's definitely up there with Mick Price I'd say
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by SnookerFan » 08 Nov 2017 Read
Andre147 wrote:He's probably up there with Doherty or Parrot.
I'd put Murphy a tad above Doherty.
Both won The Crucible once, and a handful of others. But Murphy won the UK and The Masters too. Doherty didn't.
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by Johnny Bravo » 19 Nov 2017 Read
Let's see now
So far my top 10 includes the likes Ronnie, Hendry, J. Higgins, Davis, Robertson, A. Higgins, Selby, Williams, White, Reardon.
So he's just outside the top 10, maybe even 11th. Ding and Judd are better when they are at their best, but Murphy has achieved more, so he probably edges them.
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by Johnny Bravo » 19 Nov 2017 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:That's a fine top 10. Would you consider Paul Hunter?
He was an amazing player, but I don't know exactly where to rank him.
People are nostalgic and automatically rate the ones that passed higher than they actually were.
I'm not saying that Paul wasn't a great player, cause he was, but I don't think I can include him in my top 10 as it is.
Had he lived on, I reckon he would have won the world championship.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 19 Nov 2017 Read
Yeah it is hard. As you say the sentiment is huge with him. Would love to have seen where he would have been now.
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by Andre147 » 20 Nov 2017 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Yeah it is hard. As you say the sentiment is huge with him. Would love to have seen where he would have been now.
Triple Crown winner for sure. Could actually see him challenge Ronnie's 7 Masters titles. Who knows... had he still be around, Ronnie might not have had 7.
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by vodkadiet » 20 Nov 2017 Read
Murphy is no doubt the greatest snooker player who has ever lived, and ever will live. His victory over all and sundry at last week's Champion of Champions ended all reasonable debate. We will never see the likes again. Enjoy him while you can. As one snooker fan described whilst leaving The Ricoh Arena last Saturday night following Murphy's obliteration of a young Belgian pretender; "I am honoured to be living in the same era as Shaun. The boy has something that only the blessed are born with. I am in no way religious, but when I see him split a tight pack open and give himself a choice of reds I feel that there must be a God. I have even had an instant erection at times whilst watching Shaun construct a frame winning break."
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by SnookerEd25 » 24 Nov 2017 Read
vodkadiet wrote:Murphy is no doubt the greatest snooker player who has ever lived, and ever will live. His victory over all and sundry at last week's Champion of Champions ended all reasonable debate. We will never see the likes again. Enjoy him while you can. As one snooker fan described whilst leaving The Ricoh Arena last Saturday night following Murphy's obliteration of a young Belgian pretender; "I am honoured to be living in the same era as Shaun. The boy has something that only the blessed are born with. I am in no way religious, but when I see him split a tight pack open and give himself a choice of reds I feel that there must be a God. I have even had an instant erection at times whilst watching Shaun construct a frame winning break."
We were all thinking it; you were the only one with the guts to say it.
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by Iranu » 29 Nov 2017 Read
Shaun Murphy is 5th in number of 147s made, behind Ding, Higgins, Hendry and O'Sullivan. Class.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 05 Dec 2017 Read
His last three pots to beat Jimmy tonight were great - that is a fact.
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by Chalk McHugh » 06 Dec 2017 Read
Rolls Royce cueist.Sometimes looks like he wont miss a ball,but mentally and tactically i think he is a long way off the likes of Davis,Ronnie,Higgins and Selby.Always thought he is very weak in the safety department.Lovely to watch when in amongst the balls,though.
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by Alex0paul » 06 Dec 2017 Read
Won the big 3 but aside that he's won a couple of Micky mouse rankers. Lost more finals than he's won too.
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by Cloud Strife » 06 Dec 2017 Read
Murphy's the greatest that ever lived.
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by Holden Chinaski » 06 Dec 2017 Read
He's a smug bastard.
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by SnookerEd25 » 06 Dec 2017 Read
He's the greatest smug bastard that ever lived.
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by SnookerFan » 06 Dec 2017 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Definitely smug, but is he a great??
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by The_Abbott » 06 Dec 2017 Read
He's better than Gary Wilkinson or Martin Clark
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by SnookerFan » 06 Dec 2017 Read
The_Abbott wrote:He's better than Gary Wilkinson or Martin Clark
What makes you say that?
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by The_Abbott » 06 Dec 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:The_Abbott wrote:He's better than Gary Wilkinson or Martin Clark
What makes you say that?
He beat Gary in 2003 and has never played Martin so I have no actual proof but I am not sure Martin would have won the world championship being lucky.
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by Dan-cat » 06 Dec 2017 Read
If we are looking at stats, he's the 13th greatest player ever.
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