by TheRocket » 22 May 2020 Read
Two of the best players never to have won the World title meet in the World final. Both known for their natural ability but also for their twitchiness.
Its prime Jimmy White of the early 90's vs prime Matthew Stevens of the early 00's in a World final.
Who wins the match?
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by SnookerFan » 22 May 2020 Read
TheRocket wrote:Two of the best players never to have won the World title meet in the World final. Both known for their natural ability but also for their twitchiness.
Its prime Jimmy White of the early 90's vs prime Matthew Stevens of the early 00's in a World final.
Who wins the match?
Nobody.
They'd get to 17-17, then the deciding frame would last for eternity.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 22 May 2020 Read
White. If got himself into a winning position and messed up I don't think Stevens would be able to take advantage.
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by TheRocket » 22 May 2020 Read
imo it would be as close as it gets. White probably played his best final in 1992. Stevens certainly in 2000. And both matches had the same pattern. Fantastic snooker for the first 20 frames or so followed by a meltdown. Even though Whites meltdown was probably worse, losing 10 consecutive frames after being 14:8 up.
Stevens still won 3 frames after Williams made the comeback from 13:7 behind.
Can't really pick a winner.
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by SnookerEd25 » 22 May 2020 Read
Kirk Stevens would beat Michael White 18-12
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by HappyCamper » 22 May 2020 Read
Jimmy white, probably.
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by Scooper » 22 May 2020 Read
Jimmy can still win today
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by The Ace » 22 May 2020 Read
The battle of the bottlers. I think Jimmy would probably win it though.
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by Andre147 » 22 May 2020 Read
Jimmy for me too, but it would be tight, 18-15 or closer.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 22 May 2020 Read
Scooper wrote:Jimmy can still win today
If the World Championship doesn't happen this year it'll be the great "what if?",
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by Satch4 » 22 May 2020 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:Kirk Stevens would beat Michael White 18-12
Then fails the drug test
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by Scooper » 22 May 2020 Read
At least Matthew has a new found sense of morality.
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by Iranu » 22 May 2020 Read
Jimmy would win.
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by Pink Ball » 22 May 2020 Read
Do people seriously think White is in the same league as Stevens when it comes to bottling?
White won ten ranking titles. He won every well-known tournament available to him at least once, except for the World Championship.
Stevens won a UK Championship and picked off a few invitationals.
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by HustleKing » 22 May 2020 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Do people seriously think White is in the same league as Stevens when it comes to bottling?
White won ten ranking titles. He won every well-known tournament available to him at least once, except for the World Championship.
Stevens won a UK Championship and picked off a few invitationals.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if this hypothetical world final had a comfortable margin of victory for Jimmy, possibly 18-9 to 18-11
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by Andre147 » 23 May 2020 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Do people seriously think White is in the same league as Stevens when it comes to bottling?
White won ten ranking titles. He won every well-known tournament available to him at least once, except for the World Championship.
Stevens won a UK Championship and picked off a few invitationals.
Stevens was a great player, UK and Masters Champion, twice WC runner-up and reaching the latter stages numerous times too.
White did indeed win a lot more than Stevens, but I don't think it would be one-sided. Stevens was a terrific scorer in his prime, lots of big breaks.
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