by vodkadiet1 » 17 Aug 2020 Read
Which Crucible finalist had the least cue ball control?
1. Perrie Mans
2. Doug Mountjoy
3. Kyren Wilson
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by Cloud Strife » 17 Aug 2020 Read
Judd Trump
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by SnookerFan » 17 Aug 2020 Read
Ronnie, according to himself.
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by vodkadiet1 » 18 Aug 2020 Read
Mans
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by badtemperedcyril » 18 Aug 2020 Read
The 78 World final between Mans and Reardon is a great watch. They often say about Perrie's lack of breaks but he was a fantastic competitor nonetheless and what a potter! The times he powered in a long red and screwed back to baulk! There wasn't really another player around then that could play those shots either... maybe Higgins, Spencer and Werbeniuk would be about the lot.
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by The_Abbott » 18 Aug 2020 Read
I wonder if anyone mounts with joy over Doug's ball control
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by Empire State Human » 18 Aug 2020 Read
Got to be Mans.
I thought Doug Mountjoy's cue ball wasn't that bad. Probably ahead of Dennis Taylor's, who never refused to leave the cueball on the cushion as a semi-shot to nothing if he could.
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by vodkadiet1 » 18 Aug 2020 Read
Empire State Human wrote:Got to be Mans.
I thought Doug Mountjoy's cue ball wasn't that bad. Probably ahead of Dennis Taylor's, who never refused to leave the cueball on the cushion as a semi-shot to nothing if he could.
Yeah, that is true about Taylor.
Silvino Francisco's cue ball was awful. And he won the Dulux in 85, albeit helped by bullying Kirk Stevens in an interval.
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by badtemperedcyril » 19 Aug 2020 Read
South African’s all seemed to be good solid potters but very loose with the cue-ball. Peter Francisco was similar but not as bad as Silvino and Mans.
Bit surprised to see Doug in this poll really. His positional play was good enough to make three consecutive centuries during his victory over Stephen Hendry in the UK final.
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by vodkadiet1 » 19 Aug 2020 Read
badtemperedcyril wrote:South African’s all seemed to be good solid potters but very loose with the cue-ball. Peter Francisco was similar but not as bad as Silvino and Mans.
Bit surprised to see Doug in this poll really. His positional play was good enough to make three consecutive centuries during his victory over Stephen Hendry in the UK final.
Steve Davis criticised Mountjoy's positional play.
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by Dragonfly » 20 Aug 2020 Read
badtemperedcyril wrote:South African’s all seemed to be good solid potters but very loose with the cue-ball. Peter Francisco was similar but not as bad as Silvino and Mans.
Bit surprised to see Doug in this poll really. His positional play was good enough to make three consecutive centuries during his victory over Stephen Hendry in the UK final.
I remember that match. It was an extraordinary performance by Mountjoy.
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by badtemperedcyril » 20 Aug 2020 Read
Dragonfly wrote:badtemperedcyril wrote:South African’s all seemed to be good solid potters but very loose with the cue-ball. Peter Francisco was similar but not as bad as Silvino and Mans.
Bit surprised to see Doug in this poll really. His positional play was good enough to make three consecutive centuries during his victory over Stephen Hendry in the UK final.
I remember that match. It was an extraordinary performance by Mountjoy.
Miraculous for a 46-year old who was plummeting down the rankings.
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by vodkadiet1 » 20 Aug 2020 Read
badtemperedcyril wrote:Dragonfly wrote:badtemperedcyril wrote:South African’s all seemed to be good solid potters but very loose with the cue-ball. Peter Francisco was similar but not as bad as Silvino and Mans.
Bit surprised to see Doug in this poll really. His positional play was good enough to make three consecutive centuries during his victory over Stephen Hendry in the UK final.
I remember that match. It was an extraordinary performance by Mountjoy.
Miraculous for a 46-year old who was plummeting down the rankings.
It was a miraculous performance. But Mountjoy's positional play was still achilles heel. This is all relative. For a World finalist it wasn't great but fine if he was someone who only ever reached the round of 16.
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