LDS wrote:What I'm talking about is plain and obvious.
Who are the young players currently making a name for themselves as has historically always been the case with snooker.
We could argue that Yan and Zhao were this era's young talent, but even then that's a bit of a stretch in that neither player really exemplified what is meant by a 'new talent' in terms of how it normally works.
You seem to be wanting to make the case that, yes, they were this era's new talent but it's just been removed by the bannings. Which is fine, but you seem to get excited/confused when people reply to your postulations.
I think the replies have been clear enough and that you're just struggling to make a case for the two players being obvious new young talents, which probably frustrates you?
I am right in thinking you're trying to make the argument that "no, our era doesn't lack new talent and this era isn't that different to any other", right?
What are you talking about?
Krazee said that Zhao had faded. I questioned whether less than a year constituted fading. I have said no more about what he and Yan have actually done so far than you did beyond that it was more than a couple of the names you’r mentioned.
Separately I suggested that you could argue the period from 1990-2010 was anomalous as that was the period that as you rightly said was an ‘era of youth’, compared to around 3-4 in the other eras.
So no, you're not right and that’s not what I was saying. I even said, quite plainly, that there
was a difference.
Are you quite certain that I’m the one who’s confused?