by Granite » 25 Mar 2023 Read
Time for the Crucible King since 2014 and the best player in the world for the last 10 years to get his crown back.
You can feel it, right?
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by Granite » 25 Mar 2023 Read
Pink Ball wrote:buck off
He's gunning for #7 in a recent interview.
It's now or never.
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by Granite » 25 Mar 2023 Read
#7 is going to be really tough but #5 would be so sweet.
He'd have his own tier above Higgins and Williams. I want that #5.
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by Juddernaut88 » 25 Mar 2023 Read
Selby won't win another world championship.
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by HappyCamper » 25 Mar 2023 Read
Mark Selby is a good lad who means well.
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by Iranu » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Granite wrote:Pink Ball wrote:buck off
He's gunning for #7 in a recent interview.
It's now or never.
Now would be #5.
At best it’s 2025 or never.
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by Prop » 26 Mar 2023 Read
I used to work with someone whose favourite player was Selby. It was quite the novelty. I wanted to suggest he went for a brain scan but in the end I just kept my distance.
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by Holden Chinaski » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Granite wrote:Time for the Crucible King since 2014 and the best player in the world for the last 10 years to get his crown back.
You can feel it, right?
Cockwomble.
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by Womble » 26 Mar 2023 Read
If I had to made a prediction I would say I think it will be a Ronnie/selby final.
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by Granite » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:Selby won't win another world championship.
Selby's ironically been the overall 2nd best player in the last 3 editions of the World Championships, despite not being the man to beat since 2017.
If not for O'Sullivan in 2020 he'd have stomped Wilson in the finals and be on #5 by now.
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by Pink Ball » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Granite wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:Selby won't win another world championship.
Selby's ironically been the overall 2nd best player in the last 3 editions of the World Championships, despite not being the man to beat since 2017.
If not for O'Sullivan in 2020 he'd have stomped Wilson in the finals and be on #5 by now.
Yes, he’d have won the World Championship if he hadn’t lost a match.
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by Holden Chinaski » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Selby got spanked in 2020.
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by Pink Ball » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Womble wrote:If I had to made a prediction I would say I think it will be a Ronnie/selby final.
Woah woah woah, slow down there Evil Knievel.
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by Womble » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Womble wrote:If I had to made a prediction I would say I think it will be a Ronnie/selby final.
Woah woah woah, slow down there Evil Knievel.
I don't want to make too much of a commitment.
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by Granite » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Even with a gap of 3 World Championships over Selby, O'Sullivan fans are in the mud.
Selby really is that dude that imposed the most fear among the O'Sullivan camp and still continues to do so
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by Granite » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Tik tok...tik tok...hunt for #7 is on my friends.
O'Sullivans GOAT status just may be the shortest tenure Snooker has had
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by Pink Ball » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Granite wrote:Even with a gap of 3 World Championships over Selby, O'Sullivan fans are in the mud.
Selby really is that dude that imposed the most fear among the O'Sullivan camp and still continues to do so
Not everyone who doesn’t like Selby is an O’Sullivan. I for one just find him tedious.
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by Pink Ball » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Granite wrote:Tik tok...tik tok...hunt for #7 is on my friends.
O'Sullivans GOAT status just may be the shortest tenure Snooker has had
He’d have to get to at least eight to be considered better than O’Sullivan. He’s a great player but he has as much chance as I have of ever being the GOAT.
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by LC » 26 Mar 2023 Read
I think he could win more, he will play on for years and despite his troubles I don’t think it affects him that much he’s won 2 rankers this season and is 19/20 in finals, I thought ROS would never win anymore after 2014 but he did
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by Granite » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Granite wrote:Tik tok...tik tok...hunt for #7 is on my friends.
O'Sullivans GOAT status just may be the shortest tenure Snooker has had
He’d have to get to at least eight to be considered better than O’Sullivan. He’s a great player but he has as much chance as I have of ever being the GOAT.
Selby is only 39.
O'Sullivan has won 2 World Championships in his 40s, Williams has won 1 and posted other good performances in the last few years, Higgins has reached multiple finals in his 40s.
Selby has multiple chances to add to his tally. He's not Robertson or Trump at the Crucible. We're talking about men vs boys here.
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by Granite » 26 Mar 2023 Read
Unless the sport of Snooker gets a young gun winning big titles like tennis currently has in the form of Carlos Alcaraz, Selby can do this in his 40s.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 27 Mar 2023 Read
I saw a prediction last year that Selby would get to 7 and O'Sullivan to 10.
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by Pink Ball » 27 Mar 2023 Read
Granite wrote:Pink Ball wrote:Granite wrote:Tik tok...tik tok...hunt for #7 is on my friends.
O'Sullivans GOAT status just may be the shortest tenure Snooker has had
He’d have to get to at least eight to be considered better than O’Sullivan. He’s a great player but he has as much chance as I have of ever being the GOAT.
Selby is only 39.
O'Sullivan has won 2 World Championships in his 40s, Williams has won 1 and posted other good performances in the last few years, Higgins has reached multiple finals in his 40s.
Selby has multiple chances to add to his tally. He's not Robertson or Trump at the Crucible. We're talking about men vs boys here.
Let’s say he gets to 7 (very slim chance)
Does he win another 18 ranking titles? Does he equal O’Sullivan on 21 triple crowns (O’Sullivan currently leads 21-9). These are all huge asks, but they also presume O’Sullivan won’t add a single title from here to forever.
O’Sullivan could get overtaken in my lifetime. Selby isn’t going to.
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by badtemperedcyril » 27 Mar 2023 Read
He might not be the most popular player on here but personally, I find Selby’s A game quite attractive to watch. We haven’t seen that much of it in recent years but when he’s striking the ball well and plays with authority his AST comes down considerably. I’d love to see him produce that form in Sheffield. If he could get to that level again then his rivalry with Ronnie produces the most fascinating contests in snooker.
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by The_Abbott » 27 Mar 2023 Read
Selby will win his fifth. Mark my words.
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2023 Read
#1 looming.
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by SnookerEd25 » 27 Mar 2023 Read
SnookerFan wrote:#1 looming.
Now THAT is a post.
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