Andre147 wrote:The Cueist wrote::D Andre147
I am talking in the next couple of seasons,The deterioration levels in ROS,HIGGINS and co. Will come about.
Fair point mate
,I had forgot Higgins had won from a big deficit recently.
I even watched the match on Eurosport
I am always out grafting at the moment,So busy i am.I have actually forgotten these facts.
Im not knocking these players,I adore watching ROS in full flow,Love the geezer.
Matthew Stevens,Top fella,Wish he would go and win the worlds.
Higgins,A great player,One of the most consistent.
Williams,Loved him to begin with,Then he developed very aggressive mannerisms and got miserable,Still a great player when he puts his mind to it.
Just passage of time and all that.
It is inevitable me old mate.
Ok fair enough mate... Yeah I know that the age factor in Higgins, Ronnie, Williams, Ebdon, Stevens and so on is inevitable as you say... still, mostly the first three I mentioned, have still a lot to give to the game.... maybe 3 or 4 years before they really start to decline.... Ronnie is in that position already in the rankings, but they mean donkey doo as he is the World Champion, but really cant afford to miss to many tourneys.... But yeah sometimes you first need to look at some important facts before making any judgements...
Higgins, above all, still has that fear factor when Trump plays him, that's why he has lost in the Worlds Final and this season's Shanghai Masters one after being 7-2 up... But I'm not criticising Judd... it takes some time to cope with Higgins's excelent match play snooker... I'm sure he will over their next meetings... because losses can teach you how to correct mistakes you made earlier
Your right,Higgins is a steely and formidable match player and Trump is the future,He will inevitably learn from his past mistakes when playing John,The guy is never beaten.
Quite a feat for a guy who has played at the top for the best part of twenty years or so.
Ronnie,Not so much in that category of fear in Judd's eyes,Similar style of play in my opinion.It will always be on the day between these two.
As for Rankings i am of much the same opinion as yourself mate,They don't apply to the likes of Ronnie,Williams(Has come back from near obscurity before if memory serves me correctly)
I feel Ronnie had his reasons for not journeying too far from home,I know Mark Allen had a few things to say about his absence ,Though he does have a lot to say about a lot of things.
As a fan of Ronnie and the subliminal way that he plays i was a bit sad to not see him at this tournament,I know this much,I cant wait to see him in action at the UK in December.
I am sure he will be trying his level best to do well.
There is one unavoidable fact,If you dont compete on a regular basis,Then you get rusty.
I play snooker once every month,I struggle to make a twenty or thirty break on a club table and jaw countless blacks that i leave as sitters for my mate Steve to mop up.
God knows how you go into a match with no recent match practice and beat top 16 players in these tough playing conditions
Question mate?
Is it me not getting the irony when posters on here bang on about rubbish standard,Posters on here who say things like that cannot have a real understanding or idea of how skillful you have to be ,Just to be half good at snooker let alone subliminal.
They cant play the game surely,Else they wouldnt make these ill thought out comments.
I would like to know your opinion on this one,As i know, you know your snooker.
Andre147