Re: International Championship Final Discussion !!
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Andre147 - Posts: 41782
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Snooker Overdrive wrote:Great achievement for Ding but I learned from my years of watching this game that every time someone looked like dominating another player came along and ended that spell of domination. Selby, Trump are recent examples.
Wildey wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Great achievement for Ding but I learned from my years of watching this game that every time someone looked like dominating another player came along and ended that spell of domination. Selby, Trump are recent examples.
but Ding now up to 9 ranking event wins
hes gone from 5 wins to 9 wins in 8 months that is the closest anyone in recent years has got to dominating.
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Wildey wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Great achievement for Ding but I learned from my years of watching this game that every time someone looked like dominating another player came along and ended that spell of domination. Selby, Trump are recent examples.
but Ding now up to 9 ranking event wins
hes gone from 5 wins to 9 wins in 8 months that is the closest anyone in recent years has got to dominating.
All that is very impressive but the real tests are yet to come.
TheRocket wrote:Well done Ding. Its really impressive that he somehow always pulls off a high break of 90+ in final (crucial) frames when the pressure is at his highest. I must say, in terms of breakbuilding he's probably at the same level as John Higgins in his best times. At least he is very very close. Only Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan are (still) above him in this department.
The time has come for Ding Junhui to win the World Championship. He's a complete player now and as good as ever. He's ready to win it and I think that Ding will end as an Alltime Great. He has so much more talent than the others and he is only 26.
Wildey wrote:i think its important to note winning a Major is one tournament Joe Johnson and Dennis Taylor managed a World Title. personally id prefer to have won Many Many tournaments like Ding is doing rather than having a 2 week purple Patch and become World Champion.
Wildey wrote:nothing at all to do with Ronnie yes becoming World Champion is special however now Ding has put himself in a position that if he Wins the World title it puts him on a different level to someone playing well for 2 weeks. hes played well all season that what makes a player great not just winning a World Title.
Skullman wrote:Selby's up there in terms of majors (4) and really only needs a Worlds to be put into consideration, although I think he needs to bulk up his number of ordinary rankers as well.
Skullman wrote:Unfortunately I've missed the entirety of the event from the semis onwards. I managed to sneak a few peeks at the live scoring and last time I checked Marco was 9-8 up. What happened then? Also, can anyone tell me what the state of the British Eurosport coverage was like, so I tell how much of the final Sky+ recorded.
Skullman wrote:Also, well done Ding (although I wanted Marco to win), he's a machine at the moment, but it'll be interesting how he does later on in the season. I'm sceptical that can he maintain his great form from now until May. Also, one thing to note. The last person to win three rankers on the spin in the same season was Hendry, and despite his great run, he fell short at the Crucible later that season. I'm not saying it'll happen to Ding, but something to keep in mind...
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Jimmy White is unfortunately not an all time great. He needed at least one World Title.
John Spencer: he has the achievements but I have to admit - I never really heard of him. There must be a reason why the (BBC) pundits never seem to mention him.
Andre147 PGC wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Jimmy White is unfortunately not an all time great. He needed at least one World Title.
John Spencer: he has the achievements but I have to admit - I never really heard of him. There must be a reason why the (BBC) pundits never seem to mention him.
Sory SO but Jimmy is and will always be an all time great, yes he didn't win the Worlds, but fell short 6 times, 4 of them to the greatest ever, plus he too like Alex Higgins and Ronnie helped the growing interest in snooker massively.
John Spencer... well.. it was a different era, but I too think he can be considered an all time great of snooker.
Dannyboy wrote:What is Stephen Hendry's record for prize money won in a season?
Ding has won £257,000 in 6 weeks!
Sonny wrote:That was one of the best matches I've ever seen. Ding would doubtless have made more centuries if he wasn't playing such a determined opponent in Fu. The last 2 frames won by Ding were just awe inspiring. Given the frame Fu won for 9-8 lasted more than an hour, for Ding to make the break he made in the next frame using just the blue and requiring several in and out of baulk recoveries, and each time landing just off ideal angle on the next red to leave it awkward, that was one of the best breaks I've ever seen in the circumstances. And then he goes and makes a 90 odd in the decider, again with a few challenges along the way requiring some massive balls to overcome. It was quite simply phenomenal. And all credit to Fu for his part in the final and sportsmanship at the end. I said it would be a high quality match didn't I? But wow, what a standard from start to finish.