Yes for sure, because we need the tournaments where only the best 12 or so players are going for it. This has been truly abysmal now. Basically all the heavy favourites are just killing the tourists now. They are also killing the shocks.
I was about to write that Peter Ebdon has absolutely zero prospects against Gary. Ebdon can still dribble the ball as Gary can´t but it doesn´t matter as Peter always finds himself snookered against Gary. Everyone does. And so it was about to be the case also. Just once again really unlucky me to not having the internet access to write it before the match. But luckily didn´t felt that much down as there were 20 similar other results also! Elliot Slessor, Judd Trump, Joe Perry, Mark Allen, Stuart Bingham, Kyren Wilson, Luca Brecel, Ben Woollaston, Liang Wenbo, you name it. Still had some success, so I guess fair play then...
I don´t know if Peter Ebdon for example is a disgrace as he can´t even threat the best players anymore. I am sure Peter is trying his hardest. He should just be more familiar with the way Gary or Dominic Dale can hide the cue ball. Shot in, shot out. If Dale needs a snooker he makes 10 or even 15 perfect snookers on the trot. Even Ronnie or Murphy at his best can escape only 6 or 7 on the trot, but not more than that. The normal break-building doesn´t count against Gary Wilson. Gary is physically similar to Peter, that´s not an execuse. And nothing wrong with that. Or how Joe Perry can still threat. Peter can´t. Lot´s of similarities but no results to Peter or to Mark King. He also is a one heck of a ball dribble, Mark King. Just without any real results.
If the tourists can raise their game (which I highly doubt), then I wouldn´t miss the Premier League. It was slightly problematic tournament, also. I wouldn´t that much want to see it again. But if just it goes to that, as now surely looks, then it will the case. And us all once again just need to digest it.
And good luck with those people who are ruling themselves out of being any brainy. But having the "class" means they not any nasty either then. Then. Yes. Then. Mysterious player that Anda Zhang. Ruling himself out of having any brain-work going on. Still going for it, claiming to be "classy" person.