by Andy Spark » 08 Feb 2017 Read
An interesting stat...
Ronnie O'Sullivan's decider win percentage: 62.87%
Mark Selby's decider win percentage 60.47%.
If commentators actually looked at the facts then they might say something interesting once in a while. They might come up with some interesting statistics that reveal a truth. Instead, we get Phill Yates's endless puns and cliches with the vocal inflections of a robot DJ...
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by hendry_fan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Gouldy loses pos after 54,takes on a longish red but misses,gives Selbs a 3rd bite at the cherry,but he misses that opportunity as well.
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by hendry_fan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Selbs misses his 4th opportunity,this time he misses a longish red,Leaves Gouldy an easyish opener and he gets it,makes 13,then plays safe,Selbs needs 3 snookers,plays a very poor saftey,then offers Gouldy his hand.
Selby loses a decider!,very unlike him to not finish the match,especially gettin 4 bites at the cherry.
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by TheRocket » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Iron man Selby has bottled it against the bottler Martin Gould .
Sometimes strange things can happen.
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by Johnny Bravo » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Bye bye Slowby
Good riddance !!!
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by SnookerFan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Selby hasn't had a great couple of tournaments, it must be said.
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by TheRocket » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:Bye bye Slowby
Good riddance !!!
to be fair. he really went for his shots today. the blue in the decider and then the long red he missed when he was 40 points behind. Very selby unlike shots. Probably thought there's no way he's gonna lose a decider against Gould.
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by eraserhead » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Selby didn't keep his cool in that decider, he has done this quite often in matches recently.
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by Andy Spark » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Not just Ronnie, but Ding Junhui (63.09%) also has a superior decider win percentage to Selby. Nice that we now have cue tracker to check the facts(!) and just as I always suspected, a lot of what the commentators say is wrong, Selby's percentage of deciders won is quite good but hardly outstanding as Phil Yates claimed it was.
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by sas6789 » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:Bye bye Slowby
Good riddance !!!
Selby's not slow at all.
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by masterdoctorgenius » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Selby lost his fair of deciders this season but you can argue that he won the most important one vs higgins at the UK.
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by SnookerFan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
sas6789 wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:Bye bye Slowby
Good riddance !!!
Selby's not slow at all.
Can. Worms.
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by SnookerFan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Guys, quick question: did Robbo play well today against Walden?
Not by the sound of it.
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by Andre147 » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Guys, quick question: did Robbo play well today against Walden?
Until 2-0 he did, then it was the Robbo from November onwards: marmite.
Walden could have easily won it if he didn't need zillion chances to win frames.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Thanks!
In that case I'm fairly optimistic regarding Ronnie's chances tomorrow.
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by SnookerFan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Ronnie plays better in tournamemts where he has caused controversy. I think he believes it proves a point.
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by Andre147 » 08 Feb 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Ronnie plays better in tournamemts where he has caused controversy. I think he believes it proves a point.
That is very true.
I can think of 2 quick examples but I'm sure there are more:
After his 2006 UK walk-out, he wins the next event, the 2007 Masters.
After his China presser in 2008, he wins the Worlds.
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by Andre147 » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Last year at the Welsh with the 146 is another example, and even in the 2010 World Open with the 147 that Jan "forced" him to do, he didn't win it but reached the Final nonetheless.
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by SnookerFan » 08 Feb 2017 Read
Andre147 wrote:Last year at the Welsh with the 146 is another example, and even in the 2010 World Open with the 147 that Jan "forced" him to do, he didn't win it but reached the Final nonetheless.
Indeed.
Watch this space.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 08 Feb 2017 Read
TheRocket wrote:Iron man Selby has bottled it against the bottler Martin Gould .
Sometimes strange things can happen.
I watched the decider on YouTube. Snooker is just completely unpredictable. Selby making a mess of 4 chances in a decider, I thought I would never see the day.
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by masterdoctorgenius » 09 Feb 2017 Read
apparently selby had problems with his tip. it split up and had to put a new one a day before the match
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by SnookerFan » 09 Feb 2017 Read
masterdoctorgenius wrote:apparently selby had problems with his tip. it split up and had to put a new one a day before the match
Didn't Fu as well?
Sounds like it's happening to everybody at the moment.
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by masterdoctorgenius » 09 Feb 2017 Read
Tough route for Ronnie. First Robbo and if he masters that hurdle he faces the winner of Hawkins/Trump. Above all the matches are bo7 and a good start is essential.
Win or lose, hope Ronnie plays to a decent standard.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Feb 2017 Read
I would bet money on Ronnie beating Robertson.
For all this talk of Ronnie being past his best, his form has been a thousand times better than Robertson's.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Feb 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:apparently selby had problems with his tip. it split up and had to put a new one a day before the match
Didn't Fu as well?
Sounds like it's happening to everybody at the moment.
TWITTER ATTACK!
Marco Fu @Marcofu18 Split my tip before the Fu King quarter final match...
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by masterdoctorgenius » 09 Feb 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:SnookerFan wrote:masterdoctorgenius wrote:apparently selby had problems with his tip. it split up and had to put a new one a day before the match
Didn't Fu as well?
Sounds like it's happening to everybody at the moment.
TWITTER ATTACK!
Marco Fu @Marcofu18 Split my tip before the
Fu King quarter final match...
that word play. loving it. "Fu[c]King quarterfinal match". lmao.
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by Holden Chinaski » 09 Feb 2017 Read
Andy Spark wrote:An interesting stat...
Ronnie O'Sullivan's decider win percentage: 62.87%
Mark Selby's decider win percentage 60.47%..
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by SnookerFan » 09 Feb 2017 Read
masterdoctorgenius wrote:that word play. loving it. "Fu[c]King quarterfinal match". lmao.
Neil Foulds was making the same gag on Twitter.
The old 'uns are the best.
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by Holden Chinaski » 06 Dec 2021 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:Andre147 wrote:Zhao Xintong has impressed me even more than Bingtao. But Yan isn't far off.
Good call. Zhao is definitely another big talent.
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