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Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby SnookerFan » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Alex0paul wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Plays Clarke next.


No he doesn't


I meant Maflin.

Careless.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby sundaygirl » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Session Times

13.00 Today with Hawk vs Ursenbacher on the other table
I’ll be watching

10.00 Tomorrow with Selby vs my new favourite player Noppon Saengkham on the other side of the divide
I’ll be watching at least one frame pre work

19.00 Tomorrow also with Selby on the other side
I’ll be watching


#TeamHiggins for now

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby The_Abbott » 05 Aug 2020 Read

I'm mistaken, I thought this was the John Hoggins watch thread

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby SnookerFan » 05 Aug 2020 Read

The_Abbott wrote:I'm mistaken, I thought this was the John Hoggins watch thread


Who is John Hoggins?

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Juddernaut88 » 05 Aug 2020 Read

SnookerFan wrote:am or pm?


Reminds me of that Christina Millian song called "from am to pm" it was back in 2002. The year Arsenal won the double :happy: but Hendry lost to Ebdon in the world final :(

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Cloud Strife » 05 Aug 2020 Read

SnookerFan wrote:I remember that Ebdon win.


Was one of the best things to ever happen to snooker.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Iranu » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby ROS147 » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?


This is just as rubbish as when Selby does it. The difference is Higgins hasn’t always been like this.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Iranu » 05 Aug 2020 Read

ROS147 wrote:
Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?


This is just as rubbish as when Selby does it. The difference is Higgins hasn’t always been like this.

Neither has Selby, though.

#selbyfanboy

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby ROS147 » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Iranu wrote:
ROS147 wrote:
Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?


This is just as rubbish as when Selby does it. The difference is Higgins hasn’t always been like this.

Neither has Selby, though.

#selbyfanboy


Selby has always played like this, except for a brief period in 2017.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Juddernaut88 » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Cloud Strife wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:I remember that Ebdon win.


Was one of the best things to ever happen to snooker.


Naaa Selby beating Ronnie in the 2014 world final was ;)

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby chengdufan » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?

Higgins has never taken 6 minutes to play a shot

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Iranu » 05 Aug 2020 Read

ROS147 wrote:
Iranu wrote:
ROS147 wrote:
Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?


This is just as rubbish as when Selby does it. The difference is Higgins hasn’t always been like this.

Neither has Selby, though.

#selbyfanboy


Selby has always played like this, except for a brief period in 2017.

He hasn’t though. I think he’s maybe been more willing to play that way. But the way he played in the English Open final this season is far closer to how he used to play.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Holden Chinaski » 05 Aug 2020 Read

chengdufan wrote:
Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?

Higgins has never taken 6 minutes to play a shot

Good point. The thing with Selby is, it often seems he slows down to play mind games, and it often seems he wants the frames to go scrappy. I don't get that feeling as much with Higgins.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby chengdufan » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Look at Higgins' reaction to missing the red. He was annoyed with himself. Selby would have been looking around for someone/something to blame and going back to his chair in a sulk.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby TheRocket » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?


Selby uses it as an strategy to get into his opponents head. He loves to make frames awkard (intentionally) and drag down the level of his opponents. I dont have a go at him. Just saying how it is.

Higgins on the other hand wants to play an open game. But his scoring game has simply declined so much that he gets involved into a lot more scrappy tactical frames than he used to do in younger years.

He could have easily slowed down and make frames awkard when he played Trump in the World final. Or Ronnie in the CoC this season when ROS played Kamikaze. But he didnt. Because he doesnt want to play that way.

Re: John Higgins Watch

Postby Lou147 » 05 Aug 2020 Read

Holden Chinaski wrote:
chengdufan wrote:
Iranu wrote:Why doesn’t Higgins get rubbish for having so many scrappy frames the same way that Selby does? The last three years Higgins has had so many matches where many frames have been awkward and long.

Is it because he has credit left over from his pre-decline years?

Higgins has never taken 6 minutes to play a shot

Good point. The thing with Selby is, it often seems he slows down to play mind games, and it often seems he wants the frames to go scrappy. I don't get that feeling as much with Higgins.

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