by SnookerEd25 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
LDS wrote:TheRocket wrote:Was Davis as tactically astute as this guy when he was 20?
Yes
He had to be. Would have struggled to make the impact he did if he wasn’t
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by HappyCamper » 15 Jan 2021 Read
robertson was like second to third favourite for the uk. he was not a 'surprise winner at all'.
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by LDS » 15 Jan 2021 Read
HappyCamper wrote:robertson was like second to third favourite for the uk. he was not a 'surprise winner at all'.
It certainly surprised Trump fans...
But, yes, it's difficult to understand the point when he's still ranked so highly... amongst other aging pros.
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by SnookerFan » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:It’s not just that Yan’s beating ‘ageing players’. It’s that he’s outsmarting them that’s so impressive.
And to make his highest break in potentially one of the biggest frames of his career was more than a lot of you g players would do.
Nobody’s saying he’ll be a record breaker. But it’s undeniable that he's doing extremely well.
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by lhpirnie » 15 Jan 2021 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:LDS wrote:TheRocket wrote:Was Davis as tactically astute as this guy when he was 20?
Yes
He had to be. Would have struggled to make the impact he did if he wasn’t
Steve Davis played his first professional match around the time of his 21st birthday. Perhaps he was tactically astute as an amateur, but he wasn't having to do it under the TV lights. One of the biggest problems for a young player is to think clearly when playing the big match on TV.
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by sundaygirl » 15 Jan 2021 Read
I was home schooling so had to keep pausing this match and got well behind
Today has been so much better than yesterday
Hope it continues tonight
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by Dan-cat » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Who's the man? Yan is the man! (barely out of short trousers, but still the man)
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by sundaygirl » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Iranu wrote:It’s not just that Yan’s beating ‘ageing players’. It’s that he’s outsmarting them that’s so impressive.
Bingo.
Absolutely this
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by Ck147 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Andre147 wrote:Robertson in decline?
Yes, you can see it clearly from his stats:
TC events:
Heyday: Worlds: 08/09 SF, 09/10 W, 10/11 QF, 13/14 SF, 14/15 QF - a genuine shock when he exits at round 1 the two times in between.
Current form: Worlds: no longer expected to get past QFs, even though people still rate him and theoretically he's a top seed 13/14 was his last SF.
Heyday: Masters: Regular finalist 10/11-13/14
Current form: Masters: One SF in the last 6 years, and that wasn't extremely recent.
Heyday: UK: 10/11 - 15/16, regular QF+ with a R4 being a big surprise.
Current form: UK: a surprise win after 4 years of not even making the QFs - and it was a match full of very... 'difficult'... frames.
And not to take anything from any of his wins, he's still a very good player, but we're talking about whether he's 'declining' or not, by his own standard, and yes, he is, it would be unnatural if he wasn't.
As Ronnie says, he's as surprised as anyone that the youngsters aren't already creaming all these old pros.
Coincides with when he turned vegan isn't it? (Honestly not trolling a certain poster.)
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by SnookerFan » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Bungle Higgins.
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by vodkadiet1 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
I am not sure about Maguire shaking hands with Bingtao. Isn't that against current guidelines?
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by Ck147 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:I am not sure about Maguire shaking hands with Bingtao. Isn't that against current guidelines?
Technically, yes, but they are all tested and negative and living in the MK bubble so probably not a big deal, nice gesture I thought.
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by SnookerFan » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Not like they kissed. Hey, Dan-Cat.
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by vodkadiet1 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Ck147 wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:I am not sure about Maguire shaking hands with Bingtao. Isn't that against current guidelines?
Technically, yes, but they are all tested and negative and living in the MK bubble so probably not a big deal, nice gesture I thought.
It would have been funny if Bingtao had run away!
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