by Vallomas » 06 May 2019 Read
Simple question.
Discuss.
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by TheRocket » 06 May 2019 Read
No. The Curse is too powerful
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by Jmoita » 06 May 2019 Read
To early to call...
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by Morinas77 » 06 May 2019 Read
How many of those first time champions were actually top favourite to win it the following year?
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by Andre147 » 06 May 2019 Read
TheRocket wrote:No. The Curse is too powerful
The Grudge! Great movie, this curse will curse any player that comes around it.
Judd is doomed.
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by SnookerFan » 06 May 2019 Read
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by Ash147 » 06 May 2019 Read
It would be great, but I don’t see it happening.
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by SnookerFan » 06 May 2019 Read
Who will Judd play as defending champion?
Ronnie to decline so far, he's out of the top-16?
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by Erza Scarlet » 06 May 2019 Read
No.
I think it's just immensely hard to defend a World Championship than it being a curse itself. But that's just me.
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by SnookerFan » 06 May 2019 Read
The Crucible curse isn't a thing...
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by Morinas77 » 06 May 2019 Read
I guess chances are about 15% he wins it.
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by SnookerFan » 06 May 2019 Read
Morinas77 wrote:I guess chances are about 15% he wins it.
Based on what?
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by Morinas77 » 06 May 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Morinas77 wrote:I guess chances are about 15% he wins it.
Based on what?
A wild guess.
Imo he will be joint fave with Ronnie and Robbo/Selby second tier faves, not far behind.
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by Ck147 » 06 May 2019 Read
Nope from me
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by Andre147 » 06 May 2019 Read
Erza Scarlet wrote:No.
I think it's just immensely hard to defend a World Championship than it being a curse itself. But that's just me.
It is, but some greats have defended it, but none of them acutally won after their 1st. It's not just a coincidence.
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by Wildey » 07 May 2019 Read
Andre147 wrote:Erza Scarlet wrote:No.
I think it's just immensely hard to defend a World Championship than it being a curse itself. But that's just me.
It is, but some greats have defended it, but none of them acutally won after their 1st. It's not just a coincidence.
I Dont class judd in the bracket of someone that can reproduce it time after time anyway i think he will have a tough year as World Champion. Ive yet to see him handling being the fave.
he thrives on trying to shoot people down he strugles being the target and as World Champion hes the biggest target hes ever been.
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by vodkadiet1 » 07 May 2019 Read
Trump has been installed as an 11/4 favourite with Hiils to get through
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by Andre147 » 07 May 2019 Read
Wildey wrote:Andre147 wrote:Erza Scarlet wrote:No.
I think it's just immensely hard to defend a World Championship than it being a curse itself. But that's just me.
It is, but some greats have defended it, but none of them acutally won after their 1st. It's not just a coincidence.
I Dont class judd in the bracket of someone that can reproduce it time after time anyway i think he will have a tough year as World Champion. Ive yet to see him handling being the fave.
he thrives on trying to shoot people down he strugles being the target and as World Champion hes the biggest target hes ever been.
Yeah will be very interesting to see how he copes with that, and he also could become WN1 early in the season which also adds to that pressure.
Some first time World Champions down the years have had a horrible season after it.
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by D4P » 07 May 2019 Read
Andre147 wrote:Yeah will be very interesting to see how he copes with that, and he also could become WN1 early in the season which also adds to that pressure.
Some first time World Champions down the years have had a horrible season after it.
Overall, I'm inclined to be bullish on Judd's career going forward. The changes he has made recently (that appear to have really paid off) are changes that appear to be completely under his control, and are things that he can continue doing if he chooses to.
It's not as if he all of a sudden started potting balls at an unsustainable rate or starting making big breaks for the first time in his career. On the contrary, those parts of his game have always been there and will presumably continue being there for the foreseeable future. There's no obvious reason to think that the new wrinkles that he has added are things that would disappear any time soon.
As for handling pressure, I think he did a pretty good job of that this season. He came into the WC as one of the clear favorites, and became only the 4th player in history to follow up a Masters win with a WC win in the same season...
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 07 May 2019 Read
I think he might grow into being favourite now that he has the monkey of his back.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 07 May 2019 Read
KK makes a good point.
The odds are against him winning it but hopefully we have seen the end of humiliating defeats to players who are barely in the top 64.
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by Wildey » 07 May 2019 Read
D4P wrote:Andre147 wrote:Yeah will be very interesting to see how he copes with that, and he also could become WN1 early in the season which also adds to that pressure.
Some first time World Champions down the years have had a horrible season after it.
Overall, I'm inclined to be bullish on Judd's career going forward. The changes he has made recently (that appear to have really paid off) are changes that appear to be completely under his control, and are things that he can continue doing if he chooses to.
It's not as if he all of a sudden started potting balls at an unsustainable rate or starting making big breaks for the first time in his career. On the contrary, those parts of his game have always been there and will presumably continue being there for the foreseeable future. There's no obvious reason to think that the new wrinkles that he has added are things that would disappear any time soon.
As for handling pressure, I think he did a pretty good job of that this season. He came into the WC as one of the clear favorites, and became only the 4th player in history to follow up a Masters win with a WC win in the same season...
yea but he hardly pulled up any trees in any of his matches leading up to the final he could have lost any of them form wise.
in his own mind he was second faverite in the final so he managed to perform which is an assett. a bit like hendry although hendry was fave most of the time he still performed his best against the best players.
i hope he manages to get comfterble being the man to beat but ive yet to see that from him.
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by Iranu » 07 May 2019 Read
Wildey wrote:D4P wrote:Andre147 wrote:Yeah will be very interesting to see how he copes with that, and he also could become WN1 early in the season which also adds to that pressure.
Some first time World Champions down the years have had a horrible season after it.
Overall, I'm inclined to be bullish on Judd's career going forward. The changes he has made recently (that appear to have really paid off) are changes that appear to be completely under his control, and are things that he can continue doing if he chooses to.
It's not as if he all of a sudden started potting balls at an unsustainable rate or starting making big breaks for the first time in his career. On the contrary, those parts of his game have always been there and will presumably continue being there for the foreseeable future. There's no obvious reason to think that the new wrinkles that he has added are things that would disappear any time soon.
As for handling pressure, I think he did a pretty good job of that this season. He came into the WC as one of the clear favorites, and became only the 4th player in history to follow up a Masters win with a WC win in the same season...
yea but he hardly pulled up any trees in any of his matches leading up to the final he could have lost any of them form wise.
in his own mind he was second faverite in the final so he managed to perform which is an assett. a bit like hendry although hendry was fave most of the time he still performed his best against the best players.
i hope he manages to get comfterble being the man to beat but ive yet to see that from him.
Not to mention he was playing Higgins who I doubt he ever saw himself as favourite against until now.
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by The_Abbott » 07 May 2019 Read
I hope not, otherwise we have lost some of Crucible history. Trump struggles against gritty players so he'll get one of them next year and lose. The curse is the king (or Queen) of the crucible!
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by SnookerFan » 07 May 2019 Read
We should do a sweepstake, how many times the BBC mention The Crucible Curse next year.
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by Dan-cat » 07 May 2019 Read
The Curse is A REAL AND VERIFIABLE THREAT
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by SnookerFan » 07 May 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:The Curse is A REAL AND VERIFIABLE THREAT
Go on then.
Verify it.
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by Pink Ball » 07 May 2019 Read
Wildey wrote:D4P wrote:Andre147 wrote:Yeah will be very interesting to see how he copes with that, and he also could become WN1 early in the season which also adds to that pressure.
Some first time World Champions down the years have had a horrible season after it.
Overall, I'm inclined to be bullish on Judd's career going forward. The changes he has made recently (that appear to have really paid off) are changes that appear to be completely under his control, and are things that he can continue doing if he chooses to.
It's not as if he all of a sudden started potting balls at an unsustainable rate or starting making big breaks for the first time in his career. On the contrary, those parts of his game have always been there and will presumably continue being there for the foreseeable future. There's no obvious reason to think that the new wrinkles that he has added are things that would disappear any time soon.
As for handling pressure, I think he did a pretty good job of that this season. He came into the WC as one of the clear favorites, and became only the 4th player in history to follow up a Masters win with a WC win in the same season...
yea but he hardly pulled up any trees in any of his matches leading up to the final he could have lost any of them form wise.
in his own mind he was second faverite in the final so he managed to perform which is an assett. a bit like hendry although hendry was fave most of the time he still performed his best against the best players.
i hope he manages to get comfterble being the man to beat but ive yet to see that from him.
I know what you mean, but in terms of being favourite going into individual matches, he has improved a lot. In fact, I'd say it was the way he improved in terms of putting away players he should be putting away that convinced me he was a different player from before. Not perfect, still lost matches to guys that are inferior to him. But much improved. That was his biggest failing in recent years. His tactical game has actually been in good fettle for a while now.
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