2014 World Championship - Discussion

[spike]

Hopefully some great vids&moments from the past...

That would be good if they did but I bet they don't..

[scottley]

Was thinking the same thing. Hopefully some great vids&moments from the past...

Or a bit longer from the trickshot man, that double masse.... Just wow!!!!

[neuronic]

Well, that was flawless^^

He's unplayable when he's like this, this against Ronnie in the finals, can I please have this?

Really hope that 100th of 100s thingy won't affect him that much against the Trumpeter, think WT was right when he said from now on the pressure on the last balls will be like he's trying to finish a 147...

[missneworleans]

Don't get all this fuss over a century of centuries, to be honest.



I think his safety in the first couple of frames in this season was mediocre at best.

Well i have seen quite a lot of Hendry in the 90's and I'm a big fan of him and old school, but it feels like Neil this season is hitting tons more consistently than Stephen did. Okay there are more tournaments, but how much stamina is required. It is still an amazing achievement and it might be never beaten, like Stephens 7 worlds or Ronnie's 12 maximums

[scottley]

We need a Robbo v Hendry frames to centuries ratio thingymajig.

[Jef]

I can't imagine Ronnie's 12 maximums to stand for 20 years, with all the agressive young (Asian) players coming on the tour... That plus the fact that there are (a lot) more tournaments will surely cause a new supertalent to beat that record...

Stephens 7 world titles is a different story though...

[missneworleans]

We need a Robbo v Hendry frames to centuries ratio thingymajig.

Might just do that. Hendry's record was 53, what season was that? Still its tough to compare. We would never know how much could Stephen do if he had like twice more tournaments.

[scottley]

Does anyone one know why we can't have the monitor like they have in China for replacing the balls after a miss? It would make it so much easier, surely we have the technology?

[Atypical Male]

http://youtu.be/LvY6hl6qOIw

It was another song which came to mind for me following Robbo's moments of angst:
http://youtu.be/uFeBp1PDKyg

[DeanH]

Might just do that. Hendry's record was 53, what season was that? Still its tough to compare. We would never know how much could Stephen do if he had like twice more tournaments.

1991/1992

[mythman69]

We need a Robbo v Hendry frames to centuries ratio thingymajig.

Just had a look at Cuetracker - Robbo is scoring a century every 7.9 frames this year and averaged one every 13.6 frames (over career).

Stephen Hendry scored a century every 15.1 frames (over his career)

Not sure what the rate was at his best.

[statto]

We need a Robbo v Hendry frames to centuries ratio thingymajig.

Cuetracker provides these stats:

Robertson this season: 1 century for every 7.9 frames.
Robertson career: 1 century for every 13.6 frames
Robertson season match win %: 70.5
Robertson season frame win %: 60.1

O'Sullivan this season: 1 century for every 9 frames.
O'Sullivan 07/08 season: 1 century for every 7.6 frames.
O'Sullivan career: 1 century for every 12.26 frames.
O'Sullivan season match win %: 83.9
O'Sullivan season frame win %: 68.4

Hendry 92/93 season: 1 century for every 12.14 frames.
Hendry career: 1 century for every 15.13 frames.
Hendry 91/92 season match win %: 82.1
Hendry 91/92 season frame win %: 65.8

[scottley]

Cheers........

[Cyril]

I wonder what the BBC will show now for these 2 and a half hours?

Replay of the 1940 World Final - Joe v Fred

[statto]

While perusing the figures, does anyone have an idea of who is the only player to have played Ronnie more than three times and have a positive record against him?