2014 World Championship - Discussion

[Valiullin]

I like watching Ronnie knocking in ridiculously easy 147's, but i also love watching Selby, he must be the best tactician in today's game ??
Only person i used to get annoyed with was Ebdon, sometimes Robbo really pees me off, spends minutes looking at a blatently obvious shot, was it over 5 minutes once ????

Well he's a tactician, that's for sure, but great? I mean, break of 1 + easy snooker behind the green, it ain't no great tactics. He's extremely resilient and he fights to death, his safety play his excellent, and I might be a hater, I'm still able to recognize it. Though I'm bored to death when he plays, and from what I read on this board, I'm not the only one. Yes snooker is not all about big breaks but it's not all about scrappy frames neither.

Edit @Wake up bomb: Thanks for the Dott's quote ^^

[brusque]

so Ronnie misses again .... now if he can't pot when he is all alone on the table how is that due to Selby?

[daffie]

...and we are off again...

Do they play to the end now...8 frames without intervals?

Game On!

[wake_up_bomb]

Have you read Ronnie's book he literally called him the torturer because of his style lol

No, I will read it at some point.

I don't have any problem with people playing safe. John Higgins used to play some great snooker against Ronnie, and he obviously found him a very difficult opponent. But I wouldn't call this great snooker personally, although I will concede that it could win him the world title, so he probably won't care.

[brusque]

See if you take your chances .. it does not really matter what style Selby plays ... it really is that simple and RoS should have learned that much a decade ago .. but all the talent in the world does not mean you have all the brain in the world too

[Evilbrain]

Well obviously everyone can't always play like Ronnie,Selby has to play to his own abilities which gets the job done even it is boring.

[montoya10]

The issue is Selby's own dreadful scoring performance, I'd say. He has always played this style against O'Sullivan, however, he actually made winning breaks himself, and in this match, he never quite did, which is throwing people off.

[wake_up_bomb]

Well obviously everyone can't always play like Ronnie,Selby has to play to his own abilities which gets the job done even it is boring.

As I said before, Selby can play an open game if he chooses to do so. He's got over 300 centuries and two 147s. He just chooses to play attritional stuff.

[nYLo]

Well 2 out of the next 3 frames and its game on

[snookerpoolman]

Can somebody please enroll Dennis in the Functional Snooker programme for schools.. His maths is terrible!

[scottley]

Is this it now until the finish? Another possible 8 frames and no more intervals?


Edit, someone has already asked whoops.

[nYLo]

Is this it now until the finish? Another possible 8 frames and no more intervals?

Yes it is.

[scottley]

Yes it is.

Cheers, shouldn't be any bother for these fit young men.

[brusque]

no more comments for now .. timne to focus on the match ... come on Ronnie ... lets get started!

[Evilbrain]

Problem is Ronnie is losing too many of these scrappy frames he needs to win one of these now.