Hendry - Not good enough

[Acuerate]

Stephen is playing with a 9.22 mm cue and he loves it!
He is flying in practise but he needs to find his confidence back in match, thats all !!!
cf : Stephen and his coach which his mine as well !!

[murdock]

Stephen is playing with a 9.22 mm cue and he loves it!
He is flying in practise but he needs to find his confidence back in match, thats all !!!
cf : Stephen and his coach which his mine as well !!

By all accounts Jimmy is playing well in practice too at the moment...

[matoski]

he hasnt been the same player since he changed his cue . The one he plays with now looks about 9mm, and its shaft is thin , his old one looked 9.75 , His long potting has gone , and i bet that does not help , id also bet he is using a cue that his coach recommends .!

Does Hendry need a coach?

[darrus]

Does Hendry need a coach?

In every sport even great champions need a coach. You don't see yourself when you are playing, and there should be someone who has the knowledge and can tell if you are doing something wrong and more important what is exactly wrong with your game.

[matoski]

Everybody ATTENTION

this here is the BIGGEST excuse on the internet for Hendry.

The CUE argument.

Just stop this bull**** please

Ronnie gave away his cue and picked off his nib multiple times and is still an amazing player,

If Hendry's skill was all down to a cue, what kind of player was he?

Did Merlin bless it?

Come off it! The cue has NOWT to do with it. And if you say "it is psychological" then obviously Hendry wasn't as strong willed as you make us believe.

(btw personally I think the cue argument is no good and that the said arguments for his slide are to blame, not a piece of wood)

Nobody said anything bad about Ronnie on this tread, relax. Your love towards Ronnie made you hate Hendry because of his far better career record.

[Fist of Fury]

Nobody said anything bad about Ronnie on this tread, relax. Your love towards Ronnie made you hate Hendry because of his far better career record.

No, I was making reference to the one player I know who has played with multiple cues but still plays great.

For any matter it could have been higgins but I do not know if he has changed cues.


That was the only reason I used ronnie as an example.

[The Boss]

Ronnie was as bad as Hendry today in all honesty

[moondan]

What is this his sixteenth or seventeenth season? it gets tougher, even for the greats,
Whats hendry done since that time-line? and he had the better head.

[wildJONESEYE]

I Like Judd Trump i hope he will fullfill his promise and potential one day but he has reached a World Ranking semi final this week playing as bad if not worst than Stephen Hendry so maybee Stephen Hendry can stil do something in the sport ?

he got a walk over against Dott he played Joe Perry way off his top form and he played Ronnie that gave chance after chance after chance today....

if judd got this lucky this week who knows Stephen might have a early christmas preasent in barhain or in Telford ?

[darrus]

There's a small problem I think, Wild.
Even if we take today's quarterfinal - Ronnie gave Trump 9 chances in the decider, but I'm sure if Hendry was on the other side of the table, he'd never play so carelessly. He respects Stephen too much to not give his 100% while playing him. Same as other players. No matter what form Stephen is in, his opponents will bring out their best game in a match against him, just because he is Stephen Hendry.
So I have a feeling that while someone like Trump can reach semifinals even with performances like today (underestimated by opponents, the opponent playing even worse, playing better in most important moments...) - Stephen will have to win everything himself. Beating him is still important for many players.

Having said that, with Higgins, Selby and Ding out of Bahrain tournament, he may have a chance to go farther than in GP.
At least I hope so

[wildJONESEYE]

There's a small problem I think, Wild.
Even if we take today's quarterfinal - Ronnie gave Trump 9 chances in the decider, but I'm sure if Hendry was on the other side of the table, he'd never play so carelessly. He respects Stephen too much to not give his 100% while playing him. Same as other players. No matter what form Stephen is in, his opponents will bring out their best game in a match against him, just because he is Stephen Hendry.
So I have a feeling that while someone like Trump can reach semifinals even with performances like today (underestimated by opponents, the opponent playing even worse, playing better in most important moments...) - Stephen will have to win everything himself. Beating him is still important for many players.

Having said that, with Higgins, Selby and Ding out of Bahrain tournament, he may have a chance to go farther than in GP.
At least I hope so

agreed but point is if judd knocked out Ronnie and he played hendry tomorrow in the semi and not higgins who would you back to win Trump or Hendry ?

[darrus]

Honestly?
Hendry may have the experience, but on current form...
In the semifinal I'd say Handry just because of psychological factors, but if it was quarterfinal - I'd predict Trump to win. If we talk about this tournament.
In Bahrain we may see completely different scenario.

[wildJONESEYE]

Honestly?
Hendry may have the experience, but on current form...
In the semifinal I'd say Handry just because of psychological factors, but if it was quarterfinal - I'd predict Trump to win. If we talk about this tournament.
In Bahrain we may see completely different scenario.

mate as i said earlier ive not seen no form whatsoever from trump and im gobsmacked playing like he has he has beeten 2 top 16 players..........

id back hendry even playing as badly as he has against him ........

i hope tomorrow Judd steps it up but ive seen nothing at the moment to sugest he will........

[Fist of Fury]

Wild I think your dreaming. Aside from 1 frame, Judd played some good snooker and would have beaten Hendry aswell.

Ronnie, what can I say, his demanour has been poor all tournament, even virgo said that he looked like a different ronnie and "something was up" (might have been clive)

In any case, it was poor and missed balls he wouldn't miss ina million years. All week he has been knocking his ability and reducing his successes.

He is a troubled mind and I hope his father can sort it. Not just that but his attitude can be poor. Today I saw no ronnie that looked like he actually wanted to win. I was very disappointed/. Judd couldn't have tried harder to give the match away and ronnie blew it in a style I have not seen since Ebdon

[Templeton Peck]

I have to say I've been very disappointed with Judd in this tournament. His play bordered on amateur and he's been pro 3 years. Maybe he had so much success as an amateur he can't break free of that way of thinking about the game. I don't think even Hendry at his worst would need 9 chances to seal a match. I fear he will be ripped to shreds by Higgins tomorrow.