Joe Perry - missed easy pink

[Stunrunthru]

Willie Thorne mentioned in commentary of this match that it took him 20 years to get over that infamous missed blue against Steve DAvis in the 85 UK final.

When Stephen Maguire won the 2004 UK he was described by O'Sullivan as the best player in the world and his display in the final against David Gray was as good a masterclass in breakbuilding as I've ever seen.

In 2005 - a few months later - MAguire played Ronnie in the 1st round at the Worlds and led 9-7 and missed an easy pink when in the balls and looking certain to clear and win frame and match. He missed the pink and O'Sullivan snatched the frame and the next two to win the match.

After that Maguire struggled for a few years.

Similarly Perry missed an easy pink on Sunday when in the balls and looking to wrap up the match 6-4.

Perry has been one of the most improved players on the circuit for the past two years.

What impact do you think this missed pink will have on his career?

Personally I think he's a cool customer and a very under rated player and fancy him to come back stronger.

[RocketRoy1983]

Yep answered your own question there stun in my opinion I dont think it will affect Perry and look forward to seeing him down in Wales before Sheffield too.

[Mal]

Perry has had problems in the past closing out games and it has blighted his career in close matches (David Gray, Ali Carter, Ronnie, even Mark Allen in Championship league!)- he should have beat Ronnie 5 times this season, but has only managed it twice.

Don't get me wrong - he has displayed good form in the last year (a year ago he was out of provisional top 16) and has reached a couple of UK semis and world semi. However, he is now in his late 30s and although his career has peaked recently, I don't think the missed pink will have any worse affect on him - although against Ronnie, it is only a first round game.

Willie Thorne had a bad miss and no doubt it affected him, but with Maguire, he has had bouts of inconsistency over his career - perhaps it did affect him and he collapsed against ROS in UK final in '07.

But, with Perry, I don't think it will affect him adversely and he will continue to compete for a couple of seasons. However, if he had potted it and won, then beating ROS twice in a month in two of the biggest tournaments and for a third time in the season could have spurred him on. (Having said that, you often see a top player lose one round, but then the next round the player loses form - having already got themselves so up for a big game.)

[spike]

I dont think that missed pink will be a set back for perry, and i think he will come back a stronger player for it. He has a great temperament and is mentally strong so it's just one of those matches that got away from him and i dont believe it will leave a mental scar with him!

[Black_cat]

In 2005 - a few months later - MAguire played Ronnie in the 1st round at the Worlds and led 9-7 and missed an easy pink when in the balls and looking certain to clear and win frame and match. He missed the pink and O'Sullivan snatched the frame and the next two to win the match.

After that Maguire struggled for a few years.

Sorry to be nitpicking,but it was a black off its spot, frame score55-35 to Maguire.
From memory, because I won't forget that match easily.

Good summary of crucial balls missed at crucial moments. Any more come to mind?

[Monique]

Sorry to be nitpicking,but it was a black off its spot, frame score55-35 to Maguire.
From memory, because I won't forget that match easily.

Good summary of crucial balls missed at crucial moments. Any more come to mind?

Oh yes that final blue Ronnie missed in the decider in first round of the Masters ... against the same Maguire

[Mal]

Tony Meo missed yellow vs Davis (Lada Classic?) in the final to win his first ranking Spectators didn't help. tony didn't do much after this for a few years, but came back from outside top 16 to beat Dean Reynolds in 1989.

Jimmy's missed black in his final WC final vs Stephen Hendry.

Recently in WC, couple of crucial ones
Joe Swail missed brown in last frame vs Liang - would have been back in top 16 if he had cleared.

Mark Allen missed pink vs Hendry at 9-8 up with only pink and red required - perhaps he would have had a good run at WC - this season he hasn't looked as fluent.

Steve Davis missing the cut black vs Taylor - I don't think it affected Davis much in terms of his form, but perhaps it played on his mind!

Fred Davis potting a great blue and then missing a pink off the spot to bring his 78 world championship semi vs Perrie Mans to a decider. It is well remembered that at 64 he got to the semis, but to get to the final at that age would have been amazing when the game was starting to get big names through.

Rex Williams missed blue vs Alex Higgins in 72 world championship to win. How snooker could have been so different! Perhaps it would have made the Hurricane knuckle down more and win more, or perhaps he would have won nothing and fade away or perhaps snooker wouldn't have taken off as it did

[spike]

Didn't Tony Drago also miss an easy yellow with the rest against Steve Davis in the quarter-finals of the UK some years back? If i rememeber right if he had potted that yellow he would have been almost certain of getting through.. who knows how it could've changed Tony's career.

[Mal]

Didn't Tony Drago also miss an easy yellow with the rest against Steve Davis in the quarter-finals of the UK some years back? If i rememeber right if he had potted that yellow he would have been almost certain of getting through.. who knows how it could've changed Tony's career.

Yep, good one. I think the misses that have affected careers or stopped someone getting in the top 16 are key.

[Wimm]

Perry missed a couple of 'key' balls in his match against ronnie. I think it will affect him untill he plays an important match where he starts to pot the important balls again...

[AndrewB]

Good summary of crucial balls missed at crucial moments. Any more come to mind?

Parrott had two in successive tournaments in 1988 - he missed a red when 11-10 (and 31-16) up in the Mercantile Credit Final (and barely potted anything after that). He then missed a green (with a foul) when 65-22 up in the last frame of his Masters semi-final against Mike Hallett; Hallett then got 3 more snookers to win. (He then lost 9-8 to Hallett in the British Open semi, having missed a few chances to win it).

You can see the missed green at about 4:15 of http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=cCRieNOMS1g

[Alex0paul]

Can't forget two of Stevens' misses. In the 2002 World Semi he missed a match ball black against Ebdon and also his ridiculous missed blue playing left handed in the 2005 final at 11-10 up.

Another one was Ebdon's missed black in the 34th frame of the 2002 final. I will never forget the way he jumped up the moment he played the shot.

[AndrewB]

Yep, good one. I think the misses that have affected careers or stopped someone getting in the top 16 are key.

Tony Knowles's never seemed quite the same player after missing a pink to reach the 1983 World final.

[Rane]

This season. Ali Carter against ROS at NIT and Selby against Day in the Grand Prix. Quite similar situations both 50+ in front and leaving their opponent with an easy opener.

[ADR147]

it was a shocking pink to miss.