2013 Masters discussion

[daffie]

Wow that was a close shave! Glad to see Graeme get over the line...he needs frames on the board asap.

[Neil Taperell]

Big let off for Graeme there .

[fernandofan08]

That was abit shocking!!!!

[daffie]

Well played Graeme! Looking good so far. Keep Mark in his seat as much as possible

[daffie]

Squirrels and birdseed...what's next? Sometimes these two are like the 2 old geezers in the Muppet show

[cueman]

I find Selby to be too negative for my liking . He seems to make a large majority of his frames disjointed with his negativity . And each frame lasts an eternity .

Be careful, you'll have the Selby police after you in a bit.

I've said this before and although it doesn't make sense its the only way I can describe Selby's play. He plays to avoid defeat, not to win, its the only adage I can think of that sums up his play. I noticed quite a number of his games how many times he plays thin safety shots, he wants a tactical frame because its his way of trying to gain control. You watch Ronnie, Robertson, Higgins, they play attacking safety shots, the open the reds up because they are prepared to take a risk to score, whereas many of Selby's frames often lead to a protracted safety battle, reds ending up messy, colours off their spots etc. Its definitely a negative approach he takes, trying to force a mistake rather than take a chance of an open frame.

[fernandofan08]

Great frame by Dott again. 3-1 up. Hope he pulls this off

[Looki]

Good match, so far. Happy to see Dott doing so well.

[daffie]

Yes great start for Dott. He played very well. Hoping for a 4-1 lead at least. Hoping for a comeback from Selby after that...and Dott winning 6-5 in the end I really need a close match once again after the last 3 matches being rather one-sided.

[PatBlock]

Squirrels and birdseed...what's next? Sometimes these two are like the 2 old geezers in the Muppet show

Does that make :love_heart:Hazel:love_heart: Miss Piggy then Daffie?

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[narl]

Hopefully Dott can keep up the pace, good lead but it wouldn't be surprising if Selby starts grinding him down.

[daffie]

Does that make :love_heart:Hazel:love_heart: Miss Piggy then Daffie?

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Which would make me Kermit? Common...everybody loves Hazel

[cyberheater]

Be careful, you'll have the Selby police after you in a bit.

I've said this before and although it doesn't make sense its the only way I can describe Selby's play. He plays to avoid defeat, not to win, its the only adage I can think of that sums up his play.

Yes. I think you are right. And the problem with that approach from a spectator point of view is that it's really boring. He may be number one but I really don't like the way he plays the game. Almost zero entertainment from my point of view.

[narl]

Virgo as usual reaching the point of orgasm screaming about the cueball....starting to grind badly that BS.

[fernandofan08]

Yes. I think you are right. And the problem with that approach from a spectator point of view is that it's really boring. He may be number one but I really don't like the way he plays the game. Almost zero entertainment from my point of view.

He lets others play the game so he can pick the pieces up. He doesnt go out to play snooker and to win, he plays to pittle the opponent into a phase of boredom, refuses to take any form of challenging pots and instead aims for safetys so the opponent makes a mistake and he cleans the mess up with ease.

He'll never be remembered as performing anything special because all he does is play safety as oppose to any half challenging pots and it right pittles me off.