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2021 Masters 10/01/21 -17/01/21

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    #212
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Could be a big one here from Higgins

    Nope


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    #213
    RebelButtMunch
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    Ridiculous game!


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    #214
    zuutroy
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    Lifelong Ronnie fan but whoever wins this deserves it. So good. Shame Trump isn't around this week because I reckon either of them in this form could have given him a lesson.


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    #215
    DJIMI TRARORE
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    Hard to believe that they make it look so easy compared to last night's dross


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    #216
    Sandor Clegane
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    You'd wonder how at this level Ronnie could manage to break off that poorly.

    Cost him the frame.


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    #217
    sligeach
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    That poor break-off by Ronnie is exactly what Ding did against him in the final frame of the last round and never got a look in just like Higgins is doing. The difference here is Ding was in free fall.


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    #218
    DelBoy Trotter
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    This is top drawer stuff. Extremely enjoyable to watch


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    #219
    waynescales1
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    O’Sullivan needs to tighten up his safety game quickly because Higgins is absolutely brutalising those errors.

    That 15th red along the cushion there from Higgins was regal.


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    #220
    Brian?
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    I’m sure I’ve seen a higher quality match, but I’m not sure when.

    This is genuinely sensational

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #221
    AllForIt
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    Something has to give, all these centuries are getting boring now lol


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    #222
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    That was a beautiful long pot from Higgins


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    #223
    Arthur Daley
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    No century in this frame. We assume.


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    #224
    DJIMI TRARORE
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    Not much chance of a 6th ton on the trot

    Maybe, maybe, maybe


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    #225
    sligeach
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    That was a bad decision by Higgins not put Ronnie back in. Only the yellow and green were pottable.


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    #226
    eric hoone
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    Higgins on fire. Last week at the championship league has done him the world of good


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    #227
    Sandor Clegane
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    It'll take something monumental for Ronnie to win now, not likely at standard Higgins is playing at.


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    #228
    2ndcoming
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    Sandor Clegane wrote: »
    It'll take something monumental for Ronnie to win now, not likely at standard Higgins is playing at.

    Higgins won't crumble like Ding, massively against the odds now


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    #229
    AllForIt
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    Sandor Clegane wrote: »
    It'll take something monumental for Ronnie to win now, not likely at standard Higgins is playing at.

    If anyone can rattle off a couple of quick frames Ronnie can.


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    #230
    sligeach
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    Higgins should win this, barring a meltdown.


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    #231
    waynescales1
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    eric hoone wrote: »
    Higgins on fire. Last week at the championship league has done him the world of good

    Yeah 11 centuries. I think I’m right in saying Higgins hasn’t won a tournament in 3 years and a triple crown event in 10 years. Has to be time to end that run.


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    #232
    AllForIt
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    Higgins might regret not taking on that red with the rest, but to be fair it wasn't easy to get on a colour from it.


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    #233
    AllForIt
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    How did Ronnie miss that short distance red? Threw away a way back I feel.


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    #234
    De Bhál
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    Pity there's not more frames in this


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    #235
    AllForIt
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    Feel sorry for Ronnie the way it finished up there missing that easy red. Those things stick in your mind.

    But good to see Higgins can still turn it on and deserved winner.


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    #236
    Joe_ Public
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    Great potting and breaks and all that but higgins stat that leaps out at me is 96% safety success. Thats seriously impressive, the epitome of a complete performance. Fascinating to listen to him on how he's still trying to improve his technique after all these years, clearly showed tonight.


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    #237
    waynescales1
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    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    Great potting and breaks and all that but higgins stat that leaps out at me is 96% safety success. Thats seriously impressive, the epitome of a complete performance. Fascinating to listen to him on how he's still trying to improve his technique after all these years, clearly showed tonight.

    That was immense from Higgins. The other thing I’ve noticed is that Higgins looks and sounds hungry and motivated. Could be his year.


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    #238
    Joe_ Public
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    waynescales1 wrote: »
    That was immense from Higgins. The other thing I’ve noticed is that Higgins looks and sounds hungry and motivated. Could be his year.

    Yeah, does look and sound refreshed and hungry, doesnt he? New(ish) training set up, new cue with titanium ferrule, new chalk etc etc. Just seems to have freshened him up. Its such a grind on tour that the key for the likes of higgins is to stay motivated and retain the appetite. We now know for sure he's still got the game if he can do that.


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    #239
    2ndcoming
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    Two of the best of all time, John probably feels rightly aggrieved that he's not looked at by most (apart from the players themselves) as being on that level.

    Whatever it was he was well fired up tonight!


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    #240
    weemcd
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    That's some of the highest standard of snooker I've seen in 20 years of watching the game.

    Simply sensational. John Higgins in so many ways is the player any younger player should model themselves on. Unbreakable nerve. Ronnie snatched two frames there and Higgins just kept coming back at him. I think the long frame won it for Higgins, that one hurt Ronnie. You could tell in the post match interview he was gutted. All credit to both players that was a classic.


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    #241
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,306 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    I think all this talk of new practising regimen, new chalk and all that is a red herring.

    It is the metal side of the game top snooker players seem to have no interest in. Just like Murphy playing confidently the other night and falling apart at the first signs of things going wrong.

    They seem to think that it's their technique that is at fault, and go to SightRight to fix something, when the problem isn't their technique at all. You can change your technique which makes you concentrate on your technique for a while but sooner or later the effect will wear off and you'll be back where you were.

    Didn't Hendry say he had the 'Yips'. That's a psychological thing, not a technique thing. He doesn't need to change his technique. It worked for him for years. Many styles of technique work, so what's the point in changing to a slightly different one.

    All I see these days, is pro players seeming to think if they adjust their technique they will get back to their winning ways. I'm saying that is fundamentally flawed, so Higgins may very well have a brief return to form but it will I predict be short lived.

    If there is anything you can do practically, Higgins etc should try being more healthy. It's getting embarrassing now how may of them are so grossly overweight. I think they don't understand the positive physiological effect it would have on their game as a consequence. I think one of the reasons for Ronnie's longevity is the fact he keeps himself fit, and I hope he won't be swayed by all this SightRight thing.

    In top level snooker it's all about psychology for me. Which makes it so fascinating other than the skill level itself. They already know how to play, they have the gift, what they need to work on is their mental attitude inc how to deal with themselves when things are aren't going their way. That's what they need to work on, not their cueing technique.


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