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What a player!!!

py2006 · 2005-05-02 22:11:35

That Murphy guy is amazing. Thats some of the best snooker I have seen that can shape up to Ronnie. That was great stuff. And to top it all of, he has the composure and personality to top Ronnie. Amazing stuff!

02-05-2005 10:11pm

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That Murphy guy is amazing. Thats some of the best snooker I have seen that can shape up to Ronnie. That was great stuff.

And to top it all of, he has the composure and personality to top Ronnie.

Amazing stuff!

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#2 02-05-2005 10:14pm

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Yeah he certainly deserved that win. Some top class snooker played there.

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#3 02-05-2005 10:14pm

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A worthy champion and such a nice guy to boot. Very impressed with his post match interview. Very gracious and had some well chosen words. Best of luck to him!!

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#4 02-05-2005 10:20pm

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I had a 25 euro on him before the semi-final, every tricky shot I was shouting for him to just play it safe but he never listened. Some of the best pots I have seen under huge pressure. I think he was the only player in the world who would have taken on the red with the rest. Even when he won it he didn't bat an eyelid. Incredible stuff.

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#5 02-05-2005 10:25pm

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Crazy match, it still seemed to be any mans game up until that last frame.
I bet that missed red will haunt Stephens for a while. :eek:
Ah well, I guess you can't really feel sorry for either of them, going home with those fat cheques!
gg

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#6 02-05-2005 10:28pm

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That was some pot on the black along the cushion and the yellow near the very end, it was as if he was practising at home, crazy!

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#7 03-05-2005 9:40am

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Guru Maith Agut wrote:

A worthy champion and such a nice guy to boot. Very impressed with his post match interview. Very gracious and had some well chosen words. Best of luck to him!!

have to agree he seems to have the whole package when it comes to his composure, i noticed in his interview after his match with ebdon that he was a very good speaker, good under pressure and very calm, but to keep on going into the final the way he did was unbelievable.

He clearly has a very bright future ahead of him.

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#8 03-05-2005 10:30am

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Gotta agree quality player, how many will he win ? .... To be honest tho i wanted stevens to win, but mabye next year..

When he potted the pink along the cushion that was a shot and a half

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#9 03-05-2005 10:40am

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Superb player, best final performance by 2 players in years.

You have to feel really sorry for Ian McCulloch though. He got to the semi's and had his top 16 place secured. He now has to still qualify next year because Murphy takes his place. Murphy was 48th before the World Championships. :eek:

How far back are his Irish links btw? His fathers name is Tony Murphy, pretty Irish sounding name.

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#10 03-05-2005 2:48pm

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Delighted for him, was rooting for Matthew during the match, but it's a fully deserved win, lets face it he beat 3 former world champs on the way (Higgins, Davis & Ebdon).

The ranking system is really going to be messed up now though, as he is still not a top 16 player (Now 21), yet he will automatically be a seed for all ranking tourneys. So poor Ian McCulloch who has now reached no. 16 will not have his automatic status into ranking events. Gotta hate that.

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#11 03-05-2005 3:03pm

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Rankings for the new season are here BTW

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#12 03-05-2005 3:18pm

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A great player indeed , the clearance he made of 80 when it looked like Stevens had pretty much wrapped up the frame was amazing .

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#13 03-05-2005 3:24pm

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matthew stevens was such a cholker, the new jimmy white.

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#14 03-05-2005 4:11pm

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the jew wrote:

matthew stevens was such a cholker, the new jimmy white.

I thought he played well tbh.

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#15 03-05-2005 4:11pm

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the jew wrote:

matthew stevens was such a cholker, the new jimmy white.

Matthew Stevens a choker ? I don't think so. Shots can be missed by any player in high pressure situations. No shame or disgrace in losing a match to the better player.

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#16 03-05-2005 4:20pm

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Aaron M wrote:

Matthew Stevens a choker ? I don't think so. Shots can be missed by any player in high pressure situations. No shame or disgrace in losing a match to the better player.

fair enough pressure will get to you but some players can handle it and some can't. all day yesterday everytime stevens had a good chance to win the frame at one visit i was thinkin, when is gonna f*ck up, and everytime bar twice he did. the last frame that murphy won was after stevens missing an easy pot, although all credit to murphy for holding himself together.

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#17 28-05-2005 1:57am

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py2006 wrote:

That Murphy guy is amazing. Thats some of the best snooker I have seen that can shape up to Ronnie. That was great stuff.

And to top it all of, he has the composure and personality to top Ronnie.

Amazing stuff!

I had him down to win it at the beginning but never placed a bet on it in the bookies, id be loaded right now :mad:

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