Filler-Nels 14.1...LIVE

thanks! wouldn't bet against filler vs anyone in straight pool but niels is a tough cookie. this will be enjoyable
 
Heartbreak loss for Niels. Not sure what happened on that last miss. It was a hanger for him.
 
that was definitely a strange shot selection by Niels when he had a different open ball to shoot at.
 
I guess that was his best chance of getting back his Dutch subsidy for this year.

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A bit off topic, but I have the feeling, that the Netherlands somehow lost touch to the world elite.
Don't get me wrong, Nils is still a very, very good player, but he doesn't get any younger and his good performances hide, that after van den Berg withdraw from competitive pool, there are no other players, who can follow his footsteps.

Ten or fifteen years ago the Dutch were the raw model for proffesional pool in Europe, but I don't think they have the potential to develop another outstanding player in the near future.
 
Oze147 said:
A bit off topic, but I have the feeling, that the Netherlands somehow lost touch to the world elite.
Don't get me wrong, Nils is still a very, very good player, but he doesn't get any younger and his good performances hide, that after van den Berg withdraw from competitive pool, there are no other players, who can follow his footsteps.

Ten or fifteen years ago the Dutch were the raw model for proffesional pool in Europe, but I don't think they have the potential to develop another outstanding player in the near future.
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The center of gravity in European pool does seem to have shifted east.
 
skip100 said:
The center of gravity in European pool does seem to have shifted east.
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Well, not necessarily.
OK, there is Gorst and the Polish squad is one of the strongest in Europe, but somehow isn't able to find "the one to rule them all".
But atm I think the German speaking part of Europe is the pool epicenter with Filler, Ouschan, He and Lechner.
That said, without Filler, Germany would be in desperate search for a new Souquet, Engert or Hohman and Austria already fails to craft a young player, who is even close to the abilities of their current stars.

In my eyes the future of European pool lies in the southeast Balkan area. Slovenia, Bosnia, Albania, Croatia....there is a lot of young talent there.

And on a side note I wonder why the north, who has produced players like Storm and Immonen hasn't raised a world beater ever since.
And till today, there are some "dead" areas in Europe, like France, who is a big sports nation, that are not able to come close to produce a professional pool player.
 
Oze147 said:
Well, not necessarily.
OK, there is Gorst and the Polish squad is one of the strongest in Europe, but somehow isn't able to find "the one to rule them all".
But atm I think the German speaking part of Europe is the pool epicenter with Filler, Ouschan, He and Lechner.
That said, without Filler, Germany would be in desperate search for a new Souquet, Engert or Hohman and Austria already fails to craft a young player, who is even close to the abilities of their current stars.

In my eyes the future of European pool lies in the southeast Balkan area. Slovenia, Bosnia, Albania, Croatia....there is a lot of young talent there.

And on a side note I wonder why the north, who has produced players like Storm and Immonen hasn't raised a world beater ever since.
And till today, there are some "dead" areas in Europe, like France, who is a big sports nation, that are not able to come close to produce a professional pool player.
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France likes billiards but pool not so much. A buddy was there a few yrs ago and he said very few play pool. Lots of 3c tho.
 
Oze147 said:
And on a side note I wonder why the north, who has produced players like Storm and Immonen hasn't raised a world beater ever since.
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i have no good answer to this, other than what's true in so many other countries - lack of pool interest among juniors. elite tournaments are fairly top heavy in terms of age. there's a young swede, name ragnar, that's promising though, number 1 ranked nationally at the moment. but as a reference chamat is ranked no 6. denmark has krause who is still young too.

regarding germany, moritz neuhausen won the world junior 9-ball championship recently.
 
Oze147 said:
A bit off topic, but I have the feeling, that the Netherlands somehow lost touch to the world elite.
Don't get me wrong, Nils is still a very, very good player, but he doesn't get any younger and his good performances hide, that after van den Berg withdraw from competitive pool, there are no other players, who can follow his footsteps.

Ten or fifteen years ago the Dutch were the raw model for proffesional pool in Europe, but I don't think they have the potential to develop another outstanding player in the near future.
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Very true, and it has been going on for some years now. Twenty years ago we had Feijen, vdBerg, Alex Lely and Rico Diks who were leading the best European players (together with the Germans of course). They only got there because of lots of training, hard work, and more training. At the moment not a lot of players are stepping up. We do have the Pongers brothers and Bijsterbosch, but they just seem to be falling short of being able to reach the top.
 
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