My analysis of the match from 75:75 Shane.
The break. - Even Shane's "bad" break was better than Jayson's good one. Jayson broke dry so many times it was painful and when he did make a ball no one knew where the cue ball would be. Shane on the other hand made a ball almost every time on his breaks and the cue ball was very consistent. Shane also had a better break position, his was sending the one ball up to the upper right corner every time and Shaw was trygin to make the one in the side each time. My gut feelign is that Shane's break is worth like 1 or 2 games extra per 10 games played or someting like that.
Cue ball control - Shane's was more precise. While both of these players are great shot makers and both of them can obviously control the cue ball precisely I felt like Shane had the edge here having to rely less on his shotmaking ability. I felt like Jayson had to get him self out of trouble much more with tougher shots than he would have liked. That said Shane had a few shots where he lost position and if he reviews the match from 75 he might see which shot he had trouble with, easy shot but wrong cue ball speed. Even the greatest aren't perfect at everything.
Heart - Jayson all the way. I felt like Shane was careless in spots and didn't close the door when he could have. This of course is just a feeling as no one at my level can really second guess players of this caliber to determine why they missed "easy" shots. Heart kept Jayson in this match though IMO and experience and heart kept Shane in front the whole way even as Jayson came within a game or two several times. This is just my personal opinion but I think Shane needs to get some more of that heart back that he had back in the early 2000s. Where he was super hungry to take on anyone. I am sure he is still not scared to take on any match but I want to see him step up in class and take it to the Taiwanese, Filipinos, Chinese, Brits etc....take a bankroll and go over there until you are comfortable beating them on their turf, for the money and in tournaments.
All in all turned out to be a great match, glad I stumbled out of bed at the right time to be able to take advantage of the $10 special and catch the last 46 games. After the discusson of match length I think this should stand as another great example of why the race to 100 is the best test of skill and hear between two players that we have. It is the right blend of endurance and balancing out the rolls to let the difference in skills and perserverance be what decides the match.