2020 SNOOKER-Semi -POST interview-Mark stated Ronnie being disrespectful-

It’s odd he feels that way given how good his cue action was during the match.


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MattPoland said:
It’s odd he feels that way given how good his cue action was during the match. ...
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It is, of course, "all about the cue action." :thumbup:

Ronnie did shoot some "hit 'em hard and pray" shots where every other pro player would have fretted for a while and then lagged the cue ball one or two or three cushions up on to a ball near a cushion and missed it the first two times and more than likely would have left Mark Selby another easy chance for a perfect snooker when they did finally hit it after giving up 8 or 12 points. Ronnie said he wanted none of that since he had limited skills in escaping from snookers and he would rather just roll the dice, unlike every other player.

(I've related the story of "Hotel Al" who used to hit 'em hard and pray at nine ball to great effect against stronger players who were left shell shocked by his tactics. His was the right strategy and Ronnie's may have been as well.)

I think Selby goes into those safety battles knowing he is the 2:1 favorite to come out with the first shot but that does not work against a random smash-it leave. Or at least it didn't seem to. Ronnie has seemed happy in this event to play "proper" safeties against his previous opponents, just not against the Leicester Anaconda.
 
Ronnie stated something I've found to be instinctively true, especially at the amateur level. Players spend time working on too many elements of their games while it's the simple things -- like potting the ball that trips them up. I think amateur players are better off working on their technique and their potting, than they are working on kicking, banking, and safety play just to name a few.

Now what Ronnie said is he would rather spend his time working on his break building than working on getting out of snookers. Of course, he's underselling his defensive game but he makes a point worth considering.
 
i'm sure neil robertson would have been better off using the same approach. he let selby get in his head with the scrappy frames and safety duels, and was completely shattered after the match
 
skogstokig said:
i'm sure neil robertson would have been better off using the same approach. he let selby get in his head with the scrappy frames and safety duels, and was completely shattered after the match
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"That's what i think too "
I will play My Game ,
You play yours, :smile:

"I th8nk a few years ago,
mark Selby was knocked' about his snooker and safety play.
not willing to take on any harder shots-

Ronnie went all-out and played His game :smile:
 
A few years ago peter ebdon played so slow
Some said he was “disrespecting the game”
One writer called it “cheating” he played so slow

He sometimes was one of those players
That not only spends five minutes studying a shot
They then spend another five minutes on the next shot also!
 
So the real story here is that Mark's upset that his psychology tactics with safety play worked too well...

The point in tight play is to limit the opponent's ability to score and freeze him up so when the opportunity presents itself for him to score, he's cold. Ronnie allowed that tactic to work in the earlier sessions. When he had enough, he stopped fretting over the tight play and threw caution to the wind. This tactic did to Selby what Selby's tactic was meant to do to Ronnie.

Personally I think gross slow play (Selby's 5min miss against Higgins I think) is far more disrepectful

Priceless in my mind...
 
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