Frame 7 Starter and Crazy Red in Final Frame.

mnorwood

mnorwood

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My jaw dropped and knocked some keys off of my computer. Ronnie is sick. :shocked: That kind of shot making under pressure is incredible.
 
Not sure what ball in frame 7 you are talking about, but the red in the final frame was a perfect shot to nothing taking a lot of the pressure of the shot.
Of course it was a great shot but with little risk and big reward.
 
drsnooker said:
Not sure what ball in frame 7 you are talking about, but the red in the final frame was a perfect shot to nothing taking a lot of the pressure of the shot.
Of course it was a great shot but with little risk and big reward.
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The shot where white was up by the corner and the red was 3 feet from the corner and he put it down leaving a shot on the black. If he would have missed Mcquire would have been up and running.
 
Neah, still shot to nothing, the only red he could have left was the one he shot. He's perfect on the black, but not a single red to shoot at from that position. All reds are covering eachother towards the center pocket.
 
drsnooker said:
Neah, still shot to nothing, the only red he could have left was the one he shot. He's perfect on the black, but not a single red to shoot at from that position. All reds are covering eachother towards the center pocket.
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Even if you risk breaking out reds or the missed red ends up around one of the side pockets that's considered a shot to nothing? It seams like a risky shot to me.
 
In any shot to nothing you can always leave the ball you're shooting. (It rattles the jaws and hangs in the pocket) Of course you can anticipate this one and try to leave the cueball in a place where there is no direct path to that pocket. Red along the top rail is a tough shot, a lot of pros try to get position for the black in the same pocket. If the red doesn't go in, the black might cover it.

But anyway, yes it was a great shot, with perfect position on the black. Full marks for Ronnie. But incredible? neah...
 
drsnooker said:
In any shot to nothing you can always leave the ball you're shooting. (It rattles the jaws and hangs in the pocket) Of course you can anticipate this one and try to leave the cueball in a place where there is no direct path to that pocket. Red along the top rail is a tough shot, a lot of pros try to get position for the black in the same pocket. If the red doesn't go in, the black might cover it.

But anyway, yes it was a great shot, with perfect position on the black. Full marks for Ronnie. But incredible? neah...
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I agree. I consider Ronnie to be the greatest cueist I have ever seen, but he is still human. If he could confidently pocket shots like that on a regular basis, he wouldn't have lost on Sunday.

Nevertheless I hope he plays like this for another 5-10 years.
 
Cameron Smith said:
I agree. I consider Ronnie to be the greatest cueist I have ever seen, but he is still human.
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If Ronnie had won, he would have been the fourth player to have won three ranking tournaments in a row.

The others:
Ray Reardon
Steve Davis
Stephen Hendry
 
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