Let em hate...
Mosconi cup
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There is a stone cold champion under all that aging crazy. If it came down to it I wouldn't put it past Earl to win. I would fly right out of my chair!
thenaturalpoolplayer
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4" or 4 1/4"? imo 4" takes away the flow of the game...this is going to start looking like chinese 8 ball if they keep going. They must be shallow shelves because I have seen shots drop that would never drop on my table.
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Correct, and we can assume either Shane or Sky would be playing that match.
I've felt bad for Earl. Watching him play is like watching a 90 year old try to drive through downtown traffic during rush hour. His confidence is totally shot. Hopefully he ends on a high note.
here is a list of the top 15 usa players from fargorate googled today
earl is #9 meaning he is a a top 10 usa player
pretty impressive and worthy credentials to be on the team
oscar is just TWO fargo points better
tyler steyer is #15
noone is complaining about his selection or berating him for his miss in the side pocket
jmho
earl is #9 meaning he is a a top 10 usa player
pretty impressive and worthy credentials to be on the team
oscar is just TWO fargo points better
tyler steyer is #15
noone is complaining about his selection or berating him for his miss in the side pocket
jmho
Uh-The deeper the shelves, the less likely to drop. Not to mention, you are contradicting yourself when you say "is going to start looking like chinese 8 ball if they keep going" if these DEEP shelves are so soft.
Keep going? You think they might stop or change the pockets for the final day-Ahahaha. Your knowledge is so vast.
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Do you think Matchroom cares about Earl’s well being? They only care about ratings and drama.
I’ll be surprised if Earl’s singles match needs to be played. To do that the USA will need to win at least three of the previous five matches. That looks like a tall order to me.
One match at a time, but yes, realistically for us to have a shot at winning, we need to win the opening fan’s choice doubles match as well as Sky and Shane both winning.
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Observation: Comments and discussion is up to 46 "pages" at this point. Remove all comments relating to Earl and it would be up to 6 "pages" ....maybe. In the marketing world his presence equals value. Earl has been a great champion and is still a great player at 61 years. Can't think of another champion of his era that plays better and probably not as good. At this point comments about Earl's contributions to the team, or lack thereof, is pointless. It's a team effort so we must pull for our team and all the players on it.....at least until it's over.
Anybody know the doubles choice yet?
All 5 breaks were dry -- a total of zero balls were made on the break in this match.
Game 1. Shane's break left the 9-ball hanging in the jaws of a side pocket. Joshua missed a thin but not really difficult cut on the 1-ball. Sky made the 9 with a carom/kick off the 1-ball.
Game 2. After some back and forth, including a missed kick by Sky and a missed 1/9 bank by Joshua, Shane made a nice safety on the 2-ball. Joshua missed the kick and USA made a great runout from the 2-ball.
Game 3. Sky fouled on a kick, but Jayson missed an easy 3/5/4 combo and USA ran out.
Game 4. Some back and forth led to Jayson trying to hit the 1-ball on a kick then carom the 9-ball into the side pocket on the other side of the table. He missed the shot. USA made the 1 and 2 and played safe on the 3. Joshua's kick hit the 3 but left it easy and USA ran out.
Game 5. After the dry break, Joshua missed the 3 ball and USA ran out.
5 missed shots by EUR, none by USA. An unusually poor match for Filler.
combined with the official nineball rankings it kind of mutes a lot of the alternate picks. bergman, dechaine are out of discussion. i would say tony chohan (one of my favorite players) is too, by not entering the US open or the international open, showing he has zero interest in being eligible. pinegar i guess falls in the dechaine category where team chemistry would deteriorate rapidly. billy idk the full story and don't care for rumors. so in that fargo span that leaves josh roberts, another player i like a lot. he would have been a rookie though.
i've been pleasantly surprised by earl's behavior. his play, not so much. didn't expect him being so nervous. he gets down on himself too much and the occasion seems to get to him. but he has got a W, against a europe team packed with young world champions.
i think and hope that JJ, if he gets to stay captain, will pick a young rookie next year. it worked with tyler and sky.
So far, he has actually maintained his composure.
He has gotten down on himself for sure, but he hasn't started yelling at the crowd or his opponents.
Let's hope that keeps up.
He hasn't totally fallen apart either at the table- he made a very tough shot after missing an easy pot in the deciding game of the doubles match yesterday and made a difficult jacked up shot that Sky left him.
Against Albin, he didn't play terrible- he misplayed position and missed a difficult corner shot and then scratched on the break twice.
It's not like he's missing every ball he shoots at
That may all be true but he isn`t getting it done. I do not mean to pick on him.
And acts the same.