Tonight I had the pleasure to watch the Mosconi Cup start to finish and payed specific attention to Steve Davis' performance. To say I was saddened by the way he played would be a harsh understatement, this six time world snooker champion, and still a fine snooker player might I add has lost the ability to play pool at the same level we saw from him say 3 or 4 years ago. He consistently makes simple mistakes, fails to get out, and most importantly his break hasn't improved much if any since he started, his safety play is still superb which is great in snooker but in nine ball it's not enough to compete with the likes of Wu, Hohmann, Archer, etc.
He was very lucky to advance past the group stages at the WPC, I actually don't think he's ever won a nine ball tournament IIRC which makes him very overrated IMO. He has already confirmed he won't be playing in this years Mosconi Cup due to a conflicting snooker tournament. I hope he goes out and proves me wrong, he'll get his chance right away at the upcoming WPM but after watching his performances in his last few tournaments I don't see him having much success in the world of nine ball pool.
What does everyone else think? Does anyone think he'll win a tournament or maybe even a world championship?
He was very lucky to advance past the group stages at the WPC, I actually don't think he's ever won a nine ball tournament IIRC which makes him very overrated IMO. He has already confirmed he won't be playing in this years Mosconi Cup due to a conflicting snooker tournament. I hope he goes out and proves me wrong, he'll get his chance right away at the upcoming WPM but after watching his performances in his last few tournaments I don't see him having much success in the world of nine ball pool.
What does everyone else think? Does anyone think he'll win a tournament or maybe even a world championship?