John Higgins in response to the Selby defeat....
'They’ve just got a monster, in Mark Selby, that the three of them are going to have to overcome, I think,’
‘It’s only just halfway there. He’s a monster on the snooker table and somebody’s going to have to play well for a long time to try to take him out.
‘He’s an incredible animal on the snooker table, he just doesn’t let you breathe. I had no answer to that today.’
I have to say I agree.
It is going to be nearly impossible to compete with him over four sessions.
Once he gets to the semis it's pretty much over as a tournament.
I don't see anyone having the patience, discipline, fortitude or ability to stop him. He is the ultimate destroyer of good form and slowly but surely dismantles the game of every opponent over a period of time.
Some people call it soporific and boring.
To me it's not so much a case of that as dismantlement of the opposition game. It's a difficult watch because nobody has an answer to it in front of a crowd at least. I hope the final is competitive, I really do but to be honest I fear for Si or Brecel in the final playing against Selby.
He will just eat them alive and I do wonder what it will do to them mentally.
I mean he has just beaten arguably the second best match player of all time, winning 12 out of 15 frames from 1-4 down by a total dismantlement.
What on earth he will do to a Si or a Brecel just does not bear thinking about.
Unless Mark Allen can pull off a miracle......
But I shan't hold my breath on that one
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