tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post3192724379814111878..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: MASTERS MOMENTS: HENDRY'S GREAT ESCAPEDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-58607709204453367412011-01-05T13:45:34.286+00:002011-01-05T13:45:34.286+00:00Wasn't the first Masters tournament staged in ...Wasn't the first Masters tournament staged in 1975?<br /><br />ClaudiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-39273735903674995642011-01-04T21:21:58.566+00:002011-01-04T21:21:58.566+00:00dave
Mike Hallett will love you next time you com...dave<br /><br />Mike Hallett will love you next time you commentate together ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-9889355574501777502011-01-04T20:27:55.959+00:002011-01-04T20:27:55.959+00:00Hendry should do what you Dave said on Eurosport -...Hendry should do what you Dave said on Eurosport - practice with someone to see where he is at the moment and not knock some balls around in his garage for a couple of hours. I still believe he can rise back to the top but if he does not put the work in he won't do it. I don't believe he thinks otherwise. He should do a camp in Glasgow and play mega-money matches with Maguire or Dott or Higgins.urindragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-84371110209113118322011-01-04T18:53:25.424+00:002011-01-04T18:53:25.424+00:00It took me back to my embryonic days as a snooker ...It took me back to my embryonic days as a snooker fan. Really surreal seeing him close out the 1996 UK final and against a baby-faced John Higgins and them talking about the Scotland 'dream team' that triumphed in the 1996 World Cup.<br /><br />Happy birthday to Snooker Scene, I hope the anniversary is marked in some way through the edition, which I guess is out tomorrow.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-61157873990656456862011-01-04T17:52:51.379+00:002011-01-04T17:52:51.379+00:00I know the video you're talking about jamie, i...I know the video you're talking about jamie, it was on youtube a couple of years ago before it got taken down. Bad pink to miss, but Hallett's not the Wembley cauldron's only victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-60786936211967516482011-01-04T17:51:28.463+00:002011-01-04T17:51:28.463+00:00Up till the 1997/1998 season, when this video was ...Up till the 1997/1998 season, when this video was released he had compiled 398 centuries, since he has made another 351 in a year and a half longer time period.<br /><br />This reflects to a little degree that in the balls he is not far off his pomp, but his long game, self-belief and concentration are shot. <br /><br />The most surprising stat was he had won 64 career titles by the start of the 1997/98 season. I think, he has won just eleven or twelve since. <br /><br />For me, this relects the increase in standard - that he was hugely influential in pioneering - as I would have thought he should have still won more than twelve titles in 13 and half years. <br /><br />It would be it fascinating to see how the winning machine of the early and mid-nineties would have fared in the noughties, the strongest snooker decade for quality. <br /><br />A little disappointed with the BBC for dropping 45 minutes of their Masters coverage from Monday to Wednesday to accomodate repeats of Pointless. Can't see why they didn't insist on a 12.30pm start like at the UK Championship and World Open.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-21521590473031475902011-01-04T16:57:48.322+00:002011-01-04T16:57:48.322+00:00ive got 3 copies of that video jamie.
great days ...ive got 3 copies of that video jamie.<br /><br />great days for snooker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-1553684773204632432011-01-04T14:15:24.916+00:002011-01-04T14:15:24.916+00:00Strangely, my mom brought me a video at Christmas ...Strangely, my mom brought me a video at Christmas entitled: Stephen Hendry:Maestro - don't know if anyone remembers it? <br /><br />I doubt many would, it was released in 1997. It contains footage of his pomp, undercut by an interview with Clive Everton.<br /><br />Amongst the action was this 1991 final, the pink was as you say inexplicable. We didn't see the whole game, but according to the great Scot, the frames were all tight up and to the match's denouement.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-65435945900406804752011-01-04T13:54:13.298+00:002011-01-04T13:54:13.298+00:00I remember playing Mike at Pontins many years ago ...I remember playing Mike at Pontins many years ago and he was always brilliant to watch. Really easy cue action which I actually copied for a bit and it really seemed to work when playing 'touchy' shots in the balls, not so well on the power shots though. I remember his famous phrase in this match 'has anybody got a rope?'. That was even before he found out about the burglary!<br /><br />SnookerbackerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-76493628039463133602011-01-04T09:15:46.510+00:002011-01-04T09:15:46.510+00:00Mike Hallett was an incredible talent. It's su...Mike Hallett was an incredible talent. It's such a shame he couldn't get over the line here. He also lost the 1988 final mentioned in the article 9-0 to Steve Davis.Greg Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346602906924608907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-14288885671881358322011-01-04T09:15:08.530+00:002011-01-04T09:15:08.530+00:00He was some player all right. I first saw him in N...He was some player all right. I first saw him in Navan, in Ireland, playing an exhibition against locals, in which he went on to make 4 or 5 centuries.<br /><br />One type of shot sticks in my mind from that night. When a ball was near the cushion between the center and black pocket, instead of playing position into the black, or top pocket, he deliberately left himself a shot all the way up the rail into the baulk pocket. He done this several ties and never missed once.<br /><br />He played well that night. I had heard he was good but his long pottng was scary. It didn't seem to matter that he occasionally ran out of position,- he just stroked in the next ball.<br /><br />Afterwards, his manager, father and venue staff were having drinks at the bar, with Stephen hanging around them like a lost sheep clutching a bag of sweets.<br /><br />I realised then that this great player was still a kid and probably still had bucketfuls of improvement to come.<br /><br />I'll have to admit, while I saw him as a future champion, I didn't expect him to dominate the game. It was just assumed that all out attacking players nicked the occasional one, but you had to be a Davis or a Reardon with a top safety game and tactical nous to be a consistent winner.<br /><br />In that respect Hendry's achievements are all the more remarkable. The man who won the hard way.kildare cuemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-3456705978546871112011-01-04T08:58:18.039+00:002011-01-04T08:58:18.039+00:00Hallett still had a golden simple chance in the 16...Hallett still had a golden simple chance in the 16th frame when all the colours on their spot, but his shot on the final yellow went wrong for a mile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-34837946919022367102011-01-04T08:31:59.082+00:002011-01-04T08:31:59.082+00:00he was good, very good?
he was and still is the b...he was good, very good?<br /><br />he was and still is the best player of the modern era!<br /><br />this was a fantastic comeback and from a relatively young guy at that time still.<br /><br />and in that, JP was playing great around that time too, which shows how well MH was playing.<br /><br />i think that defeat was the start of MH using his 'my apologies' catchphrase.<br /><br />good blogging dave. would have been great, but for the substituted 'good'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com