tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post7408560414008265931..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: FOCUS ON...MARK WILLIAMSDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-32033407367548304502010-07-17T11:40:15.991+01:002010-07-17T11:40:15.991+01:00A fabulous, fabulous player. I remember watching h...A fabulous, fabulous player. I remember watching him many a time when he started out back in '92 up in the Norbreck Castle. When he practiced, I always stood at a distance watching him. Again, when the B+H comp was being played up in Scotland, I was watching him practice up in John Spencer's Snooker Club in Stirling. He hit this shot which still amazes me. I've have never ever seen a ball, to this day, hit harder with so much control.<br /><br />The man is an asset to our game & yes, it is great that he his back in the mix & quite rightly, one of the Top 8 players in the world.John McBridehttp://twitter.com/JohnMcBrideIREnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-23620824962512133712010-07-17T08:11:32.829+01:002010-07-17T08:11:32.829+01:00the fine art method has nothing to do with Mark W,...the fine art method has nothing to do with Mark W, so why mention it, you fool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-47877270249685607452010-07-16T20:55:41.988+01:002010-07-16T20:55:41.988+01:00Snooker © The Fine Art Method
A secret is wasted ...Snooker © The Fine Art Method <br />A secret is wasted if not shared <br />Dear Dave.<br />How’s tricks lad and thanks for the posts. I think Dave you should advertise the fact that Mark Williams is the “Man in the Know” for finding lost form or is it “Lost Ability”. Mark came back from the dead .to be a regular winner.<br /><br />Is Stephen Hendry too proud to ask Mark for the secret formula? In turn does Mark have copies for sale of the magic prescription?<br />Mark Williams turned his game round quite recently therefore must know now exactly what he is doing right or wrong when the ball fails to drop.<br /><br />One of the biggest faults in snooker Dave is to separate positional play from the pot. Mr Hey YouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-39240047934929293742010-07-15T18:07:26.725+01:002010-07-15T18:07:26.725+01:00Poster 12.32 and 2.49 - yawn..... zzzzzzzzzPoster 12.32 and 2.49 - yawn..... zzzzzzzzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-29723541429695424252010-07-15T14:49:03.878+01:002010-07-15T14:49:03.878+01:00Ranking Event Titles is an unfair measure of a pla...Ranking Event Titles is an unfair measure of a player's career success - especially for those players who were at their peak<br />in the 1970s & early 1980s before the ranking circuit expanded properly.<br /><br />So,Including Ranking Event wins,<br />Minor Ranking,Invitationals,<br />National Championships,Doubles &<br />World Team format - here is the<br />alltime list for Pro Career Titles.<br /><br />1. Steve Davis 92 2. Hendry 78<br />3. O'Sullivan 45 4. J.Higgins 36<br />5. White 33 6. Joe Davis 25<br />7. M.Williams 24 8. Reardon 23<br />9. Dennis Talor 23 10 A.Higgins 20<br />11. Spencer 20 12. Doherty 19<br />13. Thorburn 19 14. Griffiths 18<br />15. Parrott 17 16. Mountjoy 17<br /><br />So,Mark Williams is still placed<br />7th on the alltime Career Titles<br />list anyway & should go 6th place<br />during this season.<br /><br />Note - I didn't include Amateur or<br />Mosconi Pool Titles in this list !CHRISK5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-29045733604433953832010-07-15T12:32:26.782+01:002010-07-15T12:32:26.782+01:00In the O'Sullivan,John Higgins era,
Mark Willi...In the O'Sullivan,John Higgins era,<br />Mark Williams will always be seen as the 3rd guy.<br /><br />However,what a damn good 3rd guy in that list !<br /><br />He makes the game look so easy when he strokes the balls in,<br />his relaxed,non-tense cue action<br />is an asset to him.<br /><br />17 ranking event wins in 24 Finals<br />is a superb record & I would expect him to increase his tally<br />to 20 rank event titles before he is done.<br /><br />By all accounts,Mark has a wicked sense of humour away from the table,but the viewers only see<br />fleeting glimpses of this - which is a shame.<br /><br />Williams has always had a steely big match temprament,superb<br />single-ball potter & can mix it<br />tactically aswell - the only slight weakness (and it is slight)<br />is that he doesn't always clinch<br />frames in one visit as often<br />as some of his competitors.<br /><br />Now Mark Williams has comeback to<br />form & playing near his best -<br />I expect he will have at least<br />another 3-4 years of being a <br />major contender for titles.CHRISK5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-41390290620869354702010-07-15T11:55:44.463+01:002010-07-15T11:55:44.463+01:00I think his sweep of all four BBC titles is the gr...I think his sweep of all four BBC titles is the greatest achievement of the last decade. He achieved total dominance in snooker's most competitive era and as such I just think he burned more fuel than his peers. I wish the return to form had come slightly earlier, because at 32/33/34 he would still have had time to seriously challenge for another world championship, but I'd be surprised if a player over 35 wins it these days.Betty Logannoreply@blogger.com