Originally Posted by culttvfan:
“It's interesting hearing Shaun Murphy talking about when he and Selby were coming up through the juniors. Murphy says Selby was by far the worst breakbuilder of their generation of promising youngsters and it was only when he knuckled down to some hard work that it started to gradually improve and get anywhere near the level his peers were able to achieve with their superior natural ability.
It's patently obvious watching Selby now though that he still struggles very badly with the breakbuilding facet of the game, hence his willingness to be on the constant lookout for other means of winning frames.
Is it taking the game back to the snooker dark ages? In my opinion it probably is. I'm not saying everyone should be able to play, or should try to play, like Ronnie, but I do think a World champion should possess at least some degree of breakbuilding fluency.”
“It's interesting hearing Shaun Murphy talking about when he and Selby were coming up through the juniors. Murphy says Selby was by far the worst breakbuilder of their generation of promising youngsters and it was only when he knuckled down to some hard work that it started to gradually improve and get anywhere near the level his peers were able to achieve with their superior natural ability.
It's patently obvious watching Selby now though that he still struggles very badly with the breakbuilding facet of the game, hence his willingness to be on the constant lookout for other means of winning frames.
Is it taking the game back to the snooker dark ages? In my opinion it probably is. I'm not saying everyone should be able to play, or should try to play, like Ronnie, but I do think a World champion should possess at least some degree of breakbuilding fluency.”
As mentioned by others your argument is contradicted by the fact Selby is 5th highest for centuries. And is ahead of Murphy.
What you could perhaps take from Murphy's comments is that Selby deserves great credit for how hard he has worked on his game. To the point where he is now one of the great break builders.
Originally Posted by Matt35:
“Isn't ding on 400+ too?”
“Isn't ding on 400+ too?”
Yes he is. On CueTracker Ding is 6th highest for centuries. Also I noticed that Marco Fu is 7th. So despite the shock exits, 3 of the 7 highest century makers were in the semi-finals.
