La Colombe Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 ...has died, aged 91. Which surprised me, I thought he was hundreds of years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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La Colombe Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 (edited) Some quality smoking going down there. And resultant coughing. Amazing. I'm surprised they can see the table. Edited July 20 by La Colombe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Didn’t watch much of that, but I did hear the commentator say there’d been 6 century breaks in the whole tournament. These days you get that in a single match. And back then the matches were much longer. Snooker quality clearly much higher now than then - Reardon probably wouldn’t win anything if he’d have been competing today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 15 hours ago, wrighty said: Didn’t watch much of that, but I did hear the commentator say there’d been 6 century breaks in the whole tournament. These days you get that in a single match. And back then the matches were much longer. Snooker quality clearly much higher now than then - Reardon probably wouldn’t win anything if he’d have been competing today. Seriously doubt that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/21/2024 at 8:21 AM, wrighty said: Didn’t watch much of that, but I did hear the commentator say there’d been 6 century breaks in the whole tournament. These days you get that in a single match. And back then the matches were much longer. Snooker quality clearly much higher now than then - Reardon probably wouldn’t win anything if he’d have been competing today. Except if he was playing today he’d be practicing the same as modern players and up his game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Dominated the game in his era, the 1970s. Everyone respected Ray and looked up to him, even today's players. Beautiful player to watch at his best too. Easily one of the all-time greats of snooker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed fournier Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Great video. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 7/22/2024 at 5:35 PM, Mr. Sausages said: Except if he was playing today he’d be practicing the same as modern players and up his game. Interesting point, but I disagree. Take Alex Higgins. He was a natural genius of the game, but when Steve Davis came along (arguably the first ‘practice 23 hours a day’ player) he couldn’t keep up. Neither could any of the old guard, including Reardon himself. It took new players, from Hendry onwards to take Davis down, and since then the game has been much harder to get into. This is not to take anything away from Reardon - you can only compete against your peers, and he was the finest in a generation - but Davis and subsequent players took snooker to another level. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 The pockets are bigger and the balls are smaller than in the days of Ray Reardon. That’s the reason for more 100 breaks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 8 minutes ago, Anyone said: The pockets are bigger and the balls are smaller than in the days of Ray Reardon. That’s the reason for more 100 breaks now. I doubt they’ve changed. The cloth and the cushion elasticity are probably more standardised though which may make table conditions more consistent. For big pockets watch US pool - like buckets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 1 hour ago, wrighty said: I doubt they’ve changed. Watch the first minute of this. O Sullivan and Hendry saying the pockets are too tight. not sure who’d want to buy it after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 9 hours ago, wrighty said: Interesting point, but I disagree. Take Alex Higgins. He was a natural genius of the game, but when Steve Davis came along (arguably the first ‘practice 23 hours a day’ player) he couldn’t keep up. Neither could any of the old guard, including Reardon himself. Reardon is twenty-five years older than Davis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) I have to say I have enjoyed this thread, even as an excuse to just binge watch a few snooker finals from the 70s and 80s and gaze in on that world after all these years. I didn't even realise just how much of a champ Ray Reardon was in the 70s - he was on the wane by the time I saw championship snooker on the TV as a kid. That 1985 snooker final between Davis and Taylor though. Incredible. Edited July 24 by loaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 19 hours ago, wrighty said: I doubt they’ve changed. The cloth and the cushion elasticity are probably more standardised though which may make table conditions more consistent. For big pockets watch US pool - like buckets. Apart from the pockets and balls I forgot to mention that back then the tables were 50% bigger and the cues were half the length. That hampered them a bit as well. That’s balls for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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