He is loud enough naturally.

For comic relief.

What's wild is Earl still competes on the top level even in his old age when Efren retired some 10-15 years ago LOL. No wonder Earl is the GOAT With 5 US Opens and Efren only has 1

@@godjhaka7376 I'm a fan of both but even Earl himself said that Efren is the GOAT. Efren is still the player with most money earned in tournaments when adjusting for inflation.

Always will, as "No Hugs" is proof Earl focuses on what's important while the competition (you) will always focus on what's not important.

@@lordmaximus4602oh please, he's just a bitter old man quit the meat riding

They are pretty much the same. Both think they are better than they actually are.

Earl better than anyone else in term of 9ball​ Better than efren too@@onnyt60

​@@onnyt60because they are better. Most elite sports players think like this.

@@onnyt60 Earl is just past his prime hes 62 ffs.

I thought they meant “tip” replaced

@@ROCKSTARAVER he meant TIP

Not to say anything about the character of either but I think that's purely an old school vs new school thing. Back in the day when tournaments were far less official and well organized it would've been customary to return the balls with the ref but now that it's all very formal most players leave it to the ref especially in matchroom events. In addition I think Earl doesn't play much tournament pool by comparison to Melling in recent memory so his brain will be a little more used to bar and hall customs these days rather than tournament etiquette

I wouldn't do it. This is clearly the job of the referee, and this is more work for the referee, Because he now has to clean the the balls that were touched without gloves, and if he doesn't keep track of them, he would have to clean all of them. So Don' t return the balls, let the referee do his job.

Melling is a UK 8 ball player. UK 8 ball tables have a ball return system.

Nope nope nope.. Don't even try man.

That's not tough luck, that's a bad cue ball control

AGREED

He needs to consider moving his bridge hand closer to the cue ball and shortening his backswing and stroke.

tiny english pool tables are actually quite cramped when theres 15 balls on it .......not as easy as you think plus the pockets arent buckets and cut straight like these where one can pocket balls off the rail ........try that on a 7 ft uk bar table !!

@@seanscanlon9067why? His backswing is so unique and stylish.

@@cheungarrie123 It is and when he is flowing, playing well and everything is in sync then he is a brilliant cueist and player. But Chris has a background in snooker and because of the bigger table, you do sometimes need a longer backswing to generate pace in order to cover a longer distance, that you rarely need to in pool. So the longer distance you pull the cue back, pause as Chris tends to and then push the cue back through to strike the cue ball, the more chance there is of deviating from the line of aim and for a player of Chris's ability, he missed far too many easy shots than he should. Have you ever played a shot in pool or snooker where you cannot really reach properly and instead of using the bridge or rest, your stretch and have too much of your cue hanging over the bridge of your hand? Then miss a shot or do not get the right contact on the cue ball due to a slight deviation or 'wobble' when delivering the cur through? To use an analogy, it is like having a putt in golf from say 30 feet away and so the backswing on the putter measures for example 18 inches, yet using the same 18 inch backswing when only having a six inch tap-in

​@@martinparker9249Those pockets on the grey TV tables ARE buckets though. Agree on general pub tables, but the TV tables definitely accept a lot that I wouldn't expect them to.

naahh , he over cut it

at first glance it looks like that, but if you zoom in and look at how the 7ball's distance to the rail changes, you'll see that for the first roll or two it gets closer to the rail, but then it rolls off line and gets further. we're splitting hairs though, this 7ball isn't the reason he lost@@martinparker9249

I knew that was an over cut as soon as he made contact.

no you didnt. you saw where it rolled halfway through it's travel and then convinced yourself you knew where it was headed at contact. if somebody made an edit showing the 7balls path for the first two rolls after contact, you would see that it was headed right toward the pocket, and then quite clearly veers offline@@robertvasquez1845

Agreed

Hes almost 70. His break will suck.

You sound like Joe Biden, making up stories about yourself.

He should have let the ref do his job.

Almost certainly the best 9-ball player in pool history. Not sure about your other vaginal discomforts.