Wasn't his fault. Was the air conditioning. The PH of the felt was too acid. There was tectonic micro-activity.

@@brianm2881 haha

I think it was trying to set it up off the two rails why not just bring it bottom English bring it back a little bit it's right there

Could be a scar within him,,

no the stupid shapes he shot

Hendry and O’Sullivan both grew on the shoulders of Davis. Davis took the game to a new level with total clearances on half chances. Davis was Ronnie’s childhood hero.

Davis the GOAT in his own right.. exemplary trickshot artist too.. and a true gentleman..

@@thewizard6092 i agree he is my favorite player has it all )

Him and Barry have put snooker to where it is today...brilliant player and a show man....exceptional talent...!

He did have. Today not so great, though obviously Ronnie still has and Hendry has that natural ability too.

Total stone cold killer! 💯

@@jamescade4723 I tell you sir, Steve Davis is a Legend.

Steve Davis waste alot of time before shooting thats why they start putting 30 second each shot with extension each rack.

Exactly, snooker is an individual sport, whereas pool is a team sport. Shell shocked Steve Davis at the end celebrating, it is another perfect description. It was Steve Davis' reaction to the intensity of the celebrating of Mosconi Cup victory that produced a helplessness appearing variously as panic and being scared, flight, or an inability to reason, sleep, walk or talk. FFS!

2 years late but i got the same feeling at first uncomfortable then the joy

I was thinking the exact same thing

Interesting he has a losing record in the Mosconi Cup. Great player in snooker tho.

@@johntallanger4036 good to know you can beat strickland without being a great pool player. Says more about Strickland than it does about Davis I guess

@@Welcome2Meap I think you may not understand how pool or sports work. Miserak beat Davis in snooker but that doesn't make him a better snooker player.

@@johntallanger4036 you’re not understanding my argument. You implied Davis wasn’t a great pool player. I never implied beating someone made that person better than the other. Davis is not better than Strickland at pool, but to dismiss him as not a great player is foolish

@@Welcome2Meap I'm saying directly Davis is not and was not a great pool player. There's no evidence of it, that's for sure. He had a nice run at a big tourney is the only thing I'm aware of that was impressive. So if there's no evidence of it, my presumption is he's on the level of the other billiards guys....pretty bad. Now if he fully transitioned like Mark Gray or Drago, could he have been good? Sure, I don't see why not. But great? Never has anyone gone from billiards to pool and been great. I don't think anyone has even ever won a major tournament. So yes, I think I understand your point. It depends how you define great. If being a guy who never won a major tourney and had a losing record in Mosconi Cup is "great" then Davis is great. Not as great as Mike Dechaine, Skyler Woodward, or Alex Kazakis. Certainly not as great as David Alcaide. Nowhere near the coversation of Varner, Hall, Strickland, Segal, McCready, or any of the top pool players from that era. But "great". :)

Sid Waddel, He was a Cambridge educated Modern History graduate. He was a special talent as a commentator both in pool and his main game Darts. He past away about 10 years ago.

I’m glad i found this comment and glad there was an answer because the british commentator is absolutely poetically amazing the contrast between him and the classic american makes this even better

He was also an author and screen writer. A great man sadly missed.

Worth mentioning this - the PDC World Darts Championship trophy is named the Sid Waddell Trophy. Sid's impact on darts was unbelievable. Sid is THE voice of darts. I'm a big fan of the commentators of today, especially John Part. But he couldn't hold a candle to the likes of Sid, Dave Lanning and John Gwynne.

A best of 3 would be sufficient

I watched Efren play snooker with some random dude and it was an embarrassment. He couldn’t make a break of 30 and I thought the same thing. Yea imagine pool players play right now against Selby. Don’t care who they are selby will win even if he plays with an eye patch on

@@alexpaic2984 true

Yeah ive watched some of the very best pool players try there luck in a snooker table, most cant get a break over 7 some a little under 30. Its fairly easy coming from a snooker table onto a pool table but even then the top snooker guys find it very hard beating the best of the pool players but they are both unique at the own game so total respect to both 👊👊

@@hustlenut7910 the only one I know half way decent is Jason Shaw and that’s because snooker if pretty popular in his country. He practiced for about a year at the hall he was actually working. He managed to make a 146 in practice I believe. Nowhere close to a pro player but impressive. I’m tempted to say he could be a pro in snooker if he wanted

Good point 👍

Did you really create a fake account to write good point 😂😂

Davis can even make pool look boring....

@@paulrailton1511 because it is

Good observation

@@wierdalien1 but yet you still watched, says a lot

@@bmac7885 naw, it something about how much i like watching steve Davis play cue sports

Loved Sid. Don't think he could've been a Football commentator though. 🤣

Yes. He reminds me a bit of Russell Brand, in that his basic speech patterns and elocution give no indication of such mastery over the English language. It catches you off guard. Like a man who can recite the complete works of Shakespeare while chasing his Whippet round the living room. (that line inspired by Sid ;))

Ok at darts not at this game ......annoying.

You mean the commentator having multiple orgasims intermittently during his commentating.

dangerous davis romford slim

No you didn't

@@P4nopticon yes I did 😂

Prove it you poser @@Jay_Eddo

Are you kidding us?

@@lanternman13 haha yeah he's unbelievably annoying always adds unnecessary emphasis on everything

sid waddell commentated matches are muted in this house... talk about annoying!

@@jordietchells5051 you all sound very boring

Poor co-commentator trying to talk about Wats actually going on while Sid waffles on 😂

It’s an easy shot when there’s no pressure.

He is still there and practicing the shot

He stopped on 2020 due to Covid

*in

He wants to get that bad shot out of his head !

Waste of time trying it again when there is no pressure on it! He missed because of pressure and nerves! His heart was pumping hard! Doesn’t matter how good you are, you can miss anything.

Earl is like trump after the electoral college confirmed Joe Biden as the 2020 POTUS

Thats the best part

lol

@@PriusMike88 Except Davis didn't have his boys stuff the balls into the pockets like Biden did in the ballot counting centers.

Nerve to take it? this is childs play to any snooker player. This is the game people who aren't talented enough for snooker play. Total piece of piss. I feel like I'd beat Earl and I'm only a club snooker player

@@npdoughty1405 pftttttttt oh shut up kiddo go finish your chores

@@npdoughty1405 most snooker players are decent enough at pool, but that doesn't mean they don't get beaten at pool by the pool players lol, granted most pool players aren't great snooker players, some of them do ok though, but i've never seen a world class pool player play world class snooker.

my thoughts exactly

This video is 20 years old

They are huge! You can hit them on the cushion first and they’ll still drop!

He hates the draw he always takes the forward option , I’m trying to figure out why he loaded that thing up with so much left? Must of hit it wrong

Just watched it. Thanks for the tip. Also interesting that he has a losing record in Mosconi Cup. Still impressive that he can play at all at this level.

@@johntallanger4036 casual american

pressure does crazy things to a man

Ye he carried on playing

im pretty sure its a snooker cue

It's hybrid cue - a Snooker style cue with a stronger ferrule and larger tip to cope with the larger heavier balls - probably about 12/13mm.

That just means you’ve never seen Efren Reyes.

That's all they're good at.

Funny, neither of you who commented have a clue about broadcasting in the early 2000's. Pool was not popular 20 years ago and still not as popular as it should be now, hence snooker players being invited to make up the European team, we didn't have the vast pool of players that we do now or retired players who were worthy of commentating on the game. Sid Waddell died years ago and he wasn't even a 'Pool' commentator not even an ex-player, he covered lots of sport in the UK and worked for Sky Sports who broadcast the Mosconi

@@cosmojonesmusic Who? Europeans? Someone needs to take a long hard look at their countries history and not just in pool :-)

Careful. The man you are criticising is a national treasure. He wrote Jossy's Giants!

Different game. They have trouble with 9 ball players. Ronnie tried it and wasn’t as good as you think.

@Callum Robertson Yea, I could see a lot of things getting in the way of that, would be nice to find a balance. Maybe take note from World Cup where everybody takes a step back and plays. Hek maybe there should be a World Cup Mosconi cup that only happens every 4 years that includes every country that qualifies . Regardless, I enjoy every quality match uploaded.

@@ryanwebb9099 I’ve seen him play 9 ball, he was very good but looked as he didn’t care for it and rushed through it as Rocket is known to play fast just looked careless

He took it seriously in his Mosconi cup debut. He doesn’t have the break power like Judd, but in his prime on his day, was nearly as unstoppable as he is at snooker. (Beat Earl)

None of them are good enough at 9 ball to justify being in the team these days. It was questionable back then and more about bringing in interest (although Davis worked harder at learning the game than others and became a capable player -- over a bit of time though). Bottom line is....if you want to be good at a game you need to put the time in and learn the nuances, patterns and strategies. Every cue sport is slightly different. The ones who have switched games and been successful have done that.

Uh huh.....and Labron James would beat Dkovich at Basketball to.....and Dkovich would beat James at tennis.....No ones denying Snookers incredible elite level talent and technique involved, but lets not play this dumb game Pool is a separate game similar but separate is it somewhat easier then snooker yes, is Pool also a difficult game with a high mastery level, yes.

Sid waddell who sadly passed away. Best known for darts which I'd highly recommend watching a best of clip

@@woody816 What a legend :)

Maybe it is just for bangers.

earl gets out from there 85 % of the time

Never! Snooker is on a different level! The table is bigger and the holes are narrower! I'd say snooker players can be awsome in pool, too. On the other side to be a great snooker player it's not enogh to be an outstanding pool player. 🤔